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Meet our graduates: Bhavika Govil (Creative Writing)

15 August, 2023English and Scottish Literature Meet our graduates Postgraduate

The joint winner of the inaugural Pontas and JJ Bola Emerging Writers Prize talks to us about…

Exploring the legacies of Robert Louis Stevenson's Pacific writing

19 June, 2023English and Scottish Literature Research

We hear from the researchers behind Remediating Stevenson, a new three-year project to engage…

Meet our Graduates: Cristina Sandu (Comparative Literature)

19 June, 2023English and Scottish Literature European Languages and Cultures Meet our graduates Postgraduate

Having graduated in 2015, Cristina is now a prize-winning writer and translator.

Thinking creatively – from studying to studio

10 April, 2023Celtic and Scottish Studies English and Scottish Literature Life at LLC Undergraduate

We talk to Scottish Ethnology and English Literature student Hector Shaw about combining university…

What it is like having a writing mentor?

10 April, 2023English and Scottish Literature Life at LLC Postgraduate

Creative Writing student Tim Tim Cheng talks about her experience as a mentee of the Roddy Lumsden…

Judging the James Tait Black Prizes 2021: Ash Jayamohan

10 April, 2023English and Scottish Literature Life at LLC

First year PhD in English Literature candidate Ash Jayamohan talks about their experience as a…

Experiencing the Edinburgh festivals as an intern

20 October, 2022English and Scottish Literature Life at LLC

English Literature student Susanna Demelas tells us about spending the summer working on some of…

Lifting the veil on poetry

29 June, 2022English and Scottish Literature Teaching

Patrick Errington talks about his Emerging Writers Award win and helping his students find their…

From Arthur's Seat – encouraging diverse voices

21 June, 2022English and Scottish Literature Life at LLC Postgraduate

Vidisha Ghosh and Olivia Thomakos, Editors-in-Chief of Volume Seven of our Creative Writing…

Judging the James Tait Black Prizes 2022: Céleste Callen

25 April, 2022English and Scottish Literature Life at LLC

PhD in English Literature candidate Céleste Callen shares her experiences of being a Student Reader…