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Inside The Inkwell

05 February, 2021

Poetry Editor Aarti Mukhedkar, a second year English Literature and History student, tells us what…

Meet our graduates: Amy Rhianne Milton

26 August, 2020

Just one year on from graduating in Playwriting, Amy has been longlisted for the inaugural Women’s…

Scottish Literature students launch new international press with poetic response to COVID-19

30 July, 2020

We talk to Patrick Jamieson and Daniela Silva about Taproot Press and its origins in Scotland&#039…

Judging the James Tait Black Prizes 2020: Alice Rae

27 July, 2020

Literature and Classics PhD student Alice Rae describes how being Lead Student Reader for the James…

Judging the James Tait Black Prizes 2020: June Laurenson

24 July, 2020

In her second year as Lead Student Reader for the James Tait Black Prize for Biography, we talk to…

Jane McKie wins the Ian Campbell Award for Teaching in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

24 April, 2020

She reflects on what the award means, particularly during a time of crisis, and on our very special…

The digital humanities, the ‘Vandegrifter’, and me: Dr Robyn Pritzker

19 November, 2019

The recent English Literature PhD graduate traces her journey from book historian to digital…

Breathing new life into Early Modern research

19 September, 2019

Literature and History PhD student, Thom Pritchard, talks to us about the student-run Edinburgh…

Judging the James Tait Black Prizes 2019: Karolina Oleśkiewicz

13 July, 2019

We chat to the Playwriting MSc student about the impact of the Drama Prize on her own creative…

Off the Shelf – book history students push the boundaries

09 July, 2019

MSc Book History and Material Culture students, Amber Matthews and Hailey Brock, talk about the…