LLC Commons: Lynda Clark, Maeve Stemp and Agana-Nsiire Agana In brief Date - 4 March 2026Venue - Room G.02, 16-20 George SquareSpeakers - Lynda Clark (Creative Writing), Maeve Stemp (MScR student in English Literature) and Agana-Nsiire AganaTheme - Body, Voice and Subjectivity About the eventJoin us for the next event of the LLC Commons initiative!The session brings together research around the theme of 'Body, Voice and Subjectivity' and will feature three speakers, Lynda Clark, Lecturer in Creative Writing (Interdisciplinary Futures), Maeve Stemp, MScR student in English Literature, and Agana-Nsiire Agana, a creative writer. The session will be followed by a Q&A and general discussion. Stay on for an informal pub social after.This space is to build community across the six departments in the School and hold interdisciplinary conversations among research staff and students - so come along!About the speakersLynda Clark's first novel Beyond Kidding (2019, Fairlight Books) was optioned by Film4 and is in development with Top Boy director William Stefan Smith attached. Her short story collection Dreaming in Quantum was published by Fairlight Books in 2021 and includes the highly acclaimed 'Ghillie's Mum' which won the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Europe and Canada and was shortlisted in the 2019 BBC Short Story Award.She has a PhD in interactive narrative from Nottingham Trent University and is primarily interested in how new technologies shape us and the world around us. This manifests in her prose, interactive narratives and video game work. She also has a keen interest in depicting unusual and disordered voices in creative writingMaeve Stemp is an MScR student in English Literature at the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures. She has a background in teaching and education, as well as science programming. Her supervisor is Dr Ben Bateman.Agana-Nsiire Agana is a writer and academic dedicated to exploring the societal impacts and theoretical significance of emerging technologies. He works on theological and philosophical ethics and metaphysics of AI and the digital.His current research deals with ethical and metaphysical questions arising from recent advances in artificial intelligence.How to attendThis event is free to attend, and open to all. No registration is required - just show up!About the seriesLLC Commons, coordinated by research colleagues and postgraduate research students, aims to embed work undertaken across the School’s six departments in a supportive seminar series. The initiative responds to calls from staff and students alike who have indicated that they would like more opportunities to share their work and invite feedback. The series aims to build a more integrated research culture among the School community, and to connect researchers across all its departments.Presentations might take a variety of formats: work in progress for conference papers or publications, outline plans for a chapter, a book proposal, or further research or grant plans. Tags Research English and Scottish Literature Mar 04 2026 16.00 - 18.00 LLC Commons: Lynda Clark, Maeve Stemp and Agana-Nsiire Agana Join us for another event in the new LLC Commons cross-discipline and cross-departmental events series with Lynda Clark (Creative Writing), Maeve Stemp (MScR student in English Literature) and Agana-Nsiire Agana giving presentations around the theme of 'Body, Voice and Subjectivity'. Room G.02 16-20 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LD Find the venue: 16-20 George Square
LLC Commons: Lynda Clark, Maeve Stemp and Agana-Nsiire Agana In brief Date - 4 March 2026Venue - Room G.02, 16-20 George SquareSpeakers - Lynda Clark (Creative Writing), Maeve Stemp (MScR student in English Literature) and Agana-Nsiire AganaTheme - Body, Voice and Subjectivity About the eventJoin us for the next event of the LLC Commons initiative!The session brings together research around the theme of 'Body, Voice and Subjectivity' and will feature three speakers, Lynda Clark, Lecturer in Creative Writing (Interdisciplinary Futures), Maeve Stemp, MScR student in English Literature, and Agana-Nsiire Agana, a creative writer. The session will be followed by a Q&A and general discussion. Stay on for an informal pub social after.This space is to build community across the six departments in the School and hold interdisciplinary conversations among research staff and students - so come along!About the speakersLynda Clark's first novel Beyond Kidding (2019, Fairlight Books) was optioned by Film4 and is in development with Top Boy director William Stefan Smith attached. Her short story collection Dreaming in Quantum was published by Fairlight Books in 2021 and includes the highly acclaimed 'Ghillie's Mum' which won the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Europe and Canada and was shortlisted in the 2019 BBC Short Story Award.She has a PhD in interactive narrative from Nottingham Trent University and is primarily interested in how new technologies shape us and the world around us. This manifests in her prose, interactive narratives and video game work. She also has a keen interest in depicting unusual and disordered voices in creative writingMaeve Stemp is an MScR student in English Literature at the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures. She has a background in teaching and education, as well as science programming. Her supervisor is Dr Ben Bateman.Agana-Nsiire Agana is a writer and academic dedicated to exploring the societal impacts and theoretical significance of emerging technologies. He works on theological and philosophical ethics and metaphysics of AI and the digital.His current research deals with ethical and metaphysical questions arising from recent advances in artificial intelligence.How to attendThis event is free to attend, and open to all. No registration is required - just show up!About the seriesLLC Commons, coordinated by research colleagues and postgraduate research students, aims to embed work undertaken across the School’s six departments in a supportive seminar series. The initiative responds to calls from staff and students alike who have indicated that they would like more opportunities to share their work and invite feedback. The series aims to build a more integrated research culture among the School community, and to connect researchers across all its departments.Presentations might take a variety of formats: work in progress for conference papers or publications, outline plans for a chapter, a book proposal, or further research or grant plans. Tags Research English and Scottish Literature Mar 04 2026 16.00 - 18.00 LLC Commons: Lynda Clark, Maeve Stemp and Agana-Nsiire Agana Join us for another event in the new LLC Commons cross-discipline and cross-departmental events series with Lynda Clark (Creative Writing), Maeve Stemp (MScR student in English Literature) and Agana-Nsiire Agana giving presentations around the theme of 'Body, Voice and Subjectivity'. Room G.02 16-20 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LD Find the venue: 16-20 George Square
Mar 04 2026 16.00 - 18.00 LLC Commons: Lynda Clark, Maeve Stemp and Agana-Nsiire Agana Join us for another event in the new LLC Commons cross-discipline and cross-departmental events series with Lynda Clark (Creative Writing), Maeve Stemp (MScR student in English Literature) and Agana-Nsiire Agana giving presentations around the theme of 'Body, Voice and Subjectivity'.
