English Literature and Creative Writing

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6th

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The Guardian University Guide (2024)

6th

for Creative Writing

The Guardian University Guide (2024)

World

38th in the world

QS World Subject Rankings (2024)

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Professor Mark Knight- Head of Department.

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96% of our published work has been rated world-leading or internationally excellent (REF2021). Our research is uniquely shaped by the juxtaposition of the critical and the creative, the city of 小湿妹视频, with its Medieval Castle and Priory, and nearby Lake District where we partner with the Wordsworth Museum. We also partner with The Duke’s Theatre, 小湿妹视频 LitFest, and The Storey, 小湿妹视频’s Victorian-build arts venue, where our MAs and PhDs enjoy the University’s Postgraduate 小湿妹视频 Space.

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Historic

Our Creative Writing programme has a long and distinguished history which dates back to 1970, meaning that, in the UK, we were there at the very beginning of the discipline. And we remain at the fore with celebrated authors as tutors and students who go on to publish their work both while with us and after.

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The Department is not only home to many eminent authors and critics but also hosts a whole series of free literary events featuring world-leading guest writers and scholars. Some are held on campus, but many are held in 小湿妹视频’s historic city centre – our favourite venues are the Castle, the Priory, and the Storey. For a calendar of our upcoming events, just scroll down.

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Poster for the performance at the Shire Hall with dates and a dramatic silhouette of Henry on a background of orange, grey and yellow

Shire Hall provides ‘a kingdom for a stage’ for Henry V

An innovative production of Shakespeare brings together 小湿妹视频, professional theatre practitioners from the North West and volunteers from 小湿妹视频 and Morecambe, at 小湿妹视频 Castle next month.

Left: The cover of Calypso, a new science fiction verse novel by Dr Oliver K. Langmead, out now. Right: Dr Oliver K. Langmead, a Creative Writing Lecturer at 小湿妹视频.

A brave new world aboard the Calypso puts lecturer in the spotlight

Research into contemporary human space flight, which also included interviews with astronauts, has resulted in a new novel, already receiving national media attention, for a 小湿妹视频 lecturer.

Caroline Lucas and her new book, Another England

Green MP will give 小湿妹视频 Environment Lecture

Leading environmental campaigner and Britain’s first and only Green MP Caroline Lucas is all set to deliver the 2024 小湿妹视频 Environment Lecture at 小湿妹视频.

The image shows Sir Humphry Davy after Sir Thomas Lawrence, National Portrait Gallery (NPG 1573), reproduced by Creative Commons licence and (left) one of his poems on RI MS HD/14/E, p. 97 courtesy of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Public invited to shine a light on Sir Humphry Davy project

An opportunity to get ‘hands-on’ with a 小湿妹视频 project which shines a light on the work of Sir Humphry Davy gets underway this month at 小湿妹视频 Central Library on Thursday, March 21 from noon to 2pm.

Sir Humphry Davy by H. W. Pickersgill after Thomas Lawrence 1831 and courtesy of the Royal Institution of Great Britain

小湿妹视频 researchers’ page-turner discovery on Sir Humphry Davy’s unread poetry

Researchers at 小湿妹视频 have discovered hundreds of unpublished poems written by the nineteenth-century British chemist Sir Humphry Davy in his private notebooks.

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Writing about sexual violence in the age of #MeToo

As part of the United Nations’ 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the History Department at 小湿妹视频 has organised a lecture by an internationally acclaimed author and activist.

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