Guest Blogger: Prof Katy Shaw, University of Northumbria, Vice-Chair of BACLS – the British Association of Literary Studies – and executive committee member of University English, the national subject association. In recent years there has been a rapid rise in the teaching of English Literature in international Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), even in countries where English is not a national language. It is often claimed that more than half of the world's students study Shakespeare, in school or in Higher Education, and this is surely a cause for celebration. But are international students missing out on contemporary British writing, replete as it is with innovative, urgent and diverse voices exploring the challenges of our times? The advertised curriculum content of international HEIs suggests a heavy emphasis on pre-1900 texts (from Shakespeare to Dickens), with a few key 20th century modernist works, and little contemporary (post-2000) British writing. And in the HEIs where contemporary British writing is studied, how is this canon taking shape? Which voices, literary forms and themes resonate with students around the world? And what can the UK sector – academics, professional bodies, publishers, agents, translators and authors themselves – do to help usher more contemporary British writers onto international syllabuses? Northumbria University aims to find out. Today it launches Write Now, a new research programme supported by the British Council, which will be... Continue reading at 'British Council global'
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Miss Americana has been discussed in English literature classes for some years now – sometimes alongside Shakespeare. Continue reading at The Conversation
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Over the next six months, inmates in prisons around the country will be able to debate and vote on the winner of a new book award — the Inside Literary Prize. Continue reading at The New York Times
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In 'Queer History A to Z: 100 Years of LGBTQ+ Activism' (Kids Can Press, May 2024), Robin Stevenson explores the people, events, and circumstances that helped shape the rich history of LGBTQ+ activism in North America. Stevenson, a Stonewall Book Award recipient, spoke to PW about making queer... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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A lecturer in English literature gets her students to examine children’s books through the lens of race, class and sexuality. Continue reading at The Conversation
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From Best Book with a Cat on the Cover to Best Book to Read in a Dark, Dark Place, these are the book award categories we really want to see! Continue reading at Book Riot
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In an analysis of 300,000 English Literature syllabi, these are the novels by women authors that were the most commonly assigned. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Finding Her #ownvoice: A Conversation with Ivy Ngeow, by Susan Blumberg-Kason Interviews [email protected] Tue, 07/18/2023 - 15:46 Ivy Ngeow grew up in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and now makes her home in London. An architect and interior designer by... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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The New York Public Library has announced its five finalists for the 36th Helen Bernstein Book Award for Journalism. Continue reading at Book Riot
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The Center for Children's Literature at Bank Street College held a virtual event for the inaugural Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award on March 9. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Last night, the great pens of America convened at The Town Hall in NYC as Kal Penn presided over the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards. For those felled by late-winter viruses who desire to get a taste of proceedings, a recording is available here. Below are this year’s winners: PEN/Jean Stein... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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We spoke with Amina Luqman-Dawson about her immediate reaction to the news that her middle-grade historical novel 'Freewater,' inspired by the escape of formerly enslaved people, won this year's Coretta Scott King Book Award and the John Newbery Medal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education has announced the two books that are the first recipients of the Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award for excellence in literature for young children. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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"Democracy’s future is diminished when people’s access to power, information, a diversity of voices and the ability to influence policy are restricted," the ULC document states. "As cornerstones of democracy it is incumbent upon libraries to stand up against all efforts to impede the democratic... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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My clearest memory of my freshman year of college takes place in the emergency room of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where I was studying English Literature at Boston University and living on the eighteenth floor of Warren Towers, in Tower C, in a room with southern exposure. Despite... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Kris Jansma on working the polls and having long (bipartisan) conversations about literature with his fellow Election Inspectors. | Lit Hub Politics Read rapid-fire interviews with the National Book Award finalists. | Lit Hub “Now we have conversations where we can’t remember what’s in the book... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Publisher who founded Virago Press began as a campaigning outsider who introduced UK readers to authors including Angela Carter and Margaret AtwoodCarmen Callil, the publisher and writer who championed female writers and transformed the canon of English literature, has died of leukemia in London... Continue reading at The Guardian
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On her first day at an American high school, the protagonist of my novel, Hira, faces a dilemma. She considers herself well-read, but as she rifles through a thick textbook in her English Literature class, she realizes that none of the American authors in there are familiar to her. It is 2010,... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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From 1600s British literature to Sarah J. Maas books on TikTok, fore-edge painting is an enduring art form that adds even more magic to books. Continue reading at Book Riot
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The Society of Authors in London opens its 2023 submission program, having awarded 32 writers and illustrators with 2022 prizes. The post The UK’s Society of Authors Adds a New Disability-Focused Book Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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The Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards were announced today. They celebrate excellence in children’s and young adult literature. Continue reading at Book Riot
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