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Top 5 Reads for Children

The English 4-11 Editorial Board has a host of experience of children’s books. We can spot a child’s reading tastes at five paces, and we reckon there really is a book for everyone. The problem is, with so many books out there, finding the right one can feel a bit like the stuff of legends!…

COVID-19 publication alerts

We’ll be updating this page with details of any impacts or disruptions caused by COVID-19 to the delivery of our publications. Currently unaffected The publication and delivery of the following publications is currently unaffected: English 4-11 Essays & Studies Newsletter Use of English Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory Year’s Work in English Studies…

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2020 AGM Update

The EA team is working hard to keep our staff, colleagues, and communities safe. Therefore we’ve decided to limit the risk caused by travelling and gathering in large groups by moving our Awards Ceremony and AGM to Wednesday, 25 November 2020. We’ll be in the same beautiful location, with the same fantastic events, including a…

Shakespeare Teachers’ Conversation (29 May 2020)

We’re delighted that two of our very own Fellows – Jenny Stevens and Gill Woods – organised the first online Shakespeare Teachers’ Conversation, which took place on Friday 29 May. Liam Semler (University of Sydney) and Jenny Stevens (English Association) discussed teaching in our socially distanced moment. They talked about teaching without a final examination, performance-led…

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Establishing a Decolonising Network

Decolonising the Discipline is a collaborative initiative undertaken jointly by colleagues at the English Association, the Institute of English Studies, the University of East Anglia, the Postcolonial Studies Association and University English. It aims to develop platforms for discipline-wide conversations that can foster and support collaborative action across English literature, language and creative writing. This work…