Essays & Studies: 2013 British Literature and Print Culture
The complexity of print culture in Britain between the seventeenth and nineteenth century is investigated in these wide-ranging articles.
Essays & Studies: 2012 Dickens and Modernity
Essays exploring the ways in which Dickens’ vision is both so much of its time, and yet has so much resonance for today.
Essays & Studies – 2019: Slow Scholarship
A powerful claim for the virtues of a more thoughtful and collegiate approach to the academy today.
2020 English 4-11 Picture Book Awards Reviews
Quill Soup by Alan Durant and Dale Blankenaar, Tiny Owl Publishing Review by Sue McGonigle an independent consultant and co-creator of www.lovemybooks.co.uk. She is also a member of the English 4-11 editorial board Noko the porcupine arrives at a village tired and hungry after a long journey. But the villagers are far from welcoming, wary and selfish they deny having food to share. Knowing they are lying Noko…
English 4-11 PBA Submissions
Submissions invited for the English 4-11 Picture Book Awards 2020! Celebrating the unique partnership of picture and text Eligibility There are four categories: Fiction for 4–7 years of age, Fiction for 7–11 years of age, Non-Fiction for 4–7 years of age, and Non-Fiction for 7–11 years of age. The book(s) should have been published in…
No.1 Doctor! Doctor!
Doctor! Doctor! Doctoral Studies in English in 21st Century Britain
No. 2 Vital Signs
Vital Signs: English in Medieval Studies in 21st Century Higher Education
No. 3 Write or Wrong?
Write or Wrong? Creative Writing in the Academy
No. 4 Second Reading
Second Reading: a report debating the present state of English at AS and A level and identifying priorities for revising the English subject criteria