Research and Literary Criticism This membership package includes a subscription to our journal, English. Published four times per year by the EA with Oxford University Press (OUP), English provides a forum for people who think hard and passionately about literature and who want to communicate those thoughts to a wide audience. It includes scholarly essays…
Vision The HE Committee will provide a voice for HE English in dialogue with other elements of the education sector, with government and public bodies, and with the wider public. It will engage proactively with the broad range of issues affecting researchers and teachers in English literature, language and creative writing across the HE sector…
Vision Secondary practitioners will recognise the work of the English Association through its three core activities in: raising the profile of the English subjects in schools; disseminating information to support the teachers of English; supporting excellent English teaching in schools across the full age range and sectors of secondary education. Strategy The Committee will fulfil…
Vision Early Years and Primary practitioners will recognise the work of the English Association through its core activities, in order to make a significant contribution to supporting teachers: Promoting English (speaking, listening, reading, writing and multi-modal communication) as well as linked research informed pedagogies; Curating high quality resources and acting as a forum for sharing best practice and high quality children’s literature. Strategy The Committee will…
Supporting English Studies You will be all too aware that this is an extremely difficult time for colleagues in English studies across the sector. Some of these stories have received a great deal of publicity; others have not. Over the last 12 months we have worked directly with a number of departments, in collaboration with…
Pikku Publishing http://pikkupublishing.com/ 978 0 9934884 81 £8.99 This book tells the rags to riches story of Andrew Carnegie. He was born the son of a weaver in 19th century Scotland and emigrated to America with his family in search of a better life. With determination, hard work and a passion for learning he became successful…
Wren and Rook ISBN 9781526361448 £12.99 A beautifully illustrated book that celebrates heroes who have changed the world with kindness. The 50 role models are drawn from all walks of life. Some are famous such as David Attenborough, Louis Braille, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela and Usain Bolt. Others are less well-known such as James Harrison…
Harper Collins Children’s Books www.harpercollins.co.uk ISBN 978 00 0 8256975 £6.99 This is a story about how the world nearly ends when threatened by a deadly virus; Canine Born Ebola or CBE, and how an eleven year old girl Georgie, her friend Ramzy and her dog Mr Mash eventually save the day. The method is difficult and daring…
Walker Books ISBN 9781406380835; £6.99 What an interesting story, and an unusual approach to the starting months of World War One. Set in a village in Poland – which in 1914 didn’t exist as a country and was split between Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary – the story begins with a childish challenge to collect buttons…