English at Nottingham Trent

Some Christmas Break reading?

100 Notable African Books of 2022 Explore African Literature

📰 Nottingham Trent University alum Luke Davey has been featured in the BBC’s Lifeline programme due to his volunteering work with Independent Age.

During his studies, as part of the volunteering opportunities offered by NTU's Centre for Student and Community Engagement, Luke was connected with Denis, an 85 year old ex-journalist, to provide some much needed company.

Denis, Independent Age Service user: “I was at quite a low ebb and was referred to Independent Age’s Reconnections service, which paired me with a local volunteer named Luke. Luke is 21, so there is an age gap of more than 60 years between us. At first, I thought that could be a problem, but he had a magical way of making me feel young again.

"My friendship with Luke has made me feel as if I’ve still got something to contribute to the world. He’s moved down to London now, but we still talk regularly on the phone and see each other as often as we can. He came to my birthday party this year and gave me a gift of a pen – which is great for a journalist!” ❤️️

Read the full feature on the Independent Age website ➡️ http://ow.ly/GyPo50LR7he

Watch Denis and Luke in BBC’s Lifeline, beginning at 3 minutes, 47 seconds here ➡️ http://ow.ly/BEC450LR7fw

The best fiction of 2022: NoViolet Bulawayo's Glory found new ways to write about violence and peace Glory is a story about Zimbabwe’s violent past told through animals.

https://trch.co.uk/the-rsc-37-plays-writing-group-at-the-theatre-royal/

📣OPPORTUNITY📣
Get involved with The Royal Shakespeare Company and The 37 Plays project, a national playwriting scheme searching for new plays across the country which tell ‘the stories of our nation’, coinciding with the 400th anniversary in 2023 of the publication of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s 37 Plays.

The project is inviting anyone in the UK to tell their story and will select 37 plays, of any form, to be performed script-in-hand in 2023.

As an RSC partner theatre, the Theatre Royal is working with its own writer-in-residence, Andy Barrett, to work with groups and individuals across the city to develop new play ideas.

Find out more and get involved over on the Theatre Royal website!

Join us online this Friday to hear author Leone Ross read from her latest novel, This One Sky Day.

⏰ Fri 24 June, 7-8pm. Free, livestreamed.

💖 PLUS: 10 randomly selected people signed up to the event will receive a free copy of the book 📚

🎫 Book a place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reading-this-one-sky-day-by-leone-ross-tickets-345541362517

This volunteering opportunity might be interesting for anyone with an interest in learning more about arts organisations.

Film Craft workshop next week - this may be of interest to English and Creative Writing students, but is open to all so feel free to share or invite your friends.

FORMATIONS event

This one-off workshop will offer you the chance to examine films and their content more clearly, giving you the tools to analyse movies and their messages. Including plenty of clips, case studies, and discussion, we will deconstruct imagery, character and visual metaphor affording you the opportunity to appreciate Hollywood and beyond with a deeper understanding of the film making craft.

This workshop is online, using Microsoft Teams, spaces are limited.

Explore the craft of film making with Andrew Graves Ever wondered how you might increase your understanding of cinema?

Reading inspiration in an unlikely publication!

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Ocean Vuong, 'Arrow of God,' and the Last Book She Bought The award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists takes our literary survey.

An interesting interview with poet Laura Chalar.

Laura Chalar: "How I wrote 'The infanta walks her poodle after a sandstorm'" - Poetry Wales "When that moment arrives, a verse or a phrase will come into my head, and that will be the start of the process. Once I have those few words in my mind, I know that I have a poem, no matter how long it takes for it to take shape."

Eve Makis talks to YA writer Candy Gourlay this Thursday evening! A great event for anyone interested in YA fiction (reading it, or writing it) or for anyone keen to hear two wonderful writers in conversation! Online, streamed live to Youtube, free.

Conversation and Reading with YA writer Candy Gourlay. Hosted by Eve Makis. Young Adult Fiction writer Candy Gourlay reading and in conversation with Eve Makis