Centre for Modern and Contemporary Writing

Research Centre for Modern and Contemporary Writing @SotonEnglish @Soton_SIAH @unisouthampton

[Joseph Owen @joseph_owen_]

My dispatch from Linz, reporting on the Crossing Europe Film Festival:
https://t.co/dV0EJL5AzG

[Toby Litt @tobylitt]

"For the overwhelmed poet, this poetic artifice is deeply enabling, allowing what was previously unspeakable to finally be spoken."

'the overwhelmed poet'!

This year's FT Prince Memorial Lecture by Dr Mary Jean Chan was outstanding -

https://t.co/HEDE4kNJRZ

[Iris Murdoch @IrisMurdoch]

Tomorrow! In person! In Chichester!

[Toby Litt @tobylitt]

I'm lucky enough to have read Dr Mary Jean Chan's FT Prince Memorial Lecture, which they'll be giving tomorrow evening - it's a stunning and moving piece of writing about grief and poetic form.

In person tickets are still available...

https://t.co/xWMHqx9Yvq

[Toby Litt @tobylitt]

f you can make it to Southampton, and if you can't you can book a place to watch online.
(A recording of the lecture will also be available afterwards.)

@unisouthampton @UoSMedia @OctoberBooks @CMCWsoton

[Joseph Owen @joseph_owen_]

I've written about Kafka for @law_humanities

https://t.co/FaT2ffSAal

[Joseph Owen @joseph_owen_]

I will be hosting a Q&A at Harbour Lights Picturehouse for Mother Vera. The film won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the BFI London Film Festival.

With Cécile Embleton, one of the co-directors, on Wednesday 3rd September at 8pm. Tickets here: https://t.co/ZOq0hKFcrc

[Law and Humanities Journal @law_humanities]

New essay by Chi Ying Lam @UoSMusic @Soton_SIAH on the experiences of artists displaced from Hong Kong arriving in the UK - addressing questions of 'identity, and the transformative role of creativity in diasporic experiences'. *Read it here*: https://t.co/XUmSIJLtj4

[Joseph Owen @joseph_owen_]

My #Locarno78 round-up, including:

Dry Leaf (Alexandre Koberidze)
Sorella di Clausura (Ivana Mladenović)
With Hasan in Gaza (Kamal Aljafari)
Two Seasons, Two Strangers (Sho Miyake)
Year One (Roberto Rossellini)
White Snail (Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter)

https://t.co/xHvS1Np1lZ

[Joseph Owen @joseph_owen_]

From Locarno Film Festival #6

https://t.co/m83abbwq4j

[Joseph Owen @joseph_owen_]

From Locarno Film Festival #5

https://t.co/3CIRNQl3B6

[Joseph Owen @joseph_owen_]

From Locarno Film Festival #4

https://t.co/4HSGeQALix

[Joseph Owen @joseph_owen_]

From Locarno Film Festival #3

https://t.co/ASQS33NgRe

[Joseph Owen @joseph_owen_]

From Locarno Film Festival #2

https://t.co/AX7YpTyUqU

[Joseph Owen @joseph_owen_]

From Locarno Film Festival #1

https://t.co/RNPD6XTYTg

[Toby Litt @tobylitt]

On @philipwhale's birthday, and to celebrate his life and career, not least teaching at the @HumanitiesUoS, we're launching the Philip Hoare Prize for Non-Fiction.

It's free to enter with £300 to the winner.

https://t.co/mrwRGU7tGL

[Kanupriya Dhingra @aampannaa]

Last week, delivered a keynote presentation at @CMCWsoton on all things chaotic/ecstatic in contemporary Delhi’s 'parallel'/(im)permanent book spaces.

[Centre for Modern and Contemporary Writing @CMCWsoton]

All welcome!
--CMCW SHORTNESS Research Day
--on Avenue Campus at the University of Southampton
--23 April, 11am–5pm

[Centre for Modern and Contemporary Writing @CMCWsoton]

All welcome!
--CMCW SHORTNESS Research Day
--on Avenue Campus at the University of Southampton
--23 April, 11am–5pm