Inventions of the Text

An online forum hosting writers and academics. Led by PGRs from the English Department at Durham.
Free and open to the public!

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[Shelley Conference @shelleyconf]

Happy birthday to Percy Bysshe Shelley, born #OTD 231 years ago!

To celebrate, we are delighted to share the Call for Papers for the 2024 Shelley Conference: https://t.co/u8cOGfPCsL

We look forward to welcoming Shelleyans to @KeatsHouse 28-29 June 2024
#Shelley200 @MHRABooks

[AnnieZaidi PhD @anniezaidi]

@AlephBookCo @buntysaab I also write scripts. Of my plays, 'Untitled 1' won The Hindu playwright prize, 'Name, Place, Animal, Thing' was shortlisted for the same prize, 'Jam' was regional winner viz the BBC playwriting prize. Published as 3 plays, currently free on kindle: https://t.co/EKh5KdI4Yq

[AnnieZaidi PhD @anniezaidi]

@AlephBookCo 'City of Incident: A novel in 12 parts' and 'Prelude to a Riot' are both short novels. Prelude... won the Tata Litlive award for fiction and was shortlisted for the JCB book prize the same year.
City of Incident is my newest book. A link to reviews here: https://t.co/iXDmti7ayr

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And with that, we're at an end for this year's Inventions!
Thank you all for fantastic support and enthusiasm over the past academic year. We hope to back next year for more exciting, educational, inventive texts!
Until next year!
@READEnglish waits to welcome you again!

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Thank you also to all our 23 attendees last. Turnout in-person was fantastic to see and special thanks to our online attendees, for making an effort to join in from different timezones and locations!
@READEnglish

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Thank you to all our speakers at Inventions of the Text yesterday- Wanjie Feng, Annie Zaidi, Rory Clarkson and Marc Chamberlain! It was an expansive and exciting evening!
@anniezaidi @WanjieFeng @ClarksonPoetry @_Marc_Ch_

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If you're attending online, please check the email you registered with to get your Zoom link! We've sent it out. If you registered between 3.30pm to close in the UK, please bear with us as we reach the link to you shortly!
Thank you!

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Last call for online attendees tonight! @READEnglish
https://t.co/hvZVoEedM5

[Research in English At Durham @READEnglish]

TOMORROW!

💡 This academic year has seen many fascinating @Inventions_Text seminars from our wonderful visiting speakers and we're really looking forward to closing out the year with our PGR Works in Progress!

✏️ Join us at 17:30, online or in person: https://t.co/ElY4gmq5IZ

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VANILLA PROMOTIONAL TWEET.

Exciting stuff, last session etc. etc. etc.
You know it all now, so only sign-up left to do! Remember it's a hybrid session. You can come in person or join us via-Zoom.
Register here:https://t.co/3W1qi9Bdfd
@READEnglish

[Research in English At Durham @READEnglish]

✏️ An award-winning writer, a Shakespearean, a Contemporary Poet and a novue researcher on the Elegy come together at Inventions of the Text!

💡 You won't want to miss our last @Inventions_Text Seminar of the year!

Sign up to join us next Wednesday: https://t.co/ElY4gmpxTr

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@READEnglish

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@ClarksonPoetry
Did you know?
Our next speaker on the contemporary Elegy is himself a published poet. Find Rory Clarkson's work in 'Peninsula'. Listen to him on 14 June at 5.30, ER149 and online.
Reg: https://t.co/ziLTLpQcYF

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@durham_uni @PoetrySociety @pdxmodcon @EnglishTeesside @GradNorthumbria @English_Harvard @NewcastleEngSoc @DurhamArtsHums

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Did, you know?
Our speaker on 14th June at Inventions @anniezaidi
Elle magazine named Annie Zaidi as one of the emerging South Asian writers “whose writing… will enrich South Asian literature” (From Nine Dots Prize 2020 winner's report on Annie's Memoir "Bread, Cement, Cactus")

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Inventions - PGR - Durham University https://t.co/Ndzz3sHkcL
HALLO WORLD! DURHAM IS CALLING!
@READEnglish @anniezaidi @ClarksonPoetry @WanjieFeng @_Marc_Ch_

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Did you know?
@_Marc_Ch_

Marc Chamberlain has published his poetry in leading poetry journals and was featured in The Best New British and Irish Poets 2019-2021.
Sign up to hear Marc:https://t.co/OFUlzhH6Qy

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✏️ PGR Work in Progress

💡 Our final @Inventions_Text seminar of the year is live!

The session will take place on the 14th June, in person and online.

Register here: https://t.co/OyI9M0ENvM

[The Open Digital Seminar in 18th-Century Studies @ODSECS1]

Update: it’s happening TODAY & we couldn’t be more excited!