Today we mourn the countless freedom fighters from Ireland, India, Kenya, and other former colonies who lost their lives struggling for independence from the British government and monarchy. In their honor, we are sharing some threads summarizing the crimes of this empire 🧵
Jackie Kay: An International Conference
Hosted online, 3 June 2021, 17:00-18:30
The conference is followed by a reading and Q&A. You're welcome to register for both or either.
the conference:
https://t.co/TBG9xXWOKG
the Reading and Q&A: https://t.co/NueJhIDlfT
We're delighted to announce the first conference on @JackieKayPoet, author, poet & Scots Makar, on June 3rd. Organised by Fiona Tolan at @JMUEnglish & @Tasha_Alden at @AberEnglishDept with @gylphi. See links below to register for this free conference, reading & Q&A #Kay2021
Yesterday we released the fourth edition of our newsletter! If you don’t want to miss out, make sure you sign up to be a member of the society so you never miss an issue!
Nominations are open! 🎉
Who will be your Sports Team or Society of the Year? Who should take the crown for Best New Society? Who has been your Sustainability Champion of the Year or who do you think hosted the best virtual event? 🏆
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You’ve got Mail! 💌
Voting is officially open! Head to your student email and follow the unique voter link that has been sent to you to have your say in who leads you this year! ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾
All who vote are automatically entered to win 1 of 5 £100 cash prizes! 🤩✨
There are TWO FREE events taking place at The Publishing Conference that you can sign up for today.
The first is 'An introduction to publishing with James Spackman', a whistle-stop breakdown of the industry, 24th April at 11am: https://t.co/pijBz2sSJy
Followed by a Q&A!
AGM's are coming! Do you want to be a part of the new committee? Let us know and we can give you some more information. We need all members to vote! The AGM's are Friday 26th Feb at 4pm, sign up to event on the Literature Society Page on the JMSU Website!!
BOOK LAUNCH! Come celebrate the publication of “The Lost Letters of Flann O'Brien”, edited by our very own Gerry Smyth and Andrew Sherlock of @DLjmu fame. 25 Feb, 19.00GMT https://t.co/BeAwmgVXuv #LostLetters
Cieran and Emily will be going live on Instagram on Monday morning at 11 to talk about the books they swapped over the Christmas Break. Make sure you tune in! Head over to our Instagram to watch the live on Monday: https://t.co/sqHGvmrJ9z
We sent out Newsletter 3 today! Did you get it? To receive the next one, sign up to be a member of the Lit Society on the JMSU website!! If you did get it, let us know what you thought, and if you have any suggestions for the next one! Here’s what we featured:
Jo’s warmth, enthusiasm, kindness, empathy, humour, sense of fun and fierce intellect, all worn with characteristic modesty and compassion, brightened our days. She will be greatly missed by us all. Our thoughts are with Jo’s family and all who loved her. https://t.co/emGCgcnNfd
ACTIVITY: Lit Society Book Swap for the Christmas break! This a fun activity for you all to participate in over Christmas. We will pair you up with another member of the society and you will send them a book in the post for them to read over the Christmas period.
ACTIVITY: Lit Society Book Swap for the Christmas break! This a fun activity for you all to participate in over Christmas. We will pair you up with another member of the society and you will send them a book in the post for them to read over the Christmas period.