UniSlam Poetry Success

UNISLAM is the UK’s largest poetry slam tournament and poetry summit. Durham University's Poetry Society sent a team to the national competition earlier this month, where they placed third overall, with English Studies undergraduate Prerana Kumar winning the individual Verve Prize for her individual poetry. Over on the University's student blog, Kym Deyn discusses the...

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A Conversation with John Milton

Before Fernando Martinez-Periset first encountered John Milton, he had been told by a teacher that this man would change his life. With the recent publication of Fernando’s article on Milton in Postgraduate English, it turns out that teacher was right. When I first began studying John Milton, I was sceptical. I thought that the complexity...

Northern Words (Spoken word poetry, 29th November)

We're proud to announce a new collaboration between the Centre for Poetry and Poetics, Department of English Studies and Gong Fu Poets, which will bring seven of the region's award-winning and up-and-coming spoken word artists to St Chad's College Chapel on 29th November. In two hours of top entertainment you'll hear from seven acclaimed Northern...

Back to Back Poetry: Review of Michael O’Neill and Jamie McKendrick at Durham Book Festival

Michael O’Neill’s The Return of the Gift and Jamie McKendrick’s Anomaly are two compelling poetry collections. Though individual in style, both encapsulate the personal experiences that have shaped the mind of their authors. Aalia Ahmed and Lucia Scigliano attended their reflective reading at Durham Book Festival. Michael O’Neill’s reading incorporated a diverse selection from his...

Patriotism and Dissent: Anna Laetitia Barbauld and the Pleasures of the Imagination (Public lecture, 15th November)

The poet Anna Leaetitia Barbauld might not be widely known today, but her work in the late eighteenth century helped to set the tone for what would become known as Romanticism. Come and learn more from about this pioneering female voice, and the debt she owes to Newcastle-born poet Mark Akenside, as Dr Emma Major gives...