I’m putting on a lustre buster of a Creative Writing Conference at The University of Edinburgh on Friday 3rd May. There’s panels with wonderful folk (agents/publishers/profs+) & snacks & readings from the sublime Hannah Lavery & Andrés N. Ordorica & heaps more. & it’s FREE.

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🐲 A-NOCHD! / TONIGHT! 🐲

#gàidhlig #cymraeg #catalan

Do you have a story about the old Edinburgh Royal Infirmary? Submit to Edinburgh International Book Festival's Words from the Wards project! The project celebrates the heritage of the Book Festival's new home at Edinburgh Futures Institute. Find our more and submit ▶️ edin.ac/441EL6C

How often do you walk past a 1000 year old rune stone?  The answer is every day, if you work or study near the Main Library! Find out more about the rune stone and the album of sketches by James Skene of Rubislaw (1793-1837) 🔗 libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/diu/2024/04/11…

Our Creative Writing students know how amazing Patrick James Errington is as a teacher. Here's the #PollardPoetryPrize panel confirming how great a poet he is too!

'It is work of remarkable virtuosity which always grounds itself in emotion, in the hard-earned poetics of the heart'

👏Patrick

Congratulations to IASH Affiliate Patrick James Errington of LLCatEdinburgh on winning the 2024 Pollard Poetry Prize! 🎉

Who Can Speak on Behalf of “Us”?

Wednesday 17 April
2pm - 3:30pm,
Room 3.15, CMB

Join Dr. Antoine Bilodeau for this in-person event! No booking required.
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School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh
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'I used to hate presenting, but it’s definitely paid off in the end!'

We talk to final year student Minju Kim about overcoming her fears to take the national Japanese Speech Contest top prize for her talk on Japan’s relationship with Korea.

👏Minju

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Join us on 24 April for the second of our Inaugural Lectures, this time from Romanticism, which will explore the birth of capital-L Literature during the Romantic period.
Come along as Tim takes us through philosophy, creativity, and invention.
Free 🎟️: tmilnes.eventbrite.co.uk/?aff=social

Next week we'll be exploring the question What is Humanities Data? Join us! LLCatEdinburgh HCAatEdinburgh edin.ac/43qAKIx

✍️ There's still tickets left for the launch of Martin's exciting new poetry collection! It's sure to be a night to remember, so book for free now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-book-…

about 1 week left for the deadline for abstracts for Fin de Sexe(?)! submit your own, or remind a researcher who almost certainly needs reminding ✍️

Great news! Congratulations Nadine 👏

🇮🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We're excited to share that the President of Iceland, His Excellency Dr Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, is coming to the University. The lecture by President of Iceland examines the power and pitfalls of patriotism in a globalised world.

Book for free here: iceland-the-brave.eventbrite.co.uk/?aff=s

What an excellent performance by the students at yesterday’s premiere of this year’s German Play ‘Alice im Anderland’ at the The University of Edinburgh! I thoroughly enjoyed the performance and hope that many will come to see it tonight! Well done, cast and crew! 👏

If you find yourself in Edinburgh on 24th April, you could do worse than drop by my free public inaugural lecture on how the Romantics invented Literature. Come for the talk, stay for the drinks and nibbles. eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-le…