Events
Upcoming events
Writing Retreat 2022
Our annual Writing Retreat will once again take place at Alexander House by kind permission of the owner, Mrs J. Lewis, on 23-27 May, 2022.
Programme
Monday 23 May
- Arrival, 5.00pm onwards
- Welcome and introductions, 6.00pm (Katie Halsey and Emma Macleod)
- Dinner, 7.00pm (Please note that the retreat will be self-catered, so cooking and dishwashing will form an extra ‘team-building’ exercise… menus and ingredients will be organised in advance)
- An Introduction to Generative Writing, 8:00pm (Katie Halsey and Emma Macleod)
Tuesday 24 May
- Breakfast, 8.00am-9.00am
- Getting Motivated: 9.00am-9.15am
- Intensive writing time, 9.15am-12.30pm
- Lunch, 12.30pm-1.30pm
- Intensive writing time, 1.30pm-6.00pm
- Dinner 7.00pm
Wednesday 25 May
- Breakfast, 8.00-9.00am
- Staying Motivated, 9.00am-9.15am
- Intensive writing time, 9.15am-12.30pm
- Lunch, 12.30pm-1.30pm
- Looking forwards: editing your generative draft, 1.30pm-2.00pm
- Intensive writing time, 2.00pm-6.00pm
- Celebration Dinner, congratulations, and R&R, 7.00pm onwards.
Thursday 26 May
Free time; attendees welcome to depart on Thursday morning, carry on working, or relax as they prefer.
Friday 27 May
Depart by 10.00am Friday morning.
Writing Group Spring 2022
All meetings of the Eighteenth-Century Writing Group will take place on Teams this semester. All meetings are Wednesdays at 1–2pm.
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 12 Jan | New Year’s Resolutions |
| 23 Feb | Charley Matthews: ‘Anne Lister's reading habits’ (working title) |
| 23 March | Kelsey Jackson Williams: Narrative in Academic Writing (workshop) |
| 27 April |
Katie Halsey: ‘Jane Austen and the North’ |
| 4 May | PhD panel: Lucy Henry and Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman will present their doctoral projects |
| 18 May | MRes panel: Stuart Brown, Katharina Pruente, Katie Maclean and Danni Sterricks will present their Masters projects |
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23-27 May |
Writing retreat |
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8 June |
Andrew Bricker (University of Ghent): “Reading the Language of Libel: Eighteenth-Century Satire and the Emergence of Objective Interpretive Procedures”. This hybrid talk will be delivered on-campus, and also available to join online. |