English and Creative Writing (ECW)

She Believed She Could So She Did

English Grad Zoe tells us about her favourite book for World Book Day

Good Writing Should be for Everyone

Rod Rosenquist, Senior Lecturer in English, describes a book that everyone should make time for on World Book Day.

Why I fell in love with William Morris

To celebrate World Book Day we asked Dr Phillipa Bennett, Senior Lecturer in English, to tell us about her favourite book.

The Well at the World’s End…

The Company I Keep

Dr Sam Reese, Lecturer in English, tells us about his favourite book for World Book Day.

The Company She Keeps by Mary McCarthy

How easy is it to choose your favourite book?

Jon Mackley, Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, tells us about his favourite book for World Book Day

The People, the Public and Populism: 1916 and 2016

By Rod Rosenquist

Having recently co-edited a special issue of the journal Modernist Cultures entitled ‘Modernism in Public’, Rod Rosenquist, Senior Lecturer in English, examines the relationship between cultural…

Christmas, John Clare and Christine Corton: ECW’s Seasonal Celebrations

The Dark Fantastic: A Review of the Sixth Annual Fantasy Symposium, held at the University of Northampton

Now in its sixth year running, the annual Fantasy Symposium co-organized by the University of Northampton and Richmond University, the American…

Anarchy and Academia: The University of Northampton plays host to ‘The Art of Punk’ Conference

Friday the 25th of November 2016 saw Avenue Campus at the University of Northampton host The Third Annual Punk Scholars Network Conference and Postgraduate Symposium…