Press Releases
The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award announces University of Warwick partnership
The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award has today announced a new partnership with the University of Warwick for 2017 as organisers look to broaden the award’s platform for supporting and nurturing the country’s young writing talent.
Warwick Creative Writing alumna wins Manchester Poetry Prize
Rebecca Tamás who studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick has been awarded the Manchester Poetry Prize at the Manchester Writing Competition 2016.
Symposium to celebrate much-loved twentieth-century poet
Professor Emma Mason, from the University of Warwick’s English and Comparative Literature Studies Department will lead a one day symposium on the popular but under-appreciated poet Elizabeth Jennings in Oxford this month, on Saturday 29 October.
Historical writing explored at Warwick Words History Festival
Warwick Words History festival will showcase three University of Warwick academics in venues around the historic town of Warwick.
AL Kennedy receives prestigious Heine Prize of Dusseldorf
Alison Kennedy, Professor of Creative Writing in the English and Comparative Literature Department at the University of Warwick has been awarded the Heinrich Heine Prize 2016 of the state capital Dusseldorf.
Belgrade Theatre pays tribute to African-American actor Ira Aldridge
The Belgrade Theatre has teamed up with the University of Warwick’s Multicultural Shakespeare Project and The Coventry City of Culture Bid 2021 to present an event honouring the remarkable achievements of the African-American actor Ira Aldridge this November. He became Manager of the Coventry Theatre in 1828, at a time when slavery was still widespread across Britain’s colonies and the USA.