YSJU Literature Students Get Unparalleled Insight Into 1990s Music Scene

English Literature students from York St John University were visited this week by journalist Anna Doble, the author of Connection is a Song Coming Up and Coming Out Through the Music of the 90s and presenter of the BBC World Service radio show, Pick of the World.

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025

#FolkHorrorFeb Reading Challenge: Read Olivia Issac-Henry’s Sorrow Spring this February!

On Saturday 8th March, the Hauntology and Spectrality Research Group will be hosting a day of “Folk Horror and Popular Hauntology” events at the York Literature Festival. The day will include a live interview with Olivia Isaac-Henry, author of the folk horror novel Sorrow Spring (2024). To get in the mood, we’re inviting you to join us for the 2025 Folk Horror February 2025 Reading Challenge!

September 27, 2024September 27, 2024

Book’d & Busy Episode 2 is out now! “The Books That Made Us”

Rachel Bentley and Madz Warley return for the second installment of “Book’d & Busy: A Lit Life On Campus”, the official podcast of the English Literature and Creative Writing Degrees at York St John University!

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September 23, 2024September 23, 2024

Introducing “Book’d & Busy: A Lit Life On Campus”

English Literature and Creative Writing Student Podcasters team up to produce a new and official monthly Words Matter Podcast.

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Drs Alex Wylie and Adam James Smith are delighted to announce that they have secured funding to employ a Student-as-Researcher on their project “Getting Smart: Mapping the Life and Legacy of Christopher Smart (1722-1771).”

Rachel Bentley and Madz Warley return for the second installment of “Book’d & Busy: A Lit Life On Campus”, the official podcast of the English Literature and Creative Writing Degrees at York St John University!