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A photo of the poster for the CCP Clare & Gail event
7 November 2022

Centre for Poetry and Poetics Presents: Clare Fisher and Gail McConnell

The Centre for Poetry and Poetics is hosting renowned writers Clare Fisher and Gail McConnell on Thursday 17th November.
A photo of the poster for the CCP Maggie Nelson event
18 October 2022

Centre for Poetry and Poetics Presents: A Reading with Maggie Nelson

The Centre for Poetry and Poetics is hosting Maggie Nelson, acclaimed author of the recent bestseller "On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint".
A photo of Roger Robinson
12 October 2022

Roger Robinson to host workshops with students

Students in the School of English will have the opportunity to work with renowned writer, musician and performer Roger Robertson next week.
A large crowd facing a stage at a previous Off The Shelf event
10 October 2022

School of English at Off the Shelf 2022

Off the Shelf: Festival of Words is one of the largest literary festivals in the UK and takes place in Sheffield every October. Here are some of the events hosted by academic staff from the School of English.
Festival of the Mind Heads

Our Festival of the Mind 2022 recap

Our academics recently featured at this year's Festival of the Mind, an annual event which brings our world-leading research to life through collaboration with local artists. Here's bit more information about some of them.

6 October 2022
A photo of Elena Barham

First-year English Literature student wins BBC Young Writers' Award 2022

Elena Barham, a first-year student in the School of English, won with her 1940s-set story Little Acorns, written when she was just 16 years old.

4 October 2022 | BBC Radio 1
A promotional poster for a CPP event.

Centre for Poetry and Poetics, Autumn 2022 Series Presents: Emma Bolland, Rachel Genn and Mendoza

The Centre for Poetry and Poetics is hosting Emma Bolland, Rachel Genn and Mendoza, aka Linus Slug: Insect Librarian, in-person at the university on October 13th 2022.

3 October 2022
An image of the poster for Candyman and the Whole Damn Swarm

Candyman and the Whole Damn Swarm - A 30th Anniversary Conference

This conference is a collaboration between the Centre for the History of the Gothic at the University of Sheffield and the University of California, Riverside, taking place Friday 7th October – Sunday 9th October 2022.

26 September 2022
Ash tree outside Firth Court

University of Sheffield hosting ICEHL-22

The 22nd edition of the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics will take place in July 2023 in Sheffield.

21 September 2022