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Congratulations to School of English Prof. Emeritus, Gerald Dawe on the publishing of "ANOTHER TIME: POEMS 1978-2023" by The Gallery Press. Forty-five years in the making, Another Time: Poems 1978-2023 brings together Gerald Dawe’s new collection of poems with an extended selection from his eight previous books published by The Gallery Press. Click to order

Dr Rosie Lavan, assistant professor in the School of English, has contributed to a new BBC Radio 4 series marking the tenth anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s death. Four Sides of Seamus Heaney, to be broadcast in August and September 2023, explores different aspects of the poet’s work. It features archive recordings of Heaney reading his poems, alongside contributions from the Heaney family, fellow poets and writers, and scholars of Irish poetry. Dr Lavan is co-editing, with the poet and critic Bernard O’Donoghue, the first edition of the collected poems of Seamus Heaney, and she is the author of the monograph Seamus Heaney and Society (2020). Click to read more

Congratulations to Dr. Seán Hewitt, our newly appointed Assistant Professor in Literary Practice on being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. On 12 July 2023, the Royal Society of Literature announced 62 new appointments, including the second induction of writers elected to Fellowship through the RSL Open initiative. Launched as part of the bicentenary celebrations, the initiative has seen 60 new writers from communities, backgrounds and experiences currently under-represented in UK literary culture elected to Fellowship. Click to read more

Warm congratulations to one of our PhD students, Claire Poynton Smith on receiving the Graduate Teaching Award for her teaching of first year Old English in the school over the last two years.

Professor Andrew Murphy is one of the newly elected members of The Royal Irish Academy: Ireland's Leading Body of Experts in Scinece and Humanities. Twenty-eight recently elected Members were officially admitted during the ceremony on the 26th of May 2023 for their exceptional contributions to the sciences, humanities and social sciences, as well as to public service. Click to read more