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Book Launch of "All Down Darkness Wide" by Dr. Sean HewittWarm congratulations to Dr. Sean Hewitt on the launch of his memoir "All Down the Darkness Wide" on the 14th of July 2022. "A luminous and haunting memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming of age, and a fearless exploration of queer identity and trauma." Click to pre-order now.
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Call for submissions for The John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize 2023The John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize is for an outstanding debut poetry book collection by a poet, in the English language. The John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize is valued at €10,000 and will be adjudicated by a panel of judges nominated by the John Pollard Foundation, and the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English, Trinity College Dublin. The deadline for submissions is October 18th 2022. Please Click here to view application details
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Digitisation of one of the world’s finest medieval manuscripts, the Book of St AlbansOne of the most finely illustrated medieval manuscripts, Matthew Paris’s Book of St Albans, has been digitised by the Library of Trinity College Dublin for the first time. The 13th century masterpiece features 54 individual works of medieval art and has fascinated readers across the centuries, from royalty to renaissance scholars. Created by the renowned scribe, the Benedictine monk Matthew Paris of St Albans Abbey in England, the manuscript chronicles the life of St Alban, the first Christian martyr in England. It also outlines the construction of St Albans cathedral. The Book of St Albans has been fully digitised ahead of the feast day of St Alban, Wednesday, 22nd June. Contributors are: Director of the M.Phil in Medieval Studies, Dr Mark Faulkner, Librarian and College Archivist, Helen Shenton and Manuscripts Curator, Estelle Gittins.
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International Gothic Association Conference 2022The 16th International Gothic Association Conference adopts the conference theme ‘Gothic Interruptions’ in order to encourage an interrogation of the ways in which Gothic and horror can frame such contemporary (and historical) events as moments that are also loaded with possibility.
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Cormac McCarthy International Conference, June 14-17, 2022A four-day international conference organised by the School of English, The Cormac McCarthy Society, and the Irish Association for American Studies. Registration is essential in advance of the conference, and can be arranged by emailing: smttrson@tcd.ie
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