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• BBC Book of the Week author set to inspire our English students

  Date: 16/08/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/kit-de-waal-english-leicester

  The author of this week’s BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week will be inspiring students on the University of Leicester’s English course, from September.

• BBC drama novelist residency set to inspire English students

  Date: 09/06/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/kit-de-waal

  The novelist behind a new uplifting BBC television drama will be sharing the skills behind her writing with students at the University of Leicester.

• Best-selling crime author visits Leicester to discuss “killing for fun and profit”!

  Date: 29/04/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/val-mcdermid

  Best-selling crime author Val McDermid visits Leicester to discuss “killing for fun and profit”

• Leicester author shares untold story of Mary Attenborough

  Date: 25/03/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/mary-attenborough

  A Leicester historian says he is ‘absolutely certain’ that Mary Attenborough would have been front and centre in helping refugees and asylum...

• Literary endowment fund will create new ‘writer in residence’ and professorship

  Date: 24/03/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/jean-humphreys

  Literary endowment fund will create new ‘writer in residence’ and professorship at Leicester University

• Literary Festival returns to Leicester

  Date: 23/02/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/literary-leicester

  World-renowned authors will be heading to Leicester for one of the biggest and most diverse literary festivals in the East Midlands, taking place...

• The Dickens Code: Enduring mystery of Dickens shorthand letter solved with crowd-sourced research

  Date: 07/02/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/dickens-code-tavistock-letter

  An international team of volunteers and amateur decoders have helped experts solve the enduring mystery of a letter written by celebrated novelist...

• Bestselling author Louise Doughty awarded Honorary Degree

  Date: 19/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/louise-doughty

  The bestselling Leicestershire-born author, playwright and journalist, Louise Doughty, has today (Wednesday 19 January) been awarded an Honorary...

• Leicester alumni recognised in New Year Honours 2022

  Date: 05/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/new-year-honours

  Outstanding achievements by University of Leicester alumni have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List for 2022.

• The secret behind Scrooge? Research studies Dickens’ coded letters

  Date: 16/12/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/dickens-code

  Charles Dickens’s festive favourite A Christmas Carol is a staple of the holiday season.