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• Author of Madame Doubtfire and Carnegie Medal winner Anne Fine to share what inspires her writing

  Date: 8 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/author-of-2018madame-doubtfire2019-and-carnegie-medal-winner-anne-fine-to-share-what-inspires-her-writing

  Multi-award-winning author Anne Fine OBE will be visiting our University to speak on her long-standing career as a writer for all audiences during...

• Leicesters literary festival gives a glimpse into our possible futures

  Date: 3 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester2019s-free-literary-festival-gives-a-glimpse-into-our-possible-futures

  This year’s Literary Leicester plans to take audiences where no-one has gone before – but might do, one day.

• Expert opinions cover the Reformation Emily Bronts Heathcliff and Trumps media tactics

  Date: 31 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/expert-opinions-cover-the-reformation-emily-brontio2019s-heathcliff-and-trumps-media-tactics

  Dr Angus Cameron from our School of Business has written an article for The Conversation discussing Jakob Fugger, the man who underwrote the...

• Students discover Leicesters literary secrets on Joe Orton walking tour

  Date: 30 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/students-discover-leicesters-literary-secrets-on-joe-orton-walking-tour

  This year the University of Leicester has been celebrating the work of Joe Orton.

• Seventeen novels in seventeen years Leicester alumna Adele Parks to share her journey to the bestsellers list

  Date: 26 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/seventeen-novels-in-seventeen-years-leicester-alumna-adele-parks-to-share-her-journey-to-the-bestsellers-list

  Leicester alumna and author of seventeen bestselling novels Adele Parks will be speaking at Literary Leicester on Wednesday 15 November.

• Our Professor at Bible Museum panel

  Date: 26 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/our-professor-at-bible-museum-panel

  A month before it opens to the public, the Museum of the Bible in the US hosted a scholarly panel discussion featuring an academic from our School...

• Leicester academic brings attention to a lack of care for women after miscarriage

  Date: 23 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-academic-brings-attention-to-a-lack-of-care-for-women-after-miscarriage

  Dr Corinne Fowler from our School of Arts has recently spoken out about the mistreatment of women and the lack of communication after a miscarriage.

• Literary Leicester events to tackle race culture and class headon

  Date: 19 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/literary-leicester-events-to-tackle-race-culture-and-class-head-on

  October 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of Black History Month in the UK - a month dedicated to recognising and celebrating black history, arts...

• Public lecture to mark the 350th anniversary of John Miltons epic Paradise Lost

  Date: 18 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/public-lecture-to-mark-the-350th-anniversary-of-john-milton2019s-epic-paradise-lost

  An upcoming public lecture will mark and celebrate the 350th anniversary of John Milton’s epic Paradise Lost.

• Leicester lecturer turns spotlight on British country houses Caribbean and East Indian connections

  Date: 12 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-lecturer-turns-spotlight-on-british-country-houses2019-caribbean-and-east-indian-connections

  On 22 October, starting at 6.