Literature Cambridge
@litcamb.bsky.social
We offer high-quality lectures and courses on English literature and Classics, online and in person. We study Shakespeare, George Eliot, Tennyson, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Zora Neale Hurston, George Orwell, and more.
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Join one of our 45-minute taster tours of the University Library with a member of our friendly Library staff focusing on our collections, services and workspaces.
📍UL tours take place on the second Saturday of the month.
🔗Find out more and book your place: https://loom.ly/_W79-4A
📍UL tours take place on the second Saturday of the month.
🔗Find out more and book your place: https://loom.ly/_W79-4A
February 18, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Join one of our 45-minute taster tours of the University Library with a member of our friendly Library staff focusing on our collections, services and workspaces.
📍UL tours take place on the second Saturday of the month.
🔗Find out more and book your place: https://loom.ly/_W79-4A
📍UL tours take place on the second Saturday of the month.
🔗Find out more and book your place: https://loom.ly/_W79-4A
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Yehay!!
We've been short listed for Small Press of the year 2026, Northern Finalists.
Congratulations to all the Indy presses and thanks to the judges.
@thebookseller.com
www.thebookseller.com/news/the-bri...
We've been short listed for Small Press of the year 2026, Northern Finalists.
Congratulations to all the Indy presses and thanks to the judges.
@thebookseller.com
www.thebookseller.com/news/the-bri...
The British Book Awards 2026 Small Press of the Year finalists unveiled
The finalists for The British Book Awards 2026 Small Press of the Year from across the UK and Ireland have been revealed.
www.thebookseller.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Yehay!!
We've been short listed for Small Press of the year 2026, Northern Finalists.
Congratulations to all the Indy presses and thanks to the judges.
@thebookseller.com
www.thebookseller.com/news/the-bri...
We've been short listed for Small Press of the year 2026, Northern Finalists.
Congratulations to all the Indy presses and thanks to the judges.
@thebookseller.com
www.thebookseller.com/news/the-bri...
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Introducing Partita, the new novel from the Pulitzer and Women’s Prize winning author of Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver.
Coming October 2026, cover to be revealed.
faber.co.uk/journal/faber-announces-barbara-kingsolvers-new-novel
Coming October 2026, cover to be revealed.
faber.co.uk/journal/faber-announces-barbara-kingsolvers-new-novel
February 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Introducing Partita, the new novel from the Pulitzer and Women’s Prize winning author of Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver.
Coming October 2026, cover to be revealed.
faber.co.uk/journal/faber-announces-barbara-kingsolvers-new-novel
Coming October 2026, cover to be revealed.
faber.co.uk/journal/faber-announces-barbara-kingsolvers-new-novel
If you have access to BBC radio, don’t miss the reading of Percival Everett’s powerful 2024 novel, James, on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
BBC Sounds - James by Percival Everett - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of James by Percival Everett on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM
If you have access to BBC radio, don’t miss the reading of Percival Everett’s powerful 2024 novel, James, on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
Iris Murdoch and the Natural World: live online course. Five lectures and seminars, Sundays, fortnightly, 15 March to 10 May 2026, 6.00 to 8.00 pm British time.
#irismurdoch
Just a few places left.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/murdoch-2026
#irismurdoch
Just a few places left.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/murdoch-2026
February 18, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Iris Murdoch and the Natural World: live online course. Five lectures and seminars, Sundays, fortnightly, 15 March to 10 May 2026, 6.00 to 8.00 pm British time.
#irismurdoch
Just a few places left.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/murdoch-2026
#irismurdoch
Just a few places left.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/murdoch-2026
Next in our Virginia Woolf Season, live online:
Rooms in Jacob’s Room (1922).
Live online lecture and seminar with Karina Jakubowicz.
Saturday 21 Febrary 2026
18.00-20.00 British Time
19.00-21.00 Central European Time
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/vw-season-6/...
Rooms in Jacob’s Room (1922).
Live online lecture and seminar with Karina Jakubowicz.
Saturday 21 Febrary 2026
18.00-20.00 British Time
19.00-21.00 Central European Time
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/vw-season-6/...
February 18, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Next in our Virginia Woolf Season, live online:
Rooms in Jacob’s Room (1922).
Live online lecture and seminar with Karina Jakubowicz.
Saturday 21 Febrary 2026
18.00-20.00 British Time
19.00-21.00 Central European Time
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/vw-season-6/...
Rooms in Jacob’s Room (1922).
Live online lecture and seminar with Karina Jakubowicz.
Saturday 21 Febrary 2026
18.00-20.00 British Time
19.00-21.00 Central European Time
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/vw-season-6/...
Katherine Mansfield: Stories of Love. New course starts 19 March 2026.
Six sessions, live online, with lecturers Alison Hennegan, Claire Davison, Gerri Kimber, Ellie Mitchell, Kate Eliot, and Trudi Tate.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/km-course-26
Six sessions, live online, with lecturers Alison Hennegan, Claire Davison, Gerri Kimber, Ellie Mitchell, Kate Eliot, and Trudi Tate.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/km-course-26
February 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Katherine Mansfield: Stories of Love. New course starts 19 March 2026.
Six sessions, live online, with lecturers Alison Hennegan, Claire Davison, Gerri Kimber, Ellie Mitchell, Kate Eliot, and Trudi Tate.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/km-course-26
Six sessions, live online, with lecturers Alison Hennegan, Claire Davison, Gerri Kimber, Ellie Mitchell, Kate Eliot, and Trudi Tate.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/km-course-26
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❤️ Intelligent stories for Valentine's day (& not only) by the likes of Virginia Woolf & Malachi Whitaker! ❤️
British Library Women Writers series @blpublishing.bsky.social
British Library Women Writers series @blpublishing.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 8:29 AM
❤️ Intelligent stories for Valentine's day (& not only) by the likes of Virginia Woolf & Malachi Whitaker! ❤️
British Library Women Writers series @blpublishing.bsky.social
British Library Women Writers series @blpublishing.bsky.social
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A few small prints from my Horse series - still more to do!
February 14, 2026 at 12:46 PM
A few small prints from my Horse series - still more to do!
New course on Toni Morrison, live online with Alex Calder, University of Cambridge.
We study:
The Bluest Eye (1970)
Song of Solomon (1977)
Beloved (1987)
Jazz (1992)
Four sessions, weekly, 21 May to 11 June 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/morrison-26
#tonimorrison #beloved
We study:
The Bluest Eye (1970)
Song of Solomon (1977)
Beloved (1987)
Jazz (1992)
Four sessions, weekly, 21 May to 11 June 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/morrison-26
#tonimorrison #beloved
February 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
New course on Toni Morrison, live online with Alex Calder, University of Cambridge.
We study:
The Bluest Eye (1970)
Song of Solomon (1977)
Beloved (1987)
Jazz (1992)
Four sessions, weekly, 21 May to 11 June 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/morrison-26
#tonimorrison #beloved
We study:
The Bluest Eye (1970)
Song of Solomon (1977)
Beloved (1987)
Jazz (1992)
Four sessions, weekly, 21 May to 11 June 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/morrison-26
#tonimorrison #beloved
Katherine Mansfield: Stories of Love. Live online course.
Thursdays, 19 March to 23 April 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm UK time.
Just a few places left.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/km-course-26
#katherinemansfield
Thursdays, 19 March to 23 April 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm UK time.
Just a few places left.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/km-course-26
#katherinemansfield
February 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Katherine Mansfield: Stories of Love. Live online course.
Thursdays, 19 March to 23 April 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm UK time.
Just a few places left.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/km-course-26
#katherinemansfield
Thursdays, 19 March to 23 April 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm UK time.
Just a few places left.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/km-course-26
#katherinemansfield
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Virginia Woolf book cover designs by her sister, artist Vanessa Bell ( 1920's - 30's) #WomensArt
February 9, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Virginia Woolf book cover designs by her sister, artist Vanessa Bell ( 1920's - 30's) #WomensArt
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Twilight at the Museums is back this half-term 🌙
Museums across Cambridge are opening after hours with evening activities for families and curious minds.
Full programme: https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/theme/twilight
@camunivmuseums.bsky.social
#TwilightAtTheMuseums #HalfTerm #CUBG
Museums across Cambridge are opening after hours with evening activities for families and curious minds.
Full programme: https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/theme/twilight
@camunivmuseums.bsky.social
#TwilightAtTheMuseums #HalfTerm #CUBG
February 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Twilight at the Museums is back this half-term 🌙
Museums across Cambridge are opening after hours with evening activities for families and curious minds.
Full programme: https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/theme/twilight
@camunivmuseums.bsky.social
#TwilightAtTheMuseums #HalfTerm #CUBG
Museums across Cambridge are opening after hours with evening activities for families and curious minds.
Full programme: https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/theme/twilight
@camunivmuseums.bsky.social
#TwilightAtTheMuseums #HalfTerm #CUBG
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I have just written a blog about my approach to photographing my Horse series. If you have the time, I would really appreciate you stopping by.
I have had a few technical problems with sentences going for a walk but hopefully it will be ok.
deborahparkinphotography.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-ha...
I have had a few technical problems with sentences going for a walk but hopefully it will be ok.
deborahparkinphotography.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-ha...
Deborah Parkin Photography
Slowing Down. Photographing my Horse series. I have been seeing a new trend lately - 'Slow reading' - in which we are invited to read along ...
deborahparkinphotography.blogspot.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I have just written a blog about my approach to photographing my Horse series. If you have the time, I would really appreciate you stopping by.
I have had a few technical problems with sentences going for a walk but hopefully it will be ok.
deborahparkinphotography.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-ha...
I have had a few technical problems with sentences going for a walk but hopefully it will be ok.
deborahparkinphotography.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-ha...
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#EnglishCreates: Futures
We are thrilled to share today's blog by Caroline Lucas, Britain’s first Green MP:
'Literature is the way we exercise the muscle of the imagination... And unless we can imagine a greener, fairer world, we’ll struggle to achieve it.'
universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
We are thrilled to share today's blog by Caroline Lucas, Britain’s first Green MP:
'Literature is the way we exercise the muscle of the imagination... And unless we can imagine a greener, fairer world, we’ll struggle to achieve it.'
universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
February 11, 2026 at 10:11 AM
#EnglishCreates: Futures
We are thrilled to share today's blog by Caroline Lucas, Britain’s first Green MP:
'Literature is the way we exercise the muscle of the imagination... And unless we can imagine a greener, fairer world, we’ll struggle to achieve it.'
universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
We are thrilled to share today's blog by Caroline Lucas, Britain’s first Green MP:
'Literature is the way we exercise the muscle of the imagination... And unless we can imagine a greener, fairer world, we’ll struggle to achieve it.'
universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
February 11, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is an award winning poet, translator and professor @tcddublin.bsky.social, who served as the Ireland Professor of Poetry from 2016-2019.
Find her works in @theul.bsky.social libraries across Cambridge via idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk.
What is her advice for young poets?
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Find her works in @theul.bsky.social libraries across Cambridge via idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk.
What is her advice for young poets?
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We are delighted that the first Southword Poetry Podcast of 2026 is out now with Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and is available to listen to on our website - southword.buzzsprout.com/share
#podcast
#podcast
Southword Poetry Podcast
The Southword Poetry Podcast is produced by the Munster Literature Centre. Each episode, a guest poet talks in depth about their latest work and shares a few of their poems. We also hear a poem from a...
southword.buzzsprout.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is an award winning poet, translator and professor @tcddublin.bsky.social, who served as the Ireland Professor of Poetry from 2016-2019.
Find her works in @theul.bsky.social libraries across Cambridge via idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk.
What is her advice for young poets?
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Find her works in @theul.bsky.social libraries across Cambridge via idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk.
What is her advice for young poets?
🧵⬇️
Our Virginia Woolf Summer Course 2026 will run twice.
• First, live online, 9-13 July www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/vw2026
• Then in Cambridge 2-7 August www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/summer-camb-2026
• Day trip to Monk’s House and Charleston 8 August www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/charleston
• First, live online, 9-13 July www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/vw2026
• Then in Cambridge 2-7 August www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/summer-camb-2026
• Day trip to Monk’s House and Charleston 8 August www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/charleston
February 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Our Virginia Woolf Summer Course 2026 will run twice.
• First, live online, 9-13 July www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/vw2026
• Then in Cambridge 2-7 August www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/summer-camb-2026
• Day trip to Monk’s House and Charleston 8 August www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/charleston
• First, live online, 9-13 July www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/vw2026
• Then in Cambridge 2-7 August www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/summer-camb-2026
• Day trip to Monk’s House and Charleston 8 August www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/charleston
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Heard the first curlew this morning & a mass of lapwings this afternoon. It’s probably the earliest return I’ve known on the Pennines but it’s so beautiful to see & hear them again.
(Tea toned Cyanotype on Japanese paper)
(Tea toned Cyanotype on Japanese paper)
February 8, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Heard the first curlew this morning & a mass of lapwings this afternoon. It’s probably the earliest return I’ve known on the Pennines but it’s so beautiful to see & hear them again.
(Tea toned Cyanotype on Japanese paper)
(Tea toned Cyanotype on Japanese paper)
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Live online course on the great Toni Morrison. We study:
- The Bluest Eye (1970)
- Song of Solomon (1977)
- Beloved (1987)
- Jazz (1992)
Thursdays 21 May to 11 June 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm with Alex Calder, University of Cambridge.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/morrison-26
#tonimorrison
- The Bluest Eye (1970)
- Song of Solomon (1977)
- Beloved (1987)
- Jazz (1992)
Thursdays 21 May to 11 June 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm with Alex Calder, University of Cambridge.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/morrison-26
#tonimorrison
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Live online course on the great Toni Morrison. We study:
- The Bluest Eye (1970)
- Song of Solomon (1977)
- Beloved (1987)
- Jazz (1992)
Thursdays 21 May to 11 June 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm with Alex Calder, University of Cambridge.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/morrison-26
#tonimorrison
- The Bluest Eye (1970)
- Song of Solomon (1977)
- Beloved (1987)
- Jazz (1992)
Thursdays 21 May to 11 June 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm with Alex Calder, University of Cambridge.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/morrison-26
#tonimorrison
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Charles Dickens was #BornOnThisDay in 1812.
This is his birthplace in Portsmouth, photographed in 1909 by Alfred Hugh Fisher (1867-1945).
You can see more of Fisher's photographs in the Cambridge Digital Library: https://loom.ly/keMdjB4
RCS/Fisher 21/5091 (Royal Commonwealth Collection).
This is his birthplace in Portsmouth, photographed in 1909 by Alfred Hugh Fisher (1867-1945).
You can see more of Fisher's photographs in the Cambridge Digital Library: https://loom.ly/keMdjB4
RCS/Fisher 21/5091 (Royal Commonwealth Collection).
February 7, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Charles Dickens was #BornOnThisDay in 1812.
This is his birthplace in Portsmouth, photographed in 1909 by Alfred Hugh Fisher (1867-1945).
You can see more of Fisher's photographs in the Cambridge Digital Library: https://loom.ly/keMdjB4
RCS/Fisher 21/5091 (Royal Commonwealth Collection).
This is his birthplace in Portsmouth, photographed in 1909 by Alfred Hugh Fisher (1867-1945).
You can see more of Fisher's photographs in the Cambridge Digital Library: https://loom.ly/keMdjB4
RCS/Fisher 21/5091 (Royal Commonwealth Collection).
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Berlin, Brussels, Paris & Zurich, see you soon!!
The fight is not over — we still have a lot of work to do. We’re coming to Europe to chat with you about this moment in Israel-Palestine and what we’re doing on the ground to fight for justice, equality and peace.
Registration links 🔗⬇️
The fight is not over — we still have a lot of work to do. We’re coming to Europe to chat with you about this moment in Israel-Palestine and what we’re doing on the ground to fight for justice, equality and peace.
Registration links 🔗⬇️
February 3, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Berlin, Brussels, Paris & Zurich, see you soon!!
The fight is not over — we still have a lot of work to do. We’re coming to Europe to chat with you about this moment in Israel-Palestine and what we’re doing on the ground to fight for justice, equality and peace.
Registration links 🔗⬇️
The fight is not over — we still have a lot of work to do. We’re coming to Europe to chat with you about this moment in Israel-Palestine and what we’re doing on the ground to fight for justice, equality and peace.
Registration links 🔗⬇️
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As an indie publisher, we LOVE indie bookstores, and so we're proud to support #ReadItForward 2026! Buy ANY children's book on Bookshop.org during February, and @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk - you'll be supporting indie bookshops with every purchase!
Read It Forward with Bookshop.org
This February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop.
uk.bookshop.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
As an indie publisher, we LOVE indie bookstores, and so we're proud to support #ReadItForward 2026! Buy ANY children's book on Bookshop.org during February, and @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk - you'll be supporting indie bookshops with every purchase!
Live online course on the great Toni Morrison. We study:
- The Bluest Eye (1970)
- Song of Solomon (1977)
- Beloved (1987)
- Jazz (1992)
Thursdays 21 May to 11 June 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm with Alex Calder, University of Cambridge.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/morrison-26
#tonimorrison
- The Bluest Eye (1970)
- Song of Solomon (1977)
- Beloved (1987)
- Jazz (1992)
Thursdays 21 May to 11 June 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm with Alex Calder, University of Cambridge.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/morrison-26
#tonimorrison
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Live online course on the great Toni Morrison. We study:
- The Bluest Eye (1970)
- Song of Solomon (1977)
- Beloved (1987)
- Jazz (1992)
Thursdays 21 May to 11 June 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm with Alex Calder, University of Cambridge.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/morrison-26
#tonimorrison
- The Bluest Eye (1970)
- Song of Solomon (1977)
- Beloved (1987)
- Jazz (1992)
Thursdays 21 May to 11 June 2026, 6.00-8.00 pm with Alex Calder, University of Cambridge.
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/morrison-26
#tonimorrison
