Network for scholars based in the North of England working on Modern and Contemporary Literatures.

Joined March 2024
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In solidarity with the strike @ucu at @NorthEnglishes we have postponed this event until further notice! Stay tuned :)
Really excited for our first 2026 event! This time we'll repeat last year workshop as many people were interested in participating. If you're around, do sign up! lnkd.in/eMrTWebX spaces are limited!
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Really excited for our first 2026 event! This time we'll repeat last year workshop as many people were interested in participating. If you're around, do sign up! lnkd.in/eMrTWebX spaces are limited!
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We’re kicking off our next event, ‘Sabyn Javeri in Conversation with the North Modern and Contemporary Network’, at @ToonLibraries! 📚 @SabynJaveri
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Q&A time with @SabynJaveri & @yeisilcarolina! 🎤
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Onto the second part of the event — a workshop on Sustainable Writing Practices! ✍🏻
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She also explored feminism more at Oxford, and started to question how many women’s stories were hidden.
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“Storytelling doesn’t have to belong to one tradition. These are stories that we tell ourselves. Sometimes we have to outrun them.” “What are the stories you’ve been told to carry? What are the stories have you never dared to write?”
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She cites Carol Ann Duffy, Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde (and others), as key inspirations — they “reached into silence and found voices.” Sabyn started to think, ‘could I write something like this, too?’
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“Being human isn’t about living in the stories that are handed to us, but rewriting them.” 📝 “Translation has become a way back in for me. I’m interested in the tales from the kitchen table. In these stories, I sense something radical.”
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A reminder we are hosting Sabyn Javeri at the Newcastle City Library this 3rd July. All welcome!
We are really looking forward to hosting our first event at @ToonLibraries with author, writer, and academic @SabynJaveri supported by Northern Bridge Consortium and @NorthEnglishes Sign up here: shorturl.at/7A6w4 @BACLS_official @EuroCompLit @ModConDurham @NCL_English
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We are really looking forward to hosting our first event at @ToonLibraries with author, writer, and academic @SabynJaveri supported by Northern Bridge Consortium and @NorthEnglishes Sign up here: shorturl.at/7A6w4 @BACLS_official @EuroCompLit @ModConDurham @NCL_English
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We had a lovely time with @anniezaidi yesterday at @READEnglish with lots of participation and a visit to the pub! Thank you to everyone who made it and shared their writing outcomes. What a lovely evening! More events by our NMC to come soon :)
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Tomorrow! See you there! :)
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North Modern and Contemporary Network retweeted
Replying to @NorthModCont
@NorthModCont presents 'Creative Writing as Research Practice: A Workshop' with writer @anniezaidi, taking place 28 Jan 6-8pm, in ER146. Find out more here👉durham.ac.uk/departments/aca…
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North Modern and Contemporary Network retweeted
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Deadline extended to 7th Feb! You know what to do...✍️✍️✍️ Submit your abstract here: forms.gle/Jmx4BBpdB7L36PPd7

📢The CfP for our next WHN-BACLS conference (10-12th June 2025, University of Stirling) is now live! Find it here forms.gle/Jmx4BBpdB7L36PPd7 and send us your abstracts by Friday 24th January 2025.

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