Great to receive this new edition of Césaire’s mighty work, introduced by my former colleague Jason Allen-Paisant, published by Penguin Classics UK Penguin Books UK — translation by John Berger & Anna Bostock.

Our second panel, 'Literature, Critique, and Empire Today: Reflections', chaired by Nadia Atia, featured excellent talks by Asha Rogers English Lit at UoB, Phoenix Alexander, Philip Tsang, and John McLeod.

Terrific to see School of English - University of Leeds alumnus Amber Haque thriving at the BBC — very proud of all our former students and their many wonderful achievements.

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If you happen to be in Osnabrück next week…

England haven’t been convincing so far, but without players born outside the UK or with at least 1 parent or grandparent born abroad, we wouldn’t be here. #ENGSWI #ThreeLions

Osnabrück, Wednesday/Thursday

New title: Global Trespassers by John McLeod is the first book to explore in the depth the insurgent agency of the ‘good immigrant’ figure in contemporary culture. Purchase directly for 20% off RRP ➡️ bit.ly/4fdJZl1

Spotting puffins at Bempton Cliffs, Sunday.

It is with great sadness that Caroline Michel at PFD and Faber announce the death of beloved author Edna O’Brien. She died peacefully on Saturday 27 July after a long illness. Our thoughts are with her family and friends, in particular her sons Marcus and Carlo. The family has

✌️OUT NOW✌️my new book w/ South African Modernism 1880-2020 Routledge Literature explores how literature contextualises the climate crisis within a history of capitalist-imperialism & helps us imagine a habitable and just world for all forms of life 🧵1/7

NVPoCo is excited to put out a call for participation for our Bi-Monthly Seminar Series which will be continuing this year under the theme 'Imagining Postcolonial Futures'. Please submit your application using the QR code on the poster or using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

It's here! Check out our latest issue of Adoption & Culture, focusing on #AdopteesOfColor live on Project MUSE now, shorturl.at/fp7Tv, or Subscribe through the link in our bio. #CriticalAdoptionStudies #TransracialAdoptionStudies

‘As in his two previous football novels, The Damned Utd & Red or Dead, Peace’s attempts to anatomise the complex cultural, geographical & historical importance of sport are inextricable from what interests him about masculinity, citizenship and nationhood’ theguardian.com/books/article/…

‘Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.’ (George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1871-2)

We are working on a remembrance, but we cannot overstate the influence of #FredricJameson on Duke University Press. We have made his articles in our journals freely available through October 31. "Postmodernism" is our all-time bestselling book. ow.ly/kGvQ50TtqGz

Tributes paid to Windrush pioneer Alford Gardner. bbc.com/news/articles/…

For our third release from the archive this month, we have an essay from John McLeod on remembering anti-racism in contemporary Black British writing doi.org/10.1080/026900…

'I thought uni was for young and rich – not me' bbc.com/news/articles/…