Thrilled. You'll have to read the book to know why the cover pic of Cromwell with that feather in his hat is so witty and irreverent. Thank you Faber Books, and to friends and colleagues, especially English at Soton University of Southampton History Department CMRC Southampton #Republic

Please book your tickets for the F. T. Prince Memorial Lecture on Avenue Campus-- Anthony Joseph—poet, novelist, academic, musician—will deliver his lecture on the 'Frequencies of Magic' 6pm, Tuesday 22 October southampton.ac.uk/humanities/new…

Lovely photo of our colleagues, Stephen Bending and Gillian Dow, congratulating Alice Hunt's after her book launch P & G Wells. You can catch Alice talking about Republic, her history of Britain's revolution, this Friday October Books octoberbooks.org/blog/alice-hun… Faber Books

And Towns has a new logo and website! Look through to see our policy outputs, place-based reports and creative collaborations-- all of which seek to understand the role of culture in places. andtowns.co.uk

This Tuesday , please join us as I interview the writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo for Writers in Conversation - the first of the autumn season. English at Soton Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities Southampton Events University of Southampton Alumni SouthamptonLibraries Hampshire Writers Mark Kermode Film at Southampton John Hansard Gallery

Alice Hunt Author Talk - 11th October Whether you’re a history enthusiast, a student, or simply curious about Britain’s republican era, this event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Hunt’s research and insights. buff.ly/4eQXGFt

This is Tuesday! Join us in Southampton when the TS Eliot Prize-winning poet Anthony Joseph talks about his work and surrealism and calypso and the Caribbean… Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities Being Human Festival SUSU English at Soton

We're delighted to be welcoming Anthony Joseph to University of Southampton tomorrow evening (22nd Oct) - he'll be giving the FT Prince Memorial Lecture. Do come along. southampton.ac.uk/humanities/new…

Sharing this callout for poets to write and read on the theme, Memory. The reading will take place on Thursday 9 January John Hansard Gallery with guest poet /weirdtoday Deadline for submissions, 9 December. jhg.art/events/poetryj… Centre for Modern and Contemporary Writing ArtfulScribe

Forthcoming - our fantastic colleague Rebecca Smith will be in conversation with the equally fantastic Carole Burns Mayflower Studios on 18 November. They'll be talking about Rebecca's delightful new novel Conversations with an Octopus. Book here - mayflower.org.uk/whats-on/rebec…

Our Head of Creative Writing, Toby Litt, is putting on a Taster Session for anyone interested in taking our fantastic MA. Free admission. April 30th. Avenue Campus, Southampton. Book here - shorturl.at/oHmyH #WritingCommunity #creativewritingma #Southampton

All welcome! --CMCW SHORTNESS Research Day --on Avenue Campus at the University of Southampton --23 April, 11am–5pm