by Caitríona O’Reilly, lecturer in Creative Writing and Cosmo Davenport-Hines poetry prize judge The theme for this year’s Cosmo Davenport-Hines poetry prize was ‘Reconciliation’; a prompt which promised to be both relevant and timely. Nevertheless, among the 96 entries there were – perhaps surprisingly – few on the subject of politics. Or perhaps it is … Continue reading The Cosmo Davenport-Hines Poetry Prize: 2018 winners
by Ian Henderson, Director of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies and Senior Lecturer in Australian and Victorian literature. This post was first published on The MCAS Director’s Blog. Great meet @uwanews in ❤️Perth yesterday & today hearing about terrific work at School of Indigenous Studies and @UWA_Arts. @kingsartshums pic.twitter.com/gkH6bRtypm — Ian Henderson (@OzOnStrand) August … Continue reading On Teaching (and Learning)
Nadia Saward graduated from King’s College London with a BA in English Language and Literature. One of her poems was shortlisted for the Bridport Poetry Prize in 2016. She is about to start an MA in Creative Writing Poetry at Royal Holloway, University of London. * Swallow The red dirt of the pyramids was still … Continue reading Swallow (early draft)
Following the successful launch of The Still Point Issue 2, we speak with Mariam Zarif, editor-in-chief 2017-2018, about the new team’s vision for the journal. Mariam is a PhD researcher in the Department of English at King’s, writing on New Woman male writers as ‘transvestities’ and the politics of cross dressing in the fin de … Continue reading Interview: The Still Point
by Lara Feigel, Reader in Modern Literature My research over the last few years has taken me to some unlikely places. You wouldn’t expect to find the papers of the very British novelist Rebecca West in Tulsa, Oklahoma, or the wartime diaries and letters of Elizabeth Bowen and Graham Greene in Austin, Texas. It’s odd … Continue reading On the trail of Doris Lessing
