ÌÇÐÄTV

Harriet Paige has recently published her debut novel - Man With A Seagull on His Head (). She studied BA English and American Literature 1997-2000 and MA Writing 2004-05. You can read an interview with her in the Guardian , including some details on her studies at ÌÇÐÄTV, and, of course, on her book! And on . Congratulations, Harriet!

Graduate of the ÌÇÐÄTV Writing Programme Sophie Mackintosh has secured a publishing deal with Hamish Hamilton for her debut novel The Water Cure following a seven-way auction. For further details, see the .

She was awarded the for Adventures in Synthetic Fun, an essay exploring the concept of ‘synthetic fun’ coined in the 1960s by Jeremy Sandford, and the changing nature of fun in an era of increasing automation, disputed oppression, widespread affective labour, illusory meritocracy, costly social mobility, divisive politics, and a degraded imagination.

Katy studied on the BA English Literature and Creative Writing and the MA in Writing in the department.

A recording of Rafeef's performance for this year's Edward Said Memorial Lecture is now available for members of the ÌÇÐÄTV community to watch again (log in required).

The e rankings were published yesterday, and the department continues its strong performance in national and international league tables. For Creative Writing, the department's ÌÇÐÄTV Writing Programme is ranked at number 1 in the UK. For English, we are 9th, and for Theatre Studies (categorised as Drama, Dance and Cinematics), 5th.

Other ÌÇÐÄTV departments with joint degrees with English have also performed strongly: Film and Television Studies (categorised as Drame, Dance and Cinematics) and German and Philosophy are each ranked as 5th, and French, Hispanic Studies (categorised as Iberian Languages) and Italian are each at 7th.

The University is ranked at 8th nationally and is the highest rated university in the West Midlands.