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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · 7d

We seem to be awash in book launches here at ELCC! Please join us on 24 October for "Te Whāriki," edited by Dougal McNeill, Anna Jackson, and Robert Sullivan

Invitation to book launch at Unity Books, Fri 24 October, 6pm

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · 11d

Daylight saving is here, it feels like spring, maybe you should grab a copy of the Sunday Star Times and catch up on what the ELCC programme's poet and lecturer Anna Jackson has been reading? www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3608...

What I’m Reading: Anna Jackson

As we get into spring, look back at poet Anna Jackson’s winter reading list.

www.thepost.co.nz

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · 23d

Please join the ELCC programme for the launch of Charles Ferrall's new book this Thursday at Unity! www.unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-eve...

Thursday September 18th, 6pmIn-store at Unity Books WELLINGTONBook Launch: South by South: New Zealand and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration by Charles Ferrall

www.unitybooks.co.nz

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · 28d

Congratulations to our very own Charles Ferrall on his new book! It's being launched at Unity Books on Thurs 18 Sept - hope to see you there

Te Herenga Waka University Press @thwupbooks.bsky.social · 28d

Happy publication day to Charles Ferrall! South by South: New Zealand and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration is out today.
teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/sou...

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Aug 29

Anna Jackson's new book reviewed on Nine to Noon www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Book review: Terrier, Worrier: A Poem in Five Parts

Stella Chrysostomou from VOLUME Books reviews Terrier, Worrier: A Poem in Five Parts by Anna Jackson, published by Auckland University Press.

www.rnz.co.nz

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Jul 1

The ELCC programme's Anna Jackson and Dougal McNeill, along with their co-editor Robert Sullivan, have a new book coming soon!

aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/te-whariki/

Te Whāriki: Reading Ten New Poets from Aotearoa

Chris Tse to Tayi Tibble – what New Zealand poetry looks like now.

aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Jun 30

Last call, THW folks. Anyone in humanities disciplines interested in the 18th or early nineteenth century and its legacies, please send us an abstract!

Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · Jun 30

FINAL REMINDER: *JULY 1* deadline for abstracts for the Romantic Studies Association of Australasia / David Nichol Smith conference in Wellington, New Zealand

The theme is "Living / Building" w/ keynotes Manu Samriti Chander, Karen Harvey, and Ngarino Ellis ⭐

CFP👇
www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...

Living / Building—A joint RSAA & David Nichol Smith Conference | Te Wāhanga Aronui / Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Exploring eighteenth-century connections in today’s world.

www.wgtn.ac.nz

English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Jun 26

It's been a pleasure!

Ingrid Horrocks @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social · Jun 25

Leaving my little office at Te Herenga Waka today. Thanks for having me this semester @elccprogramme.bsky.social And thanks to my wonderful students.

English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Jun 10

We'll be celebrating Anna Jackson's new book of poems tonight at Unity!

(PS. if you're interested in becoming a better reader and writer of poetry, Anna is teaching her entry-level course LCCM 172: Reading and Writing Poetry, starting in July)
www.unitybooks.co.nz/news-and-eve...

We're delighted to host the launch of Anna Jackson's new book, Terrier, Worrier, published by Auckland University Press.

www.unitybooks.co.nz

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congratulations to former ELCC PhD students Lindsay Hayasaka (nee Morton) and Mehdy Sedaghat Payam, who have won the 2025 Susan L Greenberg Prize for the best research paper at the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies)!

We love seeing our graduates out succeeding in the world ❤️

An image of the certificate awarding the 2025 prize to Lindsay and Mehdy. The title of their paper is "Mapping the Tides of Style: A Computational Comparison of 'Quarterly Essay' and 'Longform Journalism'

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · May 26

Congratulations to Dougal McNeill, whose book "Forms of Freedom: Marxist Essays in New Zealand and Australian Literature" has been short-listed for the Walter McRae Russell Award for the best book of literary scholarship on an Australian subject!
www.asal.org.au/awards/walte...

Cover of Dougal McNeill's book "Forms of Freedom: Marxist Essays in New Zealand and Australian Literature"

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IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · Apr 9

What can make itself at home in the house of fiction? Houses, being at home, and neighbours all matter in Tina Makereti’s acclaimed novel The Mires, currently shortlisted for the Ockhams. You can hear Tina talk about the novel with @dougalmcneill.bsky.social in our Writers on Mondays podcast.

He Pātaka—The House of Fiction: Tina Makereti

What can make itself at home in the house of fiction? Houses, being at home, and neighbours all matter in Tina Makereti’s acclaimed 2024 novel, The Mires. Described by Shankari Chandran as a …

modernlettuce.blog

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Mar 18

More news about an upcoming conference, hosted by the ELCC programme, focusing on 18th-century & Romantic literature, history, & culture.

Colleagues & students from across THW are welcome to attend and/or present, if you have a paper on an 18th or early 19thC topic www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...

Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · Mar 18

And equally delighted to announce our 2nd keynote for our joint 18C and Romantic studies conference this November in Wellington (Aotearoa New Zealand), Professor Karen Harvey (Birmingham). You can learn more about Karen's work here www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profil...

More details soon!

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Mar 14

Congratulations @amymarguerite.bsky.social 🎉

IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · Mar 14

In 2022 @amymarguerite.bsky.social spent a lot of time writing poems for her MA folio in @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social's Mount Street cemetery-on-campus (never quite thought of it that way before) - now here's the book with the evidence! @elccprogramme.bsky.social @flewoutof.bsky.social

Claire Mabey @clairemabey.bsky.social · Feb 25

I loved this poem and this entire book thespinoff.co.nz/books/26-02-...

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Mar 7

ELCC lecturer and poet Anna Jackson’s summer reading highlights 👇☀️📚

Anna Jackson @flewoutof.bsky.social · Mar 7

Autumn! And I have posted up my list of summer reading highlights. www.annajackson.nz/enthusiasms....
(Autumn reading I am in the middle of: Autumn, by Knausgaard, Small Rain, by Garth Greenwell, Loving Sylvia Plath, by Emily Van Duyne, Dear Knausgaard, by Kim Adrian, all wonderful.)

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Feb 12

We're excited to be hosting this conference later in 2025!

There will be opportunities for ELCC students to be involved and to showcase their work in 18th and 19th century literature - please get in touch with Nikki Hessell for more information about these opportunities

Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · Feb 12

So pleased to announce our 1st keynote for the joint 18C & Romantic studies conference that we're hosting in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, this November....Manu Samriti Chander (Georgetown)! @profchander.bsky.social

More details about the conference here: www.wgtn.ac.nz/fhss/about/e...

Photograph of Professor Manu Samriti Chander

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Feb 6

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In our third-year courses:
🗻"Romantic Literature"
🗽"American Literature: 20th Century"
🌱"Writing Ecologies"

Cover of "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love"

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Feb 6

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In our second-year courses:
🌔"Dark Unknowing in Māori Literature"
📰"Literature & Journalism"
🏵️"Modernist Literature"

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Feb 6

Trimester 1 is nearly upon us, and it's time for a (by no means exhaustive) round-up of what we will be teaching this term 🧵1/3

If any of this looks like you, please join us for classes starting 24 Feb!

In our first-year courses:
📚"Introduction to Narrative"
✍️"The Art of Writing"....

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Jan 23

A reminder that this PhD scholarship in the ELCC programme will be closing on 1 February. Details are in the link below, but please contact Nikki Hessell if you would like to discuss a proposed dissertation that would fit this scholarship's aims

Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · Dec 4

*Please share widely!*

Full NZ PhD scholarship available as part of a Marsden-funded project, for dissertations focused on poetry & negotiation, incl. at least one of these subfields:

British 18C and/or Romantic poetry
Settler colonialism and Indigenous sovereignty

www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...

PhD scholarship in English: Poetry and Negotiation | Scholarships | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

www.wgtn.ac.nz

English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Dec 11

Gil Ostini is an IIML student and has done a (prize-winning) Masters in Creative Writing with them, but we're going to claim a little piece of him for ELCC as well, as he is also an outstanding graduate of our programme.

Fantastic to see you thriving across the road, Gil!

IIML @modernletters.bsky.social · Dec 11

A novel about a haunted Italian Australian family and a poetry collection of friendship, loss and longing have been awarded the Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing and the Biggs Family Prize in Poetry. Congratulations to Gil Ostini and Tess Ritchie! www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...

Multigenerational Italian Australian novel and poems of loss and longing feature in prize-winning writing | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—...

A novel about a haunted Italian Australian family and a poetry collection of friendship, loss and longing have been awarded the Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing and the Biggs Family Prize in ...

www.wgtn.ac.nz

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Dec 11

We're so proud of all of our graduates in English and in Literary & Creative Communication who are graduating this week! Looking forward to seeing you and your whānau at the ceremonies 🎉🎉

Photograph of Wellington Harbour, taken from above Oriental Parade

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Dec 11

Just to be clear, Harry's not talking about one of his own books here! But his list is a good insight into his life as a reader

thespinoff.co.nz/books/11-12-...

‘A sick wish fulfilment fantasy, so badly written’: Harry Ricketts’ biggest book regret

The writer and professor shares some of his favourite books – and the one he'd purge from his memory if he could.

thespinoff.co.nz

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · Dec 8

Poet Dani Yourukova reviews Dougal McNeill's "Forms of Freedom" in Takahē.

"Each chapter takes turns being accessible, granular, profound, and extraordinarily dense"
www.takahe.org.nz/forms-of-fre...

Forms of Freedom - takahē

Forms of Freedom: Marxist Essays in New Zealand and Australian Literature by Dougall McNeill. OUP (2024). RRP: $45. PB, 248pp. ISBN: 9781990048760. Reviewed by Dani Yourukova. Lately, it seems like ev...

www.takahe.org.nz

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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · Dec 4

*Please share widely!*

Full NZ PhD scholarship available as part of a Marsden-funded project, for dissertations focused on poetry & negotiation, incl. at least one of these subfields:

British 18C and/or Romantic poetry
Settler colonialism and Indigenous sovereignty

www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...

PhD scholarship in English: Poetry and Negotiation | Scholarships | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

www.wgtn.ac.nz

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