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Maynooth University congratulates Paul Lynch on Booker Prize shortlisting
Maynooth University congratulates Paul Lynch, who is currently the Arts Council Writer-in-Residence at MU, on his shortlisting for the Booker Prize for his fifth novel, Prophet Song. Prophet Song is a brilliant imagining of extremism in an alternate or near-future Ireland. Paul began work on Prophet Song while he was the 2019 Kildare County Council Writer-in-Residence at Maynooth.
Date: Friday, 22 September 2023
Paul Lynch, 2023 Arts Council Writer-in-Residence at Maynooth University Department of English, shortlisted for the Booker Prize
The department is thrilled to hear the good news that Paul Lynch is shortlisted for the Booker Prize!
Date: Friday, 22 September 2023
Consultation Day 2023
End of year results will be issued online on Friday 23 June. Students should submit end of year results queries to the Department of English by completing the form on the ALL ENGLISH Moodle page. The form will be available from Friday 23 June until Tuesday 27 June.
Date: Monday, 19 June 2023
Dr Michael G. Cronin publication 'Revolutionary Bodies' awarded Robert Rhodes Prize
Dr Michael G Cronin’s Revolutionary Bodies has won the Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Irish literature.
Date: Monday, 19 June 2023
Dr Stephen O'Neill receives Maynooth University Teaching Award
Dr Stephen O'Neill receives a Maynooth University Award for Teaching excellence.
Date: Friday, 09 June 2023
SPUR Projects in the English Department
Applications open for SPUR projects in English.
Date: Thursday, 16 February 2023
New book publication: Sexual/Liberation
Our colleague Dr Michael G Cronin has published a new book called Sexual/Liberation.
Date: Thursday, 20 October 2022
Maynooth English welcomes 2022-23 Writers-in-Residence
Maynooth English announces the appointment of Fíona Scarlett and Catherine Talbot.
Date: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
Dr. Catherine Gander signs contract with Cambridge UP
Dr. Catherine Gander signs contract with Cambridge UP to complete her next book,' Extending the Document: Contemporary Transmedial Poetics'.
Date: Thursday, 01 September 2022
Dr. Catherine Gander selected to be part of the Irish Writers' Centre National Mentoring Programme
MU English's Dr. Catherine Gander has been selected as one of 38 creative writers across the island of Ireland to be part of the Irish Writers' Centre National Mentoring Programme.
Date: Friday, 12 August 2022