By examining the careers of twelve important modern novelists, this paper demonstrates that conceptual novelists - including Herman Melville, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway - are generally ...

Nigerian female writers are taking African literature to dazzling new heights, crafting stories that cut across cultures, ...

But where are these concerns surveyed, or even touched upon in modern fiction? It is, in fact, possible to read highly-esteemed works by highly-acclaimed authors in which, if a few references to ...

This collection of interviews with some of the 20th Century's most read authors reveals something of those imaginations and the personalities which lie behind some of the greatest modern novels.

Contemporary novelists examine the craft of Charles Dickens's prose, and reflect on how the giant of British 19th-century fiction is both a role model and a shadow looming over their own writing.

The Centre for New Writing also hosts a regular public event series, Literature Live, which brings contemporary novelists and poets to the University to read and engage in conversation. This series ...

The Centre for New Writing also hosts a regular public event series, Literature Live, which brings contemporary novelists and poets to the University to read and engage in conversation. This series ...

The series will draw on the surviving letters written from Austen to her sister Cassandra, together with insights from experts, contemporary novelists and actors who have portrayed Austen's characters ...