Publication and award for Dr Karina Lickorish Quinn

04 Aug 2022

The paperback of Dr Karina Lickorish Quinn's debut novel The Dust Never Settles was published in June 2022 by Oneworld Publications.

REF 2021 results for English at Royal Holloway

11 May 2022

How did the Department of History perform in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021?

Creative Writing at Royal Holloway ranked 1st in the UK

13 Oct 2021

We are proud to have been ranked 1st in the UK for Creative Writing in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.

RHUL English Achieves High Marks Again in the NSS 2019!

14 Jul 2019

We are delighted that our department's excellent teaching continues to be recognised, achieving 91% student satisfaction in this year's National Student Survey.

Royal Holloway Features in Special Issue of the Chicago Review

01 May 2019

Royal Holloway alumni and lecturers feature prominently in the Contemporary British and Irish Writing section of a Special Issue of The Chicago Review.

Royal Holloway's creative writers in The Sunday Times List

01 May 2019

Prof Markovits and alumna, Dr Perry, both feature in the The Sunday Times '100 21st-century novels to love' list!

Judith Hawley Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries

12 Mar 2019

Professor Judith Hawley of the Department of English has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Lavinia Greenlaw's New Poetry Collection Published by Faber

07 Feb 2019

The Built Moment, Lavinia Greenlaw's latest poetry collection, explores themes of time, grief, and what we can build out of loss through a sequence of poems about her father's dementia.

Professor Judith Hawley Edits New Edition of Tristram Shandy

17 Dec 2018

Judith Hawley has edited, prefaced and selected supplementary materials for a new Norton Criticals edition of Laurence Stern's Tristram Shandy.

MA Student Judith Wilson Shortlisted for London Short Story Prize 2018

07 Dec 2018

MA student Judith Wilson's story "Like a Blooming Discotheque" was shortlisted for the 2018 London Short Story Prize.