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  An evening at Birmingham Film Festival

  This year the University of Birmingham was an official sponsor for the Birmingham Film Festival.

  • Published: 16 December 2025
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  "If science tells us what is happening to the planet, art helps us feel it"

  Dr Isabel Galleymore reflects on the burgeoning literary form of ecopoetry, and how her writing explores the tensions in our relationships with nature.

  • Published: 27 October 2025
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  Considering the impacts of media representations of asexuality

  To mark Asexual Awareness Week (Ace Week), PhD researcher Rebecca Humphreys-Lamford explores the importance of asexual media representation.

  • Published: 20 October 2025
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  International conference celebrates the life and legacy of Angela Lansbury

  Researchers will be hosting a special academic conference, Angela Lansbury at 100: Celebrating her Stardom and Legacy.

  • Published: 3 October 2025
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  Discussing male mental illness representation in contemporary literature

  Dr Christina Wilkins' upcoming event 'Male Mental Illness in Contemporary Literature' will explore the key ways men have been represented in literary fiction.

  • Published: 22 September 2025
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  "My research interests and my activism get funnelled through my creative writing"

  In anticipation of 'What We Left Unsaid' releasing on August 7th 2025, Dr Winnie M Li discusses the new book and her approach to creative writing.

  • Published: 6 August 2025
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  Annual creative competition celebrates 125 years of the University of Birmingham

  Chancellor Sandie Okoro presented prizes to winners of the Department of Film and Creative Writing's One Minute Movie and short story competition.

  • Published: 11 July 2025
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  2026 Year of Reading: The reduction in children and young people reading, is a social justice issue

  Professor Ruth Gilligan and Dr Emily Wingfield, co-leads of the University’s partnership with National Literacy Trust, reflect on 2026 being a year of reading.

  • Published: 7 July 2025