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Consultation Day 2024
Consultation Day information for English students is available on the ALL ENGLISH Moodle page.
Date: Friday, 28 June 2024
Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch appointed Distinguished Writing Fellow
Maynooth University is delighted to announce that 2023 Booker Prize Winner Paul Lynch has been appointed Maynooth University Distinguished Writing Fellow.
Date: Tuesday, 13 February 2024
MU's Dr Katriona O'Sullivan wins two Irish Book Awards
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan won the Biography of the Year Award and the Listeners’ Choice Award for Poor, her account of overcoming a chaotic and deprived childhood.
Date: Thursday, 23 November 2023
MU staff and former student shortlisted for four Irish Book Awards
Three members of staff at Maynooth University, as well as a former student, have been nominated in five categories for the An Post Irish Book Awards.
Date: Monday, 20 November 2023
Department of English lecturer Dr Catherine Gander awarded the Max Nänny Prize for best essay in word and image studies
Dr Catherine Gander has won the Max Nänny Prize for best essay in word and image studies. The prize is awarded by the International Association for Word and Image Studies (IAWIS) every three years, and announced at their AGM.
Date: Friday, 06 October 2023
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