The conference preparation is now in full swing. A link to the online registration shop will appear here in the next couple of days. Please note that you will need to sort out your own accommodation. Here are some hotels and B&Bs around the University: Hotels and B&Bs around York St John University I will
Papers are invited for the LALSA Annual Conference ‘Latin American Literature: Past, Present and Future’. The conference will be held on 17-18 November 2016, at York St John University, UK. The conference welcomes contributions from the scholars and students of Latin American literature. Any approach to well known or lesser known texts is welcome; any
Remember me talking about this blog I had found? Well, I’m going to talk about it some more. 1. What do I like about it? Everything. I like the colour scheme, the ducks at the bottom of the screen. I like the row of smilies at the end of each post (the cat is my
I’ve found this blog – bloggerofthebloggish – and would like to comment on it. It’s written by a young person and it’s not about Latin American literature but it is worth visiting. Overall, I think a blog is a very good way of getting someone to hone their writing skills. This is particularly important for
Last week I went to the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention (Loncon 3) in London. This was the first time I went to give a paper at a public event where I knew nobody and nobody knew me. At first, it was overwhelming. Thousands of people in ‘My Dad is a Jedi’, ‘Beam me up,