Category: Research

The new OU English and Creative Writing podcast is now live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, PocketCasts, and other major providers.

The podcast, called ‘re: reading – The OU Literature Podcast’ features OU English and Creative Writing academics discussing books, reading, and creative writing. It’s designed to be informative and accessible for the general listener, while retaining academic rigour and offering insights into some of the most exciting research coming out of the English and Creative Writing department.

Episode 1: Much ado about Wuthering Heights features Dr Jennifer Shepherd and Dr Anna Clarke discussing Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, and Emerald Fennell’s recent adaptation, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.

There are also several bonus episodes of the ‘5 Books’ series which ran successfully on OU News over the last couple of years. This series has suggestions from ECW academics of the best books to read on a whole range of topics, from bereavement to football. Available now on the podcast are episodes featuring

• five classic novels about Italy
• five books of apocalyptic fiction
• five recommendations of Nordic noir fiction.

Listen for fascinating discussions about reading, creative writing, literary theory, book recommendations, and much more!