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• Dickens codebreakers recognised at Higher Education ‘Oscars’

  Date: 18 Nov 2022

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  The Dickens Code project, led by the �鶹��Ƶ in collaboration with the University of Foggia, takes home a Times Higher Education...

• �鶹��Ƶ celebrates 40th anniversary of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ 

  Date: 3 Oct 2022

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  �鶹��Ƶ is staging a new exhibition and series of events to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged...

• BBC Book of the Week author set to inspire our English students

  Date: 16 Aug 2022

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  The author of this week’s BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week will be inspiring students on the �鶹��Ƶ’s English course, from September.

• BBC drama novelist residency set to inspire English students

  Date: 9 Jun 2022

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  The novelist behind a new uplifting BBC television drama will be sharing the skills behind her writing with students at the �鶹��Ƶ.

• Best-selling crime author visits Leicester to discuss “killing for fun and profit”!

  Date: 29 Apr 2022

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  Best-selling crime author Val McDermid visits Leicester to discuss “killing for fun and profit”

• Leicester author shares untold story of Mary Attenborough

  Date: 25 Mar 2022

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  A Leicester historian says he is ‘absolutely certain’ that Mary Attenborough would have been front and centre in helping refugees and asylum...

• Literary endowment fund will create new ‘writer in residence’ and professorship

  Date: 24 Mar 2022

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  Literary endowment fund will create new ‘writer in residence’ and professorship at Leicester University

• Literary Festival returns to Leicester

  Date: 23 Feb 2022

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  World-renowned authors will be heading to Leicester for one of the biggest and most diverse literary festivals in the East Midlands, taking place...

• The Dickens Code: Enduring mystery of Dickens shorthand letter solved with crowd-sourced research

  Date: 7 Feb 2022

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  An international team of volunteers and amateur decoders have helped experts solve the enduring mystery of a letter written by celebrated novelist...

• Bestselling author Louise Doughty awarded Honorary Degree

  Date: 19 Jan 2022

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  The bestselling Leicestershire-born author, playwright and journalist, Louise Doughty, has today (Wednesday 19 January) been awarded an Honorary...