English Faculty Library

Library Closure Dates 🎄🌟 The library will be closed from tomorrow, the 20th December, until the 4th January inclusive. The library will reopen on Monday 5th January at 9.30am. Happy holidays from the EFL!

We are delighted to share that applications for the MPhil and PhD in Digital Humanities at @Cambridge_Uni are now OPEN 🥳 Join our virtual information sessions on 25 September and 24 November to find out more 💻 Read the full announcement: cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/pos…

School may be out for the summer, but the EFL is still open for all of your questions and summer reading needs. 📚📖🌞🕶️ ⬆️Find our Linktree in bio to contact us⬆️

It may be Week 3 already, but it's never too late to hone your research skills! PhD students -- don't forget to check out the Research Skills training from @theUL for sessions on referencing, copyright, data management, publishing and more. Visit osc.cam.ac.uk/training/cours… to book❤️

Congratulations to Mohamed Samir Nada, winner of the 2025 International Prize for @Arabic_Fiction for The Prayer of Anxiety! A powerful story of isolation and humanity. More to come on this year's incredible shortlist from the Near and Middle Eastern Dept @theUL #IPAF2025

Delighted to say that my article, "The Shakspaires of Trinity Lane: A Possible Shakespeare Life-Record" is now fully published and open-access! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

With dissertation deadlines coming up, it's easy to get bogged down in MHRA. You can email the EFL with questions and the friendly library team will help you sort them out. Email us at english@cam.ac.uk Happy Writing!

Remembering Benjamin Zephaniah 🌟 on what would have been your birthday. Your poetry ignited courage, your activism sparked change, and your legacy lives on. Forever inspiring. 🖤✊ #BenjaminZephaniah #Poetry #Activism #Legend

On this day in 1975, Singer, dancer and activist Josephine Baker passed away. Did you know she was also a spy in World War 2 for the French Air Force! She found fame and freedom after fleeing racism in America and led a double life informing on the Nazis. A THREAD

This year for Easter, an egg and bunny in one convenient package - completed in the 12th century, from the margins, BnF Latin 14267, f. 82v

Spring delights... 1. A 1916 edition of 'Alice in Wonderland' illustrated by Margaret Tarrant (CUL 1916.8.334) 2. 'A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden', illustrated by Walter Crane, 1899 (Waddleton.b.9.633) 3. A posy from the 'Language of Flowers', 1895 (Waddleton.e.9.688)

We survived Lent Term and it's time to take a break, but the EFL is still here through the spring holiday for all your referencing, research and resource request needs! 📝📖📚💻 ⬆️See link in bio for details⬆️

Call for Papers for our Autumn/ Winter edition!

I'll be at Heffers, Cambridge April 10th 6-7pm to talk about my new book, Vanishing Landscapes. Come along! eventbrite.co.uk/e/vanishing-la…

We mourn the loss of a literary giant, a voice of Brixton, & a champion of Black British culture, Alex Wheatle MBE. As a cherished champion & friend of BCA, we send our heartfelt condolences to his friends, family and community at large.    Rest in Power to our Brixton Bard.

Wishing everyone a very happy and joyful Nowruz! To celebrate, we've put together a Haft-Seen (هفتسين) table with the help of Dr. Mahbod Ghaffari. So when you have time, please drop by and smell the flowers -- or the hyacinths (سنبل) to be exact! #nowruz #haftseen #spring

'The rarest experience is to come across a new poet who strikes you as so good that you don’t need anybody’s judgment but your own.' — TSE on The Publishing of Poetry: tseliot.com/prose/the-publ… Published by @thebookseller in 1952

Happy #GlobalRecyclingDay! 🧵 Throughout the day we'll be sharing examples of recycling in the Trinity collections, starting with a classic: a page from an old manuscript repurposed as a flyleaf. This one has musical notation and reparative stitching too! C14th, MS O.8.2

🌟Hughes Hall Literary Day 🗓️Friday 21 March ⏰2-6:30pm Celebrate #WorldPoetryDay with an incredible programme of writers joining us to read & discuss their work & how literature illuminates, challenges, and responds to contemporary issues.🌍 Details👇 hughes.cam.ac.uk/about/events/h…

We knew the librarian Mary Pollard had a printing press in Marsh's Library in the 1970s on which she printed poetry and other single-sheet items. We DIDN'T know until just now that she printed early Seamus Heaney poems and he signed them.....