Siân Echard is professor of English at the University of British Columbia. She is a medievalist whose interests are in Arthurian literature, Anglo-Latin literature, Old and Middle English literature, and manuscript studies and book history.
Englishness in an Apocalypse
"The Wake," Paul Kingsnorth's deliriously experimental imagining of the Norman Conquest as both natural and cultural apocalypse, is like Buccmaster's fens....
Open to any author writing in English about the Chicanx/Latinx experience, the Rivera Book Prize is committed to the discovery and fostering of extraordinary writing by a first-time or early career author whose work examines the long and varied contributions of Chicanx/Latinx in the US. The Rivera Book Prize aims to provide a platform that showcases the emerging literary talent of the Chicanx/Latinx community, to cultivate the next generation of Chicanx/Latinx writers, and to continue the rich literary memory of Tomás Rivera, Chicano author, poet, activist, and educator.
Entry Fee: $35. Entry fees are non-refundable.
