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Emily Austin takes up a campus writing residency
The Department of English welcomes the novelist and poet.
The context
What the reporting shows
Austin’s fiction and poetry explore queer lives, mental health and neurodivergence. The residency brings a practising author into the university’s literary community for 2026–27. Readers interested in the writer’s campus activities can find the department’s announcement and current programme information through the source link.
The stakeholder lens
Who this work touches
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The takeaway
A question to carry forward
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Source reporting
Department of English welcomes local award-winning novelist and poet, Emily Austin, as Fall 2026 Writer-in-Residence
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