“As I watch the enchanting cartoon I can’t help but see Stevie Smith, out there, waving her hand in the distance, lost in the water. Is she… Read more “The Blue from Heaven by Suzie Hanna: Review”

“I read and read and time passed” Girl With Dove: A Life Built By Books, Sally Bayley This year’s Oxford ReLit Summer School takes as its focus… Read more “Girl With Dove: BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week”

“good writing…demands that we come into the text”  We’re thrilled to share this podcast recording of Alice Jolly’s session for the ReLit Summer School 2018, “Mary Ann Sate,… Read more “Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile: A Summer School Podcast”

There’s an autumn chill in the air and golden leaves are crunching underfoot, but at ReLit we’re also remembering the green days of summer with this short,… Read more “The Naturalist’s Journal: A Short Film”

    We’re delighted to share this guest blogpost by Summer School 2018 tutor Ben Morgan. Ben is a lecturer and writer from Oxford, whose debut poetry… Read more “Guest Post: Writing Medea”

  Back in March, ReLit’s international ambassador and Summer School course co-ordinator Julie Sutherland spoke to radio presenter Paul MacDougall about the work and ethos of ReLit,… Read more “Julie Sutherland on “The Good Sentence””

We’re thrilled to share this post by Summer School director Sally Bayley, which originally appeared on the Foyles blog. Sally will be leading a session on her… Read more “Sally Bayley on Childhood Reading”

A guest post from Summer School 2017 participant, Polly Marshall My attention is pulled in so many different directions that I tried to keep on track by… Read more “The Stevie Smith School for Wayward Navigators”

A blog post from ReLit’s International Ambassador, Dr Julie Sutherland, on her outreach work in Cape Breton, Canada.  Introduction When I first arrived in Cape Breton five… Read more “‘All this against an evening sky that seems to mock us with its beauty’: Finding hope in Cape Breton”

A blog post from course coordinator Julie Sutherland, as we look ahead to the Oxford ReLit Summer School 2018:  I first moved to Oxford in September 1998.… Read more ““See better, Lear”: Gaining New Perspective in Oxford”