YSJ English Literature Society

23/06/2021

In lieu of our usual blind date with a book event (cancelled due to Covid restrictions) our events manager Adam Kirkbride and health and safety officer James Damenov donated the books that would be used instead! We encourage people never to throw away their old books, but to give them to friends or charity instead so they can help others 📚❤️

19/04/2021

Hi there everybody! We hope you all had a wonderful Easter break. LitSoc will continue this Wednesday on Teams from 6 - 7:30 p.m., so please join us if you can!

21/03/2021

✨ Join the events and podcasting team of YSJ’s Beyond the Walls anthology project for an evening where 1st and 2nd year arts and humanities students showcase their creative pieces! This is a great opportunity to see what creative work is being written at YSJ! Tickets are free on EventBrite, feel free to bring any drinks or snacks! The showcase will be held on Thursday 25th March from 7pm-8pm. ✨

Join us for a celebration of works created by York St John University students.

08/03/2021

Hello there everyone! 👋 We hope all of our members had a relaxing and productive reading week. Sessions will now resume and be held regularly on Wednesdays at 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Our first session back is being held in honour of International Women’s Day, and the theme is women’s writing! We hope to see you there!

19/02/2021

Hello everyone! This week’s session will be our second social of the year, Nails & Tails! Poster made by Adam Kirkbride!

26/01/2021

Hello there everyone! We hope you’ve all had a relaxing and renewing winter break! This semester may not be starting in the way that many of us had hoped, but we’re fortunate to inform you that LitSoc is still running as it has been throughout this past year. Our meeting times and format remain unchanged; 6:00 to 7:30 pm on Wednesdays on Microsoft Teams. Our first session of semester 2 is tomorrow!

This semester’s first session is also a special one: our new Health & Safety Officer, James Damenov has offered to head this session focused on protecting and managing mental health. We wish as many of you as possible are able to attend! See you there!

04/01/2021

Hello there everyone. 👋 In preparation for the third lockdown we at LitSoc thought it would be best to find as many resources as we could to assist in what will undoubtedly be a difficult time for many. Here are a number of helplines for any who might need them:

Samaritans: 116 123
Domestic Abuse: 0808 2000 247
Switchboard LGBT+: 0300 330 0630
Dementia Connect: 0333 150 3456
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Calm: 0800 58 58 58
Women’s Aid: 0808 2000 247
Age UK: 0800 678 1602
Childline: 0800 1111
YoungMinds: 0800 018 2138

Citizen’s Aid Advicelines down below!

Furthermore, we as a Committee want everyone in LitSoc to know that anyone who wants to talk for whatever reason is more than welcome to simply fire any of us a text at any time. We wish everyone the best of health and much love during this time. 💖 Stay safe everyone. 💖

19/12/2020

Hi there everyone! Our society’s charity is the York Foodbank and normally we’d be fundraising to help it out, but because of COVID-19 we haven’t been able to do things as we’d have liked this year. Instead, we decided it would be best to spread the word on how people can help out, so here are all the locations in York where you can donate food to! Stay safe, and we at LitSoc wish you all a festive season!

https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-help/find-a-foodbank/

02/12/2020

Hi there everyone! We on the LitSoc Committee would just like to give a big, massive Thank You to everyone who’s turned up to a session throughout the semester, you’ve been amazing!!! 👏

We hope that many of you will be joining us for our final meeting before the winter break happening tonight. See you soon!

21/11/2020

Hello there, everyone. 👋 We hope that you all in LitSoc are doing well as the second national lockdown commences, and that your studies have been going well despite the exceptional circumstances.

We as a committee just wanted to let you all know that over the course of this lockdown, any of you are more than welcome to contact us for reasons ranging from just needing someone to talk to, to advice regarding assignments or other uni-related questions.

We care about making your uni experience as enjoyable as can be for you during this time. If there’s anything we can do to help, please let any of us know individually, or don’t be afraid to throw a question into the group chat.

Best of wishes, the LitSoc Committee. 💖

10/11/2020

Hello everyone! In honour of Armistice Day, tomorrow’s session is going to be based all around war literature; books that were written during wartime and as a direct response to war. We hope to see many of you there!

29/10/2020

Thank you everyone who turned up to last night’s session! Next week’s will be focused on all forms of anti-establishment literature (please note that such works need not be solely political)! If that interests you, any are welcome to join us this Wednesday at 6PM!