Wendy Lennon’s Published Work & Forthcoming Titles
Arden Shakespeare
Dr Wendy Lennon was thrilled to be appointed as a new Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series Fellow for the publisher Bloomsbury.
Shakespeare, Race & Pedagogy: Early Modern Colonialism to the Windrush
Wendy’s forthcoming book is to be published by Cambridge University Press. Shakespeare, Race & Pedagogy: Early Modern Colonialism to the Windrush explores Shakespeare’s plays across the centuries and draws upon Wendy’s teaching practice to provide educators and students with engaging ways to explore the texts.
MM Literary, TV & Film Agency Mentorship 2022/23
Wendy Lennon is delighted to be one of six writers chosen for the 2022/23 mentorship programme. As a mentee, Wendy has joined the agency and partnered with an MM agent to develop a narrative nonfiction book. Wendy will also be part of ‘insight sessions, given by editors, agents, international rights, film & tv, as well as bestselling authors’ to explore the publishing industry.
English Association Journal
Wendy is on the Editorial Board for the English Association’s journal, English.
Teaching Shakespeare
Spring 2024
Dr Wendy Lennon is delighted to be a guest editor for the British Shakespeare Association’s magazine, Teaching Shakespeare.
Please email submissions to shakeracepedagogy@hotmail.com
by 6th May 2024
The British Shakespeare Association’s magazine: Teaching Shakespeare 21
Wendy reflected on the inaugural Shakespeare, Race & Pedagogy event in the Teaching Shakespeare magazine. You can read the article here:
The University of Oxford’s
Ten Minute Book Club
Wendy has contributed to Series 3 of the Ten Minute Book Club. Reflecting on William Blake’s poems ‘London’ and ‘The Little Black Boy’ and considering the Blakeian legacies we are forced to confront when teaching and studying literature. You can read the article on the link below:
https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/ten-minute-book-club/blake-little-black-boy
Arden Collection
Alongside international scholars, Wendy is contributing a chapter to an Arden Bloomsbury collection edited by Professor Ruben Espinosa.
Shakespeare Journal
Wendy contributed a review for the ‘Race and Nation’ special edition of the journal Shakespeare edited by Dr Eoin Price and Professor Farah Karim Cooper (March 2021).
Taylor & Francis Online. Vol. 17, 2021. Issue 1: Shakespeare, Race & Nation. Review of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (Directed by Christopher Luscombe for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre) Stratford-upon-Avon, October 2014, Shown as Part of ‘Culture in Quarantine’ on BBC iPlayer 23 April - 22 August 2022.
Poetry & Prose
Wendy also writes poetry and prose fiction, regularly reading at poetry nights and literary events.
Wendy has also written reviews for Jess Green’s Find the Right Words and the publisher Burning Eye Books.
Reviews:
Casey Bailey, Jess Green & Hannah Swings
Nadia Malik and Tyrone Lewis
Tina Sederholm
