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Supporting English & Media teachers and students through publications and classroom resources, online and in-person CPD, student magazines and research.

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Beyond the Secret Garden Book Launch

A wonderful evening to celebrate the launch of Beyond the Secret Garden by Darren Chetty and Karen Sands O'Connor. (Thanks to Hannah Pettit for the video.)

Details here A taster of the launch party!

EMC/University of Nottingham Language and Literature Conference

In-person emagazine Conference for students of advanced level Language and Literature at the University of Nottingham on Tuesday 1st April.

Details here
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Beyond the Secret Garden

Children’s Literature and Representations of Black and Racially minoritised People

Dr Darren Chetty & Professor Karen Sands O’Connor trace how Black and racially minoritised characters have been represented in ‘the secret garden’ of British children’s literature from its earliest stages.

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EMC Webinar Packages

EMC Spring 25 Webinar Package is no longer no sale. The Summer 25 Webinar Package will be on sale 12th March. Individual webinars booking till 8am 2 working days before the live session.

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EMC's Mixed Basket 200 Offer!

Pay just £5 a copy when you buy 200+ copies of eighteen key EMC titles below – in any combination.

Details & voucher here
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Spring Course Programme Online

Full day online and in-person courses and online afternoon webinars.

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emag & MediaMag

25-26 subscriptions on sale 1 April 2025.

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EMC Magazines – Subscribe or Renew

Print and online, online-only and print-only packages. Unlimited simultaneous logins at your institution. 25-26 subscriptions on sale 1 April 2025.

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emagazine – EMC’s quarterly magazine & subscription website for advanced level English Literature, English Language and Language and Literature students.

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MediaMagazine – EMC’s quarterly magazine and subscription website for advanced level Media and Film Studies students.

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Award-winning publications from EMC

Anthologies, classroom resources, creative writing workbooks and books for teachers.

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Beyond the Secret Garden Children’s Literature and Representations of Black and Racially minoritised People
Awe and Wonder – An EMC Anthology of Nature Writing (Hard copy)
Iridescent Adolescent – Diverse Literary Short Stories (Hard copy)
EMC Poetry Playlist – Contemporary Voices for the Classroom (Hard copy)

In-person & online courses to refresh and stimulate and school-based workshops.

All courses must be booked online before the booking deadline – 8am, two working days before the course. See the courses section for details of our new termly webinar package. – Summer package on sale 12th March.

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EMC CPD Online: Teaching the Power and Conflict Cluster of the AQA Anthology

Practical classroom ideas for teaching the poems. NB: This is a repeat course.

25 Feb 2025

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EMC CPD Online: Getting Your English Pedagogy Right at KS3

A course exploring what kinds of pedagogy work best in English to enable our students to develop fully as readers, writers and speakers.

26 Feb 2025

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EMC CPD Online: Language, Gender, Sexuality & Identity

An online webinar focused on recent research and thinking on these key areas of language variation and diversity.

28 Feb 2025

EMC Blog

Informed opinion on current debates, EMC news, recommended sites, reading & resources

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In Memory of Jane Ogborn

Tributes to inspirational English teacher, Jane Ogborn

21 Jan 2025

Promoting A Level English Language to GCSE Students

Strategies to encourage GCSE students to consider studying A Level English Language

19 Dec 2024

Key Oracy Commission Podcasts

A summary of podcasts by the Oracy Education Commission of particular interest to secondary English teachers

18 Dec 2024