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The Writer's Workshop
Monday, August 18, 2008 The Writer's Workshop is the UK's largest provider of editorial services to first-time writers. All its editors are professional published authors. www.writersworkshop.co.uk
WG Sebald: an international and interdisciplinary conference
Thursday, August 07, 2008 Friday 5th - Sunday 7th September 2008 Speakers include Dame Gillian Beer, Anthea Bell, Adam Phillips, Will Self and James Wood. Organised by the University of East Anglia, in association with the British Centre for Literary Translation.
J. G. Ballard: Imaginary Scientist
Thursday, August 07, 2008 Sunday 7th September 2008 J. G. Ballard is a prominent chronicler of the near future. He may also be thought of as an 'imaginary scientist'.
Liars League
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 Tuesday 9th September 2008 Crime & Punishment
Unscrewing the Inscrutable
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 Tuesday 9th September 2008 Simon Darragh, poet and translator, primarily of Modern Greek, seeks solutions to problematic poetry. He argues that the ability to translate well is often not connected to fluency in the translated language.
Benjamin Franklin's Friendships in London
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 Wednesday 10th September 2008 A lecture by Lady Reid comparing Samuel Johnson and Benjamin Franklin's varying friendships and interests in 18th-century London
Nadeem Aslam - Southbank Centre
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 Wednesday 10th September 2008 Nadeem Aslam reads from his latest novel The Wasted Vigil, a modern portrait of love in a time of conflict set in present day Afghanistan.
An Independent Mind
Monday, August 04, 2008 Sunday 14th September 2008 English PEN in association with The Frontline Club Acclaimed film-maker Rex Bloomstein introduces his controversial new documentary feature, An Indepndent Mind, featuring free speech heroes and villains from around the world.
Crowdsourcing - ICA
Monday, August 04, 2008 Wednesday 17th September 2008 One of the most original business ideas and buzzwords of recent years, the idea of crowdsourcing is that companies and institutions of all kinds use the internet to harness the wisdom of the many rather than relying on the expertise of the few. But how far can we rely on the electronic crowd, and how exactly does it all work?
Doris Lessing - National Theatre Platforms
Saturday, August 02, 2008 Wednesday 24th September 2008 In her new book, Alfred and Emily, the Nobel Laureate explores the lives of her parents, both irrevocably damaged by the Great War: a piercing examination of the shattering legacy she has struggled to escape from throughout her 50-year career.
To the Castle and Back
Thursday, July 31, 2008 Saturday 27th September 2008 One of the world's literary greats, Vaclav Havel was also pivotal to the transformation of the Czech Republic into a functioning democracy after the fall of Communism. A renowned playwright, Havel served as president of the Czech Republic until 2003. In his newly-published memoir, To the Castle and Back, he describes these extraordinary times. Havel will be interviewed by John Tusa.
Stella Duffy - National Theatre Platforms
Monday, July 21, 2008 Friday 10th October 2008 In her new novel, The Room of Lost Things, writer and actor Stella Duffy paints a vivid picture of life in a South London dry-cleaning shop, where secrets and lies are revealed in its customers' pockets.
Liars League
Sunday, July 20, 2008 Tuesday 14th October 2008 Jekyll & Hyde
A Somerset Ceilidh
Friday, July 18, 2008 Saturday 18th October 2008 Following the success of English PEN's event Another Sky in Somerset, for south-west members earlier this year, Rosie Boycott and Caroline Cameron host an evening in aid of the Writers in Prison Committee at Whitelackington Manor in Somerset featuring Maureen Lipman, Don McCullin and other celebrated supporters of English PEN.
Arvon Writing & New Media course: FUTUREWRITE
Thursday, July 10, 2008 Award-winning author Kate Pullinger (Inanimate Alice) and Chris Meade (Co-Director of the Institute for the Future of the Book) are tutoring a creative writing & new media course at The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre, HebdenBridge, 17-22 November 2008.
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