http://www.untitledbooks.com/ Untitled Books en-uk Copyright 2008 Untitled Books Sun, 7 Sep 2008 01:54:35 GMT 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 index.asp?NewsID=96 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. index.asp?NewsID=93 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT 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'. index.asp?NewsID=74 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tuesday 9th September 2008 Crime & Punishment index.asp?NewsID=89 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT 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. index.asp?NewsID=94 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. index.asp?NewsID=82 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Wednesday 10th September 2008 A lecture by Lady Reid comparing Samuel Johnson and Benjamin Franklin's varying friendships and interests in 18th-century London index.asp?NewsID=75 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Friday 12th September 2008 The Artangel Longplayer Conversation 2008 index.asp?NewsID=77 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. index.asp?NewsID=84 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT 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? index.asp?NewsID=78 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tuesday 23rd Spetember 2008 How can poetry stand up to oppression? index.asp?NewsID=85 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tuesday 23rd September 2008 index.asp?NewsID=81 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. index.asp?NewsID=79 Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thursday 25th September 2008 John Walsh, Blake Morrison and Fiona Sampson use poetry as the starting point for this investigation into whether culture can deliver a political message. index.asp?NewsID=76 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. index.asp?NewsID=86 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Monday 29th September 2008 Sebald Lecture on Literary Translation index.asp?NewsID=83 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. index.asp?NewsID=80 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tuesday 14th October 2008 Jekyll & Hyde index.asp?NewsID=90 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. index.asp?NewsID=87 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. index.asp?NewsID=92 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT