Manchester Indie Book Fair returns in September after a hugely successful outing back in February. The book fair is organised by independent publisher Dostoyevsky Wannabe in association with the International Anthony Burgess Foundation and will feature a range of indie presses and zines from Manchester and beyond. Already confirmed are: Comma, Dostoyevsky Wannabe, Carcanet, Confingo, […]
You are invited to the launch of Anthony Burgess and Modernism, a new exhibition exploring Burgess’s relationship to twentieth century art. Throughout his life, Burgess took inspiration from modernism in his creative work. His reading as a young man included James Joyce, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf; and he listened to Stravinsky, Schoenberg […]
You are invited to a discussion that sheds new light on some of the most dynamic and significant writers from South Asia and South East Asia. This event marks the publication of the tenth volume of The Oxford History of the Novel in English, a series which covers internationally recognised novelists and showcases under-represented writers […]
The International Anthony Burgess Foundation presents the centenary conference, ANTHONY BURGESS: LIFE, WORK, REPUTATION. The centenary offers an opportunity to initiate new debates about Anthony Burgess’s biography and his wide-ranging artistic work. This conference welcomes an international group of Burgess experts presenting papers on subjects spanning Burgess’s early life in the north-west of England, his […]
A concert of brand new music inspired by Anthony Burgess’s novel M/F, a book that deals with riddles, delinquency, incest and talking birds. Four composers will present specially commissioned work for violin, cello, flute, clarinet, percussion, with spoken word and visuals. M/F tells the story of a college drop-out who sets out on a pilgrimage in which he meets […]
Penguin Classics, in partnership with the Barbican, presents a series of book club events, each focusing on an iconic title from the Science Fiction genre. These events are open to all, although it is recommended that attendees have a familiarity with the title being discussed. In the first book club event of the series, Henry […]
Manchester Collective and the International Anthony Burgess Foundation present Inside Mr Enderby, an electrifying song cycle by Huw Belling to celebrate the #Burgess100 centenary. The comic novel Inside Mr Enderby was published in 1963 under Burgess’s pseudonym Joseph Kell. The book’s centenary interpretation for a modern audience is the first in Manchester Collective’s series […]
John Burgess Wilson, who found global fame as the writer and composer Anthony Burgess, was born in north Manchester in 1917. To celebrate Burgess’s 100th birthday on 25 February 2017, the International Anthony Burgess Foundation invites you to a special live performance at the Engine House on Cambridge Street, in which we will explore Burgess’s […]