Posted By: Richard White, 21 June 2010
Yes, the moment has finally arrived. It’s that time of year when we welcome writers from all corners of the globe to partake in our yearly Worlds Literature Festival, a unique mix of public and private programmes, exploring the best of world literature.
Writers arrived over the weekend and are participating in the first of three Salons exploring questions around 'The Writer' in relation to the 'Education of the Imagination' – stirring stuff!
Although the Salon is closed to the public, we’re delighted to offer you a sneaky peek inside the chamber doors through the talents of fiction writer and experienced blogger, Adrian Slatcher. Adrian will blog all the juicy gossip directly to our WCN ‘Latest News’ blogroll. He’s a great blogger; check out Art of Fiction for clear-cut evidence.
As I write this, we’ve already enjoyed the talents of Neel Mukherjee, Henrietta Rose-Innes and Kate Kilalea (pictured above) at the Worlds International Readings event at the UEA Drama Studio, and there’s so much more to look forward to – see the event listings at the bottom of this post.
We’ll be posting photos, podcasts and literary musings prior to, during and after each event on our
blog,
twitter,
flickr and
facebook accounts, so keep an eye peeled and primed – something tells me this week is going to fly by!
Worlds Literature Festival event listings:
Your Summer Reads,
Monday 21 June, 6.30-7.30, Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library, £2 on the door.
Readings by Naomi Alderman, Nii Parkes and Mick Jackson - all part of our Summer Reads campaign.
JM Coetzee: An Evening with Four South African Writers,
Tuesday 22 June, 7.30pm, Norwich Playhouse, £14/£12/£10.
JM Coetzee heads a bill showcasing writing from his home country, South Africa. The three other writers are poets CJ Driver and Gabeba Baderoon and the impressive short story writer Zoe Wicomb.
Granta Readings: Going Back,
Wednesday 23 June, 7-8.30pm, Thomas Paine Centre, UEA, £5.
Helping to celebrate the new volume of Granta Magazine, Andrew O’Hagan will read alongside Jon McGregor, Evie Wyld and Colin Grant.
Australian Voices,
Thursday 24 June, 7-8.30pm, UEA Drama Studio, £5.
Listen to three outstanding voices from down under read from their work: Chloe Hooper, Michelle de Kretser and Steven Amsterdam.
Worlds Film Screening: Disgrace,
Sunday 27 June, 5.30pm, Cinema City, £8, member £6.
Come along and enjoy a special screening of the film adaptation of JM Coetzee’s Booker Prize winning novel
Disgrace.
