Articles relating to: International Anthony Burgess Foundation
Review: The Forgotten Women of Bauhaus, Naomi Wood, Manchester Literature Festival
When it comes to novels, there’s an art to research.
Read the full story..Review: Jessica Andrews and Helen Mort, Manchester Literature Festival, International Anthony Burgess Foundation
When I was a creative writing student, I was encouraged to ‘write what you know’.
Read the full story..Hamiltonic: Time for a Tanqueray, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester
One of the great pleasures of this job is the occasional invitation to evenings such as this.
Read the full story..Review: Carys Davies and Sarah Moss, Manchester Literature Festival
From ITV big gob (and all-round cockwomble), Piers Morgan has suggested that papoose-wearing fathers look ’emasculated’.
Read the full story..Review: The Mechanics’ Institute Review, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester
It’s a bit like Top Of The Pops.
Read the full story..Review: Jeanette Winterson in conversation with Louise O’Neill
“The book was so powerful it made me cry,” my friend says. We are having coffee before heading off to watch author Louise O’Neill in conversation with Jeanette Winterson at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester. “I had to put it down a couple of times,” I reply. ‘The sheer brutality of it meant I couldn’t continue.’
Read the full story..Unlocking the Anthony Burgess Archive
It’s off the beaten track but that would probably have sat well with Anthony Burgess.
Read the full story..Honest
I found myself at the home of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation at Chorlton Mill in the city centre last night.
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