Here’s a joke from the 1970s: “What do you do when you see a space man?” “I don’t know, what do you do when you see a space man?” “Park in it, man” In collaboration with the East Anglian Film Archive, filmmaker Sarah Wood and writer Ali Smith presented their exclusive short film ‘The New…
Books
Interview with Ali Smith: “puns and wordplay are ceremonious”
Let’s force the locks of life, boldly, cunningly, As befits our youth. No lies or half-lies for us. We want Nothing but the truth. This was the poem Ali Smith left our interview on. As thoroughly as I searched, I could not find it anywhere online. Although Ali attributed it to Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a Russian…
Books, Venue
Favourite Black character: Brooke Bayoude in Ali Smith’s There but for the
If an adult walked up to their white, middle class neighbours and asked them, “Have you just not met any or very many black people before or are you just living in a different universe?” they would be met with a certain level of anger. However, Brooke Bayoude in Ali Smith’s There but for the…
Arts, OldVenue
Ali Smith at UEA’s Spring Literary Festival
The fourth event in 2015’s Spring Literary Festival began with an introduction from UEA’s Philp Langeskov which summarised Ali Smith and her writing perfectly. An author who refuses to conform to genre and expectation, winner of the Goldsmiths Prize and the Costa novel of the year award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, she…
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Preview: UEA Spring Literary Festival
Once again a collection of writers join the walkways of UEA for a celebration of the nation’s great literary prowess. Last semester saw the likes of Stephen Fry and UEA’s very own creative writing graduate Ian McEwan sit before eager ears and tell of the various inspirations and creative developments of their often very turbulent…
Arts, OldVenue
Parallel Entities: Stepping into Ali Smith’s Latest Novel
Ali Smith’s new novel, How To Be Both, explores the lives of two characters: a 21st century teenage girl struggling to deal with the loss of her mother, and a 15th century Italian painter narrating posthumously. Throughout the novel, parallels are drawn between the lives of the two characters and their similarities are accentuated throughout…
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