In a 2014 interview with Vogue, the Norwegian writer and journalist Linn Ullmann was asked what she was currently working on. ‘I am writing a memoir’, she replied, ‘or at least I thought it was a memoir. But since my memory is both very vivid and not entirely reliable, it could just as well be…
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Esteemed literary journal finds new home at UEA
The Critical Quarterly literary journal will now be based in the University of East Anglia. Since its start at the University of Cambridge in 1958, the journal has published literary criticism, cultural studies, poetry and fiction. ‘CQ has a great tradition of printing brilliant but accessible criticism, across the whole historical range of English Literature,…
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UEA Autumn Literary Festival: Claire Tomalin
On the stage is a tall pile of books giving an indication of Tomalin’s illustrious literary career. She is best known for her biographies of historical literary figures, including Charles Dickens and his lover Ellen Turner, but here she is sticking closer to home for this discussion of her latest work: her autobiography. Before Tomalin…
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UEA literary festival
UEA literary festival 2016 kicked off with ardent literary humourist, interpreter of the academy and longtime friend of the festival, David Lodge. Now in his 80th decade, Lodge showed no physical signs of deterioration as he graced the stage to discuss the release of a trilogy of books spanning his career in more respects than…
Arts, OldVenue
Book Review: Thomas and Mary: A Love Story
To quote the beginning of 500 Days of Summer “this is not a love story. This is a story about love”. Or more so this is a story about how downright miserable being in love can be. If you are looking for a lovey-dovey romance with the typical happily ever after, do not read this…
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UEA Spring Literary Festival – Margaret Atwood – review
Ellen Musgrove reviews Margaret Atwood’s talk at the UEA Literary Festival.
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Rose Tremain at the Literary Festival – review
Louis Cheslaw reviews UEA chancellor Rose Tremain at the Autumn Literary Festival.
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Pat Barker at UEA’s Literature Festival
Pat Barker spoke openly about her troubled youth and how wartime losses influence her work, promising an innovative interpretation of conflict.
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