On Wednesday Felicity attended the magnificent launch party of Edmund de Waal’s LIBRARY OF EXILE at the British Museum. Hartwig Fischer, director of the museum, and Edmund himself gave speeches to officially open the exhibition. The installation, which includes over 3,000 books written by exiles, was commissioned by the Venice Biennale before travelling to Dresden,… Read more »
Prestigious French film company Haut et Court have optioned Anna Hope’s “profoundly intelligent and humane” (Guardian) Expectation for an English-language feature length drama adapted and directed by Clémence Poésy, the acclaimed actor and filmmaker whose last short, The Tears Thing, was screened in Official Competition at the 2019 Venice Film Festival. Anna studied English at… Read more »
Called the most elegant and atmospheric of literary festivals, the Oxford Lit Fest is certainly a highlight of the bookish year… What can you expect on a packed final weekend? Find out below… Saturday, 4th April 12pm, Sheldonian Theatre AC Grayling–The Good State: On the Principles of Democracy World-renowned philosopher Professor A C Grayling states… Read more »
Called “a privilege… Oxford at its most atmospheric” by Dame Hilary Mantel, the Oxford Lit Fest is a highlight of the bookish calendar… Friday, 3rd April 10am, Sheldonian Theatre Michael Wood–The Story of China Historian, author and broadcaster Michael Wood talks about his book – and BBC television series. Michael believes that we must closely… Read more »
Over the past 10 days, leading up to the UK publication of Footprints, David Farrier has been collecting brief glimpses at possible future fossils in his Twitter feed, the sort of thing you can see explained at further length, depth and detail in the book itself, called a “fascinating peek at the deep future” by… Read more »
Emily Windsnap, the little girl who lives on a boat with a big secret (spoiler: she’s half-mermaid) has won the hearts of children everywhere, from America to Germany and far, far beyond. The ninth in the five-million-selling series, Emily Windsnap and the Tides of Time, is released this week, and sees Emily return to Brightport with… Read more »
Called “the leading literary festival of the year” by Tim Waterstone, the Oxford Lit Fest has certainly become a bookish highlight… Wednesday, 1st April 12pm, Oxford Martin School Seminar Room Adrian Tinniswood–The House Party: Leisure, Pleasure and the Country House Weekend The architectural and social historian gives a unique insight into the quintessentially British tradition… Read more »
Rebecca Fleet’s The House Swap took domestic noir to a whole new level when it was released in 2018, called “dark, smart, sexy, gripping, and totally brilliant”, and her long-awaited follow-up, The Second Wife, is out in bookshops and available to buy online this week – as always, with free P&P and a sizeable discount…. Read more »
Described as “the best day I have enjoyed at any festival – anywhere” – by twice Booker-winner Peter Carey, the Ox Lit Fest is one of the highlights of the literary year… Monday, 30th March 6pm, Sheldonian Theatre James Barr interviewed by Matthew Stadlen–Lords of the Desert: Britain’s Struggle with America to Dominate Middle East… Read more »
Called the most elegant and atmospheric of literary festivals by none other than Colin Thubron, the Oxford Lit Fest is one of the highlights of the bookish year… 11am, St Cross College Elleke Boehmer & Naomi Ishiguro: The Art of the Short Story Elleke is a professor of world literature in English at Oxford and… Read more »