by Sarah Glazer Wednesday, 30th November, 7 pm. Novelist Deborah Levy discussed her latest novel, Hot Milk, which was shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize. Her 2012 novel Swimming Home won widespread critical praise and was also shortlisted for the Booker. Critically acclaimed for her intelligence and originality as a writer, Levy is the …
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Amanda Craig:Writing the Contemporary Novel
by Sarah Glazer Amanda Craig, the author of six novels, discussed how she weaves such contemporary issues as inequality and social class into her novels and the experience of being a London novelist. Her most recent novel, Hearts and Minds, following the lives of several immigrants living in London, was long-listed for the Orange Prize. …
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Autobiography in Truth and Fiction: Rachel Cusk
Autobiography in Truth and Fiction: Rachel Cusk in conversation with Catherine Temma Davidson by Sarah Glazer Rachel Cusk has been called by the New York Times “One of the smartest writers alive.” Her novels and nonfiction explore the great themes of our lives: marriage, motherhood, relationships, the tensions in the lives of women between private …
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Vesna Goldsworthy and Eva Hoffman
By Sarah Glazer Vesna’s satirical novel Gorsky is about a Russian oligarch who builds a mansion on the Thames. The book, which openly uses the Great Gatsby as its model, deals with themes of power, money, love and London real estate. Vesna is a Serbian writer and poet who teaches writing and literature at Kingston …
World War I Salon: Kate Williams, Clare Clark, and Nicola Beauman
By Jenny McPhee A salon with a World War I theme–two salon members and historical novelists, Kate Williams and Clare Clark in conversation with Nicola Beauman of Persephone Books, which has published novels written at the time. Kate’s new novel is called The Storms of War and Clare’s is entitled We That Are Left. The …
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