The collections
What I have done in the making of a book is nobody’s business. The rest is just waste paper. - Anthony Burgess
The International Anthony Burgess Foundation has an extensive library and archive of books, manuscripts, correspondence and photographs relating to Anthony Burgess and his work. We also have a wealth of audio and visual material, paintings, drawings, objects from his various houses and ephemera. Our Reading Room is open daily by appointment – please contact info@anthonyburgess.org or 0161 235 0776 to book your visit.
Click the links below or search the categories on the right to find out about what is here; and look in the blog for more.
Fifty Years of A Clockwork Orange conference
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange (1962), the International Anthony Burgess Foundation is organising a multi-disciplinary conference to examine its profound and enduring impact on literature, film, music, theatre and society.
5th April 2012 , A Clockwork Orange , Collections entries , Highlights
Inside Mr. Burgess: diary of an archivist, part two
The second part of Veronika Schubert's article on her work placement in the Burgess Foundation archives.
12th March 2012 , Collections entries , Highlights , Internships
Inside Mr. Burgess: diary of an archivist, part one
Veronika Schubert describes her work on the collections of the Burgess Foundation.
9th March 2012 , Collections entries , Highlights , Internships
Burgess at Xaverian College
Burgess's earliest poems in the school magazine.
23rd January 2012 , Collections entries , Poetry , Xaverian College
Burgess's Victorian Christmas
Anthony Burgess reads from 'A Christmas Carol'. Bah, humbug!
20th December 2011 , Charles Dickens , Collections entries , Highlights , Humbug , New finds