I am delighted to be judging the Anthony Burgess prize. At a time when the arts pages in many of our newspapers are under threat, it seems doubly important to celebrate the role of arts journalism both as a necessary tool in enabling the circulation of books, pictures and films and as an art form […]

For me, winning the first ever Anthony Burgess/Observer Prize in 2012 ­­– as opposed to an award given in any other similarly esteemed writer’s name – had a uniquely personal resonance. To someone who grew up in the north-west, without obvious advantages of birth or connection, and who went on to study and compose music, all the while harbouring a passion […]

The International Anthony Burgess Foundation invites papers to be presented at the centenary conference, ANTHONY BURGESS: LIFE, WORK, REPUTATION. The conference will take place in Manchester on 3, 4, and 5 July 2017. The conference will have three main points of focus: LIFE Born and educated in Manchester, Burgess spent the Second World War in […]

The International Anthony Burgess Foundation invites papers to be presented at the centenary conference, ANTHONY BURGESS: LIFE, WORK, REPUTATION.

Carly Rowley reports on her recent PhD success.

Burgess and the idea of a single European language

Anthony Burgess’s view of Europe, by Will Carr

The various agents of Anthony Burgess, by Graham Foster.

Unexpected connections in the Burgess archives. By Martin Kratz.

Christine Lee Gengaro, author of ‘Listening to Stanley Kubrick: the music in his films’ reviews the newly released album of Anthony Burgess’s orchestral work, ‘Mr. W.S.’