Malcolm X is one of the most well known but misunderstood figures in history. No he did not hate White people, preach violence and eventually come to his senses and join the civil rights movement. Malcolm had the clearest analysis of racism and proposed a concrete solution. Join us to launch Kehinde Andrews’ new book […]
Ian Fleming’s greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture, but Fleming’s life was more mysterious than anything he wrote. Only a writer for his last twelve years, his dramatic personal experiences and career in Naval Intelligence put him at the heart of critical moments in world history, while […]
Join Serenity Books on Wednesday 4th June at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester for a very special evening with award-winning stand up comedian Suzi Ruffell as we celebrate the release of her brilliantly funny and incredibly moving memoir Am I Having Fun Now?: Anxiety, Applause and Life’s Big Questions, Answered. Suzi will be […]
Reimagining Vintage Burgess Anthony Burgess was a writer of extraordinary range, his novels rich with linguistic invention, satire, and cultural commentary. The Vintage Burgess collection (pictured below) has introduced his works to new generations of readers, but how might these books be visually reimagined for today’s audience? This exhibition presents a fresh take on Burgess’s […]
Poets & Players presents poets Katharine Towers, Sascha Aurora Akhtar and Victoria Gatehouse with music from Chris Davies. Please join Poets & Players on Saturday 29 March 2025, 2.30-4.00 at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for a wonderful line-up of poets and musicians. The event is free and everyone is welcome (no need to book tickets). Performers […]
Poets & Players presents Imtiaz Dharker, Ella Frears, Martin Zarrop with music from Natalie Sharp Please join Poets & Players on Saturday 29 March 2025, 2.30-4.00 at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for a wonderful line-up of poets and musicians. You will find all the information you need regarding visiting the IABF on their website […]
Join DJ, artist, author Justin Robertson in conversation with Dave Haslam at this event to celebrate the publication of Justin’s new novel ‘The Trial of Jonah’ – the confessions of a time-travelling cultural vampire wherein the alternative history of late 20th-century counter-culture is revealed. Jonah’s travels take him from Roman Britain to the birth of […]
Please join Poets & Players on Saturday 1 March 2025, 2.30-4.00 at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for a wonderful line-up of poets and musicians. Appearing this month: Zaffar Kunial, Hannah Copley, Rachel Davies & Hilary Robinson with music from Chuva. The event is free and everyone is welcome (no need to book tickets). Performers […]
Join Manchester University Press for a very special event celebrating the launch of a new book, Walking in the dark: James Baldwin, my father, and me, and the James Baldwin centenary. Academic and author Douglas Field will be in conversation with British-Nigerian historian and writer David Olusoga. Since James Baldwin’s death in 1987, his writing […]
‘Beautiful, powerful and haunting, this book defies erasure with imagination and integrity.’ Afua Hirsch From Ghana to Greenland, Leeds to Los Angeles, the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, Ekow Eshun conjures the voices of five remarkable Black men: Ira Aldridge, Matthew Henson, Frantz Fanon, Malcolm X and Justin Fashanu. His inventive and engaging book The […]