The 2021 Anthony Burgess Lecture will be given on 14 October by Laura Tunbridge, Professor of Music at the University of Oxford and author of the award-winning biography, Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces. Laura Tunbridge will cast new light on Ludwig van Beethoven, whose life is shrouded in myths, questioning the image of him […]
“We’ve reserved three graves for you, Mr Burgess. One for your body, one for your books and one for your ego.” Come and celebrate the launch of Three Graves, a novel about Anthony Burgess set in Manchester, Malaya, Malta. London and the USA. When celebrated writer Anthony Burgess arrives in Manchester for a book signing, […]
Blackwell’s Manchester are delighted to be hosting a special event with Ben Aaronovitch as part of the tenth anniversary celebrations of the publication of Rivers of London. He’ll be discussing how the bestselling novel was created, leading to the ongoing much-loved series following the magical mystery adventures of Peter Grant. About Rivers of London My […]
We invite you to the Burgess Foundation for a peek into our extensive author archive. We will tell the story of Anthony Burgess’s life and work through a series of especially selected objects from the Burgess archive. Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester and became an internationally renowned author, best known for his 1962 novel […]
We invite you to the Burgess Foundation for a peek into our extensive author archive. We will tell the story of Anthony Burgess’s life and work through a series of especially selected objects from the Burgess archive. Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester and became an internationally renowned author, best known for his 1962 novel […]
Blackwell’s bookshop is delighted to be hosting a special event with Will Sergeant, guitarist and founding member of Echo and the Bunnymen, at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation for the launch of his long-awaited memoir BUNNYMAN. He’ll be chatting to Dave Haslam about his career in one of the most influential and important British bands […]
Jenny Nibbingley and Burton Mastrick truly need no introduction. Their novels have long been secretly well-regarded by those in the know, but rarely bought or read by the general public. Today’s event promises to be an enlightening discussion of such essential books as Why Reigate?, Randoms, Hatred of Broccoli, and Only If I Have To. […]
To launch a new series of events themed around utopia and dystopia, we are pleased to announce the first of our ‘Dystopian Dialogues’. The award-winning writer Adam Roberts will join Andrew Biswell for a conversation about Anthony Burgess and Dystopia. Burgess writes in The Novel Now that many of the famous twentieth-century literary dystopias were […]
Join us for the winners announcement for the 2021 Observer/Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism, broadcast online for the first time. The Observer Burgess Prize is the UK’s leading award for arts criticism. In June last year, we asked for your best reviews, and you did not disappoint. We received by far the most number […]
The Burgess Foundation has a rolling programme of public exhibitions highlighting the life and work of Anthony Burgess. Because visiting exhibitions has been a little difficult of late, we have expanded our exhibition programme to become fully browsable online. Delve into a world of Anthony Burgess below. Please note: this event page has a date […]