Our new exhibition examines Anthony Burgess’s experiences in Malaya in the 1950s, where he worked as a teacher at the Malay College in Kuala Kangsar and at the Malayan Teachers’ Training College at Kota Bharu in the district of Kelantan. As a fluent speaker of Malay and Chinese, Burgess was able to experience the […]

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 various agents of Anthony Burgess, by Graham Foster.

The second in a series of new articles from our Cultural Engagement Fellow, Martin Kratz.

The first blog post by Cultural Engagement Fellow, Martin Kratz.

Anthony Burgess’s homage to Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. By Anna Edwards.

The discovery of a previously unknown text by Burgess about his favourite novel, James Joyce’s Ulysses.

Burgess’s 1963 review of The Bell Jar.

An exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. By Will Carr

Burgess’s literary and musical responses to the famous poet. By Andrew Biswell