Anthony Burgess used typewriters all his life in his spectacular production of more than sixty books and thousands of articles, reviews and essays. Our new exhibition Anthony Burgess’s Typewriters displays a selection of the many vintage typewriters that he used, and explores some of his writing about the machine that was always present in his […]
The Eroteme series presents a special film screening of By Biro and Umbrella Spring, with a Q&A with the Director Cathey Soreny and Adam Bohman, followed by a performance by The Bohman Brothers. Adam Bohman’s life is a continual bricolage – from his artworks to his sound works, via his tape diaries and text pieces. He […]
Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh. The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps rolling through my guts and out again crunched like candy thunder. 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
We are delighted to present a special concert by Richard Casey of Anthony Burgess’s music for solo piano, played on Burgess’s own Bosendorfer, recorded at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester. Richard Casey has recorded the collected solo piano works of Camden Reeves, Anthony Gilbert (with piano duo partner Ian Buckle) and Peter Maxwell […]