“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 […]
Please join us to celebrate the launch of Anthony Burgess’s Collected Poems (Carcanet), a brand new volume edited by Jonathan Mann that redraws the map of Burgess’s poetry. The book’s sheer breadth is a real treat for fans of Burgess’s writing. From lyric poems to love poems, from political works to limericks, this 500-page collection […]
#EarthlyPowers40 is a 40th anniversary celebration of one of Anthony Burgess’s most acclaimed novels, Earthly Powers. The book won the Best Foreign Novel of the Year award in France, and was shortlisted for the 1980 Booker Prize for Fiction, alongside Alice Munro, Anita Desai and William Golding. In our special celebration of Earthly Powers, we […]
Throughout his career, Anthony Burgess was fascinated by the writing and life of William Shakespeare. Explore these pages to find out about the influence of Shakespeare on Anthony Burgess, and the insights Burgess brings to our reading of his work. Explore our exhibition Burgess and Shakespeare to find out about the influence of Shakespeare on […]
An exclusive concert and spoken word performance by the No Dice Collective highlighting six unusual objects from the Anthony Burgess archive, commissioned by the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. Manchester native Anthony Burgess led a fascinating life, and No Dice Collective has been rifling through the objects he left behind for the past four months. There will […]