The International Anthony Burgess Foundation presents the centenary conference, ANTHONY BURGESS: LIFE, WORK, REPUTATION. The centenary offers an opportunity to initiate new debates about Anthony Burgess’s biography and his wide-ranging artistic work. This conference welcomes an international group of Burgess experts presenting papers on subjects spanning Burgess’s early life in the north-west of England, his […]

A concert of brand new music inspired by Anthony Burgess’s novel M/F, a book that deals with riddles, delinquency, incest and talking birds. Four composers will present specially commissioned work for violin, cello, flute, clarinet, percussion, with spoken word and visuals. M/F tells the story of a college drop-out who sets out on a pilgrimage in which he meets […]

Penguin Classics, in partnership with the Barbican, presents a series of book club events, each focusing on an iconic title from the Science Fiction genre. These events are open to all, although it is recommended that attendees have a familiarity with the title being discussed. In the first book club event of the series, Henry […]

  Manchester Collective and the International Anthony Burgess Foundation present Inside Mr Enderby, an electrifying song cycle by Huw Belling to celebrate the #Burgess100 centenary. The comic novel Inside Mr Enderby was published in 1963 under Burgess’s pseudonym Joseph Kell. The book’s centenary interpretation for a modern audience is the first in Manchester Collective’s series […]

John Burgess Wilson, who found global fame as the writer and composer Anthony Burgess, was born in north Manchester in 1917. To celebrate Burgess’s 100th birthday on 25 February 2017, the International Anthony Burgess Foundation invites you to a special live performance at the Engine House on Cambridge Street, in which we will explore Burgess’s […]