Miriam Allott Visiting Writers - 2016-2017
Professor Rosi Braidotti
The first event of the Series this academic year was a lecture from Hope Street Writer in Residence Professor Rosi Braidotti.
More information about the Hope Street Writer in Residence can be found here, and an interview with Professor Braidotti will be published in The White Review.
Ned Beauman & Lauren Elkin
The second event, The White Review launch, featured Ned Beauman, author of Boxer, Beetle and Lauren Elkin, author of Flâneuse: Women Walk the City.
Clips from the event can be found here.
Ishion Hutchinson & Thomas Chatterton Williams
The final event in the series in 2016 featured poet Ishion Hutchinson, author of House of Lords and Commons, and Thomas Chatterton Williams, author of Losing My Cool.
Kenneth Allott Lecture: Jan Wagner
Poet Jan Wagner delivered the annual Kenneth Allott lecture, speaking on influence and the exchange of poetic ideas across borders; of the teachers poets must find for themselves (and then distance themselves from again).
Clips from the event can be found here.
Poetry in Translation
A launch event for the anthologies Centres of Cataclysm and Currently & Emotion, featuring editors Sasha Dugdale and Sophie Collins.
Clips from the event can be found here.
George Saunders
George Saunders, best-selling author of Tenth of December: Stories, read from his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo.
Clips from the event can be found here.
Fred D'Aguiar
TIDE Writer in Residence Fred D'Aguiar is author of a dozen books of fiction and poetry, including Children in Paradise and The Longest Memory.
Clips from the event can be found here.
Pavilion Poetry Launch
The 2017 Pavilion Poetry launch featured readings from poets Jodie Hollander, Nuar Alsadir and Marilyn Hacker.
Clips from the event can be found here.