Ivor Gurney: Dweller in Shadows

To celebrate the launch of her new biography: Dweller in Shadows | Princeton University Press, writer and broadcaster Kate Kennedy discusses writing the complex and tragic life of poet and composer Ivor Gurney with musicologist Stephen Johnson and mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, who will sing some of Gurney's best-loved songs.

This is a fundraising event, with all proceeds going towards our work to bring story telling, drama and music to children with special needs.

The livestream will begin at 6pm on 30th June

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5 May

Professor Katharina Galor, ‘Friendship Across Borders: Writing Lives in the Shadow of Conflict’

The Vera Fine-Grodzinski Programme for Jewish Women’s Voices Seminar

Time: 14:00-15:30

The Buttery, Wolfson College & Online via Zoom

12 May

Professor Kit de Waal in Conversation with Professor Elleke Boehmer

Global Majority & Underrepresented Writers' Programme, Friends of OCLW, OCLW Life-Writing Research Network,...

Global Majority & Underrepresented Writers' Programme, Friends of OCLW, OCLW Life-Writing Research Network, OCLW Visiting Scholars, and CWAR Fellows Event

Time: 17:30-19:00

Online via Zoom

15 May

Professor Rhodri Lewis, The Rules of the Game: Writing about Frank Kermode

Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshop

Time: 10:30-12:30

Seminar Room 10.424, English Faculty, Schwarzman Centre

19 May

Dan Glass, '"This is My Culture": A Masterclass on Life-Writing as Activism'

Global Majority & Underrepresented Writers' Programme Masterclass

Time: 17:30-18:45, followed by a wine reception and book sale

The Buttery, Wolfson College & Online via Zoom

22 May

Paying Attention to the Wild: Chloe Dalton and Dr Charlie Lee-Potter on Nature and Life-Writing

Jeniam Conversations

Time: 17:30-18:45, followed by a wine reception and book sale

Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College

26 May

Life-lines South and North: Professor Elleke Boehmer and Professor Dame Hermione Lee on 'Ice Shock' and 'Southern Imagining'

Book Launch

Time: 17:30-18:45, followed by a wine reception and book sale

Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College

29 May

'Part Fable, Part Porridge': Professor Jackie Kay and Professor Dame Hermione Lee on Writing the Self

Jeniam Conversations

Time: 17:30-18:45, followed by a wine reception and book sale

Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College

2 Jun

Professor Karen Karbiener, ‘“Who wishes to walk with me?” Walt Whitman, Poet of Places’

Weinrebe Lecture in Collaboration with Arts of Place, University of Birmingham

Time:16:00, followed by a wine reception.

Lecture Room 3, Arts Building, University of Birmingham

5 Jun

Women's Life-Writing: From ‘Feminine Writing’ to Autofiction

Laura Marcus Life-Writing Workshop

Time: 10:30-12:30

Seminar Room 10.424, English Faculty, Schwarzman Centre

9 Jun

A Story of Survival: Anne Sebba and Dr Kate Kennedy on 'The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz'

The Vera Fine-Grodzinski Programme for Jewish Women’s Voices Seminar

Time: 14:00-15:30

The Buttery, Wolfson College & Online via Zoom

10 Jun

'The Backyard Bird Chronicles': Amy Tan and Professor Andrew Gosler in Conversation

Jeniam Conversations

Time: 17:30-18:45, followed by a wine reception and book sale

Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College

23 Jun

Visiting Scholars End of Year Showcase

Yosef Wosk Visiting Scholars Programme

Time: 15:00-17:00

The Buttery, Wolfson College

Ivor Gurney: Dweller in Shadows