Dorothy Richardson’s ‘Mighty Lover’: Pilgrimage and London
We are delighted to invite you to the final meeting of the Literary London Reading Group for this academic year. Professor Scott McCracken will introduce “Dorothy Richardson’s ‘Mighty Lover’: Pilgrimage and London”. The … Continue reading
Changing Places: Contemporary SFF Writers Creating Alternative Londons
At the next meeting of the Literary London Reading Group, Dr Vic James will introduce Changing Places: Contemporary SFF Writers Creating Alternative Londons. The meeting will take place on Tuesday 24 April … Continue reading
Morris Winchevsky: Poet of the Jewish Workers
We are happy to announce that for the next meeting of the Literary London Reading Group, Dr Vivi Lachs will introduce: “Morris Winchevsky: Poet of the Jewish Workers“. It is scheduled for March … Continue reading
“I am a Kind”: W. G. Sebald’s London, and Iain Sinclair’s Responses
For the first Literary London Reading Group session of 2018, Dr David Anderson (UCL) will introduce “I am a Kind”: W. G. Sebald’s London, and Iain Sinclair’s Responses. The session … Continue reading
West Indians in London: Sam Sevlon’s The Lonely Londoners
Please note: this seminar takes place at the University of Tuebingen, Germany, on Thursday, 19 October 2017. First published in 1956, Sam Sevlon’s The Lonely Londoners is a multi-thread, beat-style narrative written in … Continue reading
“All the world lives in Soho, even including some English”: Mapping Immigrant Soho
For the next Literary London Reading Group session, the playwright Jingan Young will introduce: ‘”All the world lives in Soho, even including some English”: Mapping Immigrant Soho’. The session will … Continue reading
The Boss of Bethnal Green: Building an Empire in the East End
We are delighted to announce the first session of the Literary London Reading Group for 2017/18. Our programme this year begins with a literary look at unscrupulousness and individual greed … Continue reading
