Events
We host a large number of conferences, lectures and seminars each year, many of them open to the public. Subscribe to our monthly North East Literature Events newsletter and we'll keep you posted. If you are a staff member or student and want to publicise your event, contact alistair.brown@durham.ac.uk.
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Late Summer Lectures 2018 brings bright sparks of research to a public audience. Come along and experience this year's theme of 'Beginnings and Endings'.
Scaling the Heights, an artistic exhibition at the Oriental Museum, shares the rich heritage of mountaineering literature from 21st September to 21st December
Durham Book Festival brings a host of writers, thinkers and performers from 6th-14th October; we're proud to be associated with several events
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Wednesday 26 September 2018
'Victims in a Vacuum': Inscribing Identities in Childhood and Deathbed Scenes
The Victorians were fond of rather mawkish depictions of the angelic child and deathbed scenes. Not surprisingly, later writers have rebelled against these visions, as this next Late Summer Lecture will demonstrate. Free and open to the public.
Contact latesummerlectures@gmail.com for more information about this event.
Wednesday 3 October 2018
Behind Gilded Walls: Tales of wonder, the Gothic, and Islamic Mythology in Contemporary Literature
Our final Late Summer Lecture crosses cultures to explore the how Islamic mythology is used by contemporary Muslim authors to appeal to Muslim and non-Muslim readers alike. Free and open to the public.
Contact latesummerlectures@gmail.com for more information about this event.
Saturday 6 October 2018
The Brontes Revisited
Join Claire and Sophie as they discuss the enigmatic Brontë sisters, their works and world, in an event celebrating the bicentenary of Emily’s birth. This event is part of Durham Book Festival.
Sunday 7 October 2018
Faber Poets
Join three of Faber’s exciting new poets at this Durham Book Festival reading.
Tuesday 9 October 2018
Michael O’Neill and Jamie McKendrick
Join two award-winning poets for a reading in Hatfield College Chapel, part of Durham Book Festival.
Contact s.r.regan@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Thursday 11 October 2018
Literary Birds
‘Literary Birds’ celebrates avian literary encounters in their myriad manifestations. The keynote speaker will be Professor Simon Armitage.
Contact literarybirdsconference@gmail.com for more information about this event.
Simon Armitage at Chad’s
Join award-winning poet Simon Armitage for this intimate reading in the beautiful setting of St Chad’s Chapel.
Contact s.r.regan@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Scaling the Galleries
Climb the galleries of the Oriental Museum with award-winning poet Helen Mort, in this Durham Book Festival event.
Contact oriental.museum@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Friday 12 October 2018
Literary Birds
‘Literary Birds’ celebrates avian literary encounters in their myriad manifestations. The keynote speaker will be Professor Simon Armitage.
Contact literarybirdsconference@gmail.com for more information about this event.
Melmoth
Join Sarah Perry, author of international bestseller The Essex Serpent, in this Durham Book Festival event. She will talk with Professor Simon James about her new novel Melmoth, a chilling and deeply moving book that speaks urgently to our times.
Saturday 13 October 2018
Murder by the Book: The Crime that Shocked Victorian Literary London
Award-winning biographer Claire Harman dives into the murky world of Victorian London in this Durham Book Festival event.
In Byron's Wake
Discover the lives of Lord Byron's wife and daughter at this Durham Book Festival event.
Sunday 14 October 2018
Zine-Making Workshop
Use archive collections to inspire your own creative piece of work in this workshop, part of Durham Book Festival.
Lamanby
The Durham Book Festival Laureate for 2018, Jacob Polley, presents Lamanby, a compelling drama of his life in the North.
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