This week’s selection comes from Stephen Cleary, Lead Curator of Literary & Creative Recordings. In this archive recording from the African Writers Club collection, South African poet and anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus reads the introductory poe… read more
This week’s selection comes from Stephen Cleary, Lead Curator of Literary & Creative Recordings. It is now 10 years since the death of Norman Mailer, one of the best-known and most widely read US authors of the post-war period. This week’s recording features Mailer in discussion with Melvyn Bragg at… read more
Libraries have played in an integral part in our literary history. Often housed in grand public buildings, libraries face considerable pressures as heritageRead more read more
Many authors and the characters they created have lived in and loved England, evoking streetscapes, landscapes and buildings throughout their work.Read more read more
This week’s selection comes from Stephen Cleary, Lead Curator of Literary & Creative Recordings. Polish poet and writer Wioletta Greg has attracted critical praise for her coming-of-age tale Swallowing Mercury, which was published in January this year by Portobello Books. For this week’s ‘Recording of the Week’ we offer a… read more