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2 weeks ago | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Lucy Worsley |Colin Thubron |Anne Tyler |Kazuo Ishiguro
Novelist and academic Professor Janet Todd marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen by showing how Austen has inspired and challenged her personally through different phases of her life. Todd reveals what ‘living with Jane Austen’ has meant to her and what it might also mean to others. She reflects on her own life and on Austen’s letters, manuscripts and novels. Todd says Austen has an undimmable power to help us understand the world and our minds and bodies.
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1 month ago | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Lucy Worsley |Anne Tyler |Tim Waterstone |Kazuo Ishiguro
Writer and broadcaster Matthew Teller discusses a new collection of stories he has co-edited about literature and culture in Gaza. Daybreak in Gaza weaves together stories about Gaza’s history with war diaries and memoirs of ordinary citizens – artists, writers and poets, farmers, shopkeepers. Together they display the wealth of Gaza’s cultural landscape and the breadth of its history.
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2 months ago | 
bostonherald.com | Maren Longbella |Anne Tyler
“Three Days in June,” Anne Tyler’s 25th novel, is like reading a hug. The “Accidental Tourist” author embraces us from the very first sentence — “People don’t tap their watches anymore; have you noticed?” — by addressing the reader directly, inviting us into Gail Baines’ world (set in Baltimore, of course, Tyler’s favorite backdrop).
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
orlandosentinel.com | Anne Tyler |Zadie Smith
Today is Friday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2024. There are 67 days left in the year. Today in history:On Oct. 25, 1999, golfer Payne Stewart and five others were killed when their Learjet crashed in a field in South Dakota; Stewart was 42. Also on this date:In 1760, Britain's King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II. In 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown went on trial in Charles Town, Virginia, for his failed raid at Harpers Ferry.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
princegeorgecitizen.com | Anne Tyler
Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 25:Actress Marion Ross is 96. Author Anne Tyler is 83. Roy Lynes, organist and vocalist with Status Quo, is 81. Singer Jon Anderson (Yes) is 80. Singer Taffy Danoff of Starland Vocal Band is 80. Political strategist James Carville is 80. Guitarist Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest is 77. Actor Brian Kerwin is 75. Actor Mark L. Taylor is 74. Movie director Julian Schnabel is 73. Guitarist Matthias Jabs of Scorpions is 69. Actress Nancy Cartwright ("The Simpsons") is 67.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
vancouverisawesome.com | Anne Tyler
Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 25:Actress Marion Ross is 96. Author Anne Tyler is 83. Roy Lynes, organist and vocalist with Status Quo, is 81. Singer Jon Anderson (Yes) is 80. Singer Taffy Danoff of Starland Vocal Band is 80. Political strategist James Carville is 80. Guitarist Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest is 77. Actor Brian Kerwin is 75. Actor Mark L. Taylor is 74. Movie director Julian Schnabel is 73. Guitarist Matthias Jabs of Scorpions is 69. Actress Nancy Cartwright ("The Simpsons") is 67.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Anne Tyler |Kazuo Ishiguro |Tim Waterstone |Ken Hom
Festival information: Schools programme Festival hub Brochure Festival bookshop Festival 25 appeal Tickets School events Festival maps Location and travel Press accreditation Videos Accessibility Festival team Testimonials Privacy policy A story by Joanne Harris Contact us Subscribe to the Oxford Literary Festival newsletter I loved the whole atmosphere of the Oxford Literary Festival. From breakfast, alongside some of the attendees, who were talking books with each other a mile a minute, to...
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Kazuo Ishiguro |Lucy Worsley |Ken Hom |Anne Tyler
Moral philosopher, activist and mother Elizabeth Cripps looks at what it means to be a parent in a world so out of balance. Why is what we think of as ‘good parenting’ in the Global North quite often the opposite? What does it mean to be a good global citizen? Should we be having children in the midst of a climate emergency? How do we break free of short-term consumerism and do what’s right for our children and the planet?
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Ken Hom |Matthew Parris |Paul Auster |Anne Tyler
Environmental philosopher Professor Christopher Preston explains what we can learn from animals that are defying the odds and recovering from the threat of extinction. More than 900 species have been wiped from the planet since industrialisation and Preston says there are crucial lessons to be learned from those animals defying global trends towards extinction. He looks at how animals such as the bears of Italy, bison of North America and whales in the Atlantic have made a comeback.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Anne Tyler |Peter Carey |Matthew Parris |Ken Hom
Join historian and chart-topping You’re Dead to Me podcaster Greg Jenner for a totally chaotic trip to ancient Egypt. Jenner’s whirlwind tour will bust myths, unravel mysteries and uncover mind-boggling truths about everything from Pharaohs and Egyptian gods to mummies and the pyramids. He will bring ancient Egypt to life to show you what it would really have been like to live through thousands of years of this extraordinary era. Hold on tight for a hectic, hilarious and exciting event.
