Darkness at Noon
Virtual Event
David Herman will chair a panel discussion about Arthur Koestler and his classic 1940 novel Darkness at Noon, the ultimate indictment of the evils of Stalinism and all totalitarian regimes.
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Literature
Resistance: Voices of Exiled Writers
Virtual Event
Book Launch in honour of the 20th anniversary of Exiled Writers Ink.
Free
Bauer & Seiber: Remarkable Parents & Their Artistic Circles
Virtual Event
Cambridge Szeged Society
Free
Last Train to London by Meg Waite Clayton
Virtual Event
Los Angeles-based writer Meg Waite Clayton will talk about her acclaimed novel Last Train to London, published by HarperCollins.
Fragility and Power: Jewish Art Collectors and Nazi Plunderers
Virtual Event
In conversation with art dealer René Gimpel, whose grandfather owned one of the most important art galleries in pre-war Paris.
Zweig in London
When novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer Stefan Zweig arrived in London in 1934, exiled from his native Vienna by the rising tide of Nazism, he was at the height of his literary career.
Edmund de Waal and Tom Stoppard
Two writers, Edmund de Waal and Tom Stoppard, will discuss the themes and concerns they share in Leopoldstadt and The Hare with Amber Eyes
Janina Bauman: Beyond These Walls
Lydia Bauman will talk about her mother, the writer
The Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
David Herman will lead a discussion with Eva Hoffman, Philip Boehm and Adam Freudenheim about this powerful and prescient novel
Free
Susannah Wise: This Fragile Earth
Virtual Event
Susannah Wise in conversation with playwright Amy Rosenthal about the lived experience of inherited trauma and her much-praised debut novel, This Fragile Earth
Free
Jennifer Langer: The Search
Virtual Event
Dr Jennifer Langer in conversation with fellow poet Dr Aviva Dautch about her debut poetry collection The Search & about Exiled Writers Ink
Transit by Anna Seghers: A New Translation
Virtual Event
A panel discussion to mark a new edition of Anna Seghers’ remarkable 1944 novel Transit, recently published by Virago Modern Classics
Simon Parkin: The Island of Extraordinary Captives
Virtual Event
Join British journalist and author Simon Parkin for a talk to coincide with the publication of his new book. Painstakingly researched from dozens of unpublished first-hand accounts and previously classified documents
Charmian Brinson: Working for the War Effort
Virtual Event
Prof. Charmian Brinson talks about her fascinating new book, Working for the War Effort: German-Speaking Refugees in British Propaganda during the Second World War.
Free
Edith and Kim: A Novel by Charlotte Philby
Virtual Event
Charlotte Philby, granddaughter of Kim Philby, talks about her riveting new novel, Edith and Kim, published on 31 March by HarperCollins.
Free
Red Sea – Red Square – Red Thread. A Philosophical Detective Story
Virtual Event
New book by leading scholar Lydia Goehr, in conversation with Steven Gerrard and Daniel Herwitz.
Charlotte Salomon: A Life Before Auschwitz Lecture
Virtual Event
Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943):
A Life Before Auschwitz
Lecture by Monica Bohm-Duchen
Barbed Wire University – A talk by Dave Hannigan
Virtual Event
A talk about The Untold Story of the Interned Jewish Intellectuals Who Turned an Island Prison into the Most Remarkable School in the World