'The Ink Trade' by Anthony Burgess - Book Launch

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Celebrate the launch of 'The Ink Trade', a new selection of Anthony Burgess’s literary journalism, gathering reviews and essays from the very beginnings of his writing career to the end of his life.

Burgess wrote thousands of articles for dozens of periodicals – alongside the sixty books, plays, classical music, poetry, film scripts and everything else – and his journalistic writing is an important part of his creative life that has been obscured in recent times.

Alongside literary essays and some stern appraisals of other writers, 'The Ink Trade' contains pieces never before collected, with some never published in English and or never published at all, including:
- ‘Why I Write’, a lively account of Burgess's motivations for being a novelist;
- ‘Joyce as Novelist’, one of Burgess's most complete and personal statements on James Joyce;
- ‘A Movie That Changed My Life’, on his love for Fritz Lang's Metropolis and the influence of cinema on his writing.

Throughout this important new collection, it’s evident that Burgess is excited at meeting new work, devouring it greedily and presenting an invitation to his readers to experience it too.

We invite you to celebrate the launch of ‘The Ink Trade: Selected Journalism 1961-1993', published on Carcanet and edited by Will Carr. With a drinks reception, readings and fascinating new insights into Burgess's journalistic life.

Entry: Free

Time: 6:00pm