The International Lawrence Durrell joins with literary admirers, friends, and family across the globe to mourn the passing of the indomitable H. R. “Stoney” Stoneback. He was a vibrant presence at many ILDS gatherings and those of many other societies. To read the obituary describing his remarkable teaching, academic, poetic, and musical career, click here. …
The results are in for the 2021 White Mice Poetry Contest! The theme this year was “history revisited,” in connection with the pandemic-delayed ILDS conference scheduled for Toulouse, France, in June 2022. To view the list of prize-winners, click here. Many thanks to our dedicated judges: Dianne Vipond, Julia Hardie Kazcvinski, and Julie Kane.
The September 2021 issue of The Herald features tributes to the memory of Brewster Chamberlin, a first look at the new Faber editions of the Quartet, Christopher Bacon’s essay on Anne Ridler’s editing of Reflections on a Marine Venus, book reviews, and, of course, The Chart Room. Check it out here.
The International Lawrence Durrell Society invites paper proposals for a session at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture after 1900 to be held on 24-26 February 2022. The theme for the session is “’Everything miasmic’: Modernist Bodies in Sickness and Health.” Deadline for submission of proposals is 3 September 2021. For further information, click here. …
On Miracle Ground XXI, the bi-annual conference of the International Lawrence Durrell Society, originally scheduled for 2020, has been re-scheduled for June 9-11, 2022 in Toulouse, France. Theme for the conference is “Mysticisms, Heresies, and Heterotopias in the Works of Lawrence Durrell.” To read the call for papers, click here. In you would like to apply …
Faber and Faber, Lawrence Durrell’s London publishers from the 1930’s until his death, are in the process of re-publishing his Faber back-catalogue. Now available are Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea, all with new Introductions by Andre Aciman, Alaa Al Aswany, William Boyd, and Elif Shafak. Click here for the press release for Justine. Click here for …
The April 2021 issue of The Herald, Volume 46, is now available! This issue features perspectives and meditations on the Greek island of Corfu so memorably evoked by Lawrence Durrell in Prospero’s Cell and other works. Also included are gorgeous photographs of natural and man-made landmarks of the island. Click here to enjoy.
On Friday, February 5, Durrellians from seven different countries and a variety of time zones gathered virtually to share readings of Lawrence Durrell, discussion, and camaraderie. Thanks to everyone who participated. We enjoyed readings of poetry, the novels (especially The Alexandria Quartet), and the “island” books (like Bitter Lemons and Reflections on a Marine Venus). …
We have just lost another devoted Durrellian scholar and accomplished Renaissance man, Brewster Chamberlin. He served as long-time Director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial in Washington, D.C. and on the faculty and board of the Durrell School in Corfu. “To be guided around Avignon by Brewster was to experience the medieval renegade Papacy, and to …
