The International Lawrence Durrell Society’s next biennial conference (our twenty-first!) will take place on May 28-30, 2020 at Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès in Toulouse, France. For information about the conference and special events, click here. For the Call for Papers, click here (deadline March 2, 2020). Stay tuned for further details, and make plans to …
The International Lawrence Durrell Society is pleased to announce the publication of the 42nd volume of The Herald. A pdf version of this issue can be viewed and downloaded by clicking here (2.6 MB). Updated information is included on the ‘On Miracle Ground XXI’ conference to be held from May 28 – May 30, 2020, in Toulouse, …
The International Lawrence Durrell Society invites proposals for papers to be presented at On Miracle Ground XXI from 28-30 May 2020 in Toulouse, France. The theme of the conference will be “Mysticism, Heresies, and Heterotopias in the Works of Lawrence Durrell,” but proposals on any topic related to Durrell and his contemporaries are welcomed. For …
The winners of the 2019 White Mice Poetry Contest have been announced! Thanks to our dedicated judges, Julia Hardie Kaczvinsky, Julie Kane, and Dianne Vipond, who managed to read over 100 submissions. The theme for the 2019 contest was “The Heavens,” in anticipation of the International Lawrence Durrell Society Conference to be held in May …
The Herald, [NS 2] has now been published and can be found by clicking here. In this edition we are especially pleased to have a contribution by Françoise Kestsman-Durrell, as well as a lovely article by Noel J. Guckian, former British Ambassador to Oman, 2005-2011 and his long time relationship with Mas Michel — one time …
The International Lawrence Durrell Society would like to bring attention to an art exhibit that has opened up in Collingwood, Victoria Australia. This exhibit, titled ‘Quartet’, is hosted as part of the Melbourne Rare Book Fair and contains Geoff Todd’s musings on the imagery of Lawrence Durrell’s ‘Alexandria Quartet’, each painting arising from a passage …
The International Lawrence Durrell Society is grateful for Grove Koger’s ongoing dedication to tracking down and presenting some of the most interesting new publications relating to Lawrence Durrell, his affiliations, and his locales. To read Grove’s most recent version, dated April 2019, click Here.
The International Lawrence Durrell Society wants to announce the newest incarnation of The Herald, now ascending into the upper echelons with this volume numbered 40! We are also appending the ‘NS’ indicator to represent it as a New Series, after the illustrious and magnificently produced series guided along by Pamela Francis. The ILDS has taken …
The Herald NS* [New Series] Looking along the bookshelf where I keep my collection of Lawrence Durrell books, I remind myself what a fantastic job the International Lawrence Durrell Society (ILDS) has done in maintaining the reputation and visibility of Durrell. From the outset, the ILDS has promoted Durrell not only via its biennial academic …
