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 …
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Join us at Alexandrie Restaurant in Kensington, West London, at 6:30 PM on Friday, the 8th of March 2019, as we transport ourselves to a literary Alexandria through the writings of Lawrence Durrell, Constantine Cavafy, and Louis de Bernières. Find out more details and register here. All are welcome!
The Executive Board of the International Lawrence Durrell Society requests preliminary proposals from members interested in organizing or hosting the conference that the society will sponsor in summer 2020: “On Miracle Ground XXI.” Find out more by downloading the 2020 Preliminary Conference Proposal informational page.
We’re looking for panelists to join us in Louisville at the Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900, held February 21 through 23. If you’re interested in poetry in/of late modernism, then we might, in fact, be looking for you! See more details on the call for papers.
In preparation for the 2018 general business meeting in Chicago, the society’s nominations committee has prepared the following slate of nominees: President Isabelle Keller-Privat Isabelle Keller-Privat is Associate Professor and co-director of the research team “LieuxCommuns / Common Places” for the CAS Research Centre at the University Toulouse Jean Jaurès where she teaches British literature, …
There’s a passage I like to think about in the final book of The Avignon Quintet. The text follows a caravan of characters to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer for the annual gypsy gathering in the south of France. Celebrating and anointing the statue of Saint Sara, they enjoy themselves in the seaside town, and they rediscover an old …
