Events

Previous Events

• 24 March 2012, 10am-4pm Novel Approaches: A Workshop for Teachers of English, Aberdeen University Library
• Dickens Events in 2012 -  Dickens Bicentenary: Spring Programme (May 2012)
• 29 November 2011: Sophie Hannah, prizewinning author of crime fiction, will be delivering the Annual Lecture for The Centre for the Novel.
• 15 May 2011: A conversation with Margaret Atwood interviewed by Janet Todd
• 19 Match 2011: Jane Austen Enters the Marketplace: A Bicentenary Celebration. Linklater Rooms, King's College, 11am-5pm.
• 20 April 2010: Centre for the Novel Public Lecture. Speaker: Janice Galloway. Linklater Rooms, King’s College, 5.15pm. Janice Galloway is one of the foremost Scottish writers of fiction and poetry.  Her books include the novels The Trick is to Keep Breathing and Clara (about the life of Clara Schumann), collections of short stories, and the volume of poetry,  Boy Book See.  She recently published a memoir, This is Not about Me.
• The Novel and Its Borders. International Conference, 8-10 July 2008. Plenary speakers: Terry Castle, Ian Duncan, and Jonathan Lamb. Contact novel.conference@abdn.ac.uk. 
• 18 March 2008: Centre for the Novel Public Lecture. Speaker: John Mullan. Linklater Rooms, King’s College, 5.15pm. John Mullan is Professor of English at University College London and is the author of How Novels Work (2006) and a range of books and articles about eighteenth-century and Romantic literature. He has a weekly column in The Guardian newspaper and appears regularly on TV and radio. Professor Mullan’s talk is open to the public and to staff and students of the university. Refreshments will be served.

• Popular Dickens. One-Day Symposium, Saturday 5 May 2007. Old Senate Room, University of Aberdeen. Speakers: Malcolm Andrews, John Drew, Juliet John, Michael Slater, Grahame Smith. Contact Paul Schlicke p.schlicke@abdn.ac.uk