Marina Warner


Stories come from the past but speak to the present, and I have found that I need to write stories as well as deconstruct them and place them in historical contexts, because I myself love reading works of imagination, and I would like to join the conversation with admired predecessors, who range from Apuleius to Virginia Woolf, Italo Calvino, and Angela Carter.”

Recent Diary Entries
Folklore Reimagined Late: Living Almanac Workshop, 10 April 2025
This Almanac workshop is part of the British Academy’s one-night spring festival of sorts, ‘Folklore Reimagined’ – an evening of inspiring talks, screenings, workshops, exhibitions and performances to explore how traditional beliefs and stories have ev …
Linder in Conversation with Marina Warner, 14 Feb 2025, 7pm @ Purcell Room (Queen Elizabeth Hall)
From Linder’s involvement in Manchester’s punk scene to her mantic stains inspired by British Surrealist Ithell Colquhoun, she is one of the foremost feminist artists of her generation. In this discussion, Linder and Warner explore gender, the body and …
Call for Papers (Deadline 15 Jan!): Enchanting Wor(l)ds: The Works of Marina Warner
The Centre for Comparative Literature and the Institute for Languages, Cultures and Societies are organising a one-day in-person conference, celebrating and engaging with Marina’s work. To read more about the call for papers, visit here. Some details h …