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
Finding the Words – Freedom from Torture fundraiser
On 21st November, from 7pm, at the London Library, Freedom from Torture are putting on a literary festival and fundraiser, Finding the Words. Join for a star-studded literary evening at the London Library featuring readings by distinguished writers and …
Andrew Carnegie Lecture, 25 September 2024, Edinburgh College of Art
‘Sanctuary: Places of Refuge, Sites of Memory, Grounds of Home’ In this lecture, taking a cue from Alfred Korzybski’s axiom, ‘The map is not the territory’, Marina will explore the interrelations between telling and dwelling in the making of home and c …
Torrents of Magpies, Spheres of Hope
Marina’s essay on Rikki Ducornet is in the 19 September 2024 issue of the New York Review of Books – have a read of the piece on their website here