Marina Warner
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Review of ‘Sanctuary’, The Guardian, Kathryn Hughes
17/06/25Read the first review of Marina’s upcoming book Sanctuary: Ways of Telling, Ways of Dwelling. Kathryn Hughes writes for The Guardian that the book is ‘dazzlingly protean’ and ‘exquisitely attuned’. Sanctuary is out on 3 July! There’s more about the new …
LRB event: Marina in conversation with James Butler, 9 July 2025
26/05/25Marina discusses her new book on the ancient right of sanctuary and its meaning in the modern world with James Butler at the London Review Bookshop (14 Bury Pl London WC1A 2JL) at 7pm on 9 July 2025. Tickets: £10. Book here!
Migrant Forms: Creative Futures (16 June 2025) – Cambridge
22/05/25‘Migrant Forms: Creative Futures’ is a symposium followed by the launch of ‘Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms’, edited by Natalya Din-Kariuki, Subha Mukherji and Rowan Williams (Punctum Books, 2025). The symposium is taking place at Cripps B …
College of Sanctuary Lecture 2025, 13 June 2025
20/05/25Maps of home: Imagining sanctuary now (College of Sanctuary Lecture), Mansfield College, Oxford, June 13, 2025, 5.30-6.30pm Acclaimed historian, mythographer, art critic and novelist Marina Warner reflects on the idea of home, and how we can imagine sa …
A summons to history: Radwa Ashour’s Andalusia and its afterlife
08/05/25Granada, by Radwa Ashour, is one of the top 100 novels of the 20th century according to the Arab Writers Union, is now available in a new, complete translation by award-winning translator Kay Heikkinen. The complete edition brings the Granada trilogy’s …
Mysteries and grace: The beauty and humanity of fourteenth-century Sienese art
17/04/25Marina wrote a review for the TLS (April 18 2025, Issue No 6368) on the exhibition Siena: The rise of painting, 1300–50 (at the National Gallery until June 22), along with the exhibition catalogue edited by Joanna Cannon. The exhibition includes work b …
The Books That Made Me, 1 May 2025, 6.30pm @ the British Academy
01/04/25At this event, Marina will discuss the most meaningful stories from the realm of myth, folklore and fairy tale, which have shaped and inspired her life and work! She will be in conversation with Ritual Shah. The event is free, but booking is required – …
Folklore Reimagined Late: Living Almanac Workshop, 10 April 2025
18/02/25This 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)
03/02/25From 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
10/01/25The 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 …