The Lancaster International Fiction Lecture

The Lancaster International Fiction Lecture is a joint venture between Litfest and the Departments of Languages & Cultures and English Literature & Creative Writing in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster University.

‘The Alchemy of Literature: A Lecture on Pain

A fantastic lecture by Guadelupe Nettel (translated from the Spanish by Rosalind Harvey), delivered during the Litfest Autumn Weekend 2024.

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‘What Fiction (Including in Translation) Can Do in Times Like Ours’

For Litfest’s Autumn Weekend 2023, the International Fiction Lecture was delivered by Georgi Gospodinov, winner of the 2023 Booker International Prize for the novel Time Shelter.

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‘Writing in Troubled Times’

As part of Litfest’s Autumn Weekend 2022, we were delighted to welcome Booker International Prize winner Geetanjali Shree, who gave the second annual Lancaster International Fiction Lecture on Tuesday, 11 October 2022.

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‘Fiction as the News’

Juan Gabriel Vásquez gave the inaugural Lancaster International Fiction Lecture on Tuesday, 12 October 2021 at 7:30pm as part of Litfest’s first ‘Autumn Weekend’.

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