Event overview
Goldsmiths Writers' Centre and Too Little/Too Hard present writers Julia Bell and Holly Pester in conversation
Julia Bell is a Reader in Creative Writing and writer who teaches at Birkbeck, University of London. She has published widely across poetry, non-fiction and fiction.
As well as the author of three novels she is the co-editor of bestselling The Creative Writing Coursebook, and her most recent book-length essay on attention in the internet age Radical Attention has been recommended by Ali Smith as one of the books for the next twenty years.
Her collection of poetry Hymnal was nominated as Welsh book of the Month and her essays and short stories have been published in the Times Literary Supplement, the New Statesman, The Paris Review and Prospect as well as broadcast on the BBC.
As well as working at Birkbeck she has given talks and workshops across many contexts for London Zoo, RIBA, the Selfridges Group, MAD/Fest, and the British Council.
Holly Pester is a poet, writer, and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre studies at University of Essex. Her publications include The Lodgers (2024) and Comic Timing (2021), both with Granta.
This is a free, in person event and there is no need to register.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Feb 2025 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
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