Western Canon Book Club: Metamorphoses
OnlineJoin host Joseline Yu for a discussion on Ovid's Metamorphoses to unravel the threads of chaos, love and lust weaved throughout the narrative poem's mythical tales, as part of the Western…
$15.00
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Western Canon Book Club: The Lais of Marie de France
OnlineJoin host Joseline Yu to uncover the intricacies of courtly love in Marie de France's lais, as part of the Western Canon Book Club series. Each of Marie de France's…
$15.00
Bards & Heretics: Shakespeare and the Psychology of Secular Belief
OnlineJoin American journalist and critic Elizabeth Winkler (Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies) and novelist A. Natasha Joukovsky (The Portrait of a Mirror) for a salon exploring the secular religiosity behind literature's biggest taboo: the Shakespeare authorship question. In celebration of the paperback publication of Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, we will dive into…
$10.00
Wilde in Hollywood, or How the Golden Age Got Naughty
OnlineHollywood is haunted by the ghost of playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde. But how did Wilde, who died over a decade before the first feature film, help to make the movies? Join Kate Hext, associate professor of English literature at the University of Exeter and author of the new book Wilde in the Dream Factory:…
$10.00
Western Canon Book Club: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
OnlineExplore with Joseline Yu the dangerous games played to test a knight's virtue in the Middle English romance poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," as part of the Western Canon Book Club series. In place of fights to the death that readers of older epic poetry are familiar with, games are played in "Sir…
$15.00
Rebellion, Suffering, and Technology: Prometheus Bound and Greek Tragedy’s Formation of Self
OnlinePlagues, sexual taboo, war, ecstatic violence, and the cost of self-knowledge – join Thomas Arnold for the first in this series on Reading Greek Tragedy for a World on Fire, where we will probe the voices and technologies of Greek tragedy for our current moment. The first salon will delve into questions of what Greek …
$20.00
Western Canon Book Club: Shakespeare’s inadequate kings: Prospero, Hamlet, Richard III.
OnlineWriter Henry Oliver joins the Western Canon Book Club series for a salon about three unusual Shakespearean kings. What do Hamlet, Prospero, and Richard III have in common? They are…
$20.00
Western Canon Book Club: Goethe’s Romantic Turmoil: The Sorrows of Young Werther
OnlineWriter Henry Oliver continues the Western Canon Book Club series with a salon about the birth of Romanticism. Shakespeare's biggest influence was on the Romantics, the two generations of European…
$20.00
Fame, Fiction, and Healing: Maya Henry on “Looking Forward”
OnlineJoin Maya Henry for a conversation about her newest novel, "Looking Forward," which explores themes of love, fame, and personal growth. This event is hosted by writer Sherry Ning. Join…
$20.00
Toronto IRL: The Literary Life (August Meetup)
Toronto, CanadaHey, Toronto and GTA! We’re have an August meetup, hosted by Ben Parry. It’s a great opportunity to meet others based in Toronto, learn about some of the amazing projects going on in the city, make new friends, and engage in stimulating discussions. The theme will be: The Literary Life. What role do books and…
Utopian Worldbuilding in Terra Ignota
OnlineAda Palmer's Terra Ignota series is a masterpiece of utopian worldbuilding. The author is a historian and professor of Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Humanist studies, and she uses those ideals to build a…
$20.00
Get Awards, Reviews, and Blurb for Your Book
OnlineIn her debut salon, interviewer and recent NYU MFA grad, Rashida Ashley, will speak with guest Chloe Faith Robinson, to discuss how literary lovers can obtain book blurbs, book reviews, and awards for their work. How all published authors, self-published authors, agents, publicists, and publishers across North America can acquire vibrant book blurbs, book reviews,…