International Anthony Burgess Foundation

02/10/2026

This week we’re exploring Anthony Burgess’s unconventional autobiography, Little Wilson and Big God, a literary event when it was published in 1987.

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The Confessions of Anthony Burgess

29/09/2026

Our October events season is almost upon us. The first week of the month sees international theatre, a spectacular contemporary piano concert, a double book launch with two excellent poets, and the return of Manchester's legendary live literature night Bad Language. All event and ticketing details in the link in our bio.

19/09/2026

Presumably featuring the Ludoviscount biscuit technique.

(Via jah-york on the B3ta message boards.)

17/09/2026

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Anthony Burgess’s debut novel, Time for a Tiger. To celebrate, we’re launching a new podcast series: INSIDE ANTHONY BURGESS. The first episode is about The Malayan Trilogy.

Listen at your favourite pod-app or here: https://www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/inside-anthony-burgess-the-malayan-trilogy/

04/09/2026

To commemorate the film director Jean-Paul Rappeneau, who died this week, our latest newsletter explores Anthony Burgess’s adventures in the world of Cyrano de Bergerac and how he came to write the subtitles to Rappeneau’s film version.

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On Anthony Burgess’s translation of Cyrano de Bergerac

21/08/2026

This week, to celebrate the bicentennial of Carl Maria von Weber’s opera, Oberon, we’re looking at Anthony Burgess’s libretto for a production in 1985.

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Anthony Burgess updates an operatic classic

09/08/2026

Congratulations to Wilder! for winning Best Play at the 2026 Greater Manchester Fringe Awards. 🏆 A comedic farce with impressive choreography, and an absolute pleasure to host at the Burgess Foundation.

07/08/2026

This week, why quoting Anthony Burgess’s work may be more difficult than it seems, and why even the dictionaries of quotation often get it wrong. Also, find out the most misattributed Burgess quote!

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The aphorisms and epigrams of Anthony Burgess

05/08/2026

Listen... 👂 Choose Anthony Burgess for your next audio book. Find A Clockwork Orange, Earthly Powers, the Enderby series and more Burgess classics on Audible, with narrators including John Sessions and Tom Hollander. Search ANTHONY BURGESS on your Audible app now.

31/07/2026

Anthony Burgess hated Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of A Clockwork Orange, right? This week’s newsletter attempts to set the record straight…

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Did Anthony Burgess hate Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of A Clockwork Orange?