The third iteration of the Beckett biennial festival takes place in Liverpool later in the month. Originated by Enniskillen actor Adrian Dunbar in association with Unreal Cities and the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies, the varied programme includes lectures, performances, films, and discussions centred on the author’s work and life. This year’s event…
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To coincide with the highly-anticipated publication of Samuel Beckett’s German Diaries this week, Beckett scholar Vanesa Cotroneo is organising an on-line international reading group to study, unpick, and share information and views on the new material. The reading group will convene online, from 25 September 2026 to 2 April 2027, every Friday evening (with the…
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Over the past couple of years, the city of Los Angeles has become a fertile ground for all things Beckett. The latest addition to the growing list of events and performances takes place in September in the form of a newly devised piece based on Company and which has been developed over a number of…
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Radio France has dropped a five-part podcast in its France Culture series on the life and work of Samuel Beckett. The French language series, titled Avoir Raison avec Samuel Beckett is presented by Arnaud Laporte and contains a vast array of interviews with authors, actors and academics covering the broad range of the writer’s oeuvre…
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An event which organisers describe as ‘an afternoon of lectures and performances exploring Samuel Beckett’s lifelong engagement with the visual arts’ will take place on Saturday 29 August at the Bel Ami Gallery in Los Angeles. Drawing on David Lloyd’s account of painting as Beckett’s ‘thing,’ this symposium asks how language and aesthetics relate throughout…
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A reminder that the latest in the Samuel Beckett Early Career Scholars Initiative will take place this Tuesday 11 August. Titled “Getting known: Publishing in Beckett Studies”, the session will share ideas on aspects of getting published in the discipline. An attractive list of experience speakers will include: Dr. Amanda Dennis (The American University of Paris),…
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The Samuel Beckett Early Career Scholars Initiative has just announced its latest webinar. Titled “Getting known: Publishing in Beckett Studies”, the session will share ideas on aspects of getting published in the discipline. An attractive list of experience speakers will include: Dr. Amanda Dennis (The American University of Paris), Book Reviews Editor, The Beckett Review Dr.…
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Dans le cadre du festival « After Beckett : Festival Beckett/Not Beckett » organisé à Bordeaux du 9 au 11 décembre 2026, ce nouveau Beckett Brunch propose de réfléchir aux réécritures contemporaines de l’œuvre de Samuel Beckett plus de trente-cinq ans après sa disparition. Une attention particulière sera portée à la traduction comme pratique de transmission, aux nouvelles…
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As part of the After Beckett : Festival Beckett/Not Beckett taking place in Bordeaux from 9-11 December 2026, this latest Beckett Brunch invites reflections, creative responses, and short papers on contemporary engagements with and rewritings of Samuel Beckett’s work, over thirty-five years after his death. This event will particularly engage with translation as a process of…
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La 26e édition du Festival Beckett aura lieu du 25 au 31 juillet à Apt, Banon, Roussillon en Provence et Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt. Le Festival Beckett est avant tout une histoire de fidélité : fidélité à une œuvre, à un territoire et à un public qui l’accompagne. Fondé avec passion et conviction par Henri Vart, le festival…
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