Prague Pictures
tomorrow
John Rogan reads from John Banville's book on Prague, which features architecture, street life, political reminiscence and some fruit dumplings at a 'literary pub'.
Requiem for a Garden of Eden
Fri, Nov 27
Scholar and writer Prof Janet Todd explores the magical literary past of the abandoned Garden of Eden on the Venetian island of La Giudecca.
The Imperial Mathematician and the Moon
Thu, Dec 3
The Imperial Mathematician in the Moon: Author and journalist Andrew Brown discusses astronomer Johannes Kepler's science fiction novella Somnium: The Dream, written in 1609.
The Courtship of Mr Lyon
Fri, Dec 4
Angela Carter's retelling of the classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast, in which a young girl accepts the hospitality of a charismatic yet terrifying leonine beast.