Our talk on Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory is now available to watch on our YouTube channel, where you can now find over a year’s worth of Cardiff BookTalk. Thanks to this month’s guest speakers: Jonathan Wise offers a biographer’s perspective on the … Continue reading Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory – watch online
We’re delighted to share further details of what to expect from our guests Jonathan Wise, Yuliya Kazanova and Martyn Sampson at our Cardiff BookTalk event on Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory tomorrow evening (17 November). Book your free ticket for this online event: … Continue reading Anatomies, Perspectives, Saints – The Power and the Glory
Graham Greene’s interest in Latin America went way beyond his novels. Surprisingly, considering his condemnation of revolutionary violence in The Power and the Glory, he was a prominent supporter of Fidel Castro’s government, and later, of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas. Until the end of his life, … Continue reading ‘If one takes a side, one takes a side, come what may.’
Jon Wise, who will be joining us to discuss The Power and the Glory in a few weeks, appears alongside Mariella Fostrup and guests including Peter James and Louise Doughty for a special Graham Greene-themed episode of Radio 4’s Open Book. Find out about what … Continue reading Open Book’s Graham Greene Special
On Wednesday 17 November 2021, Cardiff BookTalk will be discussing Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory. Published in 1940, the novel tells the tale of a Catholic ‘whisky priest’ living in the Mexican state of Tabasco in the 1930s. During this time, the Mexican … Continue reading Graham Greene – The Power and the Glory
The BookTalk team are delighted to announce some of the titles we will be discussing in the next academic year. Events will remain online until at least February 2022. 21 October 2021, 7pm: The Optician of Lampedusa by Emma Jane KirbyEvent in partnership with Cardiff … Continue reading Coming soon for 2021-22
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