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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Tom McCarthy in conversation with JOHN CALDER

Old Alleynian and author of Remainder and Tintin and the Secret of Literature is being interviewed about Remainder by John Calder the greatest publisher of the twentieth century, the person who brought us Beckett, Burroughs, Robbe-Grillet, Simon, Trocchi, Ionesco and, frankly, just about every writer worth reading for the last fifty years. The event's timed to coincide with the UK paperback launch of the novel by Alma Books. It's in the Calder Bookshop, on The Cut, by the Old Vic Theatre, 7 p.m. on Thursday 31st May, free but come in good time as space is limited There will be a reading featuring actors from the Godot Group, a question and answer session and refreshments.

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posted by Calista Lucy at 9:14 pm

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  • John Calder has published 19 winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature and run the bookshop of his name since 1949. He organised the readings and debates that took place behind the shop on almost every Thursday of the year, (of which this was one). In March this year his rent went up to £20,000 per annum, coupled with a decline in interest in the type of controversial or avant-garde authors in which he has specialised, he decided to sell. From 15 contenders he chose Alma Books, run by Alessandro Gallenzi and Elisabetta Minervini, with its publishing partner Oneworld Classics. They will keep in print Calder’s backlist, retaining the Calder imprint for authors such as Marguerite Duras. The deal will also keep open the Calder Bookshop in The Cut, Waterloo.

    By Blogger Calista Lucy, at 11:46 pm  

  • Anthony Lane's article in The New Yoker, May 28, 2007: A Boy's World - The Tintin century, refers to Tom McCarthy's book Tintin and the Secret of Literature, published last year.

    By Blogger Calista Lucy, at 7:57 pm  

  • Mark Lawson celebrated the centenary of the birth of the Belgian artist Herge, creator of the boy reporter Tintin who travelled the world making the news, with a programme on Saturday on BBC Radio 4. Apparently many real reporters have been inspired to followed Tintin's lead by reading the graphic novels as children. Contributors to the programme included Charles Moore of The Daily Telegraph, Balkan expert Misha Glenny and Nick Cook of Jane's Defence Weekly.

    Tintin's Guide to Journalism
    Broadcast on Radio 4 Sat 17 Nov - 10:30 is available for a week via the Listen Again service from the BBC Radio 4 website.

    By Blogger Calista Lucy, at 11:05 am  

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