John Crace & John Sutherland: The Two Johnnies

Date

October 26, 2010

Time

19:15–20:45

Place

King's College London, Strand Campus: London

Room

Great Hall

Price

See below

John Crace, The Guardian’s master satirist, and John Sutherland, the Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of English, indulge in a little light flyting, roasting and joshing at the expense of literary pretension and solemnity: a mix of provocative ideas, humour and readings. Has academia destroyed literary criticism? Is all criticism an act of violence? Is reading and digesting fiction akin to grievous bodily harm? As the Two Johnnies say, “this talk may be taken down and used in evidence against them!”

John Crace writes the wickedly subversive Digested Read for The Guardian and will be launching his latest book Brideshead Abbreviated: The Digested Read of the Twentieth Century at this event (signed copies will be available).

John Sutherland is an Emeritus Professor of English Literature at UCL, literary journalist, ex-Booker prize judge, and author of more than 50 books.

Cost: Free, booking required. To book, please contact  humanities-events(at)kcl.ac.uk

This event is hosted by the Centre for Culture, Media & Creative Industries.

Part of King's College London Arts & Humanities Week

Organizers

Inside Out Festival

Registration

For this event no registration is necessary on the Inside Out Festival website but may (if stated above) be required elsewhere