The Anthony Burgess Foundation: home of "absolute bangers" and I don't think we're talking sausages. Thanks Martin!

The final two months of 2025 are chock-a-block with events at the Burgess Foundation. This week's newsletter gives you the lowdown, including a rare chance to hear Anthony Burgess's compositions played on his own piano. All the listings: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/winter-202...

The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism 2026 is now open for entries. Are you trying to make your name in arts journalism? Write a review of any new work in the arts for your chance to win £3000 and publication in the Observer. Enter now: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...

The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism 2026 is now open for entries. Are you trying to make your name in arts journalism? Write a review of any new work in the arts for your chance to win £3000 and publication in the Observer. Enter now: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...

⚔️NEW NINETY-NINE NOVELS EPISODE⚔️ This week: THE COUP by JOHN UPDIKE, in which an African dictator documents his fall from power. Andrew Biswell is led through the political intrigue by writer and critic Bob Batchelor. At all pod-apps or here: www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...

⚔️NEW NINETY-NINE NOVELS EPISODE⚔️ This week: THE COUP by JOHN UPDIKE, in which an African dictator documents his fall from power. Andrew Biswell is led through the political intrigue by writer and critic Bob Batchelor. At all pod-apps or here: www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...

Now is the time to purchase Anthony Burgess's books of essays from our friends at Carcanet! Perfect Christmas presents for anyone into twentieth century literature and music, opinionated literary reviews, or even just Manchester folk made good...

🎃Happy Halloween!🎃 Here's Anthony Burgess giving a spooky reading of Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Bells. Bells. BEEEEELLLLLLSSSS!!!!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_wm...

On this week’s newsletter, we’re following the money. Find out what the expense accounts of Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) tell us about his life. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts like this: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/the-price-...

It was rather novel for me a few months ago to be asked to talk about a novel – "The French Lieutenant's Woman" by John Fowles, which Anthony Burgess chose as one of the best novels in English since 1939. Here is a link to the podcast. www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...

🌊 NEW #99Novels EPISODE! 🌊 This week: THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN by John Fowles, a postmodern recreation of Victorian England of which Anthony Burgess wrote: ‘a very modern mind is manipulating us.’ Wherever you get your podcasts or here: www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...

Here's a small feature on A Shorter Ulysses from Manchester Met University. The book is out now from your favourite place to buy books! www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

🌊 NEW #99Novels EPISODE! 🌊 This week: THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN by John Fowles, a postmodern recreation of Victorian England of which Anthony Burgess wrote: ‘a very modern mind is manipulating us.’ Wherever you get your podcasts or here: www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...

In this week’s newsletter we’re celebrating 80 years of Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh with a piece written by Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange). Subscribe for FREE: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/brideshead...

In this week’s newsletter we’re celebrating 80 years of Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh with a piece written by Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange). Subscribe for FREE: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/brideshead...

Good news for this gentleman, our podcast exploring the books that make up Anthony Burgess's Ninety-Nine Novels is releasing new episodes, and can be found in all the usual podcast places! (We can't help with the focus though...)

🍬NEW EPISODE!🍬 THE VENDOR OF SWEETS by R.K. NARAYAN is a short novel that hides a surprising depth and humanity. Expert in Asian literatures Claire Chambers guides us through Narayan’s Malgudi. Wherever you get your podcasts or here: www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...

🍬NEW EPISODE!🍬 THE VENDOR OF SWEETS by R.K. NARAYAN is a short novel that hides a surprising depth and humanity. Expert in Asian literatures Claire Chambers guides us through Narayan’s Malgudi. Wherever you get your podcasts or here: www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...

As told in the blog piece below, our 2018 publication: Obscenity & the Arts, documents Burgess' struggle against censorial Maltese authorities in the late-1960s. Part of a wider, ongoing conflict against conservative mores... www.pariahpress.com/product-page... #Booksky #BannedBooks #Censorship

Sarah Donaldson, one of the founders of @thenerve.news, was essential in building the Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism to the success it is now. We've really been enjoying the Nerve and it has great quality writing. Everyone who's into culture should check it out!

Following PEN America’s revelation that A Clockwork Orange is the most frequently banned book in the US, we explore Anthony Burgess’s opinions on literary censorship (Spoiler: he wasn’t a fan). Subscriber for FREE for weekly posts: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/a-book-is-...

Following PEN America’s revelation that A Clockwork Orange is the most frequently banned book in the US, we explore Anthony Burgess’s opinions on literary censorship (Spoiler: he wasn’t a fan). Subscriber for FREE for weekly posts: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/a-book-is-...

OUT NOW! A Shorter Ulysses, edited by Anthony Burgess is a companion piece to his Shorter Finnegans Wake, and also includes Blooms of Dublin, Burgess's musical based on James Joyce's masterpiece. Order now: uk.bookshop.org/a/15106/9781... (affiliate link)

OUT NOW! A Shorter Ulysses, edited by Anthony Burgess is a companion piece to his Shorter Finnegans Wake, and also includes Blooms of Dublin, Burgess's musical based on James Joyce's masterpiece. Order now: uk.bookshop.org/a/15106/9781... (affiliate link)

🇨🇦NINETY-NINE NOVELS: NEW EPISODE🇨🇦 We're off to Canada by way of the Swinging London of the 1960s in this week's episode as we learn about COCKSURE by MORDECAI RICHLER with our guest novelist and critic Norman Ravvin. At all podcast apps and here: www.anthonyburgess.org/podcasts/nin...

🇨🇦NINETY-NINE NOVELS: NEW EPISODE🇨🇦 We're off to Canada by way of the Swinging London of the 1960s in this week's episode as we learn about COCKSURE by MORDECAI RICHLER with our guest novelist and critic Norman Ravvin. At all podcast apps and here: www.anthonyburgess.org/podcasts/nin...

Interesting piece, this. Unlike his friend, Kingsley Amis, Burgess is sharply critical of Thatcher, for inducting a social philosophy that suggests '[t]here is something criminal about being poor'. He also warns, unheeded, that education should never 'be considered in terms of a market economy'...

On this week’s newsletter: 100 years of the Iron Lady. Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) assesses Margaret Thatcher’s premiership. But what does he make of the her? Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/a-woman-wh...

A SHORTER ULYSSES arrives in ONE WEEK! Pre-order your copy now: uk.bookshop.org/a/15106/9781... A SHORTER ULYSSES is a companion piece to Anthony Burgess’s edited edition of Finnegans Wake, acts as a perfect entry point for readers who have not yet mastered Joyce’s complexity.

A SHORTER ULYSSES arrives in ONE WEEK! Pre-order your copy now: uk.bookshop.org/a/15106/9781... A SHORTER ULYSSES is a companion piece to Anthony Burgess’s edited edition of Finnegans Wake, acts as a perfect entry point for readers who have not yet mastered Joyce’s complexity.

📚NINETY-NINE NOVELS IS BACK! 📚 Series five is starting with an exploration of TITUS GROAN by Mervyn Peake, one of the key fantasy novels of the twentieth century. Editor of Peake's poems, Rob Maslen, joins us to talk all things Gormanghast. Find us here: www.anthonyburgess.org/podcasts/nin...

I really love this Burgess book - found lots of authors in here - so it’s quite exciting that there’s a podcast about it

📚NINETY-NINE NOVELS IS BACK! 📚 Series five is starting with an exploration of TITUS GROAN by Mervyn Peake, one of the key fantasy novels of the twentieth century. Editor of Peake's poems, Rob Maslen, joins us to talk all things Gormanghast. Find us here: www.anthonyburgess.org/podcasts/nin...

📚TOMORROW 📚

This is one of the very few podcasts I listen, catnip for lovers of 20th century lit.

Series 5 of Ninety-Nine Novels, our podcast exploring Anthony Burgess's favourite books, is coming soon. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

A Shorter Ulysses, Anthony Burgess’s companion piece to his Shorter Finnegans Wake, is out on 16 October 2025. In this week’s newsletter, we introduce the book and reveal the origins of the manuscript. Pre-order link within. Subscribe for FREE: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/introducin...

In this week’s newsletter, we celebrate the life of Josephine Baker, the groundbreaking performer who captivated Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange). In his own words, he explains what made her special Subscribe for FREE weekly posts: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/la-grande-...

In this week’s newsletter, we celebrate the life of Josephine Baker, the groundbreaking performer who captivated Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange). In his own words, he explains what made her special Subscribe for FREE weekly posts: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/la-grande-...

Our latest newsletter considers patriotism. Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) asks if we should allow politicians to define country and whether we owe our nations any loyalty. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/last-refug...

This week’s newsletter reveals all of the autumn 2025 events at the Burgess Foundation. Not in Manchester? Also find out how you can visit the us online! Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts about Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange): anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/autumn-eve...

It’s our 100th newsletter! And the third in our series on the illustrated Anthony Burgess. This time, we look inside the books and examine the illustrators who brought Burgess’s stories to life. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/the-illust...

It’s our 100th newsletter! And the third in our series on the illustrated Anthony Burgess. This time, we look inside the books and examine the illustrators who brought Burgess’s stories to life. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/the-illust...

The second in our series about the artists who worked on Anthony Burgess’s fiction is about Peter Bentley, who illustrated more Burgess covers than anyone else — and the covers are among the best Burgess ever had… Subscribe for FREE: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/the-illust...

Bentley's are the most enjoyable Burgess covers. Tip of the hat Barnbrook's Clockwork Orangre and some of the Vintage editions too. #BookDesign #BookSky

The second in our series about the artists who worked on Anthony Burgess’s fiction is about Peter Bentley, who illustrated more Burgess covers than anyone else — and the covers are among the best Burgess ever had… Subscribe for FREE: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/the-illust...

Für unsere deutschsprachigen Freunde: „Der Mann aus Nazareth“, ein Roman von Anthony Burgess über das Leben Christi, ist jetzt erstmals auf Deutsch erhältlich. Die Übersetzung stammt von Ludger Tolksdorf Man of Nazareth, Anthony Burgess's novel about Jesus, is available in German for the first time

On the newsletter this week, find out how Anthony Burgess’s most famous novel, A Clockwork Orange, has been represented by cover artists over the years. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts about Anthony Burgess and more: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/the-illust...

On the newsletter this week, find out how Anthony Burgess’s most famous novel, A Clockwork Orange, has been represented by cover artists over the years. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts about Anthony Burgess and more: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/the-illust...

To mark the centenary of W. Somerset Maugham’s The Painted Veil, our latest newsletter explores the influence Maugham had on Anthony Burgess’s Booker-nominated novel Earthly Powers. Subscribe for FREE for weekly posts: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/all-the-ma...