Not just the spectacular setting (of the Sheldonian), but an unforgettable evening. The night in Oxford was the most beautiful event I have ever done. Title partner Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom Supporter of the festival's Voices of Europe programme International radio partner Supporter of programme of science and medicine and annual science and innovation award Festival cultural partner Festival ideas partner Event generously supported by the Spanish Embassy Event generously supported by Republic of Panama Supporter of Italian programme Festival London hotel partner Supporters of the festival green room Festival on-site and online bookseller Sponsor of the festival crime fiction programme Woodstock festival hotel Patron donor for the programme of Irish literature and culture Supporters of the programme of American literature and culture CEO of Project People Supporters of the programme of American literature and culture Exeter College: college home of the festival Worcester College Lincoln College St Cross College Trinity College Wines of the Douro Valley Prestige publishing partner Books which change you, your mind, your world Doubleday Partner of Jewish programme Olive oil from Sicily Regional media partner Local radio partner Festival Digital Strategy & Web Design Alumni Office Accountants to the festival Oxford University Images Siren Communications - corporate consultants K T Bruce Photography Wines of ProvenceĪ stimulating and rewarding on-stage conversation a lively informed and tolerant audience privileged access to the great treasures of the Bodleian, and finally, wonderfully interesting dinner companions to help me conclude the best day I have enjoyed at any festival – anywhere. The event is part of the festival’s programme of Spanish and Latin American literature and culture. Here she talks to chief fiction reviewer of The Sunday Times Peter Kemp, author of Retroland: A Reader’s Guide to the Dazzling Diversity of Modern Fiction. Her writing often mixes discussion of ancient writers with current events. She is also author of two children’s books, two novels, and three collections of essays, articles, and short fiction. It also won the Premio Aragón, the highest distinction awarded by the government of Aragon. Vallejo won the Spanish national essay prize for Papyrus, which has been published in 30 countries. the story she tells is impressively rip-roaring’ Daily Telegraph ‘A mindboggling history of the earliest books. They include Aristophanes and the censorship of humourists, Sappho and empowerment of women’s voices, and Seneca and the problem of a post-truth world. Vallejo talks about the spies, scribes, illuminators, librarians, booksellers, authors and statesmen who had a complicated relationship with books and the written word that bears similarities with today. Vallejo describes how the earliest books made from reeds from the Nile were worth fighting over and dying for and follows the journey of the earliest books from the creation of the Library of Alexandria to the fall of the Roman Empire. Papyrus is the story of the book’s journey from oral tradition to scrolls to codices, and how that transition laid the very foundation of Western culture. Spanish historian, writer and philologist Dr Irene Vallejo talks about her global bestseller about the creation of the earliest books and the literary culture of the ancient world.
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