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MURIEL SPARK 100 Year of events mark the centenary of the author’s birth
Muriel Spark may often be referred to simply as ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie author’ but, as longtime fans know, there’s much more to her oeuvre. And the next year is the time to celebrate her many achievements; Muriel Spark 100 is a 12 month-long celebration of the Scottish author. To kick off proceedings on Sat 4 Nov, Spark’s 22 novels are being released as collectable Centenary Editions, published by Birlinn (pictured here with Creative Scotland’s Jenny Niven and Birlinn’s Jan Rutherford).
Ali Smith will be delivering the The Muriel Spark Society Lecture at the National Library of Scotland on Tue 14 Nov, and the library will also host a personal exhibition about the
author, The International Style of Muriel Spark (Fri 8 Dec–Sun 13 May), highlighting her love of fashion. BBC Radio 3 will broadcast a series of programmes in January and February, as Louise Welsh, Val McDermid, Janice Galloway, Ali Smith and Kate Clanchy rel ect on Spark’s career. Glasgow University host a two-day academic symposium (Wed 31 Jan–Fri 2 Feb), and Edinburgh’s Writer’s Museum will host their own exhibition of printed items and artwork too (Fri 2 Feb–Sun 10 Jun). Plus, St Andrews poetry festival StAnza will have a series of specially commissioned poems, which fans can discover through readings and a digital installation. (Yasmin Sulaiman) ■ Nov 2017–Nov 2018, murielspark100.com
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