International Anthony Burgess Foundation

There are mere hours until the entry deadline for the 2026 Observer Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism. One winner will get £3,000 and publication in The Observer, and two runners-up will each be awarded £500. Thanks for all of your reviews so far – our judges are in for a treat.

There are mere hours until the entry deadline for the 2026 Observer Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism. One winner will get £3,000 and publication in The Observer, and two runners-up will each be awarded £500. Thanks for all of your reviews so far – our judges are in for a treat.

Only ONE DAY to go to enter the Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism! Entries close at midnight on 28 February.

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Flying to Parsifal In which Anthony Burgess attempts to resist the seductions of Wagner's opera

In this week’s newsletter, Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) writes about the challenges of enjoying Wagner’s music in light of the composer’s abhorrent views.

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The £3,000 Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for arts journa... Ahead of the closing date on 28 February, Tim Adams, New Review editor, recalls a writer’s doomed vocation. Here’s how to enter the annual prize

The £3,000 Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism: last call for entries.

Ahead of the closing date on 28 February, Tim Adams, New Review editor, recalls a writer’s doomed vocation. Here’s how to enter the annual prize.
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Ninety-Nine Novels: Lanark by Alasdair Gray - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation In 1984, Anthony Burgess published Ninety-Nine Novels, a selection of his favourite novels in English since 1939. The list is typically idiosyncratic, and shows the breadth of Burgess’s interest in fi...

“LANARK is a strange, experimental book that immediately thrusts the reader into a weird world with glimmers of familiarity”

—author @rodgeglass.bsky.social & the International @anthonyburgess.bsky.social Foundation discuss Alasdair Gray’s LANARK
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An advert for Tremor of Intent: 'Anthony Burgess's Tremor of Intent, a novel of: Espionage! Treachery! Gluttony? Out now in a new edition.'

An advert showing the covers of One Hand Clapping and Tremor of Intent by Anthony Burgess. 'Reissued by Galileo 25 February 2026'

OUT TODAY! A brand new edition of TREMOR OF INTENT, Anthony Burgess’s spy caper

Secret agent Denis Hillier boards a ship bound for Crimea. He must return a defector to England, but he’s past it and the ship may be filled with enemy agents

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Advert for One Hand Clapping by Anthony Burgess made to look like an old magazine: 'Inside the glamorous world of T.V., Life with the international jet-set, Married women share their secrets. New edition out now.'

Advert for Tremor of Intent and One Hand Clapping by Anthony Burgess 'Reissued by Galileo, 25 February 2026'

OUT TODAY! A brand new edition of ONE HAND CLAPPING, Anthony Burgess’s satire on consumerism.

Northern housewife Janet tells of her husband’s success on a TV quiz show and the lavish lifestyle that follows. But something's not right...

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Advert for One Hand Clapping by Anthony Burgess made to look like an old magazine: 'Inside the glamorous world of T.V., Life with the international jet-set, Married women share their secrets. New edition out now.'

Advert for Tremor of Intent and One Hand Clapping by Anthony Burgess 'Reissued by Galileo, 25 February 2026'

OUT TODAY! A brand new edition of ONE HAND CLAPPING, Anthony Burgess’s satire on consumerism.

Northern housewife Janet tells of her husband’s success on a TV quiz show and the lavish lifestyle that follows. But something's not right...

Buy now (affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/15106/9781...

An advert for Tremor of Intent: 'Anthony Burgess's Tremor of Intent, a novel of: Espionage! Treachery! Gluttony? Out now in a new edition.'

An advert showing the covers of One Hand Clapping and Tremor of Intent by Anthony Burgess. 'Reissued by Galileo 25 February 2026'

OUT TODAY! A brand new edition of TREMOR OF INTENT, Anthony Burgess’s spy caper

Secret agent Denis Hillier boards a ship bound for Crimea. He must return a defector to England, but he’s past it and the ship may be filled with enemy agents

Buy now (affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/a/15106/9781...

Banned Books List 2026 What books are banned in 2026? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.

Should Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange be top of this banned books list? And should it be five positions above a Wizard of Oz prequel? pen.org/banned-books...

Words out of Eyeballs Anthony Burgess's little-known career as a television reviewer

Did you know Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) worked as a television critic? This week’s newsletter explores his changing attitude to TV and what he thought of some famous television shows.

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This is happening here! You can find out all the details here: www.anthonyburgess.org/event/talk-t...

The NERVE presents Ece Temelkuran in conversation with Carole Cadwalladr Talking about Ece's latest book NATION OF STRANGERS:Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century

Ece is in conversation with Nerve co-founder Carole Cadwalladr on Thursday Feb 19, 6:30-8pm, Anthony Burgess foundation, Manchester @anthonyburgess.bsky.social

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Sunday Observance Anthony Burgess as critic in the Observer newspaper

On this week’s newsletter, find out about Anthony Burgess’s long association with the Observer newspaper, and find out how you can enter your own writing into the Observer Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism.

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The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is looking for the best new voices in cultural criticism.

Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!

First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social

Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...

Podcast: Preserving the Anthony Burgess Audio Collection - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation Throughout his career, Anthony Burgess used a variety of recording equipment to document both his personal and professional lives. From reel-to-reel tapes to cassettes, Burgess and his wife, Liana, us...

New podcast: The Burgess Foundation is working to preserve the vast collection audio tapes in our archive. We talk to David Govier, audio preservation engineer at Manchester Central Library, about his work on the collection.

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Psychopomp and Circumstance Celebrating 50 years of Beard's Roman Women by Anthony Burgess

This week’s newsletter celebrates Anthony Burgess’s (A Clockwork Orange) novel Beard’s Roman Women, a novel about loss a grief. And yes, we address its terrible title…

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Punching Pynchon's Ticket Shadowy

Pynch, punch, the last of the month.
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The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is looking for the best new voices in cultural criticism.

Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!

First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social

Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...

Chatty Man Anthony Burgess as talk-show guest

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It's a start...

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A Psychologist Skinned Anthony Burgess questions the utopian ideas of B.F. Skinner

On this week’s newsletter, Anthony Burgess takes on the utopian thinking of B.F. Skinner. Find out how reading Skinner inspired the themes of A Clockwork Orange, and what Burgess thought ‘B.F.’ stood for…

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The Importance of Being Stupid Exploring Chatsky, Anthony Burgess's translation of 'the Russian Hamlet'

On this week’s newsletter, we’re talking about Anthony Burgess’s translation of ‘the Russian Hamlet’. In the play, a young man rails against the immoral stupidity of the ruling classes. Some might say it’s quite relevant...

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