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Best-selling children’s writer, Julia Donaldson, has named Lord of the Flies as the book that changed her life. In an interview in the Guardian, Donaldson […]

The latest instalment in the Guardian’s Top 10 Novels series features fiction told in a single day, chosen by author James Clammer. He suggests that […]

On the 28th anniversary of the death of William Golding – 19th June 1993 – we are publishing a clip of Golding reading from Lord of […]

This is a guest post by Kate Debling, University of Exeter. On 8th April 2021, PhD candidate Bradley Osborne and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Arabella […]

Registration is now open for the William Golding: Beyond Good and Evil Symposium! The symposium takes place on Thursday 8th April 2021, entirely on Zoom, […]

William Golding was one of the featured authors on a recent podcast from the Iris Murdoch Society. The podcast on Murdoch and her contemporaries featured […]

Round-up of William Golding in the news in February 2021! Lord of the Flies was mentioned in Netflix’s new show Fate: The Winx Saga. In the first […]

Each year on International Women’s Day, one of William Golding’s most famous quotations is shared on social media: ‘I think women are foolish to pretend […]

The call for papers for the William Golding: Beyond Good and Evil symposium is open now! The online symposium will take place on April 8, […]

Round-up of William Golding in the news in November 2020! As the 2020 US Presidential election unfolded, Lord of the Flies was a frequent referent in news […]

From 18th to 22nd November 2020, Speaking Volumes are offering an exciting range of material based around the 2012 Arena documentary The Dreams of William […]

Round-up of William Golding in the news in October 2020! As many people continue to work from home, Zoom meetings and video calls are still […]

On 21st October 1980, forty years ago today, William Golding was awarded the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage. Golding was 69 and until 2019, […]

Professor Tim Kendall recently gave a talk on William Golding and Cornwall at the Causley Digital Festival. Golding was born in Cornwall and had a […]

In a new video series, Judy Golding Carver talks about her father William Golding and Lord of the Flies. In the fourth and final video, Judy explores […]

Award-winning writer, Nina Allan, author of books including The Race and The Rift has written a fascinating post on science fiction. The post is inspired by […]

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Eva Waite-Taylor in the Independent has created a list of ‘essential’ novels that […]

In a new video series, Judy Golding Carver talks about her father William Golding and Lord of the Flies. In the third, Judy explores Golding’s life after […]

In a new video series, Judy Golding Carver talks about her father William Golding and Lord of the Flies. In the second, Judy explores Golding’s family.

This year the Causley Festival of Arts and Literature will take place digitally, with an exciting range of events available. The programme includes Professor Tim […]