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Faber & Faber have recently released a new edition of Golding’s posthumously published novel, The Double Tongue, featuring an introduction by Bettany Hughes. In these […]

The latest episode of the William Golding podcast focuses on Golding’s 1979 novel, Darkness Visible. Dr Nicola Presley, Publicity and Media Manager for William Golding […]

William Golding was featured on episode 9 of the BBC series Rick’s Stein Cornwall, broadcast on 13th January. In the series, Stein journeys across Cornwall, […]

In an interview in the Guardian, award-winning writer Rose Tremain expressed her admiration for the writing of William Golding. Tremain was asked to name the book […]

As part of Faber & Faber’s relaunch of Golding’s novels, three new editions are published today. The new Lord of the Flies features Stephen King’s introduction, […]

The Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri has written a stunning introduction to a new edition of Golding’s 1955 novel The Inheritors. This introduction, also published […]

The actor David Dawson is the narrator of a new audiobook version of Golding’s 1955 novel The Inheritors. Dawson has had a successful career in theatre, […]

The actor Julian Sands is the narrator of a new audio book of Golding’s 1957 novel Pincher Martin. Sands has had a varied and hugely […]

Booker-Prize winning author Marlon James has written a new foreword to Golding’s 1956 novel Pincher Martin. The foreword is published in the new Faber & […]

To mark the launch of new editions of Golding’s novels, the Cheltenham Literature Festival is hosting an event: William Golding: Beyond Lord of the Flies. […]

Author Elif Shafak has been announced as the Golding Speaker at the 2021 Marlborough Literature Festival. The Golding speaker opens the festival each year, and […]

Round-up of William Golding in the news in July 2021! In The Guardian, novelist Monique Roffey cited Golding’s The Inheritors as the ‘book that had […]

Faber & Faber are to relaunch all Golding’s novels with brand new covers and introductions from a range of exciting writers! Pincher Martin, The Spire, […]

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 […]