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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 […]

The Marlborough LitFest is running a writing competition in association with English Literature at Bath Spa University! Golding’s daughter Judy is one of the judges […]

The most recent episode of the Backlisted podcast features William Golding’s The Inheritors! Backlisted was set up by John Mitchinson and Andy Miller and seeks […]

Updated for 2020! On 19th June 1993, William Golding died at his home in Cornwall, looking out of the window, perhaps watching the rise of the […]

Author and fitness coach Joe Wicks has chosen Lord of the Flies as his castaway book on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. Wicks said that Lord of […]

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

William Golding in the news… The Guardian published an extract from Rutger Bregman’s new book Humankind: ‘The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when […]