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 […]
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Julia Donaldson on Lord of the Flies
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 […]
Read more…Golding reads from Lord of the Flies: A View to a Death
On the 28th anniversary of the death of William Golding – 19th June 1993 – we are publishing a clip of Golding reading from Lord of […]
Read more…Registration open for William Golding symposium
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, […]
Read more…February 2021 News Round-up
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 […]
Read more…November 2020 News Round-up
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 […]
Read more…October 2020 News Round-up
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 […]
Read more…New video: Writing Lord of the Flies: War and Fatherhood
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 […]
Read more…Lord of the Flies in The Independent’s list of essential political fiction
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 […]
Read more…New video: Writing Lord of the Flies: Leaving Home
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 […]
Read more…New video: Writing Lord of the Flies: Family
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.
Read more…William Golding’s legacy: His enduring influence on popular culture
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 […]
Read more…Joe Wicks on Desert Island Discs
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 […]
Read more…New video: Writing Lord of the Flies: Golding’s personality
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.
Read more…May 2020 News Round-up
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 […]
Read more…Response to Bregman extract in the Guardian
William Golding’s daughter, Judy Golding Carver, has written to the Guardian in response to an extract from a book by Rutger Bregman. This is from Judy’s letter: […]
Read more…Support for students and teachers
The Covid-19 outbreak means that many students are currently unable to attend school or university. We want to offer support for pupils studying any of […]
Read more…BTS and Lord of the Flies
This is a guest post by Courtney Presley. As a recent addition to the long list of references of Lord of the Flies in popular […]
Read more…100 Novels That Shaped Our World
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies has been named on the BBC’s list of the 100 novels that shaped our world. The panel of judges – Mariella […]
Read more…October News Round-up
Round-up of William Golding in the news in October 2019! Monos, directed by Alejandro Landes, was awarded ‘Best Film’ at the BFI London Film Festival […]
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