We celebrate the simultaneous release of two new books on alternative communities of radical French writers: Flaubert, Beckett, NDiaye: The Aesthetics, Emotions and Politics of Failure and Poètes français du 21ème siècle: entretiens. Both books emerge from symposia organised by Birkbeck Research in Aesthetics of Kinship and Community. Join the editors and members of the centre, Andrew Asibong, Aude Campmas and Nathalie Wourm, to launch the books.
Thursday 18th May 2017
7.40-9pm
Room 102 at 30 Russell Square
Naming Monsters
(Myriad Editions, 2013)
Shortlisted for the First Graphic Novel Competition
Friday 28 June 2013 at 6 pm
Room 112, 43 Gordon Square
Naming Monsters
Alison Bechdel
Very impressive…this is scary good.
Bryan Talbot, competition judge
Naming Monsters is a unique book, an obvious labour of love. It’s intimate, poignant, sometimes very moving and often genuinely creepy.
Hannah Berry, competition judge
Naming Monsters seems so inviting, so recognisable; peppered with sublimely rude humour, intertwined with folklore and still able to spring powerful emotional punches.
by Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch
New date: 13 June 2012
Start time: 18.00
Location: Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square
Free entry; open to all
Acclaimed Welsh poet Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch reads from her brand new collection of poems, Banjo (Picador), and anwers questions about the art of writing on the themes of kinship and community.

Pictures: Pierre Alferi – courtesy of lau.dean, Nathalie Quintane –
courtesy of Technè , Jérôme Game – courtesy of Jérôme Game
une après-midi de performances par
Pierre Alferi
Jérôme Game
Nathalie Quintane
le 9 mars 2012 à 15h
Birkbeck Cinema
Entrée gratuite.
Réservations auprès de Nathalie Wourm (n.wourm@bbk.ac.uk).
Lieu: Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, Londres WC1H OPD. Evénement organisé par Birkbeck Research in Aesthetics of Kinship and Community,
avec le soutien de l’Institut Français de Londres.
ON THE BRINK: A COMMUNITY FALLING INTO THE SEA
by Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch
New date: 16 June 2010
Start time: 18.00
Location: Room 120, 43 Gordon Square
Free entry; booking recommended.
Acclaimed Welsh poet Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch reads from her collection of poems Not in These Shoes (Picador, 2008), and anwers questions about the art of writing on the themes of kinship and community.