Forthcoming events
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Writer and director Stephen Poliakoff in conversation with Margaret and Michael Rustin
Friday 20 June 2008 7.00-8.00pm
The writer and director talks about his work, how he creates his offbeat characters and the importance of family ties and secrets in his dramas
Director Penny Woolcock in conversation with Nicola Abel-Hirsch
Friday 27 June 2008 7.00-8.30pm
The director of Exodus talks about her obsession with extremes and with life on society's margins
Director Mike Leigh in conversation with Andrea Sabbadini
Sunday 29 June 2008 7.00-8.30pm
Mike Leigh talks about his films and plays, his working methods and influences
Children's author Julia Donaldson in conversation with Fatima Martinez del Solar
Sunday 13 July 2008 7.00-8.30pm
Theme: Children's books series
Julia Donaldson talks about her work including the popular Gruffalo series
Children's Laureate Michael Rosen in conversation with Hannah Solemani
Thursday 25 September 2008 8.30-10.00pm
Theme: Children's books series
Michael Rosen talks about his work and the part reading plays in the emotional life of children
Director Carrie Cracknell and writer Jenny Worton in conversation with Mary Morgan and Philip Stokoe
Saturday 1 November 2008 5.15-6.45pm
The director and writer discuss their production of I Am Falling
Writer and literary critic Al Alvarez in conversation with Ted Jacobs
Sunday 2 November 2008 7.00-8.30pm
Al Alvarez talks about the writer's search for a voice
Children's author Geraldine McCaughrean (Peter Pan in Scarlet) in conversation with Gerry Byrne
Sunday 7 December 2008
Theme: Children's books series
More details coming soon
Listen to the conversations
These are past Connecting Conversations events. Click on the listings to read an account of the event and to listen to the conversation and the questions and answers session that followed.
Directors Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett (Frantic Assembly) in conversation with Mary Morgan and Philip Stokoe
Friday 23 May 2008
Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett (Frantic Assembly) talk about the portrayal of an unravelling relationship in their latest production, Stockholm
Novelist and psychoanalyst Gregorio Kohon in conversation with Ignes Sodre and Leon Kleimberg
Friday 25 April 2008
Gregorio Kohon talked to fellow psychoanalysts about his novel Red Parrot, Wooden Leg
Children's author Martin Waddell in conversation with Jenny Stoker
Sunday 16 March 2008
Theme: Children's books series
Author Martin Waddell talked about the art of writing - and reading - for children
Author Lisa Appignanesi in conversation with Margot Waddell
Thursday 6 March 2008
A discussion about women's mental health conditions - are they a product of their era?
Playwright Diane Samuels in conversation with Ruth Barnett
Thursday 28 February 2008
Diane Samuels talked to Ruth Barnett about her new play, 3 Sisters on Hope Street
Novelist Esther Freud in conversation with John Tydeman
Friday 25 January 2008
Novelist Esther Freud talked about the themes of the absent father and coming-of-age explored in her latest novel, Love Falls
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion in conversation with Denis Flynn
Friday 7 December 2007
The Poet Laureate talked to psychoanalyst Denis Flynn about private thoughts and public expression
Novelist Salley Vickers in conversation with Michael Parsons
Friday 23 November 2007
Salley Vickers talked about her work including her latest novel, Where Three Roads Meet
Novelist Barry Unsworth in conversation with Ken Robinson
Friday 5 October 2007
Barry Unsworth talked about the art of writing and about his latest novel, A Ruby in her Navel
Biographer Brenda Maddox in conversation with Ken Robinson
Friday 21 September 2007
An exploration of the art of biography and the life of Freud's own biographer, Ernest Jones
Novelist Kate Grenville in conversation with Margot Waddell
Thursday 12 July 2007
Exploring the interior: novelist Kate Grenville talked about her journeys through fiction and history
Novelist Lionel Shriver in conversation with Angela Joyce
Friday 15 June 2007
Analysing Shriver's novel We Need to Talk About Kevin
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