Susanna Clarke and Alan Moore in Conversation
Thursday 11th January 2024 7:30pm – 8:45pm
British Library, London
Notes
Location location Location… inspired by a news story about a radical women’s group from Bedford in the 1920’s – real life research
https://thequietus.com/articles/32179-alan-moore-illuminations-interview
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/10/books/review/alan-moore-illuminations.html
https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/17/piranesi-by-susanna-clarke-review-an-elegant-study-in-solitude
Both authors credited Earthsea by Ursula k le quin as inspirational
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthsea
SC talked about her childhood experiences in church and at school as places you had to behave and fantasy gave her a place for her dreams and intellect
SC started with a detective novel but surrealism drifted in and the project was shelved but she returned to writing to try again
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All fantasties have to be grounded in something
most successful where they connect with the human experience
….. and another 8 pages still to type up… oh my oh my what a show
Exhibition
Fantasy: Realms of Imagination
British Library, London