Inspired by Blake Festival

The last fortnight of January 2015 sees Blackwell's Bookshop and the Ashmolean Museum collaborating to bring you Inspired by Blake, a two-week William Blake Festival celebrating the magnificent and visionary painter, poet, thinker and icon. The Festival will be as multi-dimensional and intellectually nutritious as the work and art of William Blake himself, aiming in particular to investigate the effect that physical places and spiritual events had on William Blake to engage with specific work by William Blake through discussion, shared reading, memorisation and recitation; and to open up the joy and inspiration of William Blake’s work to the world at large. Join us for events ranging from discussion panels to knitting, from poetry workshops to children's crafts. Ring in the new year by exploring and absorbing Blake's extraordinary genius. You never know, you might end up inspired... The festival will be opened with a panel discussion examining the many different aspects of William Blake, his influence on thought and culture, and his relevance today. The panel features Philip Pullman (who is President of the Blake Society), Iain Sinclair (author and pschogeographer, whose book ‘Blake’s London’ examines Blake’s relationship with our capital) and Caspar Henderson, whose new book will be ‘A New Map of Wonders’, a book about wonder and things that make the world astonishing.

Website
www.inspiredbyblake.co.uk/

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000388?id=EVENT511575