News archive 2008

Rare reading from Oscar winning novelist

27 May 2008, PR 99/08

John Irving, the Oscar winning novelist and screenwriter, will read from his novel in progress, Last Night in Twisted River, which will be his 12th novel, on Thursday 29 May at the Strand Campus, King’s College London.

John Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, when he was 26. His novels include The World According to Garp, A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Widow for One Year, and his eleventh and most recent, Until I Find You and several have been made into films. He won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2000 for The Cider House Rules - a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

In addition to an original screenplay, he is also writing an adaptation of his novel The Fourth Hand and has adapted his novel A Son of the Circus as a film script - with actor Jeff Bridges in the role of the missionary.

There will be a student seminar in K.016 in the King’s Building open to all King's College London students at 15.00 followed by a talk at 19.00 at the Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, King's Building for alumni, students, staff and the public.

Tickets for students and staff are free, but must be booked in advance. Alumni and public tickets are £7.50. Please contact tel: 0207 848 4430 email:  karen.l.bearman@kcl.ac.uk


Notes to editors

King's College London
King's College London is one of the top 25 universities in the world (Times Higher 2007) and the fourth oldest in England. A research-led university based in the heart of London, King's has 19,300 students from more than 130 countries, and 5,000 employees. King's has an outstanding reputation for providing world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. The College is in the top group of UK universities for research earnings and has an annual income of approximately £400 million. An investment of £500 million has been made in the redevelopment of its estate.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, social sciences, the health sciences, natural sciences and engineering, and has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA. It is the largest centre for the education of healthcare professionals in Europe and is home to five Medical Research Council Centres – more than any other university.



Further information
Alex Bevis, Communications Officer, Public Relations Department
Email: alex.bevis@kcl.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7848 3202

For tickets please contact karen.l.bearman@kcl.ac.uk.

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