Department of History

Meet the author: Thomas Legendre – Writing 'Prehistorical' Historical Fiction: Finding Ourselves in the Past

 

Wednesday 25th October 

4 - 4.45pm

Humanities, Beeston Lane, University Park Campus West

Thomas Legendre takes us on a journey to Kilmartin Glen, Scotland, exploring prehistoric landscapes through fictional writing. 

How do these landscapes and their layered (pre)histories become vivid or ‘alive’ to us?

How does the past become present, and the present past? 

 Thomas Legendre is an Assistant Professor in the School of English.

Book, with the title 'Keeping Time' rested on a mossy drystone wall.
 

His work includes the novels The Burning, Spring Fever, a radio drama entitled 'Dream Repair', and 'Half Life', a site-specific play performed at Kilmartin Glen, Scotland. His novel Keeping Time involves (pre)history, music, and time travel.

For more details, visit thomaslegendre.com/keeping-time.

(History Festival 2023 has been supported by the Institute of Policy and Engagement, the Department of History and the School of Humanities)
 

 

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