Following my recent post about John Clare’s poem “Wild Bees“, I’ve been invited to give a short presentation on this at a forthcoming meeting about the Northamptonshire poet and documenter of environmental change.
Here’s the details:
John Clare: Landscape & Learning
Short presentations & discussions on aspects of John Clare
Venue: Room MY120 University of Northampton, Avenue Campus, NN2 6JD
FRIDAY 11th NOVEMBER: 10am arrival – 4pm close
Culminating with the JOHN CLARE LECTURE 2016 to be given by Professor John Goodridge
Contributors include: Jeff Ollerton, Erin Lafford, Charles Bennett, Clare Abbatt, Christy Edwall, Stephen Sullivan, Carry Akroyd, on topics such as:
John Clare’s Sonnets * Clare & the Bees * Clare the Fiddle Player * Clare as Inspiration * Clare & Weather * ‘The Nightingale’ * Clare in the Fields * ‘St Martin’s Eve’
Free and open to all. Bring lunch or use cafeteria on site.