News: JM Coetzee
Dusklands at 50 International Conference
The JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice in association with the Department of English, Creative Writing and Film hosted an international conference on the 16th and 17th of May to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of JM Coetzee's first novel, Dusklands.
Student performance troupe: Diary of a Magician
The Adelaide Fringe and Festivals are in full swing. Last week a student performance troupe staged an unusual show entitled Diary of a Magician, at the Garage International venue behind the Adelaide Town Hall. The students are all studying at the Graduate Institute of the Performing Arts, Taiwan Normal University in Taipei.
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Release of A Book of Friends: In Honour of J. M. Coetzee on his 80th Birthday
A Book of Friends is a collection of essays, stories, poems and artworks compiled in honour of J. M. Coetzee on his eightieth birthday.
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New collection of J.M. Coetzee's essays out now!
A wonderful new collection of J.M. Coetzee's literary essays is now available from good bookshops. Peter Craven called it a book that "casts all sort of gleaming spotlights, amid the shadows, from one of the major novelistic intelligences of our time", while Lauren Elkin described it as, not just literary criticism, but "an engaging series of master classes in novel writing" (The Guardian).
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J.M. Coetzee's The Schooldays of Jesus out now
The Schooldays of Jesus, the startling sequel to J.M. Coetzee’s widely praised The Childhood of Jesus, is now available from all good bookshops.
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Asteroid named after J.M. Coetzee
Asteroid "(216591) Coetzee" was discovered by astrophysicist Dr. Gianluca Masi, Italy, on 21 July 2002 and received the temporary designation 2002 OQ7. The following years it was observed again several times and when its orbit became well known, it received its definitive number, (216591).
Once an asteroid is numbered, the discoverer can propose a name to the Committee for Small Body Nomenclature. The Committee, after looking at the proposal and its motivations, discusses and decides whether to approve it or not, under the authority of the International Astronomical Union.
Asteroid "Coetzee" was officially announced on 25 April 2013, on the Minor Planet circulars. Asteroid "Coetzee" moves in the Solar System between Mars and Jupiter, in the so-called asteroid main belt. Its mean distance from the Sun is of about 360 millions of km and it takes 3.75 years to complete its orbit around it. Its diameter is estimated around 2 km.
J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice Launch
The Centre was launched by Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee, and the evening featured the world premier of Graeme Koehne's and Peter Goldsworthy's complete Ringtone Cycle, performed by the Seraphim Trio and Lisa Harper-Brown [soprano], and a recital of Holderlin songs, performed by Robert MacFarlane [tenor] and Stephen Whittington [piano]. Stephen also gave a world premiere of his Nocturne for Piano, one of a set of three works inspired by Holderlin's Night Songs.
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