Join us this Saturday, 28 June, at 12 noon BST to hear Angus Whitehead talk about the “bad” follower of William Blake, Frederick Tatham.
The event is free and you can register at globalblake.com/global-blake-events.
It will be recorded as well so we’ll host it on the site afterwards.
Matthew Leporati will need joining us in conversation on 2 June to discuss similarities and tensions between Blake and Nietzsche.
Register at:
globalblake.com/global-blake-events
Barry Miles talks to Camila Oliveira about his experience recording Allen Ginsberg sing William Blake. See the whole interview at tinyurl.com/zoavision
We’ve been a bit lax on social media recently but will start posting more. Please check out our YouTube channel (Zoavision) as well as TikTok (Zoavision) and Instagram (Global Blake).
Our latest talk from the Global Blake network is now live on the Zoavision YouTube channel. Annalise Volpone discusses motifs of pregnancy and the mind in Blake’s work.
youtu.be/0I_Lglu8Cf8?...
On 26th Feb I will give a (free online) talk for @blakesociety.bsky.social in which I will re-examine the importance of Urizen in Blake's mythological structure.
For more details see: blakesociety.org/product/uriz...
Our Newsletter has gone out to all our subscribers. It includes info on the Spring/Summer 'In Conversation' series, our latest podcast and a brilliant review by @jodielmarley.bsky.social.
If you would like to subscribe to our monthly Newsletter please go to: globalblake.com/newsletter/
My review of David Worrall's latest book, Blake's Visions, has just been published on @globalblake.bsky.social. Link below!
The book is a rich contribution to both Blake studies & Romantic medical humanities.
globalblake.com/william-blak...
The video version of our Blake & Yeats @globalblake.bsky.social podcast episode, including helpful visuals with art, diagrams, & persons of interest for reference, & our faces (!) is now on YouTube 💫
tysm @jasonpaulwhittaker.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation!
youtu.be/aIvNSOg9JyQ?...
Live today: the latest episode of Visionary with @jodielmarley.bsky.social on Yeats, Blake and mysticism is now available via Spotify, Amazon and Apple, or on the @globalblake.bsky.social web site, globalblake.com/podcasts/.
Listen now at open.spotify.com/episode/3iIi...
my podcast episode with @jasonpaulwhittaker.bsky.social & @globalblake.bsky.social on Blake and Yeats is out now! Link below for a fantastic conversation 🌠
we covered Yeats' Blake edition, the "Irish Blake" myth, Blake & the occult, both authors' use of systems, Blakean Yeats poems, & so much more
R. F. Foster's Yeats biography on a white desk next to three red and gold volumes of Yeats and Ellis' 1893 Blake book. The top of an open notebook (with my notes cut off) at the bottom of the frame.
recorded a fantastic conversation with Prof Jason Whittaker on the @globalblake.bsky.social podcast today. Our episode on Yeats, Blake and systems is coming later this month 👀
William Blake's 'The Fly'
Please join us this upcoming Monday (2 December), for a talk by William Rubel who will consider some of the many readings of Blake's 'The Fly'.
The talk is FREE via Zoom and starts at 7pm UK time. You can find details, including a registration link, at:
globalblake.com/events/
Front page of William Blake's manuscript poem 'Vala, or The Four Zoas'
Happy 267th birthday to William Blake, who himself wrote:
'Born 28 Novr 1757 in London & has died several times since'!
Happy 267th birthday to our favourite poet/artist/printer/visionary William Blake!
Join us on zoom this evening for the launch party of issue 5 of VALA, the Journal of the Blake Society.
Register here blakesociety.org/product/blak... and head to blakesociety.org/vala/ to download the new issue 🎉🎈🎂
Going to see Bob Dylan this evening at the Albert Hall!
He's likely to sing two Blakean songs:
'Every Grain of Sand'
&
'I Contain Multitudes'
in which he proclaims 'I sing songs of Experience, like William Blake'
Here's me on Blake & Dylan @globalblake.bsky.social
youtu.be/v5kohJ-Cugg?...
We are very much looking forward to it!
review copy of David Worrall's latest is here & it's sprawling & vibrant
my review for @globalblake.bsky.social is coming in January 👀
Join us for 'Musical Afterlives', a FREE one-day, online symposium exploring musical settings of Blake's poetry & his inspiration on classical & popular artists.
Date: 4 November (10.30-18.30, UK Time)
Keynote: Barry Miles
To register & for more info please go to: globalblake.com/symposium-mu...
Giving a talk tonight on Blake and Milton's 'Samson Agonistes' with @globalblake.bsky.social titled '‘thy young hands tore human limbs, and gorged human flesh!’: 'Poetical Sketches' and Blake’s development of Samson'.
If you fancy joining us please visit: globalblake.com/events
#Blake #Milton
Our next 'In Conversation' talk is on Monday.
See below to register for this free online event.
Our next In Conversation talk is on 13 May: @rogerwhitson.bsky.social discusses Blake, visionary physics and Donald Ault. This is followed by our last talk of the Spring series: @urthonaunbound.bsky.social explores ways in which Milton’s Samson Agonistes influenced Blake.
globalblake.com/events/
Your reminder that Jason Whittaker will be talking about William Blake's inspiration for Alasdair Gray's art and his novel Lanark tomorrow evening, Monday 8 April, at 19.00 BST.
Head over to globalblake.com/events to register.
#Blake #AlasdairGray
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Next Online Talk:
Global Blake: In Conversation with Jason Whittaker, discussing the influence of William Blake on Alasdair Gray, author of 'Lanark' and the recent movie hit, 'Poor Things'.
April 8th, 7pm (UK Time)
Register at globalblake.com/events
#Blake #AlasdairGray #Lanark #PoorThings
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Our latest newsletter has just gone out, with details about our upcoming talks, reviews, podcast, as well as other events and publications linked to Blake.
To receive our monthly newsletter please subscribe at: globalblake.com/newsletter/
The audio version is now also available via Apple, Spotify, Amazon and more (search for Zoavision) and we’ll be making more podcasts on William Blake in the coming weeks and months.
Our podcast on Blake and Tolkien’s mythology and their use of British tales and legends has gone live at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uFY...
Many thanks to Jason Whittaker, @sharonchoe.bsky.social and @willsherwood.bsky.social for making this happen!
#Blake #Tolkien #JRRTolkien
A new post on the Global Blake web site: Sibylle Erle reviews Jason Wright's "Blake's Job: Adventures in Becoming."
globalblake.com/reviewsblake...
The Tolkien Society seminar CfP window has been extended to Sunday 31st March! The theme is 'Tolkien's Romantic Resonances' and it will be free for all to present at/attend on Saturday 6th July in as hybrid (in person and online).
www.tolkiensociety.org/events/the-t...
