21 Mar: Alexandra Harris will discuss her new book THE RISING DOWN: LIVES IN A SUSSEX LANDSCAPE with Laurence Scott

Book here: lrb.me/983

Introducing The Rising Down by Alexandra Harris, a luminous feat of time travel, chronicling lives in a Sussex landscape.

Coming March 2024 and available to pre-order now, with signed copies available from City Books: linktr.ee/therisingdown

Family history, local archives, life stories from the Reformation: all in Birmingham today at 5. School of EDACS Uni of Birmingham College of Arts+Law Oxford Life-Writing bit.ly/3L2RGxk

The art book of the year for me; a rich exploration of the land & tidal art of Julie Brook with essays by people like Robert Macfarlane & Alexandra Harris who get deeply & poetically under the skin of her process & purpose. + sensational photographs, mostly by the artist #juliebrook

We can't quite believe it is nearly time for this year's Arts of Place and Oxford Life-Writing lecture! Join us to listen to Alexandra Walsham discuss Time, Place and Family Memory in Early Modern England. Find out more here: bit.ly/3GNXMPq

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, A Room of One's Own “For masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common…” bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Wow! What a fantastic bit of #subvertising has appeared in #Brighton today!
Just the kind of reminder we wanted: TOMORROW, Saturday 24th, we walk out together, on our #MassTrespass for the #RighttoRoam .
Join us!

Details here 👇
landscapesoffreedom.com/the-trespass/

First David Attenborough now Michael Wood, historian and broadcaster, appeals to the public to save #BurlingtonHouse youtu.be/O7UnBHHghGI. Please RT if you think that the government should not be threatening the existence of Britain's great learned societies so disgracefully.

Final day to get your tickets to our free afternoon drawing workshop next Wednesday 23rd with the excellent Julie Brook!

More info and tickets: bit.ly/3xtrm5A

Here are some tasters of Julie's incredible land art

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for ERC TIDE’s summer conference, ‘On Belonging 2’! Follow the link for more info: bit.ly/3xnUefI

#OnBelonging

Look who is here! Do follow Arts of Place for wonderful conversations and people.

Next Wednesday 16th June at 4pm, we are speaking to Hay Festival's Digital Director Adrian Lambert about organising the festival during the pandemic and their 2021 digital edition🎪

More info & Zoom link can be found here: bit.ly/355LU86

All welcome!

Arts of Place is on Twitter! A brilliant network for scholars and artists interested in landscapes, locality, & imagination across time. Conversations so far have involved disused collieries as nature reserves, 'difficult paradises', & historical feasts.

more.bham.ac.uk/artsofplace/ar…

Tweet tweet! Jug jug! My little nightingale book lands somewhat unseasonably on 11 October! bit.ly/3voPK75

Wonderful to see this Kate Kennedy. I'm deeply looking forward to reading.

There is one more day left for you to sign up to attend Julie's (free!) online drawing workshop next Wednesday 23rd June @ 2pm.

This workshop will encourage writers & readers to explore form, place, and emphasis.

Join us and find your inner artist 🖌🖼
bit.ly/3zuxnAU

Exciting news! We welcome land artist Julie Brook (Julie Brook) to a summer residency with us🎨

Read more about Julie and her wonderful landscape art here on our website: more.bham.ac.uk/artsofplace/ar…

And may it be a very fine century for literature. Congratulations #RSL200 on this occasion and on all the fabulous literary news today. A big toast and thanks to everyone who made it happen. 👏🌟

The #BensonMedal — for outstanding contribution to literature — newly-designed for 2020 by artist Linda Crook, has been awarded to Boyd Tonkin. Congratulations Boyd! #RSL200

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Setting the scene for A World on the Table at 5. Still time to join us. Lauren Working School of EDACS ://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/english/events/2020/arts-of-place-network-world-table.aspx