To celebrate the opening of Lee Child's Archive at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and twenty-five years since the publication of the first Jack Reacher novel, the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing and the British Archive for Contemporary Writing are hosting two landmark events on 31 March 2022 at The Enterprise Centre, UEA to explore Child's legacy and the evolution of the crime thriller.
Lee Child will be with us throughout the day. Join a range of extraordinary writers, leading critics and researchers to consider what's next for this most exciting and malleable of forms.
Symposium, 31 March 2022 | 12:00-18:00
A one-day symposium with Lee Child exploring his global influence and legacy and his mythic creation, Jack Reacher. Delegates will also explore the evolution of the crime thriller over the last 75 years.
Speakers: Gill Plain, Ayo Onatade, Kim Sherwood, Heather Martin, Henry Sutton, Tom Benn, Nathan Ashman, Elspeth Latimer, Jacob Rollinson, Jean McNeil.
Registration: 12:00 Panels: 13:00-18:00
£45 | £25 UEA students/alumni (Tickets include lunch and refreshments, panels, entry to evening event, Lee Child Archive Exhibition, book signing and drinks.)
In Conversation, 31 March 2022 | 18:30-20:00
To celebrate the launch of his literary archive at UEA, global bestselling crime thriller writer and former Booker Prize judge, Lee Child, will be in conversation with novelist, biographer and critic, Margaret Drabble, and fiction and non fiction writer and tutor, Richard Beard. Join these extraordinary writers in a candid exploration of fine writing and literary legacies.
Doors 18:15
£12 | £5 UEA students (Tickets include entry to event, Lee Child Archive Exhibition, book signing and drinks.)
Further information and booking here