On Thursday 6 May 7pm UK time, Sarah Hudspith and Olivia Santovetti, University of Leeds, will be in conversation on the subject “Illuminating the chaos and the obscurity: Ferrante and Dostoevsky in dialogue”. They will discuss the congruences between the two authors and read passages from their novels, followed by Q&A with the audience. The event will be chaired by Richard Hibbitt, co-director of the University of Leeds Centre for World Literatures, and it will be hosted online by the Ilkley Literature Festival.
The event is free to join and will be broadcast on Crowdcast. Click here for full details together with the registration information.
A recording of the event is available on the Ilkley Literature Festival YouTube channel.