The Sebald Lecture 2015

A L Kennedy - "The Language of the Heart"

Award-winning writer and performer A L Kennedy explores translating human experience across the inevitable boundaries between individuals and considers the forces in play which make that more and less possible. The 2015 Sebald Lecture took place on Monday 16 February 2015 at the British Library Conference Centre, London.

A L Kennedy was born in Dundee in 1965. She is the author of 15 books, 6 novels, 6 short story collections and 3 works of non-fiction. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.  Her latest book All the Rage – a collection of short stories – was published by Jonathan Cape in spring 2014. She is also a dramatist of the stage, radio, TV and film. She writes for a number of UK and overseas publications and has a blog with The Guardian Online.

You can watch the lecture now on YouTube or listen to audio via SoundCloud.