Ben Myers
Writer and journalist, winner of the Gordon Burn Prize and author of multiple novels including Pig Iron; participates as a guest offering commentary on Gordon Burn, Alma Cogan, and related themes.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 1h 3min
Alma Cogan by Gordon Burn - Rerun
Ben Myers, prizewinning novelist and critic, and Adele Stripe, poet and novelist, join a live Durham Book Festival discussion. They explore Gordon Burn’s Alma Cogan: its celebrity-as-artifact premise, Burn’s sensory litany and research methods, the blend of journalism and fiction, and the novel’s unsettling juxtapositions. Adele reads vivid opening passages during the event.
