In Hilary Term 2012, the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing will host a series of lectures from four eminent speakers on the subject of ‘Fiction and Auto/Biography’.

Thes lectures will all take place at 5.30pm  at Wolfson College, and will be followed by questions. The speakers are as follows:

Thursday 2 February (Week 3)

Michèle Roberts: '"Oh you liar, you storyteller": on fibbing, fact and fabulation'

Tuesday 7 February (Week 4)

Alan Hollinghurst in conversation with Hermione Lee: 'What can I say? Secrets in fiction and biography'

Tuesday 14 February (Week 5)

Candia McWilliam: 'Where may truth lie? Fiction in memory, memory in fiction'

Tuesday 21 February (Week 6)

Hisham Matar: 'The closest exit may be behind you'

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Tuesday 28 February (Week 7)

Rachel Hewitt will lead a seminar with Daisy Hay and Pete Newbon:

'Solitary or socialite? The challenges of Romantic group biography'