Dispossession, Simon Grennan's recently published graphic adaptation of Anthony Trollope's John Caldigate. The plot is focused around a young Englishman whose forays into gambling, womanising, and gold prospecting in Australia result in him being disinherited, blackmailed, and tried for bigamy. Grennan's adaptation uses experiments with colour, style and point of view both to dramatise original plot elements and to add new features including the first ever representation of the Aboriginal Wiradjuri language in a graphic novel.
This event has been funded by Edinburgh's Innovative Initiative Grant scheme (which is also funding various activities for students on the English Department's new course on the Graphic Novel) and is free to attend; all are welcome!
Please feel free to further publicise this event through your networks. The lecture draws on elements of previous talks Simon Grennan has delivered at various book festivals, and promises to be very entertaining for literature enthusiasts and non-specialists alike. The lecture will run for around 50 minutes, with time for questions afterwards.