Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building, 29th January, 7pm

Moby-Dick Big Read: The Final Pursuit

All fans of the Moby-Dick Big Read are invited to attend the finale event taking place on Tuesday 29 January, 18:00, at Peninsula Arts, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University. With discussion from the Moby-Dick Big Read curator Philip Hoare and special musical performances this is not to be missed if you have joined the millions who have enjoyed this audio and visual rendition of the 21st century classic.

18:00 – Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building
Join the Director of Peninsula Arts Sarah Chapman and the Moby-Dick Big Read curator’s Philip Hoare and Angela Cockayne, as they discuss the inspiration and world-wide success of the Big Read. Featuring a special musical performance by musician, author and philosopher David Rothenberg reading Chapter 79, ‘The Prairie’.

19:00 – Crosspoint
Wine Reception

19:30 – Jill Craigie Cinema
Re-scoring the silent film ‘Down to the Sea in Ships’ (1922) Live piano accompaniment featuring original music and improvisations by pianist/composer Ignacio Brasa, and John Ireland’s song ‘Sea Fever’.

For more details see: http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=39373

King’s Place, London N1, 29th October, 7pm

Event: Moby-Dick Big Read Live

Join Philip Hoare and Angela Cockayne, curators of the Moby-Dick Big Read, for a lively and stimulating evening of readings, film clips and discussion with guests including Richard Sabin of the Natural History Museum, Zeb Soanes, the voice of Radio Four, and others. They will be discussing the myth and reality of Herman Melville’s book of 1851, and why it means even more than ever today.

For more details see: http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/spoken-word/the-moby-dick-big-read

Friday 21st September, online in The Guardian

Online: Guardian Books podcast: Moby-Dick Big Read and Robert Graves remembered by Claire Armitstead

David Cameron and Tilda Swinton are among the readers of a new online version of Moby Dick; poet and novelist Robert Graves’ last years on Mallorca are recalled by his great nephew Simon Gough.

To read, please click here

Tuesday 18th September, online in The New York Times

Online: New Audio Project Offers Four Months of ‘Moby-Dick’ by John Williams

The actress Tilda Swinton and 134 other readers are lending their voices to the “Moby-Dick Big Read,” an online audio version of Herman Melville’s epic novel.

To read, please click here

Sunday 16th September, Graduation Marquee on Plymouth Hoe, UK

Launch Event: Moby Dick Big Read

Launch event of the hugely anticipated 21st-Century audio and visual rendition of Herman Melville’s classic novel Moby Dick featuring a live reading by our guest of honour, actor and director Simon Callow. Followed by an introduction from author, Philip Hoare, a musical performance entitled Call Me Ishmael, by Sam Richards and the premiere of a short film featuring international, best-selling, kraken-tattooed novelist China Miéville reading extracts from ‘The Squid’, directed by the award-winning BBC director, Adam Low.

For more info or to book, please click here