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In 2026 I will once again joining forces with Kim at Reading Matters to host 'A Year with Iris Murdoch'
We kick off with The Sea, The Sea in January.
I've never read her before so looking forward to this one!
We kick off with The Sea, The Sea in January.
I've never read her before so looking forward to this one!
Annoucing A Year with Iris Murdoch for 2026!
I’m delighted to once again join forces with Kim from Reading Matters during 2026 for a Year With Iris Murdoch! This will be our fourth year jointly exploring the work of one Irish writer…
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November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In 2026 I will once again joining forces with Kim at Reading Matters to host 'A Year with Iris Murdoch'
We kick off with The Sea, The Sea in January.
I've never read her before so looking forward to this one!
We kick off with The Sea, The Sea in January.
I've never read her before so looking forward to this one!
The Iris Murdoch Review has gone to print! Members can read it online from today if they just can't wait for the hard copy. Non-members can purchase one for £15, or simply join the Society.
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Iris Murdoch Review 16, 2025 - The Iris Murdoch Society
The wealth of academic material published in this issue not only broadens our understanding of Murdoch’s own vision of her fiction and philosophy, but more importantly perhaps, the range of responses ...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Iris Murdoch Review has gone to print! Members can read it online from today if they just can't wait for the hard copy. Non-members can purchase one for £15, or simply join the Society.
irismurdochsociety.org.uk/product/iris...
irismurdochsociety.org.uk/product/iris...
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I only started reading Iris Murdoch in the last year or so, and maybe it's too late to be truly changed by a book but her work is thoughtful, human, restorative and readable for pleasure in a way I'd recommend to anyone.
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I only started reading Iris Murdoch in the last year or so, and maybe it's too late to be truly changed by a book but her work is thoughtful, human, restorative and readable for pleasure in a way I'd recommend to anyone.
We're looking forward to being in Rome soon!
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We're looking forward to being in Rome soon!
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What can Iris Murdoch's philosophy teach us about ethics today?
The Monist is seeking papers that go beyond close reading—bringing Murdoch’s ideas into dialogue with contemporary moral philosophy.
Submission deadline February 1st, 2026: oxford.ly/47LmkW8
The Monist is seeking papers that go beyond close reading—bringing Murdoch’s ideas into dialogue with contemporary moral philosophy.
Submission deadline February 1st, 2026: oxford.ly/47LmkW8
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
What can Iris Murdoch's philosophy teach us about ethics today?
The Monist is seeking papers that go beyond close reading—bringing Murdoch’s ideas into dialogue with contemporary moral philosophy.
Submission deadline February 1st, 2026: oxford.ly/47LmkW8
The Monist is seeking papers that go beyond close reading—bringing Murdoch’s ideas into dialogue with contemporary moral philosophy.
Submission deadline February 1st, 2026: oxford.ly/47LmkW8
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This is brilliant. Iris Murdoch and her beer mat collection :)
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is brilliant. Iris Murdoch and her beer mat collection :)
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@oldenoughtosay.com yesterday I came across an old Iris Murdoch essay on drinking in Oxford as a female Don in the early 50s. Thought it might pique your interest. Was in Cryil Ray's Compleat Imbiber no.2.
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
@oldenoughtosay.com yesterday I came across an old Iris Murdoch essay on drinking in Oxford as a female Don in the early 50s. Thought it might pique your interest. Was in Cryil Ray's Compleat Imbiber no.2.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Congratulations to @irismurdoch.bsky.social on the posthumous publication of Iris Murdoch's poetry collection 'Poems from an Attic'
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Congratulations to @irismurdoch.bsky.social on the posthumous publication of Iris Murdoch's poetry collection 'Poems from an Attic'
Launch! Tomorrow! In Chichester!
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Launch! Tomorrow! In Chichester!
Happy Publication Day to 'Poems from an Attic' from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social!
Here's a new podcast with the editors and our friends at Chatto and Windus: soundcloud.com/user-5488042...
Here's a new podcast with the editors and our friends at Chatto and Windus: soundcloud.com/user-5488042...
Poems from an Attic Podcast
In this episode Miles is joined by Anne Rowe (University of Chichester/Kingston), Rachel Hirschler (Kinston University) and Rosanna Hilyard (Chatto & Windus) to celebrate the publication of 'Poems fro
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November 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Happy Publication Day to 'Poems from an Attic' from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social!
Here's a new podcast with the editors and our friends at Chatto and Windus: soundcloud.com/user-5488042...
Here's a new podcast with the editors and our friends at Chatto and Windus: soundcloud.com/user-5488042...
Even more on Murdoch's poetry! This time courtesy of The Daily Telegraph.
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www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-t...
Five poems to read on your coffee break
Welcome to The Telegraph’s new series, where we’ll publish a new poem for you to enjoy every week
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November 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Even more on Murdoch's poetry! This time courtesy of The Daily Telegraph.
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-t...
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-t...
Full details for the Eleventh International Iris Murdoch conference have been released!
irismurdochsociety.org.uk/event/12thco...
Details and more here: irismurdochsociety.org.uk/events/
CFP: irismurdochsociety.org.uk/2025/11/04/1...
irismurdochsociety.org.uk/event/12thco...
Details and more here: irismurdochsociety.org.uk/events/
CFP: irismurdochsociety.org.uk/2025/11/04/1...
Twelfth International Iris Murdoch Conference, University of Chichester, 14–16 August 2026 - The Iris Murdoch Society
The Eleventh International Conference on Iris Murdoch studies will take place at the University of Chichester in 2024. The conference will showcase ongoing, and published, Murdoch scholarship with a p...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Full details for the Eleventh International Iris Murdoch conference have been released!
irismurdochsociety.org.uk/event/12thco...
Details and more here: irismurdochsociety.org.uk/events/
CFP: irismurdochsociety.org.uk/2025/11/04/1...
irismurdochsociety.org.uk/event/12thco...
Details and more here: irismurdochsociety.org.uk/events/
CFP: irismurdochsociety.org.uk/2025/11/04/1...
Major Iris Murdoch News!
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November 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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I’m about to read a bunch of Iris Murdoch novels.
I’ve never read one, so I’m open to suggestions of others I should check out.
I’ve never read one, so I’m open to suggestions of others I should check out.
November 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I’m about to read a bunch of Iris Murdoch novels.
I’ve never read one, so I’m open to suggestions of others I should check out.
I’ve never read one, so I’m open to suggestions of others I should check out.
New Iris Murdoch podcast episode! We're joined by Andrea Delaune to discuss her new book 'Iris Murdoch and Early Childhood Education' from @routledgebooks.bsky.social
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Iris Murdoch and Early Childhood Education Podcast
In this episode Miles talks to Andrea Delaune (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) about her new book, 'Iris Murdoch and Early Childhood Education: Enhancing Attention and Moral Vision in Pedagogy'
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October 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
New Iris Murdoch podcast episode! We're joined by Andrea Delaune to discuss her new book 'Iris Murdoch and Early Childhood Education' from @routledgebooks.bsky.social
soundcloud.com/user-5488042...
soundcloud.com/user-5488042...
'Re-release the Harry Peccinotti covers and I guarantee Murdoch will reach Joan Didion status in about six months...Eventually she will emerge triumphant because her novels genuinely are funny and sexy and cosmopolitan in a manner that doesn’t exist today.'
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October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
'Re-release the Harry Peccinotti covers and I guarantee Murdoch will reach Joan Didion status in about six months...Eventually she will emerge triumphant because her novels genuinely are funny and sexy and cosmopolitan in a manner that doesn’t exist today.'
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fairyland.substack.com/p/make-book-...
This week in the @thetls.bsky.social, Miles Leeson from @chiunipress.bsky.social writes on Murdoch's poetry.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470920...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470920...
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This week in the @thetls.bsky.social, Miles Leeson from @chiunipress.bsky.social writes on Murdoch's poetry.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470920...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470920...
They're here! Ready for the @chiunipress.bsky.social launch on Saturday 8th November.
October 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
They're here! Ready for the @chiunipress.bsky.social launch on Saturday 8th November.
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24 October 1945:
Sartre gives a lecture on existentialism in Brussels and one Iris Murdoch is in the audience.
From her notes, this was clearly a version of the now rather famous lecture he was to give in Paris five days later.
Sartre gives a lecture on existentialism in Brussels and one Iris Murdoch is in the audience.
From her notes, this was clearly a version of the now rather famous lecture he was to give in Paris five days later.
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
24 October 1945:
Sartre gives a lecture on existentialism in Brussels and one Iris Murdoch is in the audience.
From her notes, this was clearly a version of the now rather famous lecture he was to give in Paris five days later.
Sartre gives a lecture on existentialism in Brussels and one Iris Murdoch is in the audience.
From her notes, this was clearly a version of the now rather famous lecture he was to give in Paris five days later.
Coming up at @kebleoxford.bsky.social this Friday!
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Coming up at @kebleoxford.bsky.social this Friday!