Counting Backwards: a quarter-century of The Colour of Memory

This podcast is part of our Geoff Dyer series – a series of recordings from a conference dedicated to Dyer’s work held at Birkbeck, University of London. It features Dr Joe Brooker, Reader in Modern Literature at Birbeck and is presented by Jo Barratt.

This year marks 25 years since the publication of Geoff Dyer’s first novel, The Colour of Memory. Geoff is a multi-award winning writer who has written 4 novels and is also known for his essays. He’s been described by the New York Times as ‘one of our greatest living critics’

6968159862_3eabbd056b_oThe colour of memory series was recorded for Pod Academy at Birkbeck, University London at a conference dedicated to Dyer’s work.

In this podcast, Joe Brooker from Birkbeck University of London, looks back at the colour of memory.

 

Photo by Chris Boland:  www.chrisboland.com

 

 

 

Click below for the other podcasts in the series, produced and presented by Jo Barratt.

What colour was the 1990s?

All at Sea: Soldiers and Slackers in the Writing of Geoff Dyer

Photo: @AlexJohnWill

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