A Tender Lady Chatterley

Alison MacLeod live streamed from London

Alison MacLeod’s historical novel Tenderness is a powerful recreation of the origins of D. H. Lawrence’s scandalous love story, Lady Chatterley’s Lover. From the author in exile, dying bereft in 1930s France, to the high drama of the obscenity trial, MacLeod’s novel captures the 20th century conflicts over censorship and sexuality. She talks about the power of literature to disturb, our urge to repress and the resonances of this historical chapter for our time.

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Alison MacLeod is the author of novels The Changeling, The Wave Theory of Angels, Unexploded (longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize) and two story collections. Her latest novel, Tenderness, was named a book of the year by The New York Times.

Felicity Plunkett is an award-winning poet and critic. Her books are A Kinder Sea, Vanishing Point and the chapbook Seastrands. She was Poetry Editor with University of Queensland Press for a decade and edited Thirty Australian Poets.

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