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SUMMARY:Sanctuary
DESCRIPTION:Marina Warner\, Sanctuary\nEnglish historian\, mythographer\, and author of Inventory of A Life Mislaid\, Marina Warner will discuss her latest book about sanctuary: what it means for people in desperate situations today\, and what refuge and displacement has meant for people throughout history\, and the canons of literature and myth.\n\n \nSaturday 21st June\, 4.30pm\nVenue: St Leonard-at-the-Hythe Church\, Hythe Hill\, Colchester\, CO1 2NP\nTickets: £12 per event / £10 concessions (Students\, Under 27s and Unwaged). All 3 events for £30 / £26 concessions\nBox Office: essexbookfestival.org.uk or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948\n \n\n \nPart of Spirits\, Salons & Sanctuary\n\n\nAn afternoon exploring Spirits\, Salons and Sanctuary in the church of St Leonards through new books by poet and translator Philip Terry\, poet and novelist Clare Pollard and cultural historian\, mythographer and writer Marina Warner. These events are kindly supported by The Bean Trust.\n\n \nTicket Deal\n\n\nMake a day of it! Tickets £12 per event or all 3 events for £30 (Concessions £10 per event or all 3 events for £26).\nDiscount automatically applied at checkout when tickets for all 3 events are booked:\n\n1.00pm - Philip Terry\, Dante's Purgatorio\n2.30pm - Clare Pollard\, The Modern Fairies\n4.30pm - Marina Warner\, Sanctuary\n\n \n\n\n\n \nSanctuary by Marina Warner\n\n\nSanctuary is an ancient right. Historically\, the law enjoyed a long effective life—when it was abolished during the Reformation it had lasted over a thousand years. Once a fugitive had claimed sanctuary\, it was a crime to lay hands on them.\n\nIn this groundbreaking book on the sanctuary\, Marina Warner uncovers the principles that underpin this tradition in myth and history. The quest takes her to explore the concept of hospitality\, the cult of relics\, popular shrines and festivals\, the imagination of place\, and travelling tales.\n\nThe book asks some important questions. What is sanctuary now for refugees\, forced migrants\, and arrivants? What form would a working version of sanctuary take today? How might its memory help develop a counterweight to displacement and loss\, build home and foster belonging? Could stories\, which have always faced the worst experiences of humanity\, also act as a salve\, a route to somewhere new and a site of mutual interaction and understanding?\n\nThis is a book about sanctuary: what it means for people in desperate situations today\, what displacement and flight have meant for people throughout history\, and how ideals of home and coexistence are represented in literature and myth. Sanctuary is born of Warner’s work with the project “Stories in Transit” which organises workshops in the UK and in Palermo\, bringing together young refugees with artists\, writers and musicians to invent or reimagine and perform stories.\n\n \n\n\n\n \nMarina Warner\n[caption id="attachment_5458" align="alignnone" width="300"] Photo of Marina Warner credit Dan Welldon[/caption]\n\nMarina Warner is a writer of fiction\, criticism and history; her works include novels and short stories as well as studies of art\, myths\, symbols and fairytales. marinawarner.com\n\nMarina Warner will be in conversation with Festival Director\, Ros Green.\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n 
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LOCATION:Hythe Hill\, Colchester\, Essex\, CO1 2NP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Folklore Myths & Legends
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