Off the Shelf Festival: Lord of the Flies Graphic Novel - Aimée de Jongh and Judy Golding

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Published in 1954, William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies has been at the heart of British literature ever since, one of the BBCs ‘100 Novels that Shaped Our World, with a profound influence on popular culture.

To tie in with the 70th anniversary acclaimed artist Aimée de Jongh has created a stunning graphic novel adaptation of this classic story. Aimée will discuss her adaptation and show images and will be joined by Judy Golding to talk about the continuing legacy of her father’s work.

This event is part of Off the Shelf: Festival of Words from the University of Sheffield. The full festival programme is available here: https://offtheshelf.org.uk/events/

The event is organised by the Off the Shelf Festival. Views expressed at this event do not reflect those of Sheffield Museums.