Peter Read, Professor of Modern French Literature and Visual Arts in the Department of Modern Languages, has made several media appearances in France over recent weeks discussing his work on the French poet and art critic Guillaume Apollinaire, following publication of his recent book Apollinaire: Lettres calligrammes manuscripts (BnF / Éditions Textuel, 2016).
First, Peter was a guest, with four other authors, on the hour-long, Bibliothèque Médicis, the main literary talk show on French television, hosted by Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, and broadcast on the evenings of 9 and 10 December 2016. The programme may be viewed at: www.publicsenat.fr/emission/bibliotheque-medicis/le-rendez-vous-des-livres-et-des-auteurs-48730
The most recent was a 20-minute interview on the radio programme Danse des mots, recorded for the French World Service (Radio France Internationale), broadcast on 4 January 2017. The radio interview can be heard at: www.rfi.fr/emission/20170104-read-auteur-ouvrages-manuscrits-apollinaire