Leonora Carrington's Hearing Trumpet

Surrealist Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) has come to unprecedented prominence for her esoterically-charged, haunting, painting and sculpture. However, she was  also a writer of astounding power. Her novel The Hearing Trumpet reveals a hidden world of magic, mystery and mythic power inside a home for elderly women. The artist who filled her paintings with alchemical symbols, goddesses, shapeshifters and magic brings them all to vivid life in this book which reveals the power of deep listening to transform a world on the brink of apocalypse. This engaging  illustrated lecture introduces Carrington, the remarkable novel, and the magical themes in her work. Join us.

Dr Kate Laity is an award-winning author, scholar & critic, serving both as History Witch for Witches & Pagans and as Associate Professor of English at the College of Saint Rose. Her books include How to Be Dull, White Rabbit, Dream Book, A Cut-Throat Business, Lush Situation, Owl Stretching, Unquiet Dreams, Chastity Flame, and Pelzmantel. She has edited My Wandering Uterus, Respectable Horror, Weird Noir, Noir Carnival and Drag Noir, plus written many short stories, scholarly essays and songs.