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Beowulf: Book at Breakfast

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Chewy, crunchy, and full of chthonic flavour: why not start your day with a bowl of Beowulf? 

Date(s)
October 13, 2025 - October 24, 2025
Location
Wolfson Lecture Theatre
Time
10:00 - 10:15

Mon 13 Oct – Fri 24 Oct (Mon-Fri every morning at 10.00-10.15am)*
Wolfson Lecture Theatre 

Over ten nights in 1999 Seamus Heaney read his translation of Beowulf on the iconic BBC Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime. Heaney first encountered Anglo Saxon literature when he studied Beowulf as a student at Queen’s University. That study made such an impression on him that he donated his draft manuscripts and archival material relating to the Beowulf translation, including the corresponding student notebooks, to Special Collections at Queen’s. 

Audio archive courtesy of the BBC. 

*except Fri 17 Oct when it will play during the Translation Day lunch break

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