Michael Brearley (psychoanalyst and former England cricket captain), Monica Ali (author of Brick Lane; author of the introduction to Graham Greene's The End of the Affair, Vintage, 2004; lecturer at Columbia University, New York; photographed by John Follain above), Tim Butcher (formerly Middle East correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, and author of Blood River) and Humphrey Hawksley (senior BBC Foreign Correspondent, and author of Democracy Kills; top photograph) will be among the distinguished speakers at the next Graham Greene International Festival to be held at the writer's birthplace in Berkhamsted (Hertfordshire, England, UK) for four days from Thursday 30th September to Sunday 3rd October 2010.
The international dimension will be enhanced by the visits of Prof. François Gallix (University of the Sorbonne, Paris), Prof. Thomas O’Connor (James Madison University, Harrisonburg, USA) and Dr. Frances McCormack (National University of Ireland, Galway).
Amongst other attractions there will be dramatised readings from plays by Greene directed by Dr. Joe Spence (Master of Dulwich College), and the film of The Ministry of Fear (directed by Fritz Lang, USA, 1944) will be screened at The Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted.
Full details of the programme and tickets will be published soon.