Kate McLoughlin talks to Joe Moshenska

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Sat, 21 Mar 2026

19:00

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Oxford University Mathematical Institute: Lecture Theatre 3

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On Oxford Literary Festival - Events 2026

Explore the literary history of silence with Kate McLoughlin and Joe Moshenska.

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• Hear Kate McLoughlin discuss silence in Anglo Saxon poems to the modern age.

• Joe Moshenska, author of Making Darkness Light, provides insights.

•Kate McLoughlin explores the power and possibilities of silence in literature.
•The discussion spans 12 centuries of English literature.
•McLoughlin explores how authors create silence through words, including Shakespeare.

Professor in English literature at the University of Oxford and a former barrister

Professor of English at the University of Oxford and author of Making Darkness Light: The Lives and Times of John Milton

Organized by: Oxford Literary Festival

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