We are pleased to invite you to a reading and discussion with award-winning writer Caryl Phillips (St Kitts / UK) on 6 May 2025, at 20:00, at Passa Porta in Brussels. Registrations will be opened in February 2025. Sign up here for the registration alert.
Caryl Phillips will read from his powerful new novel Another Man in the Street, which will be released in January 2025. The story cuts to the heart of migration, belonging, and the messy, all-too-human choices that shape our lives. Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, this masterfully woven tale follows Victor, a Caribbean-born journalist chasing his dreams in England, only to find himself navigating unseen borders within borders. Through vivid characters and deeply human dilemmas, Phillips explores the ties that bind — and sometimes break — when people cross oceans, cities, and thresholds of the self. Don’t miss this chance to hear from one of literature’s most profound storytellers, live at Passa Porta.
“I had a mind, and I could think. I sensed that I was different from other boys. I knew, for sure, that I was not going to emulate my father. Was it wrong to want to see the world?”
The reading and discussion will be conducted in English. Questions can be taken in all languages habitually spoken in Belgium.
About Caryl Phillips
Described as “one of Britain's pre-eminent writers” ( Guardian) and “one of the literary giants of our time” (New York Times), Phillips is the acclaimed author of 17 books of prose (among them novels, works of biography, travelogues and literary essays) as well as numerous works for the stage, the screen and radio drama. His works have won numerous prizes. Praised by critics for his versatility of style and approach to character, Phillips’s prose is also singularly readable and captivating, in keeping with the urgency of the subject matter his oeuvre treats and the crucial and timely questions it raises. Phillips has taught at universities across the globe and has been a Professor of English at Yale for more than twenty years.
Books can be obtained at Passa Porta after the reading. Make sure that you receive your copy and preorder here: info@passaportabookshop.be | +32 02 502 94 60
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This reading is part of the lecture series 'Ties that bind us', A cross-disciplinary series organised by the Faculty of Languages and Humanities for VUB’s Public Programme (co-organized by CLIC, SHOC, VISU and BIRMM);