We are a non-profit educational organization promoting the works and study of Lawrence Durrell, a writer most active in the second half of the 20th century. To support an understanding of Durrell’s place in modernist and postmodernist traditions as well as in a canon of world literature, we sponsor meetings worldwide, publish a newsletter and journal, and provide a number of other resources. Learn more about who we are, what we do, and how to get involved on the Society page.
Join us in Vancouver in July 2026
Our twenty-third On Miracle Ground conference will be 16–18 July 2026. We’ll be returning to beautiful Vancouver to share our thoughts and interests related to the worlds in Durrell’s words. We hope you’ll join us! Save the date, and check out the call for papers on the conference website.
Spring 2026 Herald
The latest edition of the ILDS Herald is out! This issue shares many exciting pieces: an announcement of winners of the 2025 White Mice Poetry Competition; thoughts on Bellepais by Paddy Briggs; Bartolo Casiraghi’s Durrellian tour through Istanbul’s space and history; Rena Schröder’s musings of Gustaf Gründgens’s role bringing Durrell to the German-speaking world; Siarlot Lloyd’s deep dive connecting into Durrellian Macabru to trobadorian Marcabru; the usual features, and much, much more. Huge thanks to Herald editor David Melville Wingrove for making it possible.
Online Discussion of Michael Haag’s New Biography
Join us on Saturday, October 25, for a presentation and discussion of Michael Haag’s new book Larry: A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell 1912—1945. This 90-minute event will be held on Zoom and starts at 10:30 AM in New York (3:30 PM in London; 11:30 p.m in Tokyo). More details, including the presenters and Zoom link, can be found on the event program.
Announcing the 2025 Poetry Competition
We’re pleased to welcome submissions for this year’s White Mice Poetry Competition, with the theme “home port.” The deadline is October 15, 2025. More details can be found on the poetry competition page. We look forward to reading your submissions!
New Book on Durrell
A new collection of essays entitled Heresy and Heterotopia in Works by Lawrence Durrell: Alexandria to Angkor Wat, co-edited by Isabelle Keller-Privat and Anne R. Zahlan, has been published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. Explore it further at: Heresy and Heterotopia in Works by Lawrence Durrell: Alexandria to Angkor Wat: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
