Pauline Melville to deliver Mittelholzer lecture

Pauline Melville

Novelist Pauline Melville, most recognised for her book Shape Shifter, will deliver the annual Mittelholzer Memorial Lecture at the Umana Yana, Kingston on Thursday, November 29.

The Ministry of Culture will sponsor the event which aims to honour renowned Guyanese Novelist Edgar Mittelholzer, famous for acclaimed novels My Bones and My Flute, Children of Kaywana and A Morning at the Office among others.

The ministry said the lecture was “intended to foster a sense of national pride in things Guyanese, especially Guyanese literature. Although the