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Adelante Argentina Canning House explores and celebrates Argentine culture in June BORGES: THE MAKING OF A WRITER IN ARGENTINA Talk by Edwin Williamson, University of Oxford 07 June, 6:30pm To mark the recent publication by Seix Barral of BORGES: UNA VIDA, the Spanish edition of his biography, Edwin Williamson will speak about his experience of researching and writing about the life and works of the most influential author in the Spanish language since Cervantes. Edwin Williamson holds the King Alfonso XIII Chair of Spanish at Oxford and has been a Professorial Fellow of Exeter College since 2003. His books include The Penguin History of Latin America, and the biography, Borges: A Life, published in 2004 by Viking Penguin. Entrance: £3 members/£5 non-members of Canning House ADELANTE ARGENTINA Opening of a photographic exhibition by Dylan Thomas 12 June, 6:30pm These Adelante Argentina portraits, on show at Canning House from 12 - 29 June, represent a broad cross section of prominent, young, enthusiastic, professional Argentinean men and women who are not only succeeding within their chosen profession, but are also striving to positively change the perspective of their profession both in Argentina and throughout the world. Photographer Dylan gained early recognition from within the industry whilst assisting Lord Snowdon. This involved photographing Her Majesty the Queen for her 80th birthday. He is now based in London. He freelances for the Sunday Times Magazine and is commissioned by other high profile clients that take him worldwide. Adelante Argentina has been supported by Olympus Cameras and Mineral Resources International (UK) Ltd. Free entrance ENGLISH BREAKFAST by Juana Libedinsky Book Launch 21 June, 7pm From football to sex scandals, from Salman Rushdie to Doris Lessing, a panoply of British obsessions and personas is subjected to Juana Libedinsky's cool Argentinian gaze. Written by the cultural correspondent of La Nación (Argentine national daily) with the support of the British Council, its first edition sold out in one week. Newsweek Argentina called it "required reading", El País (Uruguay) "a true pleasure" and La Nación, "brilliant". "This will become the cult book of the year", wrote John Thompson (author of "The Media and Modernity" and director of the Department of Sociology and Politics, Cambridge University ). The book will be presented by John Naughton, director of the Wolfson Press Fellowship, University of Cambridge and Dan Rosenheck, Argentina Correspondent for The Economist. Free entrance Concert: DEL PLATA'S TANGO Latin American Quintet revisits Piazzolla on the 15th anniversary of his death 29 June, 7:30pm DelPlata is an ensemble of classically trained musicians originally brought together in October 2005 by their shared passion: the music of Astor Piazzolla. The great Argentinian musician combined elements of classical, jazz and traditional music in his compositions, leading to a revolutionary style: el 'Tango Nuevo'. Inspired by this, DelPlata also spans genres. Their eclectic repertoire ranges from 1920 to 2005, although Piazzolla's masterpieces remain at the heart of their performances. DelPlata's motivation is to share and unveil this exciting music to European audiences, in the belief that it can provide a means of bringing people of varying cultural backgrounds and interest together. Entrance: £8 members of CH/£12 non-members Advance payment only This event is kindly supported by BAT For all events: Venue: Canning House Info/rsvp: culture@canninghouse/0207 235 2303 ext 226 Canning House 2 Belgrave Square London SW1X 8PJ Thank you to the Embassy of Argentina for your support