William Golding was born on 19th September, 1911, at his grandparents’ house in Newquay, Cornwall. The house, called Karenza – Cornish for ‘love’ – was aptly named since Newquay, and Cornwall more gen...

Each episode of the BBC’s adaptation of Lord of the Flies focuses on one of the boys on the island. Episode 1 followed Piggy (David McKenna), and we first see his hand, reaching out for his iconic gla...

We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of actor Sam Neill.

Aimée de Jongh has won the Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal for Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel!

Aimée de Jongh has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration for Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel!

The TV adaptation of Lord of the Flies has been nominated in two categories in the 2026 Gotham Television Awards.

To mark the publication of William Golding: The Faber Letters, join editor Tim Kendall and the author's daughter, Judy Golding for an online discussion featuring readings.

Casting has been announced for the forthcoming BBC adaptation of Lord of the Flies! The 4-part series will be written by Jack Thorne (Enola Holmes, Adolescence), […]

Updated for 2020! On 19th June 1993, William Golding died at his home in Cornwall, looking out of the window, perhaps watching the rise of the […]

This is a post by Judy Golding Carver, William Golding’s daughter and CEO of William Golding Limited. An earlier version of this piece was published […]

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William Golding and the problem with Goodness - A Reflective Study Day led by Professor Tim Kendall, Exeter University

The first title that springs to mind at the mention of William Golding’s name is most often Lord of the Flies. The classic story . . .

Perilous journeys, a crocodile god’s curse, Lord of the Flies as a graphic novel and more

The Nobel Prize winning author, William Golding, responded powerfully to his experiences in World War Two.