The centenary of Muriel Spark—the writer “whose wit produced effects and insights only matched in contemporary fiction by the glittering jests of Nabokov” (Shirley Hazzard)—will be celebrated this week with readings of Memento Mori, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and more, by Rivka Galchen, Joseph O’Neill, Gerald Howard, and Joseph Kanon.

A CELEBRATION OF MURIEL SPARK

Thursday, February 1, at 8 pm.

Buttenwieser Hall, 92nd Street Y 

1395 Lexington Avenue, New York City.

From top: Muriel Spark, image credit Museums and Galleries Edinburgh; image credit New Directions Publishing.