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February 2010
9 February. The Melrose Society. Talk by Dr Robyn Marsack - Scottish Poetry Library - Poems for
Hatching, Matching and Dispatching - and everything in-between. Ormiston Institute, Melrose.
Info from 01835 823768.
22 February. A Poet in the City event featuring Seamus
Heaney, takes place in Hall One at Kings Place, London, 6.30 pm for 7 pm. Held jointly with
the Royal Society of Literature, it willfeature Seamus Heaney in conversation with Bernard O'Donoghue, together with readings
of his poetry by special guests including Andrew O'Hagen, Nick Laird, Jo Shapcott, and Jon Stallworthy. Tickets
£9.50 - box office 020 7520 1490.
23 February. The Melrose Society. Talk by
Professor Ian Campbell - Lost in the Story. Ormiston Institute, Melrose. Info from 01835
823768.
March 2010
Shaw sessions at the Comparative Drama Conference in Los Angeles.
Information from www.shawsociety.org/cdc2010.htm.
5 March - 3 May. Bronte Society. Artist Jo Brown exhibits a series of abstract paintings inspired by
descriptions of weather in Emily Bronte's poems. 'The Sunbeam and the Storm'. Free on admission to
the Parsonage, Haworth.
10 March (2 pm). Bronte Society. Join us for 'Mad, Bad and Sad' with Lisa
Appignanesi. She will be talking about her latest book 'Mad, Bad and Sad: A History of Women and the Mind
Doctors from 1800'. West Lane Baptist Centre, Haworth.
24 March (2 pm). Bronte Society. An afternoon with Persephone Books which reprints
neglected novels, diaries, short stories and cookery books by women writers. West Lane Baptist Centre, Haworth.
April 2010
11 April (2 - 5 pm). Loughton
Festival and Arthur Morrison Society. the Church of the Holy Innocents, High Beech.
the Loughton Festival 'Sketch and Paint' event. Bring your sketch pad and be inspired by the forest, talk to
local artists and watch them work, ask questions and have a go at sketching yourself or bring your own painting materials.
You can also learn about Arthur Morrison who is buried in the churchyard. More detail at 020 8508 2512.
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April (3 - 5 pm). Loughton Festival and Arthur Morrison Society. 'the greatest place in the world':
Dickens, Chigwell and Barnaby Rudge, a talk by Dr Tony Williams, Associate Editor of The Dickensian. £7
(£6). tickets on the door.
22 April. The Trollope Society will hold its 21st
annual dinner at the Tallow Chandler's Hall. All members and their guests are invited. Full details at www.trollopesociety.org/news.php.
May 2010
8 May (10.30 am to 4.30 pm): The
Edward Thomas Fellowship and the Richard Jefferies Society. Fields of Vision, an informal study day
devoted to the lives and writings of Richard Jefferies and Edward Thomas, at Liddington Village Hall, Wiltshire. It
will examine both writers, particularly their shared interests and concerns, and the Wiltshire landscape that they both knew
and wrote about. Keynote speaker: the distinguished poet, novelist and literary scholar, Jem Poster. Also
talks by Richard Emeny, and Terry Lloyd. Cost £15 (£5 for students and unemployed people), including refreshments
but not lunch. More detail at www.edward-thomas-fellowship.org.uk or email martin@envoy.dircon.co.uk.
9 May (start at 10.30 am): The Richard Jefferies Society. Andrew Rossabi (who has
written on Jefferies) will lead a guided walk (with readings) along the east side of Coate Water, at Coate near Swindon,
Wiltshire. It will proceed over Cicely's Bridge to the Gamekeeper's Cottage at Hodson, where walkers
may look around the garden, and the bluebells in Hodson Woods. Returning along the west side of Coate Water (bring a
picnic lunch). Gather at the Richard Jefferies Museum, Coate for a 10.30 am start - event is free.
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- 16 May: The ALS holds its AGM on Saturday 15 May at the annual weekend event which, this year, will be hosted
by the Gaskell Society in Knutsford. See home page for details.
June
2010
12 June: The Arnold Bennett Society, Hanley. The Society's 7th annual conference
at the Forum Theatre, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Hanley. Current call for papers
with abstracts to be in by 1 Feb 2010 - contact moragjjones@gmail.com for detail.
July 2010
9 - 11 July: The John Clare Society.
Annual festival in Helpstone, near Peterborough. More details on the website at www.johnclare.org.uk.
17 July: The Eliot Society. The Little
Gidding Eliot festival. Please see their website for details.
August
2010
September 2010
18 September: The John Clare
Society holds a conference at Nottingham Trent University, on creative responses to John Clare. Begins 9.45/10.30
am and finishes around 4 pm. More detail to come at www.johnclare.org.uk.
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