Georges Simenon: Bill Alder
Most of us who attended the August 4th, ’21 meeting of the Society were familiar with the Belgian author, Georges Simenon (1903-1989), because of his best-selling Inspector Maigret books which…
Diary Writing: Simon Brett
Our July ’21 meeting was the first back at Boxgrove since the Covid pandemic lockdown prevented our meetings after our last one held in March 2020. Simon Brett, our patron…
Lord Byron: his heritage of storms, his Romantic inheritance and artistic legacy.
On 4th of March, 2020, Elizabeth Merry presented a fascinating talk on Lord Byron’s life-journey and literary achievements placed in a social, political, literary and artistic context. George Gordon…
Ten Short Story Writers
Alastair Alexander gave us a very entertaining February 2020 talk on his personal selection of short story writers. He started off with Poe, the well known author of dark,…
New Year “Words” Afternoon
Our January 8th meeting featured our annual members’ participation afternoon when twelve members volunteered to read on the theme of ‘New Year’. The readings were varied, interesting, thought-provoking and…