Next Meeting

Wed 3 June

Affaires Criminelles

A short history of crime fiction in French

Presented by Bill Alder

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Meeting Venue

Boxgrove Village Hall,

PO18 OEE

Large free car park and a bus stop at the venue.

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Wed 3 June

2pm

Affaires Criminelles

A short history of crime fiction in French

Presented by Bill Alder

Modern crime fiction in France emerged in the mid-nineteenth century and is the best-selling literary form in France today. Bill will cover the origins of the genre and some of its early iconic authors before moving to the twentieth century greats such as Georges Simenon. He will also talk about television and film adaptations.

See below Photos and reports (Journal/Talks page) from our April and May ’26 meetings.

Local Literary News and Events

New book shop in South St. Chichester!

Open Mic Poetry Chichester

For more information please go to the website below.

http://www.sdpf.org.uk/programme/

Guest poets launch each session followed by an open mic. Listeners equally welcome. 7.30pm

JUBILEE HALL, NEW PARK CENTRE, CHICHESTER, PO19 7XY.

One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.

Carl Sagan

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

Mary Wortley Montague.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.The man who never reads lives only one.

George R.R. Martin

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.

Jean Rhys

We welcome old and new members and visitors to Boxgrove Village Hall.

Dr Martin Radford seated at May '26 meeting.

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‘I’ve been very honoured to be Patron of The Chichester Literary Society – and, in its earlier incarnation, The West Sussex Literary Society. The committee can always be relied on to produce a lively and varied programme of events, and the quality of the members ensures informed and intelligent discussion. At a time when the very existence of the book seems to be under threat, it is good to know there is at least one place – the CLS – where the love of literature is healthily thriving.’

Simon Brett

Chichester Literary Society

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