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Goodnight Mister Tom – Which Version?

Michelle Magorian gave a very moving presentation at our July ’23 meeting on the background to her writing Goodnight Mister Tom and a description of the various versions which have appeared….

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Fay Shaefer

Fay will be our first speaker on Open Day, Aug 2 ‘, 23 at 10.15am. Her talk Two Sides of the Story: Charles Dickens and his Illustrators will examine 19th…

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James Vaux

James Vaux will be joining us on our August 2, ’23 Open Day. He has worked in Sweden for many years and holds an MA in Scandinavian Studies and is…

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Rick Gekoski

Rick Gekoski joined us In Conversation with Simon Brett at 2pm on our Open Day on August 2, 2023. Rick Gekoski is an American author and rare book dealer. He…

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Michelle Magorian

Michelle, our July ’23 speaker is best known for her first novel, Goodnight Mister Tom, which won the 1982 Guardian Prize for British children’s books and has been adapted several…