Booker Prize 2021
The Promise by Damon Galgut has won the 2021 Booker Prize. The book describes the decline of a bigoted South African family during South Africa’s transition out of apartheid.
Elizabeth Cassie
Elizabeth Cassie trained for the theatre at the Rose Bruford Drama School and began her career in repertory. After some years in the theatre she moved into radio and for…
The Golden Age of Illustrated Books 1880’s-1920’s
Our Oct ’21 speaker was John Robert Smith, manager of Chichester’s Oxfam Bookshop who spoke on the Golden Age of British Book Illustration 1880s-1920s. He is an avid collector of…
My Dear Miss Terry
On Wednesday 1st September, ’21 the Chichester Literary Society was treated to a performance by two professional actors: Jean Rogers and Paddy O’Keefe. The play, in two parts, dramatized the…
Peter Parker
Peter Parker will be joining us on November 3rd, 2021. We look forward to his presentation on Christopher Isherwood. He is the author of two books about the First World…