Dr Christopher Pittard
Our November ’26 speaker, Dr Christopher Pittard, is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Portsmouth. His research interests include nineteenth century popular culture and Victorian fiction….
Simon Brett
Simon Brett Simon Brett O.B.E Crime writer Simon has been the Society’s Patron since the inception of the original West Sussex Literary Society. He is not just a…
John Robert Smith
We look forward to welcoming back John Robert Smith who last visited us in January ’23 to talk about Aubrey Beardsley’s illustrations. At our next meeting on September 2nd he…
Dr Mark Aldridge
Dr Mark Aldridge will be joining us for our August 5th meeting and will be talking about Agatha Christie’s Marple. Mark is Associate professor of screen histories at Solent University….
Dr Nicola Wilson
Our speaker for July ’26 is a professor of literature at Reading University. She will be speaking about the history of The Book Society (1929-’69). Her research interests focus on…