Sin, Suicide and Smörgãsbord? The Truth about Swedish Literature: James Vaux
James Vaux was our second morning speaker at our Open Day on Aug 2, 2023. Pat Sparkes kindly took notes on his informative and well illustrated talk which was preceeded…
Rick Gekoski in Conversation with Simon Brett
Rick Gekoski in Conversation with Simon Brett Our August ’23 Open Day audience enjoyed a lively conversation between Rick Gekoski, American born author and rare book dealer and our Patron…
Two Sides of the Story: Charles Dickens and his Illustrators
Fay Shaefer was our opening speaker on our Aug 2 ,’23 Open Day. Kevin Maynard kindly took notes. Two Sides of the Story: Charles Dickens and his illustrators Look…
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….
“Max” Gill – Caroline Walker
Our June ’23 talk ‘Discovering MacDonald Gill’ was presented by Caroline Walker, his great-niece. Caroline Walker’s grandfather was one of the other Gill brothers. The most famous of these was, of…