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Programme 2021 to 2022

2021

2nd September:   no meeting this year

7th October:   Ruth Nobbs

J.B. Priestley in World War Two:
a look at some of the author's varied literary and political activities as a public figure before, during and after the war

Our guest speaker is a local speaker who previously spoke to us on Zoom about Priestley's experiences until the end of World War One

4th November:   Joan Clyde

Children in War including Anne Frank and Dita Kraus (the secret librarian of Auschwitz)

2nd December:  Chris Davies (host)

Christmas Party with words and music plus a literary quiz for teams

21st November: A Literary Family; Kingsley Amis, Elizabeth Jane Howard and Martin Amis.

Chris Davies, Pat Vokes and David James

2022

6th January:  Janet Ferguson

Prize-winning Debut Novels: Shuggie Bain; My Sister, The Serial Killer and more

3rd February:  Jill Swale

Reinterpreting "The Merchant of Venice"
Where should our sympathies lie?

3rd March:  Elizabeth Treadgold (host)

Growing up: a themed evening of prose and poetry

17th March:  John Andrew  (by Zoom)

Nevil Shute: aeronautical engineer and author

5th May: Chris Davies, Paul Hammond,
Rosemary Hughes, Pat Vokes

Diarists: a selection of fact and fiction, including Dorothy Wordsworth and Bridget Jones

2nd June:  Martin Hughes

Shakespeare in Ancient Rome
Does Shakespeare celebrate monarchy?

7th July:  Douglas Irvine

S J Perelman: humorous writer for The New Yorker and Marx Brothers films