WOKINGHAM LITERARY SOCIETY
Programme 2023 to 2024
2023
21st September: History and Mystery
Anita Frank (Guest Speaker)
Anita writes historical mysteries concerned with the effects of war. She studied English and American History at UEA and lives in Berkshire.
Recommended books: The Lost Ones, The Return, The Good Liars
19th October: Enquiring minds: Samuel Pepys, Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke and the Royal Society
Douglas Irvine
16th November: Queens of Spades: Contract Bridge in Literature
Martin Hughes
7th December: Christmas Party: Christmas readings and a quiz
Chris Davies
2024
18th January: Novels of the 1930s: popular or problematic but still pertinent?
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Angela Wade, Sheila Wilson, Pat Vokes
15th February: Desert Island Books: members are asked about their life and the books that are significant for them
Tony King (Interviewer)
4th April: J L Carr: the varied achievements of an English eccentric
Eileen Davis
Recommended books: A Month in the Country, The Harpole Report
18th April: Annual General Meeting
and planning for the following season
16th May: Writing in the Digital Age
Julie Manning (Guest Speaker)
Julie is a local internet author and self-publisher.