WOKINGHAM LITERARY SOCIETY
2021
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
2022
6th January (Z): Janet Ferguson
Prize-winning Debut Novels: Shuggie Bain; My Sister, The Serial Killer and more
3rd February (Z): John Andrew
Nevil Shute: aeronautical engineer and author
Recommended books: No Highway, A Town Like Alice
3rd March(Z): Douglas Irvine
S J Perelman: Humourous writer for the New Yorker and Marx Brothers films
Recommended book: The Most of S J Perelman.
7th April
Annual General Meeting
And planning for the following season
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: TBA
Recommended books are not essential reading for the talk.