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Introduction to the Society

'The Reading and Discussion of Works by the Powyses'

Honorary Officers

President: Glen Cavaliero
Chairman: John Hodgson
Hon Secretary: Chris Thomas
Hon Treasurer:
Michael French

Newsletter Editor: Kate Kavanagh

Journal Editor: Richard Maxwell
Publications Manager:
Stephen Powys Marks

Collection Curator: Michael Kowalewski

The Society attracts enthusiastic general readers and academics from Great Britain, North America, the Commonwealth and Europe. It welcomes everyone interested in learning more about this extraordinary family.

The Powys family and their friends constitute an unusually wide-ranging spectrum of social, literary and imaginative interests.

The founding of the Society in 1967 reflected a feeling among Powys admirers and friends that the special quality of the Powys writings, particularly those of John Cowper, Theodore, and Llewelyn, was not sufficiently recognized. It declared that its aim must be 'the establishment of the true literary status of the Powys family through promotion of the reading and discussion of their works'.

Publications and Conference

The Society publishes a substantial journal and three newsletters a year and has embarked on a publication programme. In addition it organises an annual conference, occasional meetings, exhibitions and walks in areas associated with the Powys family.

Among the many distinguished speakers who have addressed the Society are G. Wilson Knight, Angus Wilson and Glen Cavaliero. In addition we have heard from George Steiner, John Bayley, Iris Murdoch, Colin Wilson, Iain Sinclair, John Gray, A.N.Wilson, Chris Woodhead and Margaret Drabble.

To read the Society's Constitution please click on the link below

The Society's Constitution

 

The Society's Officers

The Honorary Officers of the Society for 2010

The Society's Committee

Members of the Committee of the Powys Society for 2010

Chairman:
     John Hodgson
     66 Kynaston Road
     London N16 0ED
     Tel: 020-7275-9823
     email: xhoni@yahoo.com

Vice-Chairman:
     Timothy Hyman
     62 Myddleton Square
     LONDON ECIR 1XX
     Tel: 020 7 8371933
     e-mail:
timothyhyman@virgin.net

Hon Secretary:
     Chris Thomas
     Flat D
     87 Ledbury Road
     London W11 2AG
     Tel:
020 7243 0168
     email:
chris.d.thomas@hotmail.co.uk

Hon Treasurer:
     Michael French
     Wharfedale House
     Castley
     Ottley
     North Yorkshire LS21 2PY
     Tel: 01423-734874
     email:
mjfrench@waitrose.com

 

      John Dunn
     4, Redland Drive
     Loughton
     Milton Keynes
     MK5 8EL
     email: dr.johndunn@talk21.com 

     Kate Kavanagh
     Sparrowthorn
     Elkstone
     CHELTENHAM
     Gloucs. GL53 9PX
     Tel: 01242 870338
     e-mail:
kate.kavanagh@virgin.net

     Michael Kowalewski
     The Old School
     Melbury Osmund
     Dorset DT2 0LU
     Tel: 01305 83552
     e-mail:
michael.sonam@btinternet.com  

      Stephen Powys Marks

     23 Cleveland Walk
     Bath

     BA2 6JW

     Tel: 01225-469004 or you can email him

 

     Anna Pawelko
     e-mail:anna.pawelko@ntlworld.com 

      Tim Blanchard

     tim.blanchard@btinternet.com

 

All general enquiries regarding the Society should be addressed to: 

Hon Secretary:

Chris Thomas
Flat D
87 Ledbury Road
London W11 2AG

     email here

Publications Manager:

Stephen Powys Marks

23 Cleveland Walk,
Bath

BA2 6JW

    email here

 

Newsletter Editor:

Kate Kavanagh
Sparrowthorn,
Elkstone,
Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire GL53 9PX

     email here

   

The webmaster gratefully acknowledges suggestions and input from the following: Chris Thomas, John Hodgson, Kate Kavanagh, Elaine Mencher, Louise de Bruin, Stephen Powys Marks and Michael French.

To contact the webmaster of The Powys Society please email here

Webmaster Frank Kibblewhite

 

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Often described as one of the great apocalyptic novels of our time, WOLF SOLENT is the story of a young man returning from London to work near to the school at which his father had been history master. Complex, romantic and humorous, it is a classicwork combining a close understanding of man's everyday experience with a delicate awareness of the spiritual.

WOLF SOLENT

John Cowper Powys

A Powys Society Meeting

Mr Weston's Good Wine is the unusual tale of the struggle between the forces of good and evil in a small Dorset village. Its action is limited to one winter's evening when Time stands still and the bitter-sweet gift of awareness falls upon a dozen memorable characters. During the book a child knocked down by his car is miraculously brought back to life; the sign 'Mr Weston's Good Wine' lights up the sky; and the villagers soon discover that the wine he sells is no ordinary wine.

MR WESTON'S GOOD WINE

T.F. Powys

SOMERSET ESSAYS

Llewelyn Powys

Two POWYS DAYS: CAMBRIDGE on Saturday 24 April 2010 and DORCHESTER on Saturday 5 June 2010. Powys Society Annual Conference 2010 at the Wessex Hotel, Street, Somerset, on Friday 20th August - Sunday 22nd August
 

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