All members of The Powys Society can
save £16.25 when they buy the two latest
additions to
to the
Uniform Edition of the Collected Letters of John Cowper Powys (please
click
here for further details). If you are not a
member of the Society already this is an additional incentive to
join.
The Spring issue (No.15) of the
excellent la lettre powysienne is now available and highly
recommended. More details
here.
A Powys
Meeting in Ely
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Saturday 14th June 2008
at The Old Fire Engine House, Ely
A discussion meeting with
Glen Cavaliero,
Cicely Hill and
Chris Gostick, on
two chapters from
Porius:
chapters IV 'The Tent' and V 'The Henog' (pages 79-105 in the
new edition).
Programme
Meet from 11 am on to start at noon.
Lunch at the Fire Engine House [www.theoldfireenginehouse.co.uk].
Afternoon session chaired by
Glen Cavaliero
To book lunch and for advice on travel, phone
Sonia Lewis 01353 688316 or email
soniapotlewis@phonecoop.coop
(this group must be limited to 15)
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The Dandelion Club
- (The Friends of Llewelyn Powys)
'Celebrating the life, work and philosophy
of Llewelyn Powys: one of England’s foremost freethinking authors, whom we
believe to be an exemplar worthy of our primary philosophical and literary
considerations.
The exceptional style and quality of his
intuitively informed work forms the basis of both our study and our
enjoyment, and we dedicate ourselves to the study and promotion of the
principles reflected in his life, work and natural philosophy.'
For further details of the Club,
its
Newsletter and
Annual Gathering on 13th August in East
Chaldon, please
click
here. |
~ In The Daily Telegraph,
3rd May
2008, in a feature Books that touched our Souls eight 'star writers' of
the newspaper listed their five particular favourites. At the top of his
lists,
columnist, Simon Heffer, chose Wolf Solent with the comment: “This brooding work depicts England and the English temper, but also a
man’s struggle with his wife, mistress and mother.”
(His other
choices were Ulysses, The Way of All Flesh, Du côté de chez Swann,
and Bouvard et Pécuchet).
~ In the April issue of DORSET LIFE, a
four page photo feature on Chaldon Herring. Under the photo of Llewelyn's
memorial stone is the caption: "Llewelyn Powys was the most successful
writer of them all, although the literary purists may give a higher place to
his brothers, John and Theodore." !!
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The Powys Society Conference for 2008 'OTHER DIMENSIONS' will be held
at the University of Chichester, Bishop Otter Campus, College Lane,
Chichester, West Sussex from 4 p.m. Friday 29 August to 3 p.m. Sunday
31 August 2008. More information
here.
If you have news of forthcoming publications, events or exhibitions which
you think will be of interest to Powys Society members, please email
here with the details. Thank
you.
