Welcome to the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society
The Sylvia Townsend Warner Society was launched in January 2000 in Dorchester by a group of enthusiasts, assembling for an inaugural meeting at the County Museum. The main aim of the Society is to promote a wide readership for and a better understanding of the writings of Sylvia Townsend Warner.
We provide a wide range of information on Sylvia Townsend Warner. Please follow the links on the top of each page to learn about Sylvia's life, her works and the reception of her work by the general public and literary critics. Learn more about the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society.
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News
New Publication
Peter Tolhurst of Black Dog Books is publishing this fascinating collection of Warner's non-fiction pieces in June 2012, entitled 'With the Hunted - Selected Writings'. This will be of great interest to all Warner scholars and admirers. To find out more, visit the website at http://www.blackdogbooks.co.uk.
This collection features her monograph on Jane Austen, the ‘Tristram Shandyan’ portrait of her early mentor Theodore Powys, a charming introduction to selections from Gilbert White, The Portrait of a Tortoise, extracts from her guide Somerset, pieces on social etiquette, as well as several unpublished articles together with Warner’s thoughts on the historical novel, women as writers and reflections on her own life in literature.
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Programme For The Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Weekend 29 June - 1 July 2012
At last we have all the details for the Society's weekend in June:
On Friday we are invited to join a symposium organised by the Centre for South-West Writing, University of Exeter, and the Dorset County Museum. On Saturday morning we will hold the Society's AGM in the Library of the Dorset County Museum, followed by a walk around Dorchester to view places of Warner interest. In the afternoon there will be a concert of music and readings, with works by STW and her friends, including the first UK performance of a setting to music of 'Azrael' by Jonathan David. On Sunday we will visit the memorial stone of STW and Valentine Ackland on East Chaldon Churchyard, followed by lunch at the Sailor’s Return.
Please see the flier for our Saturday afternoon concert. And do let us know if you plan to join any or all of the various activities and meals. We are looking forward to an interesting and pleasant weekend.
The Foregone Conclusion - A Story by Sylvia Townsend Warner
The Society proudly presents this story by Sylvia Townsend Warner. It was first published in the New Yorker magazine in 1973. We have now received permission from Sylvia's literary executor to make this story available to the public on our website. Click here to read The Foregone Conclusion.
As a special treat we also offer Mary Jacobs' commentary to that story. It explores the story's central topics and links some of its details to Sylvia's private life.
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