International literary society celebrating the English novelist Barbara Pym (1913-80). Occasional tweets only... please see our website and Facebook page.
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Our AGM and annual conference takes place 29-31 August at @sthildas_events Oxford. More details and booking via barbara-pym.org/
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Live now:
@oxforddiocese Ordination of Deacons to the Archdeaconry of Oxford and Dorchester
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Members to note! Booking is now open for our AGM and annual conference, ‘So Very Secret’: Barbara Pym and Her Society at 30 barbara-pym.org/barbara-pym-… at @sthildas_events Oxford 30/8 - 1/9.
There may be a ticket or two left... tomorrow is the final day for booking.
Time to book our spring meeting Sun 7 April 3-5 at University Women's Club. Julie Summers will talk about Audrey Withers, editor of British Vogue during WW2. Book via barbara-pym.org/.
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Happy Easter! We return today for our Eastertide residence - Evensong each day* at 6.05pm, and Choral Eucharist on Sunday mornings at 11.05am. Check out the comments below to discover what musical gems we'll be featuring this year...
*excludes Mondays
Time to book our spring meeting Sun 7 April 3-5 at University Women's Club. Julie Summers will talk about Audrey Withers, editor of British Vogue during WW2. Book via barbara-pym.org/.
Don’t forget to book for the North American Conference on Jane and Prudence!
barbara-pym.org/north-americ…
15-17 March Cambridge, MA
Pleased to read that @ninastibbe would take Pym novels to her desert island dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a…
Could you write a short story featuring characters from any of Barbara's published works? The 2024 Ellen J. Miller Memorial short story competition deadline is 1 December 2023.
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Save the dates! The 2024 North American conference, focusing on Jane and Prudence, will be held at the Sheraton Commander Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge MA, on March 15-17. We hope to open registration early in December. Call for papers end on 17/11 barbara-pym.org/north-americ…
How exciting. We are the @alliancelitsocs literary society of the month. Do join us and share your love of Barbara Pym.
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@Barbara_Pym society welcomed @JdP_oxford by chair & @hilda_beastoxf alumna #DebFisher & colleagues. All enjoying today’s event & post-prandial fun last night in the SCR, watched over by Baroness KitKat & the Hon. Bournville! Pym-ish? @AdamsTriona
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Thrilled to be talking to David Kynaston @blackwelloxford 'A Northern Wind' is the anticipated new volume in the landmark 'Tales of a New Jerusalem' series. eventbrite.co.uk/e/david-kyn…
Booking is open until 18 August for our annual conference on theme of Sisterhood
@hilda_beastoxf 1-3 Sept. Details via barbara-pym.org/
Booking is open until 18 August for our annual conference on theme of Sisterhood and AGM...
@hilda_beastoxf
1-3 Sept. Details via barbara-pym.org/
If you are a member and haven't received your copy of Green Leaves yet, it should be on its way. And well worth it!
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Booking is now open for our annual conference on theme of Sisterhood and AGM @hilda_beastoxf 1-3 Sept. Details via barbara-pym.org/
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For ep 41 of the Slightly Foxed podcast we were joined by @paulajaynebyrne, author of The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym, and @LucyScholes, critic, @parisreview columnist and editor at @McNallyEditions, to discuss Barbara Pym’s writing, life and loves:
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‘Barbara Pym’s novels are easily dismissed as interesting but marginal. But . . . they are full of wit, balance, sly observation and a cheering sense of the ridiculous.’ Frances Donnelly in Slightly Foxed Issue 11
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