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!
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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