Thursday, 1 August 2019

Sixtieth session - 2019/2020

Programme

10 September 2019
Liz Holt will give the Presidential Address entitled 
Feminist Visions of the Future: "Woman on the Edge of Time" Marge Piercy, "The Handmaids Tale" Margaret Atwood, "The Power" Naomi Alderman

24 September 2019
"Brother of the More Famous Jack" - an introduction to W B Yeats and his poetry - Alison Wikner

9 October 2019
Book reviews

22 October 2019
Patrick White, the Nobel Prize-Winning Australian author, "Riders in the Chariot" 1961 and his autobiography "Flaws in the Glass" 1981 - Sonja B-Christiansen

5 November 2019
Alice and Lewis - Maureen Dyer

19 November 2019
THE MARION LARGE MEMORIAL LECTURE The Posthuman condition in twentieth century Science Fiction - Gul Dag

3 December 2019
Christmas Miscellany

7 January 2020
New Year's party and buffet

21 January 2020
"Lost in Neverland": The life of J M Barrie - Lynne Featherstone

4 February 2020
"The Death of Bessie Smith" by Edward Albee - Cecile Oxaal

18 February 2020
Short papers presented by Members

3 March 2020
"But what was a Girl to Dombey and Son!" - Frances Ramsden

17 March 2020
"Diaries, what's the point?" - Wendy Hunter

31 March 2020
Annual Dinner

7 April 2020
Annual General Meeting

New venue

The Community Centre is in the throes of changing ownership and it is not certain that the Club will be able to continue to hold its meetings there. Starting with the new 2019/2020 session, meeting will be at the Avenues Centre, Park Avenue, Hull HU5 4DF. Visitors will continue to be welcome - contact the Secretary for information.