Remembering Sylvia Townsend Warner in 2024

Posted by The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society editorial office on 2024-12-05

On the anniversary of her birth, UCL Press marks the life and works of Sylvia Townsend Warner. Born on 6th December 1893, Warner was an English novelist and poet. In 1925 Warner published her first collection of poetry, The Espalier and her first novel, Lolly Willowes, published the following year, establishing her as a literary talent, a contemporary of Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes. Warner [...]

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The 2023 Sylvia Townsend Warner Lecture

Posted by The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society editorial office on 2024-12-05

The Sylvia Townsend Warner Lecture took place on 18th October this year at the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies and also as an online webinar. This bi-annual lecture run by The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society and supported by UCL Press, offers the opportunity to hear from acclaimed writers whose work touches on Sylvia Townsend Warner’s life and works. This year the lecture was [...]

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