NOW BOOKING: 7th Anthony Powell Conference 2013

7th Biennial Anthony Powell Conference
Anthony Powell in the 20s and 30s

Friday 27 to Sunday 29 September 2013
Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, UK

BOOKING NOW OPEN

The Anthony Powell Society is pleased to announce that the 7th international conference, dedicated to the work, life and times of Anthony Dymoke Powell, is to be held at Eton College, Powell's alma mater, on 27-29 September 2013.

The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for the discussion of Powell, his life and his works. The organisers hope to attract Powell academics, enthusiasts aficionados and newcomers to his work alike.

The conference plenary sessions on Friday 27 afternoon and Saturday 28 September provide a forum for discussion of Powell’s life and works with many leading academics and literarists. Delegates will be issued with synopses of the presentations on registration at the conference and all delegates will automatically receive a copy of the proceedings when published. Saturday buffet lunch is included in the delegate fee for the plenary sessions.

On Friday evening there will be a champagne reception and recital of music of 20s & 30s from Dance by Paul Guinery. On Saturday lunchtime there will be a short tour of Eton College and an opportunity to visit the Powell collections in the College Library at the end of the day. There will be a conference dinner on the Saturday evening. On Sunday morning a visit to the nearby Tudor period Dorney Court is being arranged

The Speakers

• DJ Taylor is well known as a literary critic, author and long-time Powell fan
• Peter Berthoud is an award winning City of Westminster Guide and lecturer on London.
• Patric Dickinson is Clarenceux King of Arms and a Vice-President of the Anthony Powell Society
• Paul Guinery is a pianist and BBC Radio music presenter
• Lord Gowrie, President of the Anthony Powell Society, was Minister for the Arts in Margaret Thatcher's administration in the 1980s.

In addition there will be papers on a wide range of Powellian topics given by both academics and Powell enthusiasts.

Conference Timetable and Booking Details
The proposed conference timetable and full booking information may be found in the Conference Booking Leaflet may be downloaded from www.anthonypowell.org/reflib/2013_Conference_Booking_Leaflet.pdf. Alternatively please email conference@anthonypowell.org.

Christmas Prize Competition

We are pleased to announce this is year’s Prize Competition

140-character novel

In recent times authors have taken to writing novels in the 140 character format of Twitter. Your challenge is to write a novel (real or imaginary) by Anthony Powell in just a single 140 character message.

Maximum three entries per person.

The prize is a year’s membership of the Society or Society merchandise to the same value (please state your preference).

Entries by post, fax or email, with your name & address should be sent to:

Prize Competition, Anthony Powell Society
76 Ennismore Avenue, Greenford, Middlesex, UB6 0JW, UK
Fax: +44 (0)20 8020 1483
Email: comp@anthonypowell.org

by the closing date of 31 January 2013.

The winning entry will be the one which most amuses the Hon. Secretary.
The winner will be announced in the Spring 2013 Newsletter.

Competition Conditions
The judges’ decision is final and binding. Entry is open to Anthony Powell Society members and non-members. No purchase necessary. Entries must be original and the work of the person submitting them. Maximum three entries per person. No cash alternative. No correspondence will be entered into. The Anthony Powell Society reserves the right to publish the entries but otherwise copyright remains with the author.

Fundraising for the Society

Thanks to Society Vice-President Julian Allason we now have a new, improved way for UK members to raise money for the Society without it costing a penny more than normal.

easyfundraising.org.uk helps charities, schools, sports clubs, community groups, and other good causes to raise money when their supporters shop online. It works in a similar way to many other loyalty shopping sites, but instead of earning points when you shop, you raise a donation for your cause instead. You can shop with over 2,000 well known stores and each will donate a percentage of what you spend. For example, John Lewis will donate 1%, Amazon 2.5% and Body Shop 6%. It’s as simple as that!

Other retailers include M&S, Argos, Virgin, eBay, Debenhams, Tesco, GAP, Boots and Majestic Wine.

The Society is already registered as a recipient, so all you have to do is visit easyfundraising.org.uk, sign up and choose the Society as your chosen charity.

Then whenever you shop online you access your chosen retailer through the easyfundraising.org.uk site. The resulting sale will automatically generate a donation from the retailer to the Society easyfundraising.org.uk – and you will get to see how much each transaction generates.

In a four week trial I have raised almost £20 for the Society just by doing what I would normally do. Now that has to be worthwhile and knocks spots off what we currently earn in commission from Amazon UK sales.

What is even better is that if you are a UK taxpayer you can also Gift Aid the donation you generate. We get told every quarter how much your donations amount to and we claim the tax back from HMRC. (We do not get to see where the money was spent or on what!)
Yes, it really is as simple as it sounds!

You can also raise extra pennies by using easysearch.org.uk. This free search engine raises funds for your good cause whenever you use it. For regular internet users those pennies will soon accumulate into pounds for the Society.

Raising this sort of income for the Society will all help in the battle to stave off increases in membership subscriptions as well as keeping the website, and APLIST going.

There’s a link to easyfundraising.org.uk on our website – so there’s no excuse for not buying those last minute Christmas presents this way!

We’ll add other non-UK equivalent schemes when we find suitable ones.

In case you can’t see/follow those links the URLs are:

• Sign up at : http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/anthonypowellsociety
• Shop at : http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk
• Our EasySearch is at : http://anthonypowellsociety.easysearch.org.uk/

Anthony Powell London Birthday Lunch

Anthony Powell London Birthday Lunch

Saturday 1 December 2012
1200 for 1230 hrs

First Floor Restaurant
Queen’s Head & Artichoke
30-32 Albany Street, London NW1

Celebrate Powell’s birthday (actually on 21 December) and wedding anniversary with lunch in a gastro-pub close to Powell’s former Chester Gate home

Cost to be confirmed but likely to be around £20 for 2 courses, £24 for 3 courses (plus service and drinks).

This is a pay on the day event, but please book with secretary@anthonypowell.org so we ensure we have reserved a large enough table!

Non-members will be welcome.

Anthony Powell Society AGM 2012

Anthony Powell Society AGM

The 12th Annual General Meeting of the Anthony Powell Society will be held on Saturday 20 October 2012 at the Conference Room, St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL, UK commencing at 1400 hrs sharp.

The formal business of the AGM will be followed by at 1500 hrs by a talk
 
Leintwardine and Powell Ancestral Country: A Photographic Tour
By John Blaxter
 
Members only at the formal AGM; non-members will be welcome at the talk.
Refreshments will be available during the meeting.

If you intend to attend please email secretary@anthonypowell.org.

Members voting papers will be mailed with the next Newsletter in early September.