The study and appreciation of the life, works and times of Arnold Bennett
Entries are now open for the Arnold Bennett Literary Award 2020 It is the fourth year the international book prize has been organised by the Arnold Bennett Society in partnership with The Sentinel. Entry is also open to writers living anywhere in the world if their work deals with life in North Staffordshire. Past winners include Guardian […]
Read Article >>Poet John Lancaster won the inaugural Arnold Bennett Prize with his fifth volume, Potters: A Division of Labour. Potters is a humorous and poignant tribute to the workers of Alfred Meakin Pottery, where John had a job between school and university. John now lives in Totnes, but has not forgotten his North Staffordshire roots. He […]
Read Article >>Nominations are now being taken for the 2019 Book Prize. The prize is for books published during 2018. They can be any genre, fiction or non-fiction, and of any length. They must be by a North Staffordshire writer, or set in North Staffordshire. The books must exist in physical form, rather than purely digitally, and […]
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