The study and appreciation of the life, works and times of Arnold Bennett
Due to the Covid restrictions, it has been decided not to have a book prize for 2020. The Society will re commence the Prize in 2022 and will accept books written and published in 2020 and 2021. Updates will be posted when available. The Arnold Bennett Prize is an annual literary award which was instituted […]
Read Article >>Dear ABS Member We hope you are keeping safe and well in these difficult times. We are writing to let you know about the second in our series of ABS Online Talks. This talk will be given by Les Powner and the title is: ‘Arnold Bennett and Arthur Berry: Two Stokies from Burslem. A comparison […]
Read Article >>If you were intrigued by John Shapcott’s article in the latest Newsletter – ‘Lying Prophets: Arnold Bennett reads Eden Phillpotts’ – you might think about buying one or both of the two Phillpotts novels available second-hand from the ABS Bookstall. These are ‘The Three Brothers’ (1909) and ‘The Thief of Virtue’ (1910) published in hardback by […]
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Read Article >>‘I am pleased as Punch that my book won” So said Lisa Blower when interviewed by Jenny Amphlett on winning the Arnold Bennett 2020 Book Prize. and a cheque for £500. Click on the link to read the whole article. Lisa
Read Article >>Arnold Bennett Society Minutes of the Annual General Meeting and Book Award 2020 Held by Zoom at 2.00pm on Saturday 28 November 2020 TAKING PART BY ZOOM Rod Boroughs Jim Bryant Fiona Cole Christine Conlin Carole Cregan John Davies Maire Davies Denis Eldin Alastair Gilchrist Carol Gorton Richard Gorton Jenny Graveson Richard Grieve Ruth […]
Read Article >>Available from Barewall Art Gallery https://www.barewall.co.uk/collections/art-gift-shop and from Staffordshire Film Archive https://www.filmarchive.org.uk/products/bennett-of-the-five-towns £10 – free postage It is also free to view on YouTube – click here to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGvo0aZCNTc&feature=youtu.be Or search: “BENNETT OF THE FIVE TOWNS Compilation” “Bennett of the Five Towns” is an insight into Arnold Bennett’s relationship with the Potteries and his writing […]
Read Article >>ARNOLD BENNETT’S BURSLEM – Heritage Open Days Virtual Tour Our thanks to Trentham Heritage for allowing us to become a guest on their page during the Heritage Open Days last month. We had a total of 371 hits to date. You can now watch again with this link. https://youtu.be/DnQDIb-seRI These are some key buildings and […]
Read Article >>ARNOLD BENNETT’S BURSLEM – Heritage Open Days Virtual Tour Our thanks to Trentham Heritage for allowing us to become a guest on their page during the Heritage Open Days last month. We had a total of 371 hits to date. You can now watch again with this link. https://youtu.be/DnQDIb-seRI These are some key buildings and […]
Read Article >>Update 14 January 2021 Replacement plaques on Bursley Trail There are two current projects highlighting the cultural heritage of Burslem – Arnold Bennett’s ‘Bursley’. Burslem is known as the ‘Mother Town’ in Stoke-on-Trent because of its primacy in the history of the pottery industry. It is home to some of the city’s architectural gems, such […]
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