The Elizabeth Bowen Society
@bowensociety.bsky.social
7pm GMT, 26th November 2025 is the date for our Nov. Reading Group.
*The Demon Lover* is our discussion choice.
Join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
*The Demon Lover* is our discussion choice.
Join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
7pm GMT, 26th November 2025 is the date for our Nov. Reading Group.
*The Demon Lover* is our discussion choice.
Join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
*The Demon Lover* is our discussion choice.
Join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
Link below for our November Reading Group.
*The Demon Lover* is our discussion choice.
7pm GMT, 26th November 2025.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
*The Demon Lover* is our discussion choice.
7pm GMT, 26th November 2025.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Link below for our November Reading Group.
*The Demon Lover* is our discussion choice.
7pm GMT, 26th November 2025.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
*The Demon Lover* is our discussion choice.
7pm GMT, 26th November 2025.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
Bowen's WW2 story 'The Demon Lover' suits the season. If you like audio, there are several versions available as podcasts.
Storyscape has a nicely gothic, slightly OTT version, performed by Alex Rogers. See Wild 7 Podcast Network wherever you listen to pods. Episode 5, October 2021.
Storyscape has a nicely gothic, slightly OTT version, performed by Alex Rogers. See Wild 7 Podcast Network wherever you listen to pods. Episode 5, October 2021.
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Bowen's WW2 story 'The Demon Lover' suits the season. If you like audio, there are several versions available as podcasts.
Storyscape has a nicely gothic, slightly OTT version, performed by Alex Rogers. See Wild 7 Podcast Network wherever you listen to pods. Episode 5, October 2021.
Storyscape has a nicely gothic, slightly OTT version, performed by Alex Rogers. See Wild 7 Podcast Network wherever you listen to pods. Episode 5, October 2021.
Spooky read? Try Bowen's *The Demon Lover*. And it's our next Reading Group pick too! Link soon 👻
#ElizabethBowen #bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowenSociety #thedemonlover
#ElizabethBowen #bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowenSociety #thedemonlover
October 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Spooky read? Try Bowen's *The Demon Lover*. And it's our next Reading Group pick too! Link soon 👻
#ElizabethBowen #bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowenSociety #thedemonlover
#ElizabethBowen #bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowenSociety #thedemonlover
Friendly reminder: our pick for our next Bowen Reading Group on 26th November, 7pm GMT, online. We're reading the collection *The Demon Lover*. Link soon to book!
October 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Friendly reminder: our pick for our next Bowen Reading Group on 26th November, 7pm GMT, online. We're reading the collection *The Demon Lover*. Link soon to book!
Save the date!
Our next reading group will be on 26th November, 7pm GMT, online.
Get reading *The Demon Lover* 🍂
In the Collected volume, the stories run from 'In the Square' to 'Mysterious Kor'.
Our next reading group will be on 26th November, 7pm GMT, online.
Get reading *The Demon Lover* 🍂
In the Collected volume, the stories run from 'In the Square' to 'Mysterious Kor'.
September 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Save the date!
Our next reading group will be on 26th November, 7pm GMT, online.
Get reading *The Demon Lover* 🍂
In the Collected volume, the stories run from 'In the Square' to 'Mysterious Kor'.
Our next reading group will be on 26th November, 7pm GMT, online.
Get reading *The Demon Lover* 🍂
In the Collected volume, the stories run from 'In the Square' to 'Mysterious Kor'.
Board nember @nualaoconnor.bsky.social has written a report on Evensong 2025, in memory of Elizabeth Bowen, at St Colman's Church, Farahy.
It's now on the Bowen Society website.
www.bowensociety.com/commemoration/
It's now on the Bowen Society website.
www.bowensociety.com/commemoration/
September 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Board nember @nualaoconnor.bsky.social has written a report on Evensong 2025, in memory of Elizabeth Bowen, at St Colman's Church, Farahy.
It's now on the Bowen Society website.
www.bowensociety.com/commemoration/
It's now on the Bowen Society website.
www.bowensociety.com/commemoration/
Bowen Essay Comp for under and postgrads. See more:
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September 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Bowen Essay Comp for under and postgrads. See more:
Latest News – The Elizabeth Bowen Society share.google/oixUWFDLWnFI...
Latest News – The Elizabeth Bowen Society share.google/oixUWFDLWnFI...
Next Wednesday we have the September Bowen Reading Group.
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free! All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'.
www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free! All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'.
www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
September 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Next Wednesday we have the September Bowen Reading Group.
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free! All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'.
www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free! All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'.
www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
Flowers for Elizabeth from the Bowen Society ahead of her annual memorial at St Colman's, Farahy, which commences shortly.
September 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Flowers for Elizabeth from the Bowen Society ahead of her annual memorial at St Colman's, Farahy, which commences shortly.
Reminder: Farahy - 14th Sep. 2025 - Commemoration of Elizabeth Bowen
Evensong 2025
The Annual Choral Evensong in Commemoration of Elizabeth Bowen will take place this year on Sunday, 14 September, at St Colman's Church, Farahy, at 3:30pm.
Evensong 2025
The Annual Choral Evensong in Commemoration of Elizabeth Bowen will take place this year on Sunday, 14 September, at St Colman's Church, Farahy, at 3:30pm.
September 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Reminder: Farahy - 14th Sep. 2025 - Commemoration of Elizabeth Bowen
Evensong 2025
The Annual Choral Evensong in Commemoration of Elizabeth Bowen will take place this year on Sunday, 14 September, at St Colman's Church, Farahy, at 3:30pm.
Evensong 2025
The Annual Choral Evensong in Commemoration of Elizabeth Bowen will take place this year on Sunday, 14 September, at St Colman's Church, Farahy, at 3:30pm.
Join us for the September Bowen Reading Group - link in bio!
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free! All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'. www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free! All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'. www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
September 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Join us for the September Bowen Reading Group - link in bio!
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free! All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'. www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free! All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'. www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
FORTHCOMING:
*The Aesthetic of Elizabeth Bowen’s Novels - Light, Atmosphere, Fragmentation, and Sensation* (2026) by Diana Hirst
This is the first monograph to evaluate Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘verbal painting’, and the first to acknowledge the influence of the East Kent landscape in her novels.
*The Aesthetic of Elizabeth Bowen’s Novels - Light, Atmosphere, Fragmentation, and Sensation* (2026) by Diana Hirst
This is the first monograph to evaluate Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘verbal painting’, and the first to acknowledge the influence of the East Kent landscape in her novels.
September 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
FORTHCOMING:
*The Aesthetic of Elizabeth Bowen’s Novels - Light, Atmosphere, Fragmentation, and Sensation* (2026) by Diana Hirst
This is the first monograph to evaluate Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘verbal painting’, and the first to acknowledge the influence of the East Kent landscape in her novels.
*The Aesthetic of Elizabeth Bowen’s Novels - Light, Atmosphere, Fragmentation, and Sensation* (2026) by Diana Hirst
This is the first monograph to evaluate Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘verbal painting’, and the first to acknowledge the influence of the East Kent landscape in her novels.
Elizabeth Bowen features in a 1970 BBC documentary currently available to watch on the BBC iPlayer.
Omnibus - Virginia Woolf: A Night's Darkness, A Day's Sail
'I know she was a genius.' EB on VW
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Omnibus - Virginia Woolf: A Night's Darkness, A Day's Sail
'I know she was a genius.' EB on VW
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
September 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Elizabeth Bowen features in a 1970 BBC documentary currently available to watch on the BBC iPlayer.
Omnibus - Virginia Woolf: A Night's Darkness, A Day's Sail
'I know she was a genius.' EB on VW
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Omnibus - Virginia Woolf: A Night's Darkness, A Day's Sail
'I know she was a genius.' EB on VW
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
All welcome to join the September Bowen Reading Group.
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free!
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'. Link in comments.
www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free!
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'. Link in comments.
www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
August 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
All welcome to join the September Bowen Reading Group.
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free!
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'. Link in comments.
www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free!
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'. Link in comments.
www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...
🌹 A little reading reminder for the next Bowen Reading Group 🌹
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*.
Link soon.
#bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowen #ElizabethBowenSociety #lookatallthoseroses #shortfiction #shortstories
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*.
Link soon.
#bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowen #ElizabethBowenSociety #lookatallthoseroses #shortfiction #shortstories
August 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🌹 A little reading reminder for the next Bowen Reading Group 🌹
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*.
Link soon.
#bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowen #ElizabethBowenSociety #lookatallthoseroses #shortfiction #shortstories
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*.
Link soon.
#bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowen #ElizabethBowenSociety #lookatallthoseroses #shortfiction #shortstories
Save the date!
Bowen Reading Group.
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*.
Link to follow soon 🌹
#bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowen #ElizabethBowenSociety #lookatallthoseroses #shortfiction #shortstories
Bowen Reading Group.
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*.
Link to follow soon 🌹
#bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowen #ElizabethBowenSociety #lookatallthoseroses #shortfiction #shortstories
July 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Save the date!
Bowen Reading Group.
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*.
Link to follow soon 🌹
#bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowen #ElizabethBowenSociety #lookatallthoseroses #shortfiction #shortstories
Bowen Reading Group.
24th Sep - 7pm BST - online.
We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*.
Link to follow soon 🌹
#bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowen #ElizabethBowenSociety #lookatallthoseroses #shortfiction #shortstories
Weds 30th July, 7pm - Bowen Reading Group.
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. Lots of wit, poking at snobbery, & beautiful language.
Online. Free!
× In the Collected, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree' x
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. Lots of wit, poking at snobbery, & beautiful language.
Online. Free!
× In the Collected, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree' x
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
July 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Weds 30th July, 7pm - Bowen Reading Group.
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. Lots of wit, poking at snobbery, & beautiful language.
Online. Free!
× In the Collected, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree' x
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. Lots of wit, poking at snobbery, & beautiful language.
Online. Free!
× In the Collected, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree' x
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
‘When I visit other big houses, I am struck by some quality that they all have—not so much isolation as mystery. Each house seems to live its own spell and that is the spell that falls on the visitor from the moment he passes in at the gates.’ Elizabeth Bowen @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
‘When I visit other big houses, I am struck by some quality that they all have—not so much isolation as mystery. Each house seems to live its own spell and that is the spell that falls on the visitor from the moment he passes in at the gates.’ Elizabeth Bowen @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social
Reminder for the July Bowen Reading Group - link in comments!
30th July - 7pm BST - online. Free. All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. 🐈⬛️
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree'.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
30th July - 7pm BST - online. Free. All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. 🐈⬛️
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree'.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
July 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Reminder for the July Bowen Reading Group - link in comments!
30th July - 7pm BST - online. Free. All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. 🐈⬛️
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree'.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
30th July - 7pm BST - online. Free. All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. 🐈⬛️
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree'.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
Bowen Reading Group - link for 30th July - 7pm BST - online. Free. All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. 🐈⬛️
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree'.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. 🐈⬛️
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree'.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
June 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Bowen Reading Group - link for 30th July - 7pm BST - online. Free. All welcome.
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. 🐈⬛️
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree'.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. 🐈⬛️
In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree'.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
Bowen Reading Group - save the date!
30th July - 7pm BST - online.
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*.
Link to follow 🐈⬛️
30th July - 7pm BST - online.
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*.
Link to follow 🐈⬛️
June 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Bowen Reading Group - save the date!
30th July - 7pm BST - online.
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*.
Link to follow 🐈⬛️
30th July - 7pm BST - online.
We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*.
Link to follow 🐈⬛️
Final reminder for our free, online Bowen Birthday lecture tomorrow. Join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
June 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Final reminder for our free, online Bowen Birthday lecture tomorrow. Join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
BIRTHDAY LECTURE Join us for our Annual Bowen Birthday Lecture, with Jessica Gildersleeve. Online - 7th June, 7pm, BST - free!
Christmas at Bowen’s Court: Elizabeth Bowen’s Christmas Ghost Stories.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
Christmas at Bowen’s Court: Elizabeth Bowen’s Christmas Ghost Stories.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
June 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
BIRTHDAY LECTURE Join us for our Annual Bowen Birthday Lecture, with Jessica Gildersleeve. Online - 7th June, 7pm, BST - free!
Christmas at Bowen’s Court: Elizabeth Bowen’s Christmas Ghost Stories.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
Christmas at Bowen’s Court: Elizabeth Bowen’s Christmas Ghost Stories.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
Belfast Bowenites! An afternoon Bowen birthday event for you at Crescent Arts centre on 7th June.
*Reading Elizabeth Bowen* with Tessa Hadley
Saturday 07 June 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
£30 | £25
See @crescentarts.bsky.social for booking info.
*Reading Elizabeth Bowen* with Tessa Hadley
Saturday 07 June 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
£30 | £25
See @crescentarts.bsky.social for booking info.
May 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Belfast Bowenites! An afternoon Bowen birthday event for you at Crescent Arts centre on 7th June.
*Reading Elizabeth Bowen* with Tessa Hadley
Saturday 07 June 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
£30 | £25
See @crescentarts.bsky.social for booking info.
*Reading Elizabeth Bowen* with Tessa Hadley
Saturday 07 June 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
£30 | £25
See @crescentarts.bsky.social for booking info.