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The Sylvia Townsend Warner Society
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An account dedicated to the writer Sylvia Townsend Warner, and for news from the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society https://townsendwarner.com/
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Dr Harriet Baker will be giving the 2025 Sylvia Townsend Warner Lecture on Wednesday 22 October at 5.30pm, at UCL. Her subject is ‘Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Old Teapot: Archives, Objects and Life-Writing‘. For tickets to the in-person event or to watch online, go to: bit.ly/3KSe26Q
Photo of Dr Harriet Baker standing in a doorway, wearing aa white shirt.
October 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Announcing a conference in London in May 2026, to mark the centenary of Lolly Willowes, Sylvia's first and best-known novel.
townsendwarner.com/lolly-willow...
Detail of the 2016 Siruela (Spanish) edition of Lolly Willowes, showing a cat with the title written on its white chest.
July 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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The Sylvia Townsend Warner Society is pleased to announce the Mary Jacobs Memorial Essay Prize 2026. The aim of the Prize is to encourage further study of the writings of Sylvia Townsend Warner, in honour of the distinguished work of Dr Mary Jacobs. townsendwarner.com/mary-jacobs-...
Headshot of scholar Dr Mary Jacobs
July 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Looking forward to the STW Society summer outing, this time to Sylvia and Valentine's Norfolk haunts, on 26 and 27th July! All members welcome!
Ruins of abbey among reeds, with river bank in the foreground, lots of blue sky
June 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM