The relaunched Society journal Ted Hughes Studies is now available to download from our website and has been emailed to members. It includes writing on Capriccio, Hughes and Ovid, Hughes's work as a teacher, Hughes's relationship with Peter Redgrove, and Hughes's admiration of Keith Douglas.

The latest issue of Recklings has landed in members' inboxes, featuring writing on Hughes and Shakespeare, Hughes and D H Lawrence, and an update on the next society conference.

If you're not a member, you can join here:
thetedhughessociety.org/join

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Arvon is fundraising for its redevelopment of Lumb Bank, the former home of Ted Hughes in West Yorkshire, to improve sustainability and accessibility, as well as creating new spaces and resources, including a library of Northern writers. 

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/lumbbank

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A belated Happy New Year from the Ted Hughes Society!

2025 sees the tenth international Hughes conference taking place in Cambridge in September. See below for the call for papers:

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A special talk titled 'Ted Hughes and Calderdale' is taking place on 14th December at Bankfield Museum, Halifax. Dr David Rudrum and Ruth Crossley will be discussing Hughes relationship with the Calder Valley.

museums.calderdale.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...

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On 25th September at 7pm, Mark Wormald, Terry Gifford and Steve Ely will lead an online discussion of Hughes's collection 'Season Songs'.

This event is reserved for Society members and more details will follow in the next issue of Recklings.

On this day in 1930, Edward James Hughes was born in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire. He would go on to become a towering figure in twentieth century literature, serving as Poet Laureate from 1984 till his death in 1998.

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We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of the Ted Hughes Society Journal is available online for free:

thetedhughessociety.org/the-ted-hugh...