The Philip Larkin Society is very sad to announce the death of one of its long-standing trustees, Belinda Hakes. Belinda helped to edit the Society’s journal, About Larkin and during her time as Education Officer organised very successful Larkin Study Days for sixth formers. An exceptional [...]
Our commemoration of Larkin’s death this year is entitled: ‘We need to talk about Philip… New Pespectives’ and will take place at The Royal Station Hotel in Ferensway, Hull. 2.00 Extraordinary General Meeting to approve a revised constitution for the Society. 3.00 [...]
We are pleased to announce that The Philip Larkin Society podcast, Tiny In All That Air has now gone live and you can now subscribe for free through the podcast app of your choice. You can find the taster episode at open.spotify.com/show/5aCJxGGOL… and podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fee… or head [...]
The Philip Larkin Society is very pleased to be supporting The Mechanicals Band, a group of Coventry based musicians and actors who are developing a project exploring the life and work of the poet Philip Larkin through music and theatre. Performances of ‘The Righteous Jazz’ will [...]
The latest edition of About Larkin contains a wealth of material relating to Philip Larkin, including a review of the highly successful ‘Philip Larkin: Personality, Poetry, Prose’ conference held at Hull History Centre in June and the joint conference held with the Thomas Hardy [...]
The Philip Larkin Society is pleased to announce exciting plans for a year long celebration of Larkin’s centenary in 2022. Under the banner of ‘Larkin100’ we intend to work with partner organisations and supporters to encourage and promote the development of a broad range of [...]
We have sold out of large men’s t-shirts! Other sizes are still in stock though. Watch this space for exciting new designs!
The latest edition of the Society’s journal, About Larkin, has just been published. As usual it contains a wealth of valuable material relating to Larkin, including new research findings, reviews, poetry and personal recollections. The journal is free to members. For content [...]
On Saturday 1st December 2018 the distinguished poet and writer, Blake Morrison, will be giving a talk entitled ‘The Deep Blue Air: Larkin and the Idea of Freedom’, at The Royal Hotel, Ferensway, Hull commencing at 2.00 PM. This event is open to non-members. Tickets cost £10 per [...]
The Hull launch of Letters Home 1936-1977, James Booth’s edited edition of the Larkin family letters, will take place in The Observatory, Brynmor Jones Library, The University of Hull, at 6.30 pm on Monday 19th November 2018. James will be ‘in conversation’ with Anthony and [...]
