Our latest newsletter is a pandemic special, full of content that we hope will keep you amused while you wait it all out from the safe confines of your armchair. Rest assured that the ‘featured product’ and ‘on this day’ content will return when the world becomes a [...]

In these days of extreme, house bound, social isolation Larkin aficionados will be pleased to know that a wealth of Larkin-related material is available online to help pass the time and keep the spirits up. Here is a, by no means definitive, range of sources…. Enjoy! YouTube YouTube is, [...]

Sadly, our online shop is temporarily closing. As you know, we are a small charity run by volunteers and we wish to put their safety first at this difficult time. Thank you for your interest in Philip Larkin merchandise and we hope to back in business very soon. Take care of yourselves, your [...]

Winners of the East Riding Poetry Prizes, organised as part of the East Riding Festival of Words 2019, were announced at a prize-giving ceremony at Bridlington Library on Saturday 25th January. The four judges, poets James Nash , Wendy Pratt and Matthew Hedley Stoppard, together with James [...]

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 [...]