We are pleased to announce that, following the recent AGM, membership fees for 2016-17 are unchanged. Click below to download the relevant form. 2016 Application 2016 Renewal    

Our 42nd AGM, held at the Lawns Centre, Cottingham on 4 June 2016, showed the Society at a high point. Our finances are under no threat, though Jackie Sewell’s clear and comprehensive Treasurer’s Report recommended various economies which have been put into effect. Our wish to take [...]

The current 40-page issue of About Larkin shows a photograph of a smiling Eva Larkin taken by Philip in 1970. It includes facsimiles of communications between Philip and Eva featuring his charming sketches of ‘young creature’ and ‘old creature’.         We also publish a [...]

Saturday 4th June 2016 The Lawns Centre, Cottingham AGM 12.30 followed by lunch at 1.15 pm and at 2.30 pm our distinguished Guest Lecturer: Mark Haworth-Booth (formerly Curator of Photography at the V & A): Larkin the Photographer For tickets contact Carole Collinson Tel: 01482 [...]

  On Sunday April 3rd a group of 36 students and their teachers from Queensland Academy, Brisbane, visited Hull for a Larkin Study Day, hosted by the University and the Philip Larkin Society. They toured the newly refurbished University Library, including a rare opportunity to visit  the [...]

On Sunday 9th August 2015, to mark Larkin’s birthday and the 30th anniversary of the year of his death, a fabulous evening of musical and poetic performances took place at various stages along  Hull’s Larkin Trail, beginning in Spring Bank Cemetery and ending in Ye Olde Black Boy in [...]

  Larkin, Hull & 2017: a talk by Rosie Millard. This event, which marked the 30th anniversary of Larkin’s death, took place at the University of Hull in the Brynmor Jones Library’s new exhibition hall and coincided with the opening of an exhibition of photographs taken by Larkin, ‘A [...]

On Sunday 11th November, the BBC screened ‘Return To Larkinland’  in which AN Wilson retraced the life and work of Philip Larkin. The programme formed part of the celebrations for National Poetry Day and commemorated the 30th anniversary of Larkin’s death. The programme can [...]

You are invited to the LAUNCH PARTY for   at 6pm, Wednesday 7th October 2015 with readings, toads, prints, drinks, nibbles and assorted pondlife. Bring your friends and family along to celebrate! followed at 8pm by LARKIN ON FILM with documentary footage, Larkin poems read by himself, Tom [...]