Things are building up nicely for what is turning out to be a mini Larkin festival in Beverley, East Yorkshire, a town that meant a

As an accompaniment to ‘Home Is So Sad’ the first ever Philip Larkin Exhibition to be held at Beverley Art Gallery, join local poets and

The Philip Larkin Society is delighted to be collaborating with the Beverley Art Gallery in East Yorkshire to produce what will be the first every

We announce the sad news that Eddie Dawes, our former Chairman, died on Friday 3rd March after having been admitted to hospital with pneumonia. His

We had not organised a conference since 2019 with Covid creating so many barriers in the way. But as 2022 began, confidence in face to

It’s that time of year again, looking ahead to Christmas and New Year, and the PLS have just released two new excellent items for our

The Philip Larkin Society, in conjunction with The University of Loughborough and local author and tour guide Lynne Dyer, are pleased to announce the first

Larkinworld 2 is the development of an exhibition by D J Roberts first shown at the National Poetry Library, London, in 2017 and now to

Three years in the making, a long and difficult journey through pandemic, lockdown and huge funding difficulties and we made it through. Larkin100 finally got

At the invitation of the Philip Larkin Society, Poet Laureate Simon Armitage will give a poetry reading to mark the centenary of Larkin’s birth on

Larkin100 presents ‘Finding Home’ Hull Truck Theatre, Tuesday 9 August 2pm On what would have been Philip Larkin’s 100th birthday, writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet

For the first time ever, and fittingly in the centenary year of Larkin’s birth, PLS held its AGM and Annual Distinguished Guest Lecture in Coventry

The Philip Larkin Society was delighted to host the AGM of the Alliance of Literary Societies in Hull over the weekend of 20 – 22nd

The PLS is proud to be an organisational partner in the Alliance of Literary Societies and even prouder, in this Larkin centenary year, to be

The Philip Larkin Society is delighted to welcome our new President, journalist, author and advocate for poetry and the arts, Rosie Millard OBE. Rosie says:

The Philip Larkin Society has a formal structure which helps us to run effectively. This has allowed us to appoint a President (Anthony Thwaite 1930-2021)

We are deeply saddened by the passing of the President of the Philip Larkin Society, Anthony Thwaite.  Anthony has held that role since the foundation

On this month’s podcast, Zachary Leader discusses the Larkin-Amis friendship: “…deprivation and restriction powered a really violent, mocking satire. They made fun of all kinds

Sadly, the current pandemic has robbed us of the chance to get together in person this year for our customary December commemoration. However, we are

‘Now you’ll be wondering what I thought of The Secret Garden,’ ^Philip Larkin wrote to Monica Jones on 24th June 1953,’ Well I thought it