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

PLS continues to move on apace. We are proud to have celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Society with a very special commemorative edition of

Quiz results- Thank you for all the interest and responses. Our top three winners are: Sally Button – 29 James Tarry-29 Alain Sinner-29 Brilliant work!

The Lockdown Larkin Quiz- as the ‘poet laureate of social isolation’, who better to turn to at this time than Philip Larkin? But how well

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

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

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

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

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 are delighted that Coventry, the birthplace of Philip Larkin, is to be the next UK City of Culture commencing in 2021. It is fitting,

The opening of the wonderful new  Larkin Exhibition in the Brynmor Jones Library (of which we’re very proud), combined with Grayson Perry’s visit to Hull

The Philip Larkin Society is delighted to announce that Grayson Perry CBE RA is to be its Distinguished Guest Lecturer for 2017. The event will