Kenneth Grahame Society

Events

3rd-5th September 2010
Kenneth Grahame Society AGM Weekend in London

Friday 3rd September
1030-1200 Coffee morning discussion of Homer’s Odyssey, The Wind in the Willows and Geraldine Poss’s paper "An Epic in Arcadia".
1400-1530 Visit to Bank of England Museum, Threadneedle Street, London, to see Kenneth Grahame-related exhibition.
www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/museum/exhibitions/thewindinthewillows.htm
1900 Dinner. (To be confirmed)

Saturday 4th September - Location: Birkbeck University, Malet St, London.
1030-1130 Annual General Meeting.
1300-1530 Lectures.
Longer Talk (1 hour): Richard Haynes on the Cosgrove Hall adaptations of The Wind in the Willows.
Shorter Talks (10-15 min each): Various, including Jim Peck of the Cookham Society, a presentation of Kenneth Grahame Society Projects and a presentation of 2-3 new 2010 Kenneth Grahame-related publications.

Sunday 5th September
0930-1130 Morning tube ride/walk around 2-3 of Kenneth Grahame’s residences.

Please note that some of the AGM weekend events have limited capacity, so it would be greatly appreciated by us, as organisers, if everyone would contact us to indicate which events they might attend. Thank you. Bookings: admin@kennethgrahamesociety.net.

16th September 2010
Lecture at Greenbank Hotel in Falmouth

"Kenneth Grahame’s Cornwall: The author of The Wind in the Willows and his associations with Cornwall".

Thursday 16th September at 7.00pm at the Greenbank Hotel in Falmouth.

Booking recommended. Please contact the Greenbank Hotel - Tel: +44(0)1326 312440 or Email: reception@greenbank-hotel.co.uk