Barbara Pym Society

International literary society celebrating the English novelist Barbara Pym (1913-80). Occasional tweets only... please see our website and Facebook page.

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

Our AGM and annual conference takes place 29-31 August at @sthildas_events Oxford. More details and booking via https://t.co/Z0DXoy37jl

[Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford @ChChCathedralOx]

Live now:

@oxforddiocese Ordination of Deacons to the Archdeaconry of Oxford and Dorchester

https://t.co/oyPJJ5mtCn

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

Members to note! Booking is now open for our AGM and annual conference, ‘So Very Secret’: Barbara Pym and Her Society at 30 https://t.co/qP9H3F2t2T at @sthildas_events Oxford 30/8 - 1/9.

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

There may be a ticket or two left... tomorrow is the final day for booking.

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

Time to book our spring meeting Sun 7 April 3-5 at University Women's Club. Julie Summers will talk about Audrey Withers, editor of British Vogue during WW2. Book via https://t.co/Z0DXoy37jl.

[Cathedral Singers of Christ Church @CSCCOxford]

Happy Easter! We return today for our Eastertide residence - Evensong each day* at 6.05pm, and Choral Eucharist on Sunday mornings at 11.05am. Check out the comments below to discover what musical gems we'll be featuring this year...

*excludes Mondays

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

Time to book our spring meeting Sun 7 April 3-5 at University Women's Club. Julie Summers will talk about Audrey Withers, editor of British Vogue during WW2. Book via https://t.co/Z0DXoy37jl.

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

Don’t forget to book for the North American Conference on Jane and Prudence!
https://t.co/xBD7htdIk2
15-17 March Cambridge, MA

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

Pleased to read that @ninastibbe would take Pym novels to her desert island https://t.co/GmOlM9MYLg

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

Could you write a short story featuring characters from any of Barbara's published works? The 2024 Ellen J. Miller Memorial short story competition deadline is 1 December 2023.
https://t.co/loRasiW8nE

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

Save the dates! The 2024 North American conference, focusing on Jane and Prudence, will be held at the Sheraton Commander Hotel in Harvard Square, Cambridge MA, on March 15-17. We hope to open registration early in December. Call for papers end on 17/11 https://t.co/tNHzKu4bV1

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

How exciting. We are the @alliancelitsocs literary society of the month. Do join us and share your love of Barbara Pym.
https://t.co/7Ov5aBDvad

[Sarah Springman #MentalHealthMatters @springman_sarah]

⁦@Barbara_Pym⁩ society welcomed ⁦@JdP_oxford⁩ by chair & ⁦@hilda_beastoxf⁩ alumna #DebFisher & colleagues. All enjoying today’s event & post-prandial fun last night in the SCR, watched over by Baroness KitKat & the Hon. Bournville! Pym-ish? ⁦@AdamsTriona⁩

[Triona M Adams @AdamsTriona]

Thrilled to be talking to David Kynaston @blackwelloxford 'A Northern Wind' is the anticipated new volume in the landmark 'Tales of a New Jerusalem' series. https://t.co/B3fygDvgwH

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

Booking is open until 18 August for our annual conference on theme of Sisterhood
@hilda_beastoxf 1-3 Sept. Details via https://t.co/Z0DXoy37jl

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

Booking is open until 18 August for our annual conference on theme of Sisterhood and AGM...
@hilda_beastoxf
1-3 Sept. Details via https://t.co/Z0DXoy37jl

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

If you are a member and haven't received your copy of Green Leaves yet, it should be on its way. And well worth it!

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

Booking is now open for our annual conference on theme of Sisterhood and AGM @hilda_beastoxf 1-3 Sept. Details via https://t.co/Z0DXoy37jl

[Slightly Foxed | Magazine, Small Press, Podcast @FoxedQuarterly]

For ep 41 of the Slightly Foxed podcast we were joined by @paulajaynebyrne, author of The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym, and @LucyScholes, critic, @parisreview columnist and editor at @McNallyEditions, to discuss Barbara Pym’s writing, life and loves:

https://t.co/7fIhndGuqV

[Slightly Foxed | Magazine, Small Press, Podcast @FoxedQuarterly]

‘Barbara Pym’s novels are easily dismissed as interesting but marginal. But . . . they are full of wit, balance, sly observation and a cheering sense of the ridiculous.’ Frances Donnelly in Slightly Foxed Issue 11

https://t.co/k8AGRAOy3h

[Barbara Pym Society @Barbara_Pym]

110 years ago today Barbara Pym was born in Oswestry, Shropshire. Happy Birthday Barbara! Just time to have a celebratory cup of cocoa before bed...