Larkin Conference

8-9th of December 2022, The University of Hull, UK. Funded by @PLSOC and Larkin100. Please send abstracts to [email protected], deadline October 7th.

[SHIPS in the SKY🚢Hull @shipsinthesky63]

J. Arthur Rank was born in Hull #OTD in 1888. @BlanchePictures was once commissioned by #hulltimebasedarts to make a film to be projected onto the side of Clarence Flour Mill in Hull which was once the Rank Hovis Mill belonging to the Rank family. …Hull connections. 🥰

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Rachel Cooke gives an overview of her time in Hull for the #LarkinConference2022. Read below.

[Rachel Cooke @MsRachelCooke]

Wrote my Notebook in Hull https://t.co/EhHMxAZnCq

[SHIPS in the SKY🚢Hull @shipsinthesky63]

Almost time for our presentation and film. We’re in such good company here at @LarkinCon and @vickyfoster_ is in fine fettle.

“You can’t sink a ship that sails in the sky’ by @anti_caking as part of his ‘Light Nights’ 2021 series 📸

[Francesca Gardner @frankiegardner_]

Really enjoyed presenting on Larkin's machines @LarkinCon today! And great to hear so many thought-provoking papers - looking forward to tomorrow #LarkinConference2022 @PLSoc

[Julian Wild @wild_julian]

A wonderful talk by keynote speaker @MsRachelCooke on Day 1 of #Larkinconference2022 @UniOfHull “The First Stone: From Castigation to Cancel Culture - Philip Larkin 1992-2022”🙂📚🎤👏

[Julian Wild @wild_julian]

Dr Stewart Mottram of ⁦@UniOfHull⁩ with a sparkling paper “The Poet as Critic: Larkin on Andrew Marvell” (Hull’s earlier great poet)🙂📚🎤 #Larkinconference2022 ⁦@PLSoc⁩

[Julian Wild @wild_julian]

#LarkinConference2022 underway @UniOfHull with a fantastic gathering of speakers including @MsRachelCooke @SuzanneConwayUK #Larkin100 @PLSoc 🙂📚🎤

[SHIPS in the SKY🚢Hull @shipsinthesky63]

Well that’s appropriate! @BlanchePictures and @vickyfoster_ are talking all things @shipsinthesky63 & #Larkin at the @LarkinCon at @UniOfHull today. We’re excited - what a terrific event it promises to be. #LarkinConference #Larkin100 #Hull

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@shipsinthesky63 @BlanchePictures @vickyfoster_ @UniOfHull @PLSoc @BhsMuralHull @chesters_g @PoetDeanwilson6 @jamesbooth100 @ThatVase @LarkinCentre Fabulous t-shirts. We look forward to seeing you later today. It’s a chilly one!

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@skmerrill3 @BenWilko85 @PLSoc @PoetrySociety @FaberBooks @PoetryFound @bodleianlibs You are very welcome. One of the @PLSoc trustees, @DanielDVince, gave a talk for the Barbara Pym society on Larkin and Pym. It was later recorded as a podcast and is available on Spotify if you are interested.

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@skmerrill3 @BenWilko85 @PLSoc @PoetrySociety @FaberBooks @PoetryFound They are indeed archived. They are readily available as a collection from @bodleianlibs, or a selected sample from Larkin’s Selected Letters 1945-1980.

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Click the below link for booking information on the 2022 Larkin Conference!

Not to be at the Larkin Conference is not to be anywhere.

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Places are filling up! Over half taken and only three weeks to go. Booking and full programme available through https://t.co/pwzBll3LUa.

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We are looking forward to having you, Jeremy!