[Vwoolf] The Winifred Holtby Society and Event in Hull September 2015

[kllevenback at att.net]

Dear Jane et al.--
You may well sight Winifred H., a noteworthy contemporary of VW, in the film version of Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth.
Cheers--Karen Levenback


 


     On Monday, July 13, 2015 1:41 PM, Jane Marie Garrity <jane.garrity at colorado.edu> wrote:
   

  Dear Woolfians,Those of you who attended "Virginia Woolf and Her Contemporaries" may be interested in this information below about an upcoming symposium to honor neglected writer and activist Winifred Holtby. While most of us in the states will not be able to travel to Hull for this one-day event, the organizer (Gill Fildes) has asked me to invite you to write to her and indicate your interest in joining a Winifred Holtby Society. 
Gill has been working hard to relaunch the Holtby Society, but in order to seek funding from outside sources such as The Hull History Center and Somerville College, Oxford, she needs to demonstrate concrete membership numbers. If you are interested in supporting a Holtby Society, please contact Gill directly:  Gill Fildes <corbinhwood at talktalk.net>. 
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Holtby's work, I would draw your attention to her 1924 novel The Crowded Street  (re-published by Persephone Books), her critical study of Virginia Woolf (1932), and her award winning 1936 novel, South Riding, still in print in the UK.  Holtby is a wonderful writer who deserves more recognition and academic attention, so thanks for considering this request.  Happy summer!Jane

Jane GarrityAssociate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
University of Colorado at Boulder
226 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0226Jane.Garrity at Colorado.Edu


Begin forwarded message:

From: "Gill Fildes" <corbinhwood at talktalk.net>
Date: June 23, 2015 4:01:33 PM MDT
To: "Ann Heilmann" <HeilmannA at cf.ac.uk>, "Bush, Barbara" <B.Bush at shu.ac.uk>, "Dr. Diana Wallace" <dwallace at glam.ac.uk>, "Gill Frith" <enras at live.warwick.ac.uk>, "Hopkins, Chris" <C.I.Hopkins at shu.ac.uk>, "Jane Marie Garrity" <Jane.Garrity at Colorado.EDU>, <jdowson at dmu.ac.uk>, "Katharine M Cockin" <K.M.Cockin at hull.ac.uk>, "Liz Woods" <mlizwoods at me.com>, "M Shaw" <M.Shaw at lboro.ac.uk>, "Mary" <mary.joannou at btopenworld.com>, "Patsy M Stoneman" <P.M.Stoneman at hull.ac.uk>, "Sib Oldfield" <sybiloldfield at btinternet.com>
Subject: The Holtby Event in Hull September 2015 update

Hello everyone,
Just to update everyone about the Holtby Event we are holding in September, please find attached the latest flyer. Sorry to those of you who have had it before, but I know I haven’t sent it to everyone. If you could put it up anywhere that people can see it, I would be grateful. I have now been appointed as the organiser by Martin Taylor at the Hull History Centre, which is why I am detailed as the contact for information. I can confirm two of the four paper titles - Prof. Angela V. John’s will be entitled “Bringing Out the Best? Lady Rhondda & Winifred Holtby and Dr. Lisa Regan’s will be “Sides to Middle: Winifred Holtby and the Regional Novel” Cathy Clay and I are still to decide on our titles, but they will follow soon. We also will have a performance by ‘The Hull to Scarborough Line” who will perform Take Back your Freedom – the Life and Times of Winifred Holtby. As soon as I have a full timetable of the day I will send that through to you. The biggest problem we have now is raising funds for the essential bits and pieces we need to pay for, but still keep the event free for the public. Somerville College, Oxford have started the ball rolling with a donation of 150 pounds, but if any of you have a generous benefactor with an interest in Yorkshire community based events would you please point them in the direction of the following website address, where I have set up a crowdfunding appeal.http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/a-celebration-of-winifred-holtbys-life-and-work , Hope to meet up with you all in Hull – in the meantime, any questions I am hereGill Fildes
Swansea




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