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THE ARNOLD BENNETT SOCIETY

The Arnold Bennett Society is dedicated to promoting the works of Arnold Bennett and other provincial writers.
  • A talk in February at the Friends’ Meeting House in Newcastle
  • An annual dinner in March 
  • An annual conference in June
  • Our AGM in October
  • A Literary Lunch in December. 
2017 will be the 150th anniversary of Arnold Bennett’s birth and there will be a full year of celebrations.  Details will appear on our website   www.arnoldbennettsociety.org.uk 
The current society was founded in 1954 in Stoke on Trent, the setting for his Five Town Novels and the majority of our members live in the UK, but we also have member in Australia, Turkey, Italy, India, America and Japan.
The Society’s aim since 1954 is to promote the study and appreciation of the life, works and times, not only of Arnold Bennett himself, but also of other provisional writers, with particular relationship to North Staffordshire.
Contacts:
Chairman: Dr Leslie Powner, Honorary Research Fellow Keele University – email: lesliepowner@gmail.com
Vice Chairman and Social Secretary: Barbara Hall-Petite 
Hon Secretary: Carol Ann Gorton - Email address: arnoldbennettscty@btinternet.com 
​Membership forms are obtainable from the website. 
Charity Registration Number 1140053 

Arnold Bennett

Enoch Arnold Bennett
(27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931)
was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film.

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