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Society members might be interested in the following Call for Papers for an interdisciplinary conference “Textual Embodiments: Remediating Mean…

The programme has been announced for “Weird Modernisms”, a major conference organised jointly by the Modernist Studies Association and th…

A significant copy of Ford’s The Good Soldier has appeared on the market, offering a tangible link between Ford and James Baldwin (1924–1987), one of…

We were sorry to learn, somewhat belatedly, of the death of Society member George Wickes, who passed away last October at the age of 102. A longtime …

We have just received the Spring 2026 newsletter from the Alliance of Literary Societies, the umbrella organisation for literary societies and groups…

We were delighted to see Colm Tóibín’s recommendation in this weekend’s Guardian of The Good Soldier as a perfect Christmas gift. We woul…

A few weeks ago we announced forthcoming exhibitions of works by Janice Biala at Frieze Masters in London and at Galerie Pavec in Paris. Society memb…

A new article by Seamus O’Malley, “One of Those Stupendous Mornings of Human Thought”: Ford’s Cycles of Literary History, has just been publish…

Society members might be interested in an article “Ford Madox Ford’s Letters, Life Writing, and Editing for a New Era” by Max Saunders an…

Jason Andrew, Director of the Estate of Janice Biala, has been in touch to share two opportunities to see the paintings of Biala in London (October 1…

The programme is now available for the “Letters and Literature 1500-2025” conference at the Open University on 5, 6, and 7 November, whic…

Ford’s lover Jean Rhys is currently being celebrated in an exhibition at The Michael Werner Gallery in London entitled Postures: Jean Rhys in t…

Stephen Rogers has been in touch to inform us of the news that Patrick Hemingway, Ernest’s second child, died on 2nd September at the age of 97…

We enjoyed this article by Nick Ripatrazone in the Literary Hub about the short-lived but influential magazine the transatlantic review, set up by Fo…

The Elizabeth von Arnim Society is hosting a conference this Friday 11 July, 2025 – both in person in New York City, and streaming online. The …

We were intrigued to read this article by Aaron Rosenberg in Tribune, drawing parallels between Ford and Conrad’s 1901 science fiction novel Th…

Stella Bowen has been featured in this article in Australia’s In Daily, as one of 50 artists celebrated in the Art Gallery of South Australia’s…

“With this new book, our leading Ford Madox Ford scholar distills a lifetime of close reading and study into two hundred pages.” Congratu…