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Wallace Collection Powell Centenary Exhibition November 3, 2005 19:07

I, like a number of other Society members, was at the party last night for the opening of the Wallace Collection's Powell centenary exhibition: Dancing to the Music of Time: The Life and Work of Anthony Powell.

I'm not going to try to describe the exhibition (much less the party ), except to say that it is absolutely fabulous. Jeremy Warren, Assistant Director of the Wallace, and his team have put together a wide range of unseen and unsuspected gems of Powelliana including many of the original art works for Powell book covers, Powell's writing desk and filing cabinet and lots of original portraits of Powell and his friends -- plus of course the Poussin painting. The Wallace are to be greatly congratulated on what is an excellent exhibition, and the Society owes special thanks to Noreen Marshall, Hugh Massingberd and Stephen Holden for their work with the Wallace on conceptualising the exhibition.

There is also an accompanying book Seeing Secret Harmonies: Pictures of Anthony Powell. This isn't an exhibition catalogue but contains pieces by Hilary Spurling, DJ Taylor and Ferdinand Mount as well as some images from the exhibition with long explanatory captions. Price Ł6 from the Wallace Collection shop.

The exhibition is a "must see" not just for Powell fans but for anyone interested in literature and authorship.

The exhibition is on until Sunday 5 February 2006. Further details at www.wallacecollection.org.

Anthony Powell 100th Birthday Parties November 1, 2005 21:48

Anthony Powell Society, London
By kind permission of Chapter of the College of Arms, the Anthony Powell Society will be holding a Champagne & Canapés Party to Celebrate Anthony Powell's 100th Birthday at College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4 on Wednesday 21 December 2005 at 1830 hrs. Tickets: Members & guests: Ł20; Non-Members: Ł25 Prior booking essential; please contact secretary@anthonypowell.org for further details.

NE USA Group
To celebrate Anthony Powell's 100th birthday, a champagne luncheon will be held December 21st at high noon at the Century Club, 7 West 43rd Street New York City. Anyone wishing to attend should please contact Bill Warren on +1 212 259 8700 or wwarren@dbllp.com.

Great Lakes Group
There will be a special meeting of the Society's Great Lakes Group on the evening of Wednesday, December 21, Anthony Powell's 100th birthday. The venue will be the usual one: Red Lion Pub on Lincoln Avenue, Chicago. Start time will be 6:00 p.m. Further details from Stephen Pyskoty-Olle, widmerpool@hotmail.com.

John Monagan November 1, 2005 21:29

John Monagan, a former Waterbury, CT mayor, seven-term US representative, and Vice-Presifdent of the Anthony Powell Society died on Sunday 23 October at his home in Washington. He was 93. John was a consistent and enthusiastic supporter of the Society from its earliest days, right down to his speaking enthusiastically at the Anthony Powell Centenary Symposium at Georgetown University just a few weeks before his death. With John's passing the Society has lost a great friend.

Publication: Writing about Anthony Powell November 1, 2005 21:21

The Anthony Powell is pleased to announce the publication of its latest monograph:

Writing about Anthony Powell: Perspectives on Writing about a Writer
Edited and with an Introduction by Dr Christine Berberich
Published by the Anthony Powell Society, October 2005
ISBN: 0954173635
Price: Ł4 (post free to Society members)

In this 40 page monograph recent authors on Anthony Powell describe writing about writing about one of 20th century English literature's important figures in the talks originally given as part of the Anthony Powell Society 2004 AGM. Contributors: Dr George Lilley. Michael Barber, Dr Nicholas Birns.

Available direct from the Society; please email for ordering details. You can also order via www.amazon.co.uk but that will cost you more!

Dance for Readers November 1, 2005 21:11

The Anthony Powell Society in association with the Wallace Collection are pleased to announce ...

Dance for Readers
The Anthony Powell Society together with The Wallace Collection are offering a unique 'book group' to discuss key themes and personal views of Anthony Powell’s A Dance to the Music of Time -- possibly the longest novel ever written in English.
Each of the Saturday afternoon sessions will cover one of the four trilogies (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter) of Dance and will be led by a Powell specialist or enthusiast who will talk about the novels and lead an open discussion session.
The aim is to provide fresh views and perspectives on the novels for those who already know Dance, and to entice those who would like to read one of 20th century’s greatest English novelists.
The sessions are:
Saturday 10 December 2005 -- 1st Trilogy: Spring
A Question of Upbringing, A Buyer’s Market and The Acceptance World
Stephen Eggins, The Anthony Powell Society
Saturday 7 January 2006 -- 2nd Trilogy: Summer
At Lady Molly’s, Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant and The Kindly Ones
Dr Peter Kislinger, Department of English and American Studies, University of Vienna
Saturday 14 January 2006 -- 3rd Trilogy: Autumn
The Valley of Bones, The Soldier’s Art and The Military Philosophers
Dr Christine Berberich, Department of English, University of Derby
Saturday 21 January 2006 -- 4th Trilogy: Winter
Books Do Furnish a Room, Temporary Kings and Hearing Secret Harmonies
Dr Nicholas Birns, New School University, New York and author of Understanding Anthony Powell
Sessions are FREE but advance booking is required on 020 7563 9551 or booking@wallacecollection.org.
Sessions will begin at 2pm in the Wallace Collection Lecture Theatre and will last between 60 and 90 minutes.
Café Bagatelle will be open for refreshments before and after the sessions.

Wallace Collection Featured September 1, 2005 17:33

The Museums Journal, publication of the Museums Association carries a regular feature under the title "My Favourite Museum". In the September 2005 this features Chris Smith, formerly the governement minister responsible for the Arts who picks as his favourite the Wallace Collection. While Anthony Powell doesn't get mentioned, Poussin's painting A Dance to the Music of Time is featured as is the Great Gallery where it hangs.

Georgetown University Symposium September 1, 2005 17:08

At last we have a confirmation of the date for the date of the Powell Centenary Symposium at Georgetown University, Washington DC. This will now be on Friday 30 Spetember. The speakers will be Dr Nicholas Birns of New School University, New York and former Senator John Monagan.
Georgetown University also have an exhibition Anthony Powell at 100: A Centennial Exhibition.
Both events are listed on the Centenary Events Diary and further details are available from Nick Birns.

New Website Items August 30, 2005 21:35

Two new additons to the Anthony Powell Resources website today:

Listing of Theses & Disserations on Powell's works
A summary of the first volume of Powell's memoirs Infants of the Spring by Dr Nicholas Birns.

Anthony Powell Centenary Events August 26, 2005 09:46

With Powell's centenary on 21 December 2005 getting ever closer there are an ever increasung number of events being planned. For full details of the events we know about see the Society's Centenary Events Diary.
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