Booking link, March Reading Group: 25th, 7pm GMT, online. *The Last Day at Bowen's Court* by #eibhearwalshe, exploring Bowen's complex life, particularly the love rectangle she formed w/ her lover Charles Ritchie, his wife Sylvia, and EB's husband Alan Cameron. www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

One of the true giants of modernism.

Elizabeth Bowen died #otd in 1973, in University College Hospital, London, aged 73. She is buried with her husband in St Colman's churchyard in Farahy, Co. Cork, close to the gates of her family seat, Bowen's Court.

💗 Happy Valentine's Day 💗 'I am torn and demented by longing for you...I think you *are* my soul.' Elizabeth Bowen, in a letter to Charles Ritchie, April 1950.

The lost, lovely Bowen's Court. It's in our next Reading Group pick *The Last Day at Bowen's Court* by the late #eibhearwalshe, in which he explored the love rectangle EB formed with her lover Charles Ritchie, his wife Sylvia, and EB's husband Alan Cameron. 25th Mar, 7pm GMT, online. Link soon.

Save the date! Next Reading Group: 25th March GMT, online. We're reading *The Last Day at Bowen's Court* by the late, lovely #eibhearwalshe, in which he explored Bowen's rich and complex life, & the love rectangle she formed with her lover Charles Ritchie, his wife Sylvia, & EB's husband Alan.

Reminder for our Elizabeth Bowen Society Reading Group, 28th Jan, Weds, 7pm GMT. www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

Blue Monday today but remember the ticket link is live for our discussion of Bowen's *Love's Civil War* online, 28th January. 7pm, GMT. All are welcome to join our free, online reading group to discuss this brilliant read. www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

Book at the link below! buytickets.at/elizabethbow...

Book your place - link below & join us online for the Elizabeth Bowen Reading Group, Wednesday, 28th January, 7pm GMT, as we discuss *Love’s Civil War: Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie, Letters and Diaries 1941–1973*, ed V Glendinning in collab w/ Robertson. www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

Proposals invited: special issue: *Feminist Modernist Exiles*, to show how women’s ongoing experiences of transnational, transcultural, and translingual experiences in voluntary and involuntary exile continue to generate new forms of feminist modernism. Info: phyllisl @ northwestern .edu

Please join us online for the Elizabeth Bowen Reading Group, Wednesday, 28th January, 7pm GMT, as we discuss *Love’s Civil War: Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie, Letters and Diaries 1941–1973*, edited by Victoria Glendinning in collab with Judith Robertson. www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

The Bowen Society wishes all its friends & followers a Happy New Year. Join us for our next Reading Group meeting, to chat about *Love's Civil War* ed. by Victoria Glendinning. Online, 28th Jan., 7pm GMT. Link to follow.

The festive front image of the Elizabeth Bowen to Elizabeth Taylor Christmas card, owned by #machenbachsbooks 🎄

'Around Christmas, the sun rises late behind a group of elms some way up the lawn in front of the house, casting the shadows of the tree trunks in spokes, fanwise, toward the door. Seldom does snow fall: everything is shining and moist and still...' EB on Bowen’s Court at Xmas

A Christmas card from Elizabeth Bowen to writer Elizabeth Taylor, sold with a copy of Bowen's Court at Jonkers Auctioneers.

We've such a treat for our Jan. Reading Group, the great *Love's Civil War* ed. Victoria Glendinning. Online, 28th Jan, 7pm GMT. Link anon. This book explores the letters and diaries of Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie, the Canadian diplomat with whom she was in love for more than thirty years.

Vol 7 of the Elizabeth Bowen Review is now available to read online www.bowensociety.com/wp-content/u...

7pm GMT, 26th November 2025 is the date for our Nov. Reading Group. *The Demon Lover* is our discussion choice. Join us! www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

Do you know that the fab #atitagain produce this gorgeous Elizabeth Bowen greeting card? It's suitable for all occasions, including a certain upcoming season 🎄 www.atitagain.ie/product/eliz...

Link below for our November Reading Group. *The Demon Lover* is our discussion choice. 7pm GMT, 26th November 2025. www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

Bowen's WW2 story 'The Demon Lover' suits the season. If you like audio, there are several versions available as podcasts. Storyscape has a nicely gothic, slightly OTT version, performed by Alex Rogers. See Wild 7 Podcast Network wherever you listen to pods. Episode 5, October 2021.

Spooky read? Try Bowen's *The Demon Lover*. And it's our next Reading Group pick too! Link soon 👻 #ElizabethBowen #bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowenSociety #thedemonlover

Friendly reminder: our pick for our next Bowen Reading Group on 26th November, 7pm GMT, online. We're reading the collection *The Demon Lover*. Link soon to book!

Save the date! Our next reading group will be on 26th November, 7pm GMT, online. Get reading *The Demon Lover* 🍂 In the Collected volume, the stories run from 'In the Square' to 'Mysterious Kor'.

Board nember @nualaoconnor.bsky.social has written a report on Evensong 2025, in memory of Elizabeth Bowen, at St Colman's Church, Farahy. It's now on the Bowen Society website. www.bowensociety.com/commemoration/

Bowen Essay Comp for under and postgrads. See more: Latest News – The Elizabeth Bowen Society share.google/oixUWFDLWnFI...

Next Wednesday we have the September Bowen Reading Group. 24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free! All welcome. We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹 In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'. www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...

Flowers for Elizabeth from the Bowen Society ahead of her annual memorial at St Colman's, Farahy, which commences shortly.

Reminder: Farahy - 14th Sep. 2025 - Commemoration of Elizabeth Bowen Evensong 2025 The Annual Choral Evensong in Commemoration of Elizabeth Bowen will take place this year on Sunday, 14 September, at St Colman's Church, Farahy, at 3:30pm.

Join us for the September Bowen Reading Group - link in bio! 24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free! All welcome. We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹 In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'. www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...

FORTHCOMING: *The Aesthetic of Elizabeth Bowen’s Novels - Light, Atmosphere, Fragmentation, and Sensation* (2026) by Diana Hirst This is the first monograph to evaluate Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘verbal painting’, and the first to acknowledge the influence of the East Kent landscape in her novels.

Elizabeth Bowen features in a 1970 BBC documentary currently available to watch on the BBC iPlayer. Omnibus - Virginia Woolf: A Night's Darkness, A Day's Sail 'I know she was a genius.' EB on VW www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Very much wish I could go to this. If you’re in Cork, it looks like a lovely event to remember Eibhear Walshe.

Wednesday, 10th Sep Green Carnations: Remembering Eibhear Walshe FREE - Book: Eventbrite The School of English and Digital Humanities, UCC, invites you to a symposium in honour of the late Dr Eibhear Walshe. 12:30 - 7:30pm www.eventbrite.ie/e/green-carn...

All welcome to join the September Bowen Reading Group. 24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. Free! We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. 🌹 In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'Reduced' to 'Summer Night'. Link in comments. www.tickettailor.com/checkout/vie...

🌹 A little reading reminder for the next Bowen Reading Group 🌹 24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. Link soon. #bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowen #ElizabethBowenSociety #lookatallthoseroses #shortfiction #shortstories

Save the date! Bowen Reading Group. 24th Sep - 7pm BST - online. We're reading & discussing *Look at All Those Roses*. Link to follow soon 🌹 #bowenreadinggroup #ElizabethBowen #ElizabethBowenSociety #lookatallthoseroses #shortfiction #shortstories

Weds 30th July, 7pm - Bowen Reading Group. We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. Lots of wit, poking at snobbery, & beautiful language. Online. Free! × In the Collected, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree' x www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

‘When I visit other big houses, I am struck by some quality that they all have—not so much isolation as mystery. Each house seems to live its own spell and that is the spell that falls on the visitor from the moment he passes in at the gates.’ Elizabeth Bowen @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social

Reminder for the July Bowen Reading Group - link in comments! 30th July - 7pm BST - online. Free. All welcome. We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. 🐈‍⬛️ In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree'. www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

The Elizabeth Bowen Review, Vol. 6, June 2025, is now published online. Link: share.google/18hi5HDg5DWr...

Bowen Reading Group - link for 30th July - 7pm BST - online. Free. All welcome. We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. 🐈‍⬛️ In the Collected volume, the stories we're considering run from 'The Tommy Crans' to 'The Apple Tree'. www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

Bowen Reading Group - save the date! 30th July - 7pm BST - online. We're reading & discussing *The Cat Jumps*. Link to follow 🐈‍⬛️

Happy birthday, Elizabeth Bowen- born 7th June 1899, in Dublin. Join us to celebrate with our Annual Bowen Birthday Lecture, featuring Jessica Gildersleeve. Online - 7th June, 7pm, BST - free! Link in comments. www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

Final reminder for our free, online Bowen Birthday lecture tomorrow. Join us! www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

BIRTHDAY LECTURE Join us for our Annual Bowen Birthday Lecture, with Jessica Gildersleeve. Online - 7th June, 7pm, BST - free! Christmas at Bowen’s Court: Elizabeth Bowen’s Christmas Ghost Stories. www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

Belfast Bowenites! An afternoon Bowen birthday event for you at Crescent Arts centre on 7th June. *Reading Elizabeth Bowen* with Tessa Hadley Saturday 07 June 2025 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM £30 | £25 See @crescentarts.bsky.social for booking info.

BOOKING LINK - BIRTHDAY LECTURE Join us for our Annual Bowen Birthday Lecture, featuring Jessica Gildersleeve. Online - 7th June, 7pm, BST - free! Christmas at Bowen’s Court: Elizabeth Bowen’s Christmas Ghost Stories www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...

Join us for our May Reading Group of *Joining Charles*. 28th May, 7pm GMT www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza... (Quote is Banville!)