On Lolly Willowes: “They were deeply original books in their time and we have grown into them, perhaps… I think that we’re catching up with Sylvia Townsend Warner. And that’s why certain books don’t go off, they have that dew of originality on them. And freshness." www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002n7mc

Join us for a historic moment in the heart of Dorchester! Visible Women UK proudly invites you to the unveiling of the new statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner on Sunday, 14th December at 1pm sharp. townsendwarner.com/join-us-in-d...

Help raise the final funds for Sylvia's statue! Join us at this fundraiser at beautiful Poxwell Hall in Dorset, on Sun 26th Oct, 1pm! townsendwarner.com/statue-fundr...

Dr Harriet Baker will be giving the 2025 Sylvia Townsend Warner Lecture on Wednesday 22 October at 5.30pm, at UCL. Her subject is ‘Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Old Teapot: Archives, Objects and Life-Writing‘. For tickets to the in-person event or to watch online, go to: bit.ly/3KSe26Q

Announcing a conference in London in May 2026, to mark the centenary of Lolly Willowes, Sylvia's first and best-known novel. townsendwarner.com/lolly-willow...

The Sylvia Townsend Warner Society is pleased to announce the Mary Jacobs Memorial Essay Prize 2026. The aim of the Prize is to encourage further study of the writings of Sylvia Townsend Warner, in honour of the distinguished work of Dr Mary Jacobs. townsendwarner.com/mary-jacobs-...

Sylvia Townsend Warner’s The Corner That Held Them (1948) is the subject of June's episode of the literary podcast Backlisted. The hosts speak with Tanya Kirk, author, editor and the Librarian of St John’s College, Cambridge. www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...

I've done another post on Sylvia Townsend Warner's The Flint Anchor - one of my top 20 books. Now I am looking at clothes, particuarlly crinolines, and Warner's great touch with conversations clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

A perfect book to read over a Bank Holiday: The Flint Anchor by Sylvia Townsend Warner, a family saga which is both Spinster Miserylit and highly entertaining - how does STW do it? clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/bank...

Looking forward to the STW Society summer outing, this time to Sylvia and Valentine's Norfolk haunts, on 26 and 27th July! All members welcome!