Melrose Literary Society 2009-2010 Syllabus

Omiston Institute
Melrose
7.30pm

The 124th session of Melrose Literary Society will start in October, and we look forward to welcoming you to a series of varied and interesting talks. Membership this year will be £12 and cards will be issued on payment of your subscription at any of the meetings. They all start at 7.30p.m. Please bring along any friends who might be interested in joining. Guest admissions are also available at £2 per evening.

2009

• Tuesday 6th October - Mr Jim and Mrs Frances Page: A.E. Houseman 150 years on
• Tuesday 20th October - Professor Malcolm Lyons: The Arabian Nights
• Tuesday 3rd November - Professor Douglas Gifford: Scottish Literature in World War II
• Tuesday 17th November - Ms Mary Craig: The Border Burnings, joint meeting with Melrose Historical Society in Parish Church Hall
• Tuesday 1st December - Mr Justin Livingstone: David Livingstone, A Manufactured Hero

2010

• Tuesday 12th January - Mrs Rosamund de la Hey: From Harry Potter to Horrid Henry, how children's books emerged from the publishing ghetto
• Tuesday 26th January - Sharron Basset - Andrew Carnegie in Dunfermline, The World's First Public Carnegie Library
• Tuesday 9th February - Dr Robyn Marsack: Scottish Poetry Library - Poems for Hatching, Matching and Dispatching, and everything in between
• Tuesday 23rd February - Professor Ian Campbell: Lost in the Story
• Tuesday 9th March - A.G.M and Open Evening