Isobel Maddison and I will join Kate Macdonald at Handheld Press for an online conversation on The Caravaners on 2 February 2021. Handheld Press published an annotated edition of the novel last year. Please join us for a chat on one of von Arnim’s funniest […]

A Happy New Year to all von Arnim readers! We hope you had a good start to the year. May it be filled with books and moments of happiness. We are kicking off the new year with an interview with Gabrielle Carey, whose book Only […]

We are very excited that Gabrielle Carey’s new book, Only Happiness Here: In Search of Elizabeth von Arnim, has just been published by Queensland University Press and are looking forward to reading it. You can buy a copy here. The book is being launched on […]

By Jennifer Shepherd “[My books] are such special friends that I can hardly pass them without a nod and a smile at the well-known covers, each of which has some pleasant association of time and place to make it still more dear. . .”  That’s […]

By Isobel Maddison In such a turbulent time many have turned to reading as an answer to this question, even if books tend to raise uncomfortable ideas and challenge our cosy assumptions. Nevertheless, Elizabeth von Arnim’s The Solitary Summer (1898) has been especially resonant during lockdown, pointing […]

By Nick Turner Reading is naturally a very different activity for different people. For me, if reading is exploration and building a sense of community, as we discover shared thoughts with authors (as Juliane discussed in the last blog), then for me the process is […]

Reading is good for you. At this time when many of us are ‘sheltering’ or ‘self-isolating’ at home, we are suddenly encouraged to rediscover books as trusty companions to help us through long evenings and weekends. Armchair travelling has never been more topical, and Patrick […]

Nick Turner is giving a his talk “‘Excellent April’: Barbara Pym, Elizabeth von Arnim, Literary ‘Mothers’ and the Comic Novel” on Sunday 19th April at St Alban’s Centre, Holborn. – What an intriguing title! Please do come along if you are in the area. You […]

Dear all: We are delighted to tell you that full details and registration forms for our afternoon event in Cambridge on 6 June 2020 can now be found on the Society’s website: www.elizabethvonarnimsociety.org/conferences/elizabeth-von-arnim-spanning-the-centuries-cambridge-june-2020/. At this event, entitled ‘Elizabeth von Arnim – Spanning the Centuries’, we […]

By Jennifer Walker, author of Elizabeth of the German Garden – a Literary Journey, (Book Guild, 2013). In this article, I review information that has recently come to light relating to the birth location of Mary Annette Beauchamp (Elizabeth von Arnim) on Kirribilli Point, Sydney, […]