Ridgeway Reading Session Notes

Although this South Dorset Ridgeway project has now finished, both the project reading list and session notes can be found on this blog, allowing you to enjoy and explore the works mentioned before reading and commenting on notes from the group sessions. Please find the Reading List at this top of this page, and the Session Notes in the archive on the right hand side

Monday, 25 April 2016

Winter by Christopher Nicholson

Released in 2014, 'Winter' is an imagined account of events in the career of Thomas Hardy by novelist Christopher Nicholson

Monday, 4 April 2016

A Dream of Wessex by Christopher Priest

A work that looks at virtual reality long before the computer driven virtual world we live in now...

Wednesday, 21 October 2015

The Poetry of William Barnes

The Roots & Ridgeway groups welcomed Brian Caddy of the William Barnes Society to sessions where the poetry of Barnes was discussed...

Sunday, 18 October 2015

The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy

There was lively discussion around the Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy at both the Ridgeway and the Roots reading groups...

Friday, 20 March 2015

In The Country by Kenneth Allsop

Sunday 18 January 2015 Ridgeway Reading Group, Tuesday 10th March Roots Reading Group

Friday, 13 February 2015

Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy

All members of the groups enjoyed this popular novel, including those who were re-reading and knew the work well...

Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Maiden Castle by John Cooper Powys

As expected, this work prompted much discussion and there was scarcely pause for breath!

Monday, 24 November 2014

The Sailor's Return by David Garnett

The Roots group had wide ranging discussion on David Garnett's The Sailor's Return, looking at a variety of themes.

Friday, 24 October 2014

East Chaldon Walk

Members of both the Roots and Ridgeway reading groups enjoyed a walk in and around East Chaldon; the home of the Powys brothers, other writers and artists from 1904 to 1963.


Tuesday, 21 October 2014