The Barbara Pym Society of North America

2000 Meeting

April 1-2, 2000 in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Tentative Program

Saturday, April 1

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

Registration

9:30 – 12:15 p.m.

Kathy Ackley, Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. "‘All This Reading:’The Importance of Literature in the Novels of Barbara Pym.

Father Gabriel Myers, OSB, St. Anselm’s Abbey, Washington, D.C. "Miss Pym and the Victorian Hymn."

12:30 –

Lunch (included in registration fee).

2:00 – 3:00

Nancy Ellen Talburt, Associate Vice Chancellor and Professor of English, University of Arkansas. "Meeting Barbara Pym."

3:00 – 4:30

Barbara Pym Films from the BBC.

6:00 –

Dinner (not included in registration fee).

7:30 –

Readings from Barbara Pym

Informal Discussion Groups

Sunday, April 2

9:00 – 12:00

Frauke Lenckos, co-editor, Reading Barbara Pym. "The Passionate Language of Geography: Journeys in the Novels of Barbara Pym."

Helen C. Taylor, Professor of English, Louisiana State University-Shreveport. "The Bodleian and Barbara Pym."

Conference Adjourns.

Accomodations

Registration

form

The conference will be held in Austin Hall, Harvard Law School. Information on transportation to and within Cambridge will be sent to registrants, together with the final program. Questions? Please call or e-mail Ellen Miller, 617-496-2859 (w.), 978-287-4776 (h.), or miller@law.harvard.edu.

Accommodations

Following is a list of selected hotels and bed-and-breakfast establishments in Cambridge. All of them are close to the Harvard University campus and Harvard Square. We have made no prior arrangements for participants; you must make your own reservations. (Don’t wait too long!)

Irving House

Single: $79 (shared bath), $134 (private)

Double: $149 (queen bed)

24 Irving Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

617-547-4600

Mary Prentiss Inn

Single/Double: $119-$179

(Mention Barbara Pym Society to get this discounted rate.)

6 Prentiss Street

Cambridge, MA 02140

617-661-2929

A Bed and Breakfast in Cambridge Single/Double: $125-$145

1657 Cambridge Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

617-868-7082

Sheraton Commander

Single/Double: $165-$185

16 Garden Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

1-800-535-5007

Cambridge House Bread and Breakfast Inn

Single: $109-$139 Double $139-$169

2218 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02140

1-800-232-9989 E-mail: innach@aol.com

Registration Form

Barbara Pym Society of North America

April 1-2 in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Please complete and return this form to Ellen Miller, 145 Indian Hill Rd., Carlisle, MA 01741. Please make checks payable to the Barbara Pym Society. Deadline is March 21. All registrations received after that date will be subject to a $10 late fee.

Name:_______________________________________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________________________

Phone #: _____________________________ E-mail: _____________________________

Registration Fees

__ BP Society Member $35 __ Non-member $45 __ Student $25

__Dinner on Saturday $18 ( ) Vegetarian, please Total Enclosed: ________