The Alliance of Literary Societies Fair

Join us for a day celebrating books, reading and the people who enjoy them. Organised by the Alliance of Literary Societies, the umbrella organisation representing more than 120 literary societies across the UK, the Fair is a unique opportunity to discover the rich world of literary societies. Meet readers who share your interests, explore societies devoted to Victorian fiction, poetry, crime writing, children's literature, classics, biography and many other authors and genres, and find out how you can get involved.

Throughout the day, enjoy talks from an outstanding line-up of speakers including James Naughtie, Lindsey Davis, Liz Berry, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Gyles Brandreth, browse book stalls, have books signed, and spend time with fellow readers. Whether you're already a member of a literary society or simply enjoy reading, you'll find plenty to inspire, interest and entertain.

Meet our exhibitors

Angela Thirkell Society • Arthur Ransome Society • Barbara Pym Society • Betjeman Society • Birmingham & Midland Institute • Birmingham University • Centre for Printing History & Culture • Charles Dickens Fellowship • Children’s Books History Society • Edward Thomas Fellowship • Francis Brett Young Society • Friends of Coleridge • George Eliot Fellowship • The Heath Bookshop • Housman Society • IBIS Imaginative Book Illustration Society • International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY) • Jane Austen Society Midlands • Johnson Society (Lichfield) • Katherine Mansfield Society • Kipling Society • Lewis Carroll Society • May Sinclair Society • PG Wodehouse Society (UK) • Philip Larkin Society • Pre-Raphaelite Society • Royal Society of Literature • R.S. Thomas & M.E. Eldridge Society • Sherlock Holmes Society of London • Siegfried Sassoon Fellowship • Slightly Foxed • TE Lawrence Society • Trollope Society • William Morris Society • The Wit’s End

Event venue & nearby stays

Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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