Past Events

Journey from the North: The Story and Stories of Storm Jameson

  • Venue: Newcastle City Library
  • Start: Wed, 14 May 2014 17:15:00 BST
  • End: Wed, 14 May 2014 18:00:00 BST

Evening Lecture Series: “Journey from the North: The Story and Stories of Storm Jameson”, Katherine Cooper (Newcastle University), Wednesday 14th May, 5.30-6.30pm, City Library. This talk will look at the Whitby-born novelist Storm Jameson (1891-1986) discussing the impact of her strong sense of Northern identity and the influence this had over her novels and her political activism. Concentrating particularly on World War Two it will discuss, among other things, how her sense of regional identity influenced her abandonment of pacifism and her reception as a novelist in London.

 

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