Winter & Spring at the Society

We’ve been busy at the Society over winter and spring. We held Zoom events every month from December, 2022 and two in March, 2023. It was lovely having members and guests attending these events from Seattle to Lithuania and Tasmania. Full reports of the events appear in our Bulletin. If you are not a member but would like to read a copy of the Bulletin, please contact us.

We also had some in person outings. In March we held our Spring Lunch and had a visit to the Royal College of Music to see students in the Junior Department performing and rehearsing as well as presenting our Music Award to Sophia de Reyes Mezbur.

Also in March - it was busy, with two Zoom events and two in-person events - some of us attended the Donne Memorial Service and luncheon at Lincoln’s Inn. Our May Bulletin will carry full reports.

We are looking forward to gathering again in June at the Essex Book Festival to hear author Amanda Craig deliver the Dorothy L Sayers Annual Lecture. This is open to everyone. Book now!

In August we will be holding our Annual Convention in London. Please see the events page for a listing of our future events.

If you would like to know more about the Society and what we do, please contact us.

Marion E Wade Center Events 2023

The Marion E Wade Center, which houses a large archive of papers related to Dorothy L Sayers and C S Lewis among others, has some events planned for early 2023, including a book signing and talk on an annotated edition of Sayers’ The Man Born To Be King.

More information on these events can be found here

Events for 2023

The Society wishes you a very Happy New Year. Head over to our Events page to see what we have in store for 2023. Our membership runs from January to December. You can join for as little as £20, less if you are under 25. have a look at the range of events both online and in-person and sign up today.

Why not give a Gift Membership as a Christmas present?

Do you know someone who would enjoy being part of the Dorothy L Sayers Society, who would enjoy our activities, online and in person? Why not give a Gift Membership? Membership runs from January to December. Members receive a bi-monthly Bulletin with news about Sayers and her work from across the world; we have an Annual Convention, a journal, annual proceedings from our conventions, online activities and live events and visits.

For more information contact the Society today!

Important Announcement: AGM to be held online on 5 November, 2.00 pm

It has been decided to cancel the live AGM meeting that was to have been held at St Anne’s Soho. The event will now be held online only, commencing at the usual time of 2.00 pm. Members can find details of how to join the event via the members’ pages.

After the AGM there will be a talk by Frances Myatt, director of the DLS play Love All that was staged in Cambridge earlier this year. For further information, please contact the Society.

Dorothy L Sayers' play 'Love All' now on at Jermyn Street Theatre

Love All , the play written by Dorothy L Sayers is now on at Jermyn Street Theatre. Get tickets while you can!

Visit the clock tower of St Anne's Soho this weekend (17th, 18th Sept)

This weekend you can visit the clock tower of St Anne’s Church, Soho, where Dorothy L Sayers’ ashes are buried. This is part of Open House London

The Norah Lambourne Design Award with the Royal Opera House

The Norah Lambourne Award, made to apprentices at the Royal Opera House was celebrated today. It was good to be able to meet again in person as there were three awards to give out for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. Society Chair, Seona Ford and Society Archivist, Alison Hall made the presentations.

The winners were:

2019/20: Harry Clarke. Costume Tailoring Apprentice;

2020/21: Hermina Chance. Hair, Wigs and Makeup Apprentice;

2021/22: Danielle Patrick . Photography Apprentice.

Congratulations to Harry, Hermina and Danielle .