The Society held its AGM on 28 June, followed by afternoon tea for members and guests. Our chairman, Barbara Field-Holmes, welcomed everyone and spoke about our successes over the past year, the many ways the society is moving forward and working to attract new members, and Council’s plans for some exciting events to mark our upcoming 125th anniversary in 2019. Treasurer Benita Cullingford presented the annual accounts and reported that the Society’s finances are in a healthy condition. Council officers and members were re-elected for a further year.
We were very pleased that our President, Floella Benjamin, was able to join us for tea – a good selection of sandwiches, cakes and delicious scones and jam. Our speaker after tea was Anita Marie Sackett, who spoke about her life as a writer and how she helps to bring poetry into the lives of children. Anita has worked as a teacher, lived at times in New Zealand, Jamaica and the USA, and gives talks in schools and on cruise ships on a variety of topics. Her talk was entertaining, using toys and props to bring some of her lovely children’s poems to life. Anita also spoke about her interest in the 1940s and 1950s and was happy to sign copies of her new book, ‘That’s How It Used To Be.’.
You can read a full report of the afternoon in the Summer issue of The Woman Writer, due to be published later in July.
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