Come and join Mark Damon Chutter, Chair and Academic Director of the Thomas Hardy Society, for an atmospheric afternoon of winter readings from Thomas Hardy, William Barnes, the Powys brothers, and Sylvia Townsend Warner.

A committed advocate for literary heritage, Mark is a member of the Civic Society and the Joint Heritage Committee, and was instrumental in leading the successful campaign for the Sylvia Townsend Warner Statue.  Head of Performing Arts at a local school, he was also shortlisted by The Times as one of the top six practitioners in the country.

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