Join us to share and enjoy the writings of Rudyard Kipling
Enjoy the Librarian’s Verse of the Week here. Relive past gems on the society’s Facebook page.
Do you recognise these lines?
‘All right. You two play it again,’ said Beetle, who, in a gray skirt and a wig of chestnut sausage-curls, set slantwise above a pair of spectacles mended with an old boot-lace, represented the Widow Twankey. He waved one leg in time to the hammered refrain, and the banjos grew louder.
Source of the quote & more of them
Here is what is happening in the society over the next 12 months… Mike Kipling (Secretary)
| DECEMBER Thu 12th | Zoom Poetry Readings: hosted by Professor Jan Montefiore 8pm |
| JANUARY Wed 1st | Kipling Journal KJ400 published |
| JANUARY | Newsletter |
| FEBRUARY Wed 5th | Meeting + Zoom: Andy Williamson – “Kipling and Brown’s Hotel” |
| MARCH 1st | Poetry Competition “The Sea” opens |
| MARCH | Newsletter |
| APRIL Wed 23rd | Meeting on Zoom only: TBA |
| MAY Thu 1st | Kipling Journal KJ401 published. Poetry Competition closes. |
| MAY 16th – 18th | ALS AGM Weekend – Hosted by the Kipling Society in Brighton |
| JUNE | Newsletter |
| JULY | Meeting: AGM + Talk: 4.30 for 5pm |
| AUGUST | Newsletter |
| SEPTEMBER Mon 1st | Kipling Journal KJ402 published |
| SEPTEMBER | Meeting on Zoom only: TBA |
| OCTOBER | Newsletter |
| NOVEMBER |
Members Video Gallery
Join the society and entertain us with your Kipling readings and songs. Here a long-time member and ex-Chairman shares a reading. More…
If you happen to be anywhere near Washington D.C. in December WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA proudly present JUNGLE BOOK
Thanks to Shelley Friedman & Virginia Phillips
| Links to a dozen of Kipling’s most well-known novels and books |
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| Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) |
| Soldiers Three (1888) |
| Life’s Handicap (1891) |
| The Jungle Books (1894/95) |
| Captains Courageous (1896) |
| Stalky & Co. (1899) |
| Kim (1901) |
| Just So Stories (1902) |
| Puck of Pook’s Hill (1906) |
| Actions and Reactions (1909) |
| A Diversity of Creatures (1917) |
| Limits and Renewals (1932) |
| A full list can be found here. |
The Kipling Journal has been the magazine of the society since its foundation in 1927. It is currently published three times a year under the editorship of Professor Jan Montefiore. It is available to all members online and sent by post to members who have chosen that option as well.
The Kipling Society is a charity whose object is the advancement of public education by the promotion of the study and appreciation of the life and works of Rudyard Kipling.
The Journal is open to submissions, of any length between 500 and 5000 words, from students, scholars, professional academics, and Kipling enthusiasts. All articles are peer reviewed. Copyright of material published in the Kipling Journal remains with the author.