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# Lichfield author to give talk to national literary society
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-author-to-give-talk-to-national-literary-society/
- Published: 2021-08-29T08:44:41.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-29T08:44:49.000Z
- Description: A Lichfield author will discuss his work during a presentation at the annual meeting of a national literary society.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:15, News

A Lichfield author will discuss his work during a presentation at the annual meeting of a national literary society.

![Hugh Ashton](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ashton.jpg)

Hugh Ashton

Hugh Ashton will talk at The Friends of Tilling, a society devoted to the works of early 20th Century author EF Benson, next month.

He has created a short story for the meeting – Captain Puffin Comes to Tilling – and said he was delighted to be able to talk about his work.

> “It was a great honour for me to be invited.  
>  
> “I had published four novellas during lockdown and they were very well received by the fans of Benson’s books, which I took as a terrific compliment.  
>  
> “I decided to write the first story during the first lockdown, and three others quickly followed in the space of a year.  
>  
> “I was pleasantly surprised to see how well they sold on Amazon and through other outlets, and by the nice things that people said about them.”  
>  
> Hugh Ashton

The author’s links with the works of EF Benson stretch back to his own TV appearance.

> “These books have been favourites of mine since college days. In fact, they formed my Mastermind specialist subject in the first round of the 2019/20 series, and got me through to the semi-finals.”  
>  
> Hugh Ashton

Hugh is currently working on a novel involving characters from 18th Century Lichfield.