Lichfield is set to welcome the new president of a national literary group.
The Johnson Society will host the Alliance of Literary Societies AGM, where leading biographer Jenny Uglow OBE will take up her new role.
As well as talks and tours, there will also be a reception at the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum to welcome the group.
It will also be one of the first engagements for Jenny, who has written biographies of George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Henry Fielding, William Hogarth, and Thomas.
She said:
“I am delighted and honoured to be the President of the ALS, which is such a vibrant body, bringing together admirers of so many different writers – a tribute to our lasting passion for literature.”
The organisation represents 125 literary societies, ranging from Jane Austen to Emile Zola.
