About the society .. and more
How it started
The desire to form a Society prompted Joan How to begin contacting a handful of others who were either related or connected to Geraint Goodwin by virtue of their interest in his writings`
Mary Oldham (more recently Dr Mary Oldham) provided invaluable assistance withe of her considerable knowledge of Geraint Goodwin.
The Society was formed
The desire to form a Society prompted Joan How to begin contacting a handful of others who were either related or connected to Geraint Goodwin by virtue of their interest in his writings`
Mary Oldham (more recently Dr Mary Oldham) provided invaluable assistance withe of her considerable knowledge of Geraint Goodwin.
The Society was formed by registering a website domain name in 2010. Geraint Goodwin's daughter kindly accepted the invitation to be the first President.
GERAINT GOODWIN was born in 1903 and died in 1941. During his life he wrote the following:
NOVELS Conversations with George Moore 1929 Call Back Yesterday 1935 The Heyday ln The BIood 1936 (Republished Palthian Library of wales2008) Watch for the Morning 1938 Come Michaelmas 1939
SHORT STORY COLLECTION The White Farm 1938
POETRY A collection of poems 'A First Sheaf' See Poems.
Our Aims
Are to bring to the awareness of those who have never known of Geraint Goodwin and of his books and poems. In addition we hope that readers will let others know of Geraint's work and encourage them to experience and enjoy his work too.
Geraint Lived and Worked in Several Places
Geraint moved around during his relatively short life. Born in Wales, he started work locally before moving to London. As his need to concentrste on writing progressed he moved to Dagnall in Buckinghamshire and also enjoyed the adjacent county of Hertfordshire
The significance of the Kingfisher
A character in Goodwin's novel 'The Heyday In The Blood' is Betti and Geraint describes the scene -
'Betti had gone out to see the Kingfisher. She went tripping out over the old lawn, her feet sinking into it and with each step there came that strange resilience from the earth; it felt as thoughshe were going to take flight'