The Alliance of Literary Societies, or A. L. S., is an umbrella organisation for literary societies mainly based in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
.
The Alliance of Literary Societies was founded in 1973, as a result of a campaign to preserve a property associated with
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...
, and has over 120 member societies. In May 2010,
Jenny Uglow
Jennifer Sheila Uglow (, (accessed 5 February 2008).
(accessed 19 August 2022).
was appointed President of the Alliance, succeeding
Aeronwy Thomas.
Claire Harman replaced Uglow in 2016.
The Alliance offers various member benefits: general advice, marketing of its member societies and their events via the ALS website, regular news by email, three newsletters per year, plus an annual journal ''ALSo''.
References
External links
Official website
Literary societies
British writers' organisations
{{lit-org-stub