The Friends of Arthur
Roger Dobson left this comment which deserves to be reposted in full: “Readers of Tom Wootton’s essay about Arthur Machen in Spike Magazine may be interested to hear that a thriving literary society exists to honour Machen and his works, The Friends of Arthur (www.machensoc.demon.co.uk). The society publishes a journal, Faunus, and a regular newsletter, Machenalia. Over the years Machen’s admirers have included the film director Michael Powell, Jorge Luis Borges, Hitchcock’s regular composer Bernard Herrmann, Mick Jagger and novelists Peter Ackroyd, Paul Bowles, Iain Sinclair and Alan Moore.
Guillermo del Toro’s acclaimed fantasy film Pan’s Labyrinth was influenced by Machen’s tale ‘The White People’ (1904). After years of unaccountable neglect the cinema may be about to discover Machen’s genius. A film based on the Angels of Mons legend is currently in development from a British company, and an American screenwriter is working on a script based on The Three Impostors (1895). Many of Machen’s books have been reissued over recent years by Tartarus Press (www.tartaruspress.com).”
Other Splinters posts of interest:
- Arthur Machen
- Reading in 2007 - Tenuous Intent
- Arthur C Clarke is dead. Long live Arthur C Clarke.
- 2007 - My Year In Books
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