LANCASHIRE AUTHORS' ASSOCIATION
About Lancashire
Authors’ Association
The LAA has been promoting the reading and writing of Lancashire
literature since 1909.
Fellowship and Friendliness are prime features of our Association and
new members are assured of a warm welcome.
MEMBERSHIP
Anyone
interested in Lancashire
Literature and History can
join,
the Association
is
not solely for writers.
OBJECTS
The objects of the Association are to
foster and stimulate public interest in all aspects and forms of literature,
both Lancashire orientated and general, as well as preserving an interest in
Lancashire History and Traditions.
MEETINGS
The Association holds four Saturday afternoon meetings; March and October
in Chorley
and
November and June in Lytham St Annes. The March meeting is the Annual General
Meeting. At meetings other than the AGM
there is a speaker, and at all meetings entertainment
by members follows a light refreshment break.
THE
LAA MAGAZINE
The Record, the official journal of the LAA is issued free to members each June,
October and December and includes reports on meetings, announcements, news
items, results and placed entries of the Competitions. Extra copies are
available at £1 per copy. The Editor
also welcomes contributions from members for The Record and the March
Newsletter.
LIBRARY
The LAA
Library, consisting of over 2000 volumes covering all phases of Lancashire
Literature, is housed in the Local Studies Department, Accrington Central
Library, St James Street, Accrington. Membership
of the Library is included in the subscription. Members are encouraged to visit
the Library for themselves, but books may be borrowed through branches of the
Lancashire Library.
ANNUAL COMPETITIONS
Six competitions, for members only, are held
annually. Details can be found on the Annual Competitions webpage. Each Cup
Winner receives an Award and Certificates are presented to the first Three in
each competition. The Cups, Awards and Certificates are presented at the June
meeting.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
These are due in
advance. The membership year commences 1st January.
Individual Annual Membership £15.00
Joint Annual Membership £19.50
Annual Membership for Libraries £15.00
Junior Members £7.50
LAA Members and friends, taken at Rochdale in 1909, the year the association was
founded.