Death of a Hero

With great sadness, it is announced that, due to natural causes and after a short illness, bravely born, Peter Conway’s life came to an end on 24 November 2018.

His funeral took place on 20 December 2018 in Oldham, where he spent the last months of his life.

Peter’s sister, Penny, gave the eulogy and printed in the Order of Service and read out was the following message from Lieutenant General Sir Graeme Cameron Maxwell Lamb KBE, CMG, DSO.

Guests at the Society of Authors AGM

For authors and readers of Manchester-based i2i publishers, the Society of Authors are holding their AGM in the Stoller Hall at Chetham’s School of Music in the city on 29th November. SoA were perhaps once seen as a metropolitan entity with its head office in London’s Chelsea, but its more recent strategy reaches out nationally and internationally.  Building on strong member representation in all four countries of the union and the north of England in particular, holding this year’s AGM in Manchester is the latest part of this strategy. Here is the link to the event on SoA’s website: