International E. M. Forster Society

16/09/2026

If you are (or plan to be) in London this September this event may be something up your street! Our members - Prof. Claire Monk and Prof. Daniel Monk - will give talks during the opening of the exhibition!

29/08/2026

Some more light Forsterian reading perfect for the end of the holidays - paper from a conference about Elizabeth von Arnim about their meeting in 1905.

The conference paper deals with the professional, social, and literary connections of Countess Elizabeth von Arnim and the English writer Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970). Forster came to Nassenheide in early April 1905, invited by von Arnim. He was

22/08/2026

Facebook has just asked us to "share a song". Can you think of a song related to E.M. Forster?

22/08/2026

Do you find E. E.M. Forster's irony too much? Get some biscuits before you watch!

E.M. Forster brings Howards End to a writers’ support group and ask...

18/08/2026

Some lighter Forsterian reading for the summer - my comments on Kevin Kwan's S*x and Vanity as a retelling of Forster's A Room with a View. A conference presentation so perhaps more amusing than insightful! https://www.academia.edu/171945200/A_Very_Different_Room_with_a_Completely_Different_View_Kevin_Kwans_S*x_and_Vanity_as_an_Update_of_E_M_Forsters_A_Room_with_a_View

Kevin Kwan, Singaporean-born American novelist, famous for his Crazy Rich Asians (2013), belatedly celebrated the 50th anniversary of E. M. Forster’s death with the publication of the novel S*x and Vanity (2021). Kwan claimed to be inspired both by

01/08/2026

The latest issue of the Polish Journal of English Studies brings a new article about E.M. Forster by Corina Mitrulescu-

Polish Journal of English Studies is a peer-reviewed journal for scholars working in the literature and culture in English, as well as theoretical and applied linguistics.

24/07/2026

New stage adaptation of Maurice in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. Free entrance - shows on the 25th and the 26th of July!

Obra literária do século 20, Maurice ainda inspira debates atuais. Ao retratar Maurice Hall, a Cia de Teatro evoca nomes como Oscar Wilde, Alan Turing e Harvey Milk

22/07/2026

The latest book from our member Francesca Pierini - https://www.routledge.com/Romancing-Literature-When-Literary-Fiction-Meets-Genre/Pierini/p/book/9781041289821 - not exactly about Forster but perhaps some of you will find it interesting!

Romancing Literature places literary fiction in dialogue with what it rejects — the feminine, the popular, and the romantic, disclosing deep-seated assumptions concerning artistic production and literary creation in relation to genre and gender. The book explores how literary fiction articulates a...

20/07/2026

A new stage adaptation of A Passage to India. https://artsindependent.com/2026/07/14/unearthing-the-unspoken-how-doug-devitas-a-passage-to-india-drags-forsters-queer-subtext-out-of-the-shadows/