Registration will be from 5:00 p.m. The bar will open at 6:00 p.m. with dinner at 7:30 p.m.
The opening session will start at 9:30 a.m. The day will include presentations and discussions, morning coffee, lunch, Dealers’ Book Sale and afternoon tea, concluding by 6:30 p.m. (when the bar opens!) with the Conference Dinner at 7:00 p.m.
There will be an ecumenical service at 9:00 a.m. in the Wills Hall chapel for any who wish to attend before sessions start, and the conference will conclude with afternoon tea at 4:30 p.m.
For those who stay over, the conference will end after breakfast on Monday, 15th August.
Two types of room are available; en suite rooms in the new building or larger standard rooms in the older part, where “houses” of twelve bedrooms share two showers, two baths and three toilets.
Please Note:
Should you have to cancel your booking a refund (less £30 for administration costs) will be given if cancelled before the end of 2025. Up to 30th April 2026 a 50% refund will be given but we can offer no refund for cancellations made after 1st May 2026. You may wish to get travel insurance – annual policies may cover this, so do check.
We are required by Wills Hall to supply them with details for each attendee of someone who may be contacted in the event of an emergency. This information is kept securely and is destroyed after the conference.
Registration will be from 5:00 p.m. The bar will open at 6:00 p.m. with dinner at 7:30 p.m.
The opening session will start at 9:30 a.m. The day will include presentations and discussions, morning coffee, lunch, Dealers’ Book Sale and afternoon tea, concluding by 6:30 p.m. (when the bar opens!) with the Conference Dinner at 7:00 p.m.
There will be an ecumenical service at 9:00 a.m. in the Wills Hall chapel for any who wish to attend before sessions start, and the conference will conclude with afternoon tea at 4:30 p.m.
For those who stay over, the conference will end after breakfast on Monday, 15th August.
Two types of room are available; en suite rooms in the new building or larger standard rooms in the older part, where “houses” of twelve bedrooms share two showers, two baths and three toilets.
Please Note:
Should you have to cancel your booking a refund (less £30 for administration costs) will be given if cancelled before the end of 2025. Up to 30th April 2026 a 50% refund will be given but we can offer no refund for cancellations made after 1st May 2026. You may wish to get travel insurance – annual policies may cover this, so do check.
We are required by Wills Hall to supply them with details for each attendee of someone who may be contacted in the event of an emergency. This information is kept securely and is destroyed after the conference.
Conference packages include a two night, three night and non-residential option. Prices for the 2024 conference will be announced soon.
Package A1: Conference and en-suite accommodation (Fri-Sun, inclusive of all meals). £360
Package B1: Conference and standard accommodation (Fri-Sun, inclusive of all meals). £315
Package A2: Conference and en-suite accommodation (Fri-Mon, inclusive of all meals). £470
Package B2: Conference and standard accommodation (Fri-Mon, inclusive of all meals). £420
Package C: Conference (Fri-Sun, inclusive of all meals except breakfast). £210
Package D: Saturday Conference (inclusive of conference dinner) £100
Package E: Saturday Conference (exclusive of conference dinner) £78
Optional on-site parking: £7.50 per day
Blue Badge Holders: Free
If you would like to know about and other options, for example booking an extra room for a spouse/friend, or inviting an extra person for dinner, please get in touch to discuss the available options.
There is free off-site parking within a ten-minute walk (you may drop off passengers and / or luggage at Wills Hall), or there is the option of on-site parking, which is available at £7.50 per 24 hours. The registration number of the car in question needs to be supplied on the booking form, as the permits operate by number plate recognition.
Topics for talks for our 2026 conference include Unusual Sports; Camping and Hiking – outdoor adventures both in and out of school; Housekeeping and Laundry; Guides and the Outdoors; EJO and Fresh Air in all its guises; What Girls were Reading in 1926; How to be Hearty without being Sporty; Caravanning and the open road; With the ubiquity of modern technology, how current authors use the outdoors in their books; and The Downsides of all that Fresh Air – the lessons of school stories.
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