Activities
In furtherance of these aims, the society:
- Publishes a magazine Whispering Gallery for circulation to members and other interested parties;
- Holds seminars and conferences for members and other interested parties to share knowledge and opinions of the works of Dorothy Dunnett and related subjects, and encourages others to hold them;
- Arranges visits for members and other interested parties to places of interest connected with the period and her works;
- Gives literary prizes and bursaries to encourage study and research into the periods about which Dorothy Dunnett wrote;
- Organises the International Dorothy Dunnett Day to facilitate members and other Dunnett Readers meeting up in various locations. The first of these was held on October 15th 2011 to celebrate 50 years of publication of Dorothy Dunnett's first novel 'The Game of Kings';
- Arranges for occasional Literary Lunches (the first in 2009, the next in 2012);
- Makes small grants to other organisations (e.g. to preserve books in Timbuktu, to the National Library of Scotland and to Traquair House);
- Promotes interest and research into the Historical Periods about which Dorothy Dunnett wrote by running an Essay Prize in Conjunction with James Gillespie's High School which Dorothy Dunnett attended, and a scholastic prize to encourage university level interest in history.
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