All Friends of the Trust receive its quarterly magazine, A Sort of Newsletter (ASON), edited for many years with great distinction by Mike Hill and published each February, May, August and November. (To become a Friend visit the Trust subscription page).
ASON is not intended to be an academic journal; there is something in it for everyone with an interest in Greene. In case you didn’t know, its title is a play on the title of Greene’s first volume of memoirs, A Sort of Life (1971).
ASON usually features at least one substantial article. Recently, for instance, we have had Stuart and Angela Maye-Banbury on Achill Island in County Mayo, their home, where Greene stayed with his lover Catherine Walston while completing The Heart of the Matter; Zoeb Matin on Greene’s complex short story ‘Under the Garden’; and Tamas Molnar on the regrettable decline in knowledge and interest in Greene in his native Hungary.
The November edition of ASON, traditionally, is devoted to an account of the recent (September-October) festival especially for those unable to attend in person. A round-up of Greene-related news is always to be found in each issue together with book, play or film reviews. The editor also sets an annual Greene Quiz in the February edition which invariably proves both popular and challenging.
During 2026, it is planned to create an ASON archive on this website, a home for all past issues stretching back a quarter of a century.
If you are thinking of contributing to ASON, please contact editor Mike Hill at mike@michaelhill.plus.com