Trust & Festival News

Arguably the most fascinating character in Graham Greene’s Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement is not the General himself but Sergeant Chuchú , alias José de […]

Steven Wright, who attended the Graham Greene Festival a couple of months ago, has also visited Venice recently and tracked down Santa Maria dei Miracoli Church (St Mary of the […]

It probably won’t come as a surprise to many Friends of the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust that the Trustees have, reluctantly, decided that Membership fees will have to be increased […]

The 25th Graham Greene International Festival (our quarter century!) will take place Thursday 3 October to Sunday 6 October 2024. More details will be announced early next year. We will […]

We are delighted to report that the 24th Graham Greene International Festival was felt to be a great occasion by those who attended the four day event. It was good […]

Unfortunately, due to the upcoming rail strike on Saturday 30 September, Charlotte Philby will be unable to attend. However, we are very pleased that a familiar face, Mike Hill, has […]

Richard Shepherd will once again be leading the popular ‘walking event’, titled Graham Greene’s Common: A Battlefield Guide which opens the festival – on Thursday afternoon, 28 September. This year, […]

What age were you when you read your first novel by Graham Greene. Frances Donnelly claims she was just twelve when she read Stamboul Train for the first time. Notwithstanding […]

We are sad to announce the passing of James Greene, son of Hugh, Graham’s brother. He died last May at the age of 85. Apparently he had become increasingly immobile […]

It could be argued that, generally speaking, the dust-jackets of Graham Greene’s novels are a bit – well plain, to put it politely. In fact, he was very particular on […]