The Betjeman Society welcomes the appointment of James Naughtie as the new President of the Alliance of Literary Societies (ALS).
Announcing their new President, the ALS said:
‘We are delighted to announce, at the start of our 50th anniversary year, that James Naughtie is our new president. An eminent BBC journalist, he co-presented the Today programme from 1994 to 2015, with a particular focus on political reporting and US elections. He is now a Special Correspondent for BBC News. Books are one of his passions and he has presented BBC Radio 4’s Bookclub programme since its inception in 1997. He has chaired both the Man Booker and Samuel Johnson judging panels. He is the author of several books, most recently, On the Road: Adventures from Nixon to Trump. In March his new novel, The Spy Across the Water, will be published.
James Naughtie will attend our 50th anniversary AGM in April in Winchester and has agreed to take part in a ‘Meet the President’ online event on April 4th. Information about that will be coming in our March news.’