https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/latest-news/2359-new-president
"The London Library is delighted to announce Helena Bonham Carter CBE as its
first female President. Proposed by the Library’s Trustees, the appointment was
formally confirmed by members at the Annual General Meeting on 15 November
2022, also marking the end of incumbent President, Sir Tim Rice’s five-year
term.
The new President has been a Library member since 1986 and has been chosen for
her creativity and connections with literature and stories, her high profile
and potential to advocate among new audiences.
Bonham Carter has a passion for books and deeply appreciates the importance of
writers to the acting profession. Much of her own career links with London
Library members who have drawn on the Library’s rich cultural heritage,
extensive resources and unparalleled atmosphere. She rose to prominence by
playing Lucy Honeychurch in the film adaptation of the novel
A Room with a
View (1985), written by former Library Vice President E.M. Forster. Later, she
played Miss Havisham in
Great Expectations (2012), Charles Dickens was a
founding member of the Library, and more recently Eudoria Holmes in the
Enola
Holmes films based on characters created by Library member Arthur Conan
Doyle."
Via Esther Schindler.
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