The Blake Society

The Blake Society was founded In 1985 and champions the agency of William Blake in our culture. The Society commissioned a stone to be placed on William Blake’s unmarked grave in Bunhill Fields and is planning to create a memorial for Catherine Blake. It holds regular meetings (online and in real locations), organises Blakean events and publishes the annual journal, VALA. 

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Receive a free printed copy of VALA magazine and the latest events news. Our members are vital to the work of the Society, we are always delighted to welcome new members and expand our community.

VALA

VALA is a free online publication that celebrates William Blake’s art and legacy in exciting new ways. Members of The Blake Society receive a printed copy of the latest issue. The fourth issue of VALA was published on 28 November 2023 and features contributions from academics, writers, poets, artists, illustrators and more on the theme of ‘War and Peace’.

‘The Little Black Boy’ – taking stock: Blake, Race and Racism

Dr Sibylle Erle, explores the poem ‘The Little Black Boy’ and its implications for our understanding of race and racism in the work and world of William Blake.
In his Guardian review of ‘William Blake’s Universe’ at the Fitzwilliam, Jonathan Jones calls Blake a ‘one off’ artist and ‘one of the greatest poets in the English language’…

Sacred Visions: Blake and First Nations Peoples

As part of St James’s Piccadilly’s Changing Our Minds initiative, Diane Pacitti explores the similarities between the visions of indigenous peoples and William Blake.
He is such a familiar figure. That ancient, white-bearded male stretching out his controlling rod. That joyless but prurient despot who in the guise of the Angel of the…