Joining TARS

Membership Benefits

TARS members enjoy a number of benefits once they join. These include:

• Access to any regional or national event that TARS runs (subject to any booking fees payable)
• Access to (and the chance to sail in) one of Arthur Ransome's boats at TARS events
  
• Membership of a regional group
  
• Meet up with fellow enthusiasts and share your interest with others
  
• Opportunity to try events and activities described in Arthur Ransome's books, such as archery, camping, dowsing, exploring, sailing, and walking among others
  
• Publications: four Society mailings delivered annually. The publications received depend on membership type, more details of which are available on the Publications pages.
  
• Talks on the author and related subjects of interest
  
• TARS Stall: a mail-order service, offering books (including audiobooks), back issues of publications, videos & DVDs, and additional items, such as badges, burgees, maps & pens.
  

Members can also subscribe to the TARS Library (for a small additional annual fee), giving them access to a number of books which Arthur Ransome wrote, read, and/or had in his own library for reference. In addition, the Library also holds volumes in the Mariners' Library series, a growing number of Carnegie Medal winners and other books of interest to Ransome readers.

Members are given the opportunity each year of subscribing to the publication of a new Ransome-related book which is not available outside the Society.

How to Join

Complete the Application Form as appropriate, print and send together with the correct UK or Overseas fee (please make cheques/checks payable to TARS or The Arthur Ransome Society Ltd)

• Application Form - For all UK and Overseas applications (except Australia). PDF available here.
  

• Australian Application Form - Link to Application forms for Australian residents (in Word & PDF)

UK and all Overseas applications (except USA and Australia) should be sent to: The Membership Secretary, TARS Ltd, Abbot Hall Museum, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5AL (U.K.)

USA applications should be sent to the national co-ordinator, Robin Marshall, TARS U.S. Coordinator, 210 18th St NW, Bradenton FL 34205-6845 USA

Australian applications should be sent to the Convenor of AusTARS, David Bamford, 52 Ronald St, Tootgarook, VIC. 3941

Additional Information

Subscriptions are due on 1 January each year. Members joining between 1 October and 31 December can effectively enjoy up to 15 months membership for the price of 12, as they will not need to renew until the second January after joining.

With the exception of AusTARS applications, TARS does not currently accept electronic or online membership applications or have the facility to accept online payment of subscription fees.