Reviewed by Tricia Gilbey by Ian Collins (John Murray: 2024) Once, standing next to Ronnie Blythe in Wormingford church, I longed to find...

Ronald Blythe published more than 40 books across many genres between 1960 and 2022. Here are my favourite five: The Age of Illusion:...

Ian Collins with host Keith Jones We warmly welcomed Ian Collins for our first event of 2025, speaking about Blythe Spirit , his...

Even among the big beasts of Victorian novelists, Trollope has lasted magnificently. Most of his novels are currently in paperback, and...

George Ewart Evans is regarded by many as one of the founding fathers of oral history. Originally from a mining village in Wales, he came...

When I wrote my first PhD diary for BookTalk I was only a couple of months in, but as I sit to write my second entry, I am fast...

Forty Years of Author Events 1982-2022 arranged by the Suffolk Book League (Ipswich and Suffolk Book League 1982-1985) The event...

Peter Labdon wrote: In 1982, the National Book League (NBL) was administered from a suite of offices in Wandsworth by a chief executive...

Oh, happy day! I’d been living and working in Suffolk for a couple of years when I happened upon an SBL flyer at the Wolsey Theatre in...

My name is Rose Gant and I have been a member of SBL since 2021 and a committee member since earlier this year. Outside of the Book...

In February 2023 an old friend, D. R. Thorpe, died. I had known Richard Thorpe when we were fellow students at Selwyn College, Cambridge,...

It was a cold end-of-winter day as we entered St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds. By the time the thanksgiving service for...

Address by The Very Reverend Dr Frances Ward, on the occasion of the funeral of Ronald George Blythe, CBE, FRSL St Andrew’s Church,...

With the recent passing of Hilary Mantel, it seemed to be a good idea to scour the archives for information about her visits to Suffolk...

Edith Lea Elias (1879-1952) was born in Liverpool, the daughter of ship's chandler, John Lumsden Morice, and his wife, Mary Ann Lea, and...

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