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Ipswich Institute Two Hundredth Anniversary

Two venerable institutions celebrate a significant anniversary this year: Ipswich County Library has its first centenary; but this is...

Ipswich County Library One Hundredth Anniversary

Calling all Suffolk Book League members and non-members, we want your memories of the main County Library, Northgate Street, Ipswich –...

From the archives #8: Hauntings, myth and memory at Suffolk Book League

A look at the past list of speakers for over 40 years of Suffolk Book League reveals that ghost stories have not featured heavily. This...

From the Archives #7: Larger than life characters at Suffolk Book League

Considering the number of authors who have spoken at Suffolk Book League and the fame of some of them, I can remember surprisingly few...

Forty Years of Author Events 1982-2022

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

Afterword

The Suffolk Book League is a charitable organisation which has survived successfully over 40 years due to the hard work of volunteers,...

40 Years of BookTalk

On the 18th June 1982, a few days after the launch of the Ipswich and Suffolk Book League, a newsletter, two pages of typed A4, was...

Fascinating 40: More Memories From Our Members

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

Brian Morron’s ‘Desert Island’ Memories

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...

The Origins of the Suffolk Book League

The Suffolk Book League (SBL) ‘was created to be a provincial extension of the London-based National Book League (NBL) which became...

From the archives 6: Poetry at Suffolk Book League

Following on from the talk by Frances Gibb on George Crabbe I had a look through the archives to see what connections Suffolk Book League...

From the Archives 5: Hilary Mantel

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...

From the Archives 4: the Year 2016

As Pamela Holmes’ book The Huntingfield Paintress was originally published in 2016 I thought it would be good to have a look at that year...

From the Archives 3: Marina Warner

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