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...
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From Our Archives
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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
BY JANET BAYLISS
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