Sophie Green
19th April 2023 It was another packed evening when the cherished Sophie Green visited the Suffolk Book League for our April event. Our...
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Previous Author Events
We have been fortunate to have welcomed a great number of authors over the years to speak to members and the public. We have included some summaries of their visits and what was discussed.
You can find out more about our upcoming events and also how to become a member via the tabs on the main menu, and for all other questions please email membership@suffolkbookleague.org.
Frances Gibb on George Crabbe
9th February 2023 Our speaker, Frances Gibb, was a journalist with The Times. Born in Suffolk, she has long had a fascination with the...
Brian Theodore Ralph
A Child’s Christmas in Wales 7th December 2022 On a suitably frosty night we came in from the cold to join a full room of people at the...
Richard Jenkyns
9th November 2022 Richard Jenkyns is a distinguished classicist and author who has written books on aspects of Greek and Roman literature...
A. K. Blakemore
13th October 2022 With the sellout audience all sitting comfortably, the evening of our October event with A. K. Blakemore began. Janet...
Rupert Thomson
14th September 2022 As Keith Jones and Rupert Thomson settled into their conversation, Rupert surprised the audience by confiding that...
Pamela Holmes
July 7th 2022 For the last event before the summer break, Suffolk Book League welcomed Pamela Holmes, who enthralled the audience with...
Annabel Abbs
15th June 2022 On Wednesday 15th June we had the opportunity to meet the writer Annabel Abbs and hear her discuss her new novel The...
Richard Mabey and Patrick Barkham
19th May 2022 We were treated to a feast of conversation as we joined Richard Mabey in discussion with fellow author Patrick Barkham at...
Monique Roffey
24th February 2022 Monique Roffey was in conversation with fellow writer and University of Suffolk Lecturer, Amanda Hodgkinson. Amanda...
Daniel Hahn
16th March 2022 We were treated to a fascinating conversation between Daniel Hahn, writer, editor and translator, author of over 80 books...
Alison MacLeod
7th April 2022 In April, Suffolk Book League welcomed Alison MacLeod, who captivated the audience with her talk on her latest novel...
Kate Sawyer
Kate Sawyer: 1st December 2021 This was a fascinating evening with a young author who became a writer through an untraditional route. ...
Esther Morgan
Esther Morgan: 21st October 2021 ‘It’s a rare treat to have a poet,’ said Keith Jones, our Chair, as he began the evening’s conversation...
John Preston
Keith Jones and John Preston had a fascinating conversation with a full audience at the Ipswich Institute – our first 'in real life'...
Natania Jansz
Publisher at Sort Of Books on TOVE JANSSON In early March this year, before lockdowns and social distancing began, I was thrilled to be...
Caitlin Davies
Caitlin Davies enthralled us all with a talk about Holloway Prison, ‘a terror to evil doers.’ When passing the prison as a child, she...
Sir Nicholas Young
Escaping with his Life is the book Sir Nicholas Young has written about his father, who died in 1986. Among his effects was a modest...
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