The theme ‘Pathways’ feels rather nebulous this time, but at its most obvious it can refer to travel writers talking about the journeys...

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

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

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...

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 arranged by the Suffolk Book League (Ipswich and Suffolk Book League 1982-1985) The event...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

BY JANET BAYLISS