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July 2023
Suffolk
In her acclaimed debut novel, Margaret Meyer set out to show the courage and strength of the inspirational women at the centre of East Anglia's 17th century witch hunts
June 2023
Country Life
'If we don't have it, you don't need it': an Aladdin's cave of useful items, the local hardware store is the shop that time forgot, finds Catherine Larner
June 2023
Suffolk
Author Rachel Joyce's much-loved character has made it onto film and inspired two more books, ending Rachel's own personal journey...well, almost.
June 2023
Suffolk
Broadcaster and author Simon Mayo heads to the Slaughter in Southwold festival this month to chat about his new novel with a strangely familiar theme.
May 2023
Suffolk
Suffolk author Sarah Hardy found the inspiration for her atmospheric new novel right on her doorstep
April 2023
Pressing Matters
Catherine Larner speaks to established printmaker Angela Harding about how her familiar works of natural wonder come to life, then take flight into the wider world.
March 2023
Suffolk
Hanna Rudd, marine scientist and friend to sharks, is on a mission to get us to care more about what lies under our seas and oceans.
February 2023
This England
Catherine Larner speaks to garden writer Barbara Segall about her new book on the secret gardens of Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
January 2023
Suffolk
Festivals, signings, launch parties, television and radio discussions, book clubs, blogs, even BookTok - there are so many ways we can engage with authors and their work these days.
December 2022
Suffolk
For many of us, a witty cartoon that shows us the funny side of the nation's dilemmas is the perfect start to the day. And that goes for the cartoonist too...
December 2022
Suffolk
From the relative calm of his Aldeburgh home, satirist Craig Brown maintains his prolific output of humour, parody, biography and social commentary that includes 30 years as a contributor to 'Private Eye'.
December 2022
Suffolk
It could be the title of a book but it's actually one way Suffolk literary agent Emma Shercliff knows she's found a good author.
November 2022
Suffolk
It's 20 years since Jimmy Doherty picked up a fork and decided to turn a rundown farm just outside Ipswich into a going concern. They said he was mad - but what has he learned in two decades?
November 2022
Suffolk
What was it like to be a doctor in a hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic? Roopa Farooki coped by writing it all down in a memoir.
November 2022
Suffolk
Whether it's losing a corkscrew or the joy to be found in an orange, nearly being given some flowers or the frequency of men and buses, poet Wendy Cope delights fans with her humorous and pithy observations on life and love.

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