News
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Salkeld Bursary for Club Member
Rosemary J Brown, whose new book Moving Mountains: Intrepid Women Climbers and the Peaks Named in Their Honour is out from the History Press in August, is among the recipients of the Alpine Club’s inaugural Audrey Salkeld Bursary for Media & Research Into Alpinism. The bursary, established in honour of a renowned mountaineering historian, aims to facilitate…
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JoinIt: A New Way to Pay
The Biographers’ Club is switching to the Join It platform to manage its membership list and events programme. From now on, you will get email reminders when your membership comes up for renewal, and you can pay directly, via Stripe, by following the links from the email button. Paying for events will be simpler too,…
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I, Vera: A Radical Princess with Miranda Seymour
Wed, 27 May 2026, 18:30 at Hatchards, Piccadilly. Buy your ticket here! The Biographers’ Club is delighted to recommend – to members and non-members alike – what promises to be a scintillating talk from one of Britain’s leading biographers. Born in 1870, Vera was the rebel daughter of a Lithuanian prince and a Russo-German mother. Trained, with…
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Plath’s Psychiatrist
Club member Nigel Cameron is at work on a biography of Ruth Barnhouse (Beuscher), Sylvia Plath’s psychiatrist and friend, and is due to deliver the ms to University of Massachusetts Press for publication in 2028. The press published Cameron’s previous book, Dr. Koop: The Many Lives of the Surgeon General, in 2025.
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Soho Legend
The National Portrait Gallery will hold a launch for Club member Darren Coffield’s new book, Hen, Mistress of Mayhem, a biography of Soho legend Henrietta Moraes, at 6-9pm on Wednesday 15 April. The launch will take place in Larry’s bar – entrance in St Martin’s Place. Coffield will give a talk and book signing at the…
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Miranda Seymour’s New Biography Out 20 May
Winner of our Exceptional Contribution to Biography Award, 2025, Miranda Seymour’s I, Vera: The Many Lives of Vera Gedroits tells the inspiring story of ‘a towering, sweet-faced lesbian princess [and] an ardent supporter of workers’ rights who regularly performed true medical miracles of surgery. Pre-order your copy here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/i-vera/miranda-seymour//9780008650384 Can’t wait that long? Watch Seymour…
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A Story of Survival: Anne Sebba and Dr Kate Kennedy on The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz
29 May, 14:00 @ The Buttery, Wolfson College (and online via Zoom) Register here: https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/event/a-story-of-survival-anne-sebba-and-dr-kate-kennedy-on-the-womens-orchestra-of-auschwitz
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Join OCLW’s Writing Class & Feedback Group
No matter where you are and what stage your writing has reached, you can join one of our classes to learn and to develop your writing in a supportive and expert-led environment. What to expect: Life-Writing Class: Mondays, 11:00-13:00; hybrid sessions, in person at Wolfson College and online via Zoom; led by Rebecca Abrams. Online Writing…
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The Hatchards and Biographers’ Club First Biography Prize Winner, 2025 – Matthew Cobb!
We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s prize is Matthew Cobb, author of Crick: A Mind in Motion, all about the essential role Francis Crick played – alongside his scientific partner James Watson – in the discovery of DNA. Congratulations also to the shortlisted runners up:
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Passion, Politics and Power: The Life of Lady Pamela Berry
Patrons of the London Library are warmly invited to their annual gathering to thank those who have kindly chosen to leave a gift to the Library in their Will. Library Member Harriet Cullen will share insights from her biography of her mother, Lady Pamela Berry – a woman who was a bystander and protagonist across…