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Darren Coffield at the French House
Darren Coffield is to give a talk, ‘Queens of Bohemia: Fabled Femmes of the French House’, at the French House in Soho on Monday, 24 June. The event is free, and starts at 6.30pm. www.frenchhousesoho.com/; [email protected]. The talk is based on Coffield’s latest book, Queens of Bohemia and Other Miss-fits (History Press), which has a…
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Chink’s letters and war diary
Pen & Sword publishes at the end of June Military Maverick: Selected Letters and War Diary of ‘Chink’ Dorman-Smith, edited by Club member Lavinia Greacen. The book follows Greacen’s acclaimed biography of Dorman-Smith, Chink (‘deserves wide attention’ – Frederick Raphael, the Listener; ‘A dazzling triumph’ – Irish Times). Dorman-Smith, who was to appear in various…
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Tony Lothian Prize winner Sarah Harkness launches debut
Sarah Harkness has seen the proposal that won her the Tony Lothian (now Elizabeth Buccleuch) prize come to fruition with Macmillan’s release of her Literature for the People: How the Pioneering Macmillan Brothers Built a Publishing Powerhouse. The launch of the book took place at Hatchards, where the guests included Daniel Macmillan’s great-great grandson the…
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Ariane Bankes at Daunt, Marylebone
There was quite a crush at Daunt Books as many friends celebrated with Ariane Bankes (left, with Clare Bullock of Duckwoth) , the Biographers’ Club prizes administrator, publication of her new book The Quality of Love. You can read more about the party here. Ariane is discussing her book with Cressida Connolly at Hatchards on…
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The Biographers’ Club Summer Party
Date and time: Tuesday 18th June, 6.30pm-8.30pm Venue: St Mark’s, St Mark’s Square, London NW1 7TN https://www.stmarksregentspark.org.uk/ Join us for drinks and canapés in the garden of St Mark’s, next door to Regent’s Park. We can go indoors if it’s wet. Tickets: £25 RSVP and apply for bank details (no cheques, please): [email protected].
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Ariane Bankes: The Quality of Love
Date and time: Thursday 30 MayTickets: £10 – book here Join Ariane Bankes, Biographers’ Club prizes administrator, as she discusses her sparkling memoir The Quality of Love with Cressida Connolly. When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine. This…
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Philip Ward – Encounters with Michael Arlen
Thursday 9 May, 6.30-8pmArmenian Institute, 1 Onslow St, London EC1N 8ASBook tickets here An illustrated talk (in association with Troubador Publishing) by Philip Ward, whose proposal for what was to become Encounters with Michael Arlen was shortlisted for the Tony Lothian (now Elizabeth Buccleuch) Prize in 2017. A literary shooting star of the 1920s, Michael…
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Hatchards and the Biographers’ Club are delighted to announce the launch of the Hatchards & Biographers’ Club First Biography Prize, the first year of Hatchards’ sponsorship, following our highly successful partnership with Slightly Foxed.
The prize awards £2,500 to the best biography or memoir published that year, and has been won in recent years by Daniel Finkelstein, Katherine Rundell and Osman Yousefzada, Lea Ypi, Heather Clark, Jonathan Phillips, Bart van Es, Edmund Gordon and Hisham Matar. The judges for 2024 will be: Tom Baily has worked at Hatchards bookshop…
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Four’s a Crowd? The onward march of group biography
Date and time: Wednesday 17 April, 6.30pmVenue: Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly, St. James’s, London W1J 9LEBooking: Through Eventbrite. See here The Biographers’ Club and Hatchards present three writers who have recently published group biographies to discuss the opportunities and pitfalls of this genre. What are the challenges of writing a group biography? What are the advantages? Does the theme…
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The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023 winner is Daniel Finkelstein for Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad
Slightly Foxed and The Biographers’ Club are delighted to announce that the winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023 is Daniel Finkelstein for Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad. From left to right: Sue Gaisford (judge), Arabella Pike (Daniel Finkelstein’s publisher at William Collins), Gail Pirkis (Slightly Foxed), Clare Mulley (judge) THE PRIZE 2023 SHORTLIST…
