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].

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…

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…

The Biographers’ Club Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize for 2023 will be awarded at a party at Maggs Bros, 48 Bedford Square, on Tuesday 19th March. Come and meet the shortlisted authors, and find out who has won.  Venue: Maggs Bros, 48 Bedford Square, WC1B 3DR Time and date: 6.15pm for 6.30pm to 8pm, Tuesday 19th March Price:…

Tuesday 23rd January, 6.30pm We are delighted to announce that Anne de Courcy, a past Chairman of the Club and still a stalwart member of the committee, is this year’s recipient of our Outstanding Contribution to Biography award.  Do come and help us congratulate Anne as she discusses her distinguished, colourful career as journalist and biographer with…

Wednesday 10 January, 6.15pm  Biographers’ Club member Anthony Adolph’s new book is In Search of Aeneas (Amberley), in which he provides the fullest biographical portrait to date of the reputed founder of Rome, through an exploration of the many myths surrounding him. Come and hear, via Zoom, Adolph discuss writing the biographies of mythological characters, particularly Aeneas…

When: Monday 11 December, 6.30pm to 8.30pm,Where: E6 Albany, Piccadilly, London W1J OARTickets: £20 (members and guests). PLEASE PAY BY BANK TRANSFER OR THROUGH YOUR BRANCH. Book and get bank details from [email protected]. Join us for drinks and nibbles at our Christmas party, for the presentation of the Tony Lothian Prize, given for the best proposal by a first-time…

When: Tuesday 7 November,Where: Hatchards, PiccadillyTickets: Click here Come and meet Ann Wroe, winner of the Biographers’ Club Exceptional Contribution to Biography award in 2020, who will be in conversation with Iona Mclaren. Her new book, Lifescapes, reflects on the art of trying to catch lives on the page. Ann Wroe is the acclaimed author of books including…