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Philip Ward – Encounters with Michael Arlen
Philip Ward, who was shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize in 2017, has published Encounters with Michael Arlen. Michael Arlen (1895-1956) was a literary shooting star among the smart set of the 1920s. The self-styled chronicler of Mayfair society, he became an international celebrity after the publication of his scandalous novel The Green Hat in…
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Christmas party, Tony Lothian Prize-giving and Exceptional Contribution to Biography Award 2023
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…
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Ann Wroe in conversation with Iona Mclaren
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…
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Adam Sisman talking about his acclaimed John le Carré: The Biography – The Secret Life of John le Carré.
When: Thursday 19 October,Time: 6.15pm to 8pm,Location: Maggs Bros Bedord SquareTickets: Fee: £12.50. PLEASE PAY BY BANK TRANSFER OR THROUGH YOUR BRANCH. Book and get bank details from [email protected]. Adam Sisman wrote his acclaimed John le Carré: The Biography (2015) with the co-operation of le Carré and of le Carré’s family. Yet there were aspects of the life of the…
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Polly Toynbee talking about her latest book An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals
Author Polly Toynbee will be in conversation with biographer Anne Chisholm about her latest book An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals. The event takes place on Wednesday 6th September at Hatchards, 6.30pm. “Social class is a great national obsession and it lies at the heart of every family story …” Prominent social commentator Polly Toynbee…
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A Life in Pieces? Robert Douglas-Fairhurst in conversation with Jane Ridley
Date: Tuesday 4th JulyVenue: Hatchards, PiccadillyTime: 6.30pmBooking: Details to follow Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, prize-winning biographer of Charles Dickens and Lewis Carroll, fell into a looking-glass world of his own one day when unsteadiness and a sudden fall pitched him down a trapdoor into the world of the chronically unwell. Diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis, he felt his body was…
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The Biographers’ Club Summer Party!
Date and time: Tuesday 20th June, 6.30pm-8.30pm Venue: St Mary’s, Cadogan Street, London SW3 2QP Join us for drinks and canapés in the garden of St Mary’s, a Grade II-listed Catholic church in Chelsea. There is a marquee in case of rain.Tickets: £25 RSVP and apply for bank details (no cheques, please): [email protected]
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Adventures in Indexing – with Dennis DuncanHatchards PiccadillyWednesday 24 May, 6.30pm
In the first of a new series of events in collaboration with Hatchards, we are thrilled to welcome Dennis Duncan, author of Index, A History of the, in conversation with Tanya Izzard, Managing Director of the Society of Indexers, and hosted by Sarah Anderson. Praise has flowed for Dennis Duncan’s Index, A history of the: A Bookish…
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Biographers’ Club Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023 is launched!
We are open for submissions for this year’s Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize, generously sponsored by Slightly Foxed. We are delighted to have the following judges: Philip Eade is the author of three biographies, Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters (2007), Young Prince Philip (2011) and Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited (2016), all of which…
