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Sue Prideaux in conversation with Laura Hassan
The Biographers’ Club is very excited that Sue Prideaux will give a talk at Hatchards on Wednesday 19 March about her recent book Wild Thing – A Life of Paul Gauguin. She will be in conversation with Laura Hassan, her editor at Faber, and we will find out how a book comes into being –…
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Exceptional Contribution winner 2024: Lucy Hughes-Hallett at Maggs Bros
Tuesday 14 January The Biographers’ Club is delighted that its 2024 Exceptional Contribution to Biography Prize goes to Lucy Hughes-Hallett, whose many ground-breaking and acclaimed books include The Pike, a biography of Gabriele D’Annunzio that won the Samuel Johnson, Costa and Duff Cooper prizes. Most recently, she has published The Scapegoat, a reassessment of George…
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Christmas Party and Elizabeth Buccleuch Prize
Join us for drinks and nibbles at our Christmas party, and for the presentation of the Elizabeth Buccleuch Prize, given for the best proposal by a first-time biographer. When: Wednesday 11 December, 6.30pm to 8.30pm Where: E6 Albany, Piccadilly, London W1J OAR. Tickets: £20 (members and guests). PLEASE PAY BY BANK TRANSFER OR THROUGH YOUR BRANCH. Book and…
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Clare Mulley at Hatchards
When: 6.30pm, Thursday 12 September Where: Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly London W1J 9LE Tickets: £10 (£5 for Biographers’ Club members) through Eventbrite here Clare Mulley will be in conversation about her highly acclaimed new book Agent Zo with biographer Anne Sebba, author of Ethel Rosenberg, Les Parisiennes and That Woman. Agent Zo tells the incredible story…
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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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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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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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Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize – the prize-giving and shortlist
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:…
