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Anne de Courcy at Hatchards
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…
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Anthony Adolph – In Search of Aeneas (Zoom event)
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…
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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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Christmas Party and Tony Lothian prize giving 2022
Join us for wine and nibbles at our Christmas party, and for the presentation of the Tony Lothian Prize.
