Ely Events and Reading Groups
In this atmospheric medieval city, just over an hour from London by train, author events range from reading groups and intimate events in the bookshop to the drama of performances under the world-renowned Octagon of Ely Cathedral. We hold events all year round, but in the autumn there is a special focus on the Ely Literary Festival.
Brian Bilston
Wednesday 6th December, 7.30pm
It's that time of year again . . .With his signature wit, Brian Bilston returns with And So This is Christmas, fifty-one poems in celebration of …
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Reading Group
Tuesday 12th December, 7.30pm
The venomous lumpsucker is the most intelligent fish on the planet. Or maybe it was the most intelligent fish on the planet. Because it might have …
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Reading Group
Tuesday 12th December, 7.30pm
Enter a dizzying world of stories within stories, genres within genres, novels within novels, as you turn the opening pages of If on a Winters Night …
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Mary Beard
Thursday 11th January, 7.30pm
World-renowned classicist Mary Beard returns to Ely Cathedral for her latest book, Emperor of Rome, a sweeping account of the social and political world of the …
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Lorraine Kelly
Friday 16th February, 7.30pm
Lorraine Kelly is a Scottish television presenter, journalist and author, best known for her ITV show, Lorraine. The Island Swimmer is her fiction debut, inspired by …
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Hollie McNish
Tuesday 12th March, 7.30pm
After a run of sold out shows up and down the UK, poet Hollie McNish is back with a brand new book, Lobster and other things …
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