Books & Literature in Ely

Susie Dent: Word Perfect

A brand-new tour of the joys of the English language with Britain’s best-loved wordsmith.Following her hit show The Secret Life of Words, Susie Dent is back wit…

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Alison Weir

From the author of the six tudor queens series, a new novel about two boleyn cousins, close as sisters – and the truth that will change everything...'HISTORY HA…

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Last chance · tomorrow

AJ West and Layla McCay

It is such a joy to be hosting these two incredible authors this pride month to tell us more about our favourite queer books!We are in the middle of a vibrant r…

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David Baldacci

REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD . . .After turning informant for the FBI against a global criminal empire, Walter Nash has lost everything he cherished to it…

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Reading Group - Burnt Shadows

From the 1945 destruction of Nagasaki to the post-9/11 invasion of Afghanistan, Kamila Shamsie's much-admired novel is both an involving family saga and an expl…

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Reading Group - The Cafe with no Name

It is 1966, and Robert Simon has just fulfilled his dream by taking over a cafe on the corner of a bustling Vienna market.

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Queer Reading Group - Deserts of the Heart

_This was the freedom she wanted, an animal freedom exposed to the emptiness of sky and land and water.

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Neil Price

Who do we think of when we think about the Vikings? Most of us are familiar with the seafaring marauders who raided, traded and settled the coasts of Europe bet…

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Rachel Morley

The poet John Betjeman coined the phrase 'church crawling' to describe his days out visiting churches.

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Reading Group - The French Lieutenant's Woman

Both critically lauded and immensely popular with readers, John Fowles' Lyme Regis-set tale of romantic obsession in an age of repression is both a satisfyingly…

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Andrew Davies

The undisputed maestro of literary adaptation finally turns his razor-sharp pen on the most challenging subject of all: himself.

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Tim Spicer

This story is not just another history of the SAS. It is the only biography of an extraordinary man, 'whose courage made it easier for us to be brave'.

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Yotam Ottolenghi

_It's a noisy world out there, so stop, take a minute or two, listen to the soup bubble or the egg crackle...

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Edith Hall

The story of Medea, a maligned and misunderstood woman of Greek mythology, from one of Britain's foremost classicistsMothers who kill their children are univers…

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Alison Bruce

Two bodies. Two decades apart. One deadly connection.When an arson attack reveals a fresh corpse alongside remains from nearly twenty years ago, DS Ronnie Blake…

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Alycia Pirmohamed

As a young Muslim woman, Alycia Pirmohamed grew up with her body as racialised and her faith as seemingly dangerous.

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Irvine Welsh

FROM THE AUTHOR OF _TRAINSPOTTING_...Molly and George Warburton are used to living life their own way.

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Ed Conway

Ed Conway is a writer and broadcaster. He is the Economics and Data Editor of Sky News and a regular columnist for The Times and Sunday Times.

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Tim Hayward

The moment Tim Hayward started mixing himself an 'attitude adjuster' at the end of the day, his life changed.

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Charles Moseley

Hereward the Wake, for a thousand years, has been hailed as a national hero, a brave warrior making a stand against England’s new masters, the Normans.

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Sarah Clegg

We often think of them as tiny, glittering creatures fluttering about in pastel tulle, but fairies haven't always been so benign.

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Reading Group - Moon Tiger

A dying woman looks back over her complex, quietly turbulent life from childhood to final illness, whilst also attempting to make sense of the world that shaped…

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Victoria Hislop

Beloved, bestselling author Victoria Hislop explores the turbulence of the post-war era in Greece in this unforgettable and riveting new novel that will delight…

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Robert Harris

A Most Anticipated Book of 2026 in _The New York Times_, BBC Culture, the _Mirror_ and _Radio Times.__From the bestselling author of Conclave comes a new compel…

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Reading Group - I am Legend & The Shrinking Man

Celebrated for the depth and craft he could bring to seemingly childish material, Richard Matheson was a highly influential genre writer whose best work continu…

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Reading Group - Dodger by Terry Pratchett

In his final stand-alone novel, Terry Pratchett paid homage to another master of character, atmosphere and humour, evoking a richly detailed Dickensian London,…

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British Museum Lectures: The Bayeux Tapestry

We're delighted to be joined by curator Michael Lewis to discuss the upcoming British Museum exhibition, The Bayeux Tapestry, and its accompanying publications.…

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