Saturday saw the third Leiston Book Festival https://lnkd.in/eRCYbfGd take place, and once more we packed the town's Edwardian Film Theatre with enthusiastic readers. The day was ably facilitated by t...

This morning I interviewed the young CEO of a company that makes candles. Our conversation, and his company, will feature in the book I'm writing for Wilton Square Books about the past, present and fu...

Why do people always book things at the last minute? I like to plan my time weeks, sometimes months in advance. I make sure that I diary time for myself too, to ride my bike, visit the gym, or just re...

I my not be doing what I mean to be doing, but I’m happy. Isn’t that also a goal?

For decades, I had been haunted by paruresis, an inability to urinate in public toilets. But that day of nakedness suddenly, surprisingly, led me to shed my inhibitions

The Bishop of Norwich is one of the writers taking part in the Leiston Book Festival on Saturday September 19. This year’s festival is themed around weather, walking, the ground […]

In our first episode of Mad about Books, Robert Ashton is in conversation with Louis de Bernières about his new book, 'Smelling of Rooks: Nine Years in the Norfolk Alps.' Then later on, Simon Eyre di...

Let’s get Down to Earth: Suffolk farming films & book launch – Castle Community Room, Framlingham, Sat 18 Jul 2026 -

Where are the Fellows who Cut the Hay? Paperback Book Launch & Film Event – Castle Community Room, Framlingham, Sun 29 Mar 2026 - A paperback launch with a difference! The hardback edition of Robert A...

Where are the Fellows who Cut the Hay? Paperback Book Launch & Film Event – Castle Community Room, Framlingham, Sun 29 Mar 2026 - A paperback launch with a difference! The hardback edition of Robert A...

I've just added a couple of July bookings to my diary, for events at which I'll be speaking about my forthcoming book https://lnkd.in/g7fbiXhT, which will then be newly published. Planning my time mon...

We’ll be showing two rare Suffolk films, and launching the paperback edition of my latest book at 1400 on Sunday 29th Msarch, in Framlingham. Don’t miss it: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/leisto...

You are never too old to embark on a new adventure as I discovered in 2024, which has kickstarted a new life as a full time writer

Who when this picture was taken in 1958 were 65 and 66 years old

As the shape of my next book becomes clearer

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The men who came back were changed by their experience, as many writers have explained

On Monday I revisited my old school

I was surprised, and the story will appear in my next book, due out in 2027

Our Suffolk landscape has a spiritual quality, if you stop rushing to see it.

Tonight's book award dinner prompts me to reflect on my return to Suffolk

A room packed with attentive readers

When writing a new book, I invariably start with a conversation with a friend

The first Leiston Book Festival took place on 7 September 2024 and was a great success. In 2025 we continue the theme established last year as six renowned writers explore ideas about our changing lan...

We've sold 200 tickets to the Leiston Book Festival

Why would one grave have a farm more ornate headstone than those around it?

I was barred from entering Zadar cathedral a few days ago,