Books

Independent Bookshops

Rating: 3

June 1st 2012

The number of local bookshops in the UK has fallen from 6,000 to 1,000 in just a decade. Judy Sharp investigates...

Nicholas Owen has spent almost 50 years in journalism, in newspapers and on television. He has just written a new book Days Like This about his life. In this piece, adapted from the book, he tells us some of his memories of Sussex

Literary Life: April

Rating: 2

April 1st 2012

edited by Angela Wintle

Literary Life

Rating: 2

March 1st 2012

Recently released and forthcoming books

Literary Life

Rating: 2

March 1st 2012

Recently released and forthcoming books with a Sussex feel

Georgette Heyer - private life un-earthed

Rating: 3

March 1st 2012

Georgette Heyer pioneered Regency romance, but the novelist was circumspect about her own life, declaring it concerned no one but herself and family. Biographer Jennifer Kloester paints a portrait of a driven, contradictory woman, as Ann Hill reveals

Book review: The Last Flannelled Fool

Rating: 2

October 10th 2011

In his latest book, actor and writer Michael Simkins pitched up at Hove’s county ground during a nostalgic cricketing journey to see how the professional game was faring. He found it in unexpectedly good shape, as Adam Trimingham reveals

Amberley author Robert Hutchinson sheds some light on the Tudors

Rating: 2

June 20th 2011

The Tudors ruled for almost 120 years and, 500 years on, they still fascinate. Author Robert Hutchinson, based in his 1540s cottage in Amberley, is illuminating them for the current generation. Words by Terry Timblick

Charleston Festival: a feast of words

Rating: 2

April 20th 2011

It’s hard to imagine a more delightful setting for a literary festival than the grounds of Charleston near Firle in East Sussex, the former home of Virginia Woolf’s elder sister, Vanessa Bell. Angela Wintle looks at some highlights

Christmas gift ideas: local authors

Rating: 2

December 9th 2010

Books are a great gift for Christmas and we at Sussex Life like to encourage buying local produce, so what better than to give a good book by a Sussex author or with a Sussex theme. Here are some you might like to consider

Read local this Christmas

Rating: 2

December 7th 2010

Last Orders - The Essential Guide to Your Letter of Wishes

Rating: 2

April 8th 2010

Last Orders - The Essential Guide to Your Letter of Wishes. Last Orders is a book intended to assist anyone and everyone. It deals with that perennial taboo, the subject of death...