Events

Wednesday 2 April: 7pm, Books on the Rise, Richmond-upon-Thames. Ian Collins in conversation (see above)

Thursday 3 April: 4pm, Oxford Literature Festival. Ian Collins Blythe Spirit presentation. https://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-events/2025/april-03/blythe-spirit-the-remarkable-life-of-ronald-blythe

Wednesday 7 May: 7pm, Rowan Williams gives the inaugural Ronald Blythe Memorial Lecture - an annual event in St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds. https://stedscathedral.org/events/ronald-blythe-lecture-with-rowan-williams/

Thursday 8 May: Akenfield exhibition opens at the Food Museum, Stowmarket. https://foodmuseum.org.uk/events/akenfield-exhibition/

Saturday 17 May: 2.30pm, Blythburgh Church, Ian Collins in conversation with Malcolm Doney. Free admission.

Thursday 22 May: 7pm, Ipswich Institute reading by authors - including Ian Collins - shortlisted for this year's New Angle Prize.

Thursday 29 May: 6:30pm  Shimpling Park Farm Barns, IP29 4HY. Ian Collins in Conversation with Mark Cocker

Friday 30 May: 6.45pm, Benton End, Hadleigh, Suffolk. Ian Collins and David Holt on Ronald Blythe and the Benton Enders.

Saturday 31 May: 2pm, St Leonard's Church, Colchester. Ian Collins and David Holt on Ronald Blythe's life and local links.

Sunday 29 June: noon, Felixstowe Book Festival. Ian Collins in conversation with Nicola Upson.

Thursday 24 July: 4pm, Buxton International Festival. Ian Collins in conversation with Mark Cocker.

Sunday 24 August: 12.30, Poetry Pharmacy, Bishop's Castle. Ian Collins in conversation with Ronald Blythe portraitist Dan Llywelyn Hall.

Monday 8 September: 6pm, Butley Priory. Ian Collins Blythe Spirit presentation for Orford Museum.

Sunday 21 September: 3pm, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes. Ian Collins in conversation with Rob Gifford.