Library event Southwold Literary Festival: Author Talk with Louis de Bernières
Join us for an author talk with British writer, poet and musician Louis de Bernières.
- Date
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Sun 15 Nov 2026
- Time
- 17:00 – 18:00
- Place
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Southwold Arts Centre, Cumberland Road, Southwold, IP18 6JP
About this event
Join us for an author talk with British writer, poet and musician Louis de Bernières at Southwold Arts Centre as part of Southwold Literary Festival! Louis will be talking to us about his latest book, Smelling of Rooks.
Tickets are £7.55 each. Tickets can be booked at Southwold Library, either in person, by phone 01502 442817 or online on TicketSource.
About Louis de Bernières:
Louis de Bernières, born in 1954, is a British writer, poet and musician who has written several novels, collections of poetry, and albums of his own songs. He has a degree in philosophy from Manchester University, a PGCE from Leicester Polytechnic, and a master’s degree from London.
He performs concerts of his own poetry and songs. He has had many jobs, including army cadet, teacher, motorcycle messenger, carpenter, and landscape gardener. He lives in Norfolk with his son, Robin, daughter Sophie, and five cats.
About Smelling of Rooks:
Drawn from Louis de Bernières’s hugely popular Facebook posts written between 2015 and 2024, Smelling of Rooks gathers a decade of reflections, anecdotes and observations on everything from music, cats and motorcycles to politics, parenting and the perils of social media. It is a book about the texture of ordinary days, told with the warmth, eccentricity and mischief that have made de Bernières one of Britain’s most beloved storytellers.
Set against the rolling fields and modest peaks of what he calls the ‘Norfolk Alps’, this accidental memoir captures a writer at ease with his life, his readers and his absurdities. There are riffs on the pleasures of cooking and DIY, portraits of friends and neighbours, the escapades of his children, and the unpredictable joys of country living.
Southwold Literary Festival is a partnership between Southwold Library, Southwold Arts Centre and Southwold Books. All events take place at Southwold Arts Centre in St Edmund’s Hall.
Dates and times
- Time
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17:00 – 18:00
- Sun 15 Nov 2026
Booking information
Tickets can be booked at Southwold Library, either in person, by phone 01502 442817 or by visiting the Southwold Library TicketSource page.
Tickets can also be booked at Southwold Arts Centre, either in person or by phoning 01502 722572.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
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