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Adrian Bell, A Countryman’s Winter Notebook

The Halesworth Bookshop & Slightly Foxed

Richard Hawking & Professor Jules Pretty in conversation on a Slightly Foxed special release: Adrian Bell, A Countryman’s Winter Notebook at The Cut, Halesworth.

Many thanks to all who attended!

Book Launch: An Englishman’s Commonplace Book

Despite everything that is going on in the world right now, a pair of Foxes scurried off to South West London on the rather dreary and wet evening of Wednesday 30 September 2020 to raise a glass with Roger and booksellers Johnny and Boojum at John Sandoe Books. It was an absolute joy to be able to celebrate Roger and the publication of An Englishman’s Commonplace Book at one of our favourite independent bookshops.

The Return: Hisham Matar in conversation with the Biographers’ Club & Slightly Foxed at Hatchards

Thursday 27 February 2020

Hatchards Booksellers on Piccadilly were delighted to host an evening with Hisham Matar. Hisham was interviewed by Sarah Anderson, founder of the Travel Bookshop in Notting Hill. This was the third in an event series with Slightly Foxed and the Biographers’ Club.

Inventing Angela Carter: Edmund Gordon in conversation with Susannah Clapp at Hatchards

Wednesday 2 October 2019

Hatchards Booksellers on Piccadilly were delighted to host biographer Edmund Gordon and theatre critic Susannah Clapp for an evening celebrating the life and work of Angela Carter. This was the second in an event series with Slightly Foxed and the Biographers’ Club.

Slightly Foxed Autumn 2019 Launch Party at One Tree Books

Slightly Foxed at One Tree Books

welcomed friends, subscribers and local book-lovers to celebrate a bumper crop of autumn offerings. Our guests browsed the shelves, stocked up on good reading and enjoyed a glass of wine with the Slightly Foxed team.

Many thanks to all who attended and made the party such a joyful occasion.

The Cut Out Girl: Bart van Es in conversation with the Biographers’ Club & Slightly Foxed at Hatchards

Wednesday 3 July 2019

Hatchards Booksellers on Piccadilly were delighted to host Bart van Es in the first of an event series with Slightly Foxed and The Biographers’ Club. Bart was interviewed by journalist and writer Rachel Cooke.

Autumn 2018 Launch Party: A Country Doctor’s Commonplace Book

Slightly Foxed & the Leaping Hare

welcomed friends, subscribers and local book-lovers to Wyken Vineyards to celebrate the publication of the Autumn issue of Slightly Foxed, SFE No. 43: Jennie Erdal’s Ghosting and a Slightly Foxed Special.

Our guests enjoyed books galore, a glass of wine and readings of wonders and absurdities!

Munnings Art Museum Birthday Lecture

Wednesday 3 October 2018
Dedham Assembly Rooms, Essex

The Munnings Art Museum’s second birthday lecture was a wonderful opportunity to hear life stories from broadcaster and former politician, Martin Bell OBE, in a beautiful setting. Like Sir Alfred Munnings, Bell grew up in the Waveney Valley on the Suffolk/Norfolk border and his father, farmer, writer and first Times crossword compiler Adrian Bell was friends with Munnings in the 1930s.

Northamptonshire’s Ideal Countrymen

Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 July 2018
Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire

The BB Society and the H. E. Bates Group brought together accomplished authors, artists, historians, actors and others at Lamport Hall to celebrate the county’s literary and artistic heritage of ‘BB’ and ‘HE’. There were also displays of pictures, books and memorabilia, as well as film shows and illustrated talks throughout the weekend.

Print! Tearing It Up

Somerset House explores the power of print by celebrating the past and present of Britain’s thriving independent magazine scene. Print! Tearing It Up will be the first exhibition to trace the journey of independent voices in magazines and journals from their roots in the early 20th century to today’s contemporary titles.

Until 22 August 2018
Somerset House, London
Free entry

Slightly Foxed Readers’ Day 2018

This year’s Readers’ Day took place on Friday 9 November. Our speakers were: Edmund Gordon; Tom Hodgkinson; Penelope Lively; Miranda Seymour and Angie Lewin and Christopher Brown from St Jude’s.

Slightly Foxed at Sea Fever Festival

North Norfolk’s Festival of Poetry and Prose, 11–12 May 2018

Sea Fever aims to celebrate all forms of the written word inspired by this exceptional coast-line, and to bring to the coast writers with national reputations.

Our Editors, Gail Pirkis and Hazel Wood, took their audience of festival-goers behind the scenes at Slightly Foxed on a sunny Saturday in May.

The Lost Words Exhibition

*This exhibition closed on 6 May 2018*

The relationship between language and the living world is celebrated in this exhibition of poetry and illustration. The Lost Words is a unique collaborative project between the award-winning author and Slightly Foxed contributor Robert Macfarlane, and acclaimed artist and author Jackie Morris, that seeks to reconnect people with the natural world.

Winter 2017 Launch Party

Slightly Foxed & Belgravia Books

We celebrated the publication of Slightly Foxed Issue 56 and When I Was a Little Boy.

There were books galore, plenty of wine and many Christmas presents purchased on the night.

Slightly Foxed Subscribers’ Writing Competition 2018

The Slightly Foxed Writers’ Competition produced a record number of entries this year, all of them worth reading. Subjects tackled were many and various, from Dr Johnson to taxidermy, and we had such difficulty choosing a winner that we finally opted to award a joint first prize . . .

15 Nov 2017

Autumn 2017 Launch Party

Slightly Foxed at Much Ado Books

We celebrated the launch of our autumn publications in the beautiful barn of Much Ado Books on a Saturday evening in September. Wine flowed, bookish chat filled the air, books flew off the shelves and tills rang as we toasted our new seasonal offerings.

Slightly Foxed at the John Moore Museum

As part of a series of summer events to mark 50 years since John Moore’s death, as well as 110 years since his birth in Tewkesbury, we visited the John Moore Museum and set up shop in the Old Baptist Chapel on a sunny Saturday afternoon in August.

Summer 2017 Launch Party

Slightly Foxed and Harris & Harris Books

We celebrated the launch of our special limited edition of The Cherry Tree, the final book in Adrian Bell’s celebrated trilogy of Suffolk country life between the wars, at Harris & Harris Books in Clare on a sunny summer’s evening in July.

Readers’ Day 2017

This year’s Slightly Foxed Reader’s Day will be on Saturday, 4 November at our usual London haunt, the Artworkers’ Guild in Queen’s Square, a short walk from Russell Square tube station.

The Bridport Literary Festival 2017

Ysenda Maxtone Graham was in conversation with Prue Keely on Monday 12 June.

The Oldie Literary Lunch

Ysenda Maxtone Graham spoke alongside writers Martin Bell and Clover Stroud over a three-course literary lunch at the Savile Club on 6 June.

Ysenda Maxtone Graham at Daunt Books Hampstead

The author of Terms & Conditions was in conversation with Slightly Foxed editor, Hazel Wood.

Wednesday 17 May 2017

Daunt Books Spring Festival 2017

Matrons, Maths and Midnight Feasts: Ysenda Maxtone Graham took part in the Daunt Books Spring Festival, talking about harsh matrons, freezing dormitories and appalling food in the company of journalist Allison Pearson on Thursday 16 March

Slightly Foxed at Chichester Literary Society

Gail Pirkis and Hazel Wood, editors of Slightly Foxed, spoke at St George’s Church Hall on Friday 5 May as part of the Chichester Literary Society’s programme of talks and events.

Spring 2017 Launch Party

Slightly Foxed & John Sandoe Books

We celebrated the launch of the Spring issue of Slightly Foxed and Slightly Foxed Edition no. 37, Hilary Mantel’s haunting memoir Giving up the Ghost . . .

Tuesday 7 March 2017

Michael Holroyd reading from Basil Street Blues

Thank you to all those who joined us for a jolly evening of books, wine, literary chatter and convivial mingling betwixt the shelves of our cosy bookshop to celebrate the launch of our 29th SF Edition, Michael Holroyd’s memoir, Basil Street…

Foxed News

Adrian Bell, A Countryman’s Winter Notebook

Book Launch: An Englishman’s Commonplace Book

The Return: Hisham Matar in conversation with the Biographers’ Club & Slightly Foxed at Hatchards

Inventing Angela Carter: Edmund Gordon in conversation with Susannah Clapp at Hatchards

Slightly Foxed Autumn 2019 Launch Party at One Tree Books

Slightly Foxed at One Tree Books

The Cut Out Girl: Bart van Es in conversation with the Biographers’ Club & Slightly Foxed at Hatchards

Autumn 2018 Launch Party: A Country Doctor’s Commonplace Book

Slightly Foxed & the Leaping Hare

Munnings Art Museum Birthday Lecture

Northamptonshire’s Ideal Countrymen

Print! Tearing It Up

Slightly Foxed Readers’ Day 2018

Slightly Foxed at Sea Fever Festival

North Norfolk’s Festival of Poetry and Prose, 11–12 May 2018

The Lost Words Exhibition

Winter 2017 Launch Party

Slightly Foxed & Belgravia Books

Slightly Foxed Subscribers’ Writing Competition 2018

Autumn 2017 Launch Party

Slightly Foxed at Much Ado Books

Slightly Foxed at the John Moore Museum

Summer 2017 Launch Party

Slightly Foxed and Harris & Harris Books

Readers’ Day 2017

This year’s Slightly Foxed Reader’s Day will be on Saturday, 4 November at our usual London haunt, the Artworkers’ Guild in Queen’s Square, a short walk from Russell Square tube station.

The Bridport Literary Festival 2017

The Oldie Literary Lunch

Ysenda Maxtone Graham at Daunt Books Hampstead

Wednesday 17 May 2017

Daunt Books Spring Festival 2017

Matrons, Maths and Midnight Feasts: Ysenda Maxtone Graham took part in the Daunt Books Spring Festival, talking about harsh matrons, freezing dormitories and appalling food in the company of journalist Allison Pearson on Thursday 16 March

Slightly Foxed at Chichester Literary Society

Spring 2017 Launch Party

Slightly Foxed & John Sandoe Books

Tuesday 7 March 2017

Michael Holroyd reading from Basil Street Blues

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