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Catherine Larner

Hello, I'm Catherine Larner, a freelance journalist, editor and presenter living in Suffolk. I contribute features, profiles, reviews, comment and analysis to regional and national magazines, newspapers and online. You can take a look at my published articles on my website here.

I also interview on stage for festivals, organisations and bookshops, 'in conversation' with novelists, historians, politicians and personalities.

Reading extensively and widely, I report on the books I've enjoyed in a weekly e-newsletter and on this site which now provides a resource of more than 800 titles. I hope you'll find it helpful in choosing books for yourself and for your friends and family.

Thank you for reading

My More About Books bookstore where books can be purchased online can be found here or from any 'buy this book online' link. If you buy books linked to this site, I earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookshops.

What's on

Tim Dee in conversation

Saturday 19th September, 9.00am

at Leiston Film Theatre

Tim Dee will be talking about his book 'Landfill' as part of a day of author talks for the Leiston Book. Festival

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Louisa Young in conversation

Sunday 27th September, 10.00am

at Mannington Book Bash

Continuing The Cazalet Chronicles created by her aunt Elizabeth Jane Howard, writer Louisa Young introduces the first of her trilogy.

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An evening with Sarah Winman

Saturday 10th October, 6.00pm

at United Reformed Church

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Megan Hunter in conversation

Sunday 11th October, 5.45pm

at Unitarian Meeting House

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Recent Events

Jenny Knight in conversation

Sunday 23 August 2026

Debut novelist Jenny Knight talked about 'Wild Moon Rising' at FolkEast.

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Patrick Galbraith in conversation

Sunday 28 June 2026

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Events Archive

Visit my archive pages for details of all events in recent years.

Book Groups

WOODBRIDGE

I've been hosting an open Book Group in Woodbridge for the past 17 years. We used to meet in the town's bookshop but are now gathering in a hall just off the Thoroughfare. Please sign up for the weekly e-newsletter here to receive details.

Dominion

by Addie e Citchens

Shortlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize, this novel explores the repercussions of patriarchy by 'exalting the beauty and strength of Black womanhood'. What will we think of it?

Monday, 28 September 2026 - 8:00pm

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Readers recommendations
At the end of each year, members of the Woodbridge Book Group meet together to share their favourite titles and offer ideas for gifts for friends and family, and for new authors to try ourselves. For 2025 the titles that were mentioned are listed here.

FRAMLINGHAM

I'm leading a monthly adult book group at the fabulous Ottie and the Bea children's shop in Framlingham. You can find out about how to join in the meeting and sign up here or call in to the shop to learn more and browse the wonderful selection of children's books and gifts. The book we are reading this month is

Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Published in 2022, by the Nobel Prize winning author, the subject of this novel couldn't be more fitting for our times today. Klara is 'an artificial friend'. Soon to be a film, what will we make of this story by a much-loved writer?

Wednesday, 23 September 2026 - 7:30pm

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Buying books

I've linked the reviews on my website so that you can purchase online if you wish (and I will receive a small commission for each purchase, with a further commission going to all independent bookshops).

Click here for my page on bookshop.org and do consider using it whenever you wish to buy online.