Norwich Book Slam

Each month in 2024, a handful of emerging authors will read from their latest books, in the relaxed setting of our outdoor Courtyard. Grab yourself a drink from the bar and join other book lovers as these fresh voices bring their words to life, topped off with a Q&A hosted by Chris Parker.

Here are the confirmed authors for July's Book Slam...

ALICE FOWLER

Alice is an award-winning writer of short stories and historical fiction. Her writing is inspired by human nature, in all its frailties and flaws. She is drawn to people whom history has forgotten, and to the natural world. Her debut collection of short stories - The Truth Has Arms and Legs - speaks of change, resilience and hope.

RICHARD BALLS

Richard Balls is the author of three books: A Furious Devotion - The Life of Shane MacGowan, Be Stiff - The Stiff Records Story, and Sex & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll - The Life of Ian Dury. He was a news journalist for 20 years, starting his career in local papers in London before moving to Dublin, where he wrote for a range of national papers including the Sunday Press, Sunday Times and Irish Times. Richard works in communications and lives in Norwich.

N.A. JACKSON (Nick)

Nick Jackson was born in the High Peak area of Derbyshire and came to the flatlands of East Anglia at the age of seven.  Nick’s writing reflects his fascination with the natural world and our human relationship with it – how we are simultaneously driven to connect with our wild impulses and repelled by our animal origins. He has published two collections of short fiction: Visits to the Flea Circus, and The Secret Life of the Panda.

C.D. ROSE

C.D. Rose is the author of Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea, a collection of stories about vanishing photographers, distracted philosophers and the state of lostness. He has also written a parafictional trilogy: The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure, Who's Who When Everyone is Someone Else and The Blind Accordionist. He currently lives in the north of England, but is at home anywhere there are dark bars, dusty libraries, and good second-hand bookshops.

There is a wet weather option of the Music Room upstairs should the weather be poor.