Blythe Spirit: The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe

Part of the Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival 2025!

Next Event
12th October 1:30pm
Event Finishes
12th October 2:30pm

About this event

Ronald Blythe (1922-2023), author of the inimitable Akenfield, was a prolific and poetic chronicler of rural and spiritual life, nature and literature. He spent a joyful century close to his Suffolk roots, time travelling in his imagination and publishing forty books and thousands of essays.

Drawing on unparalleled access to leters, notebooks, published works, drafts, and conversations from decades of friendship, Ian Collins tells the full story of Ronald Blythe for the first time. The result is a sensitive, revelatory portrait which celebrates a fascinating, complex man and casts new light on one of our greatest writers.

A conversation with Bury St Edmunds Literary Festival Honorary Patron Nicola Upson

Books: Blythe Spirit: The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe (John Murray Press)

Suitability: 12+ Timing: 1 hour, followed by book signing

Tickets: Standard: £10, Concession: £5, U18: FREE

Venue: Abbeyagte Cinema

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