A timely release before the start of the season, Compleat Cricket: eight days in September is Norwich-based author Tim Cawkwell’s latest book and a lovely account of the closing rounds of the 2017 County Championship. Essex had already clinched the County Championship and so all eyes were drawn towards the bottom of Division One and the scramble between five teams to avoid relegation.

Further details in the attached flyer

Compleat Cricket is available from Amazon

Tim Cawkwell can be followed on Twitter

Delighted to announce that former England fast bowler Devon Malcolm will be our guest speaker on Thursday 25th October, 7.45pm at the George Hotel in Norwich.

Hope you can join us for an entertaining evening with Devon and to hear his first-hand account of his 9 for 57 against South Africa at The Oval in 1994.

Thanks to Colin Babb for a really entertaining evening of Caribbean cricket and social history at the George Hotel on 22 February.

You can see some pics from Colin’s talk on his Flickr pages.

Former England all-rounder Chris Lewis talking to BBC 5 Live’s Sarah Brett and Colin Paterson in September 2017 about his career in cricket, his fall from grace after being convicted of attempting to smuggle liquid cocaine into the UK and his long road to redemption.

Chris is our guest speaker on Thursday 26 October, 7.45pm at the George Hotel in Norwich.

Absolutely thrilled to announce that our talk with Emma John has been rescheduled for Wednesday 8th November 2017 (7.45pm) at the The George Hotel in Norwich.

Emma first book – Following on – has recently been announced as the prestigious Wisden book of the year for 2017.

Emma’s talk will be unmissable for anyone who followed England through the dark, barren years of the 1990s and still has a soft spot for Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart or John Crawley!

You can follow Emma on Twitter

We’re loving the new cricket illustration on our website which was specially created for us by Norwich-based graphic artist Jack Holmes.

Jack specializes in football images and you can check out his other work at http://jackholmes25.wixsite.com/jackholmesdesign

Follow Jack on Twitter and see his latest illustrations as he posts them!

Great news for fans of Bob Cattell’s Glory Gardens series.  After a 15 year break, the ninth book in the series – ‘Return to Glory’ – will be published on 1st November.

More details on Bob Cattell’s website – Glory Gardens

You can follow Bob on twitter

Really pleased to let you all know that Emma John will be coming to Norwich on Thursday 23rd February 2017 (7.45pm) to talk to us about her book – Following On.

Emma is a former deputy editor of Observer Sport Monthly and The Wisden Cricketer and in 2008 was the first woman to win a Sports Journalism Award.

Following On is Emma’s first book and has earned a series of excellent reviews; you can check them out and get more details about the book here

Follow Emma John on Twitter @em_john

We’re really delighted to be featured in Uniquely Norwich – a new pocket guide highlighting all that’s great to see and do in our fine city!

Copies are available from various locations in Norwich.

Take a look at our feature in Uniquely Norwich here

Our first guest speaker of the 2016/17 programme will be Neil Robinson, Library & Research Manager at Lord’s Cricket Ground. Neil will be joining us at the George Hotel, Norwich on Wednesday 14th September (7.45pm) and in addition to discussing his role at Lord’s, Neil will also be talking about his book Long Shot Summer: The Year of the Four England Cricket Captains 1988.

Further details about Neil’s book are available at Amberley Publishing

Follow Neil Robinson on Twitter @mcclibrarian