Keep an eye out for ‘Hobbsy: A Life in Cricket’ written by Norfolk Cricket Society member Rob Kelly. A biography of former England, Essex, Suffolk and Glamorgan leg-spinner Robin Hobbs – a popular guest speaker at our April 2017 meeting – ‘Hobbsy’ will be available direct from Von Krumm Publishing as well as the Essex Cricket Store, Amazon and other major outlets.
Our April guest speaker – Patrick Ferriday from Von Krumm Publishing – recently had his latest title In Tandem featured as the Wisden Cricket Monthly book of the month.
Catch Patrick at the George Hotel in Norwich, 7.45pm on Thursday 26 April.
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
