Limited early bird DiscoveReads Book Festival tickets available until 1 May!

eLibrary Newsletter - April 2025

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Last chance to get early bird tickets for the DiscoveReads Book Festival!

Don't miss out on our limited early bird DiscoveReads Book Festival tickets! This year's book festival takes place at The Hold in Ipswich and we have an all-star lineup, including:
 
  • Syd Moore - author of The Grand Illusion
  • Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché - authors of Prophet
  • Jyoti Patel - author of The Things That We Lost
  • Amelia Gentleman - author of The Windrush Betrayal
  • Elizabeth Fremantle - author of Disobedient
 
Plus a FREE online talk with Jill Dawson, author of The Bewitching!
 
Individual author talks are available to book for only £3 each until 1 May (general admission £5). Book yours online!
Get your early bird tickets
DiscoveReads Book Festival
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What's Coming Up

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JUST ANNOUNCED: Slaughter in Southwold
Slaughter in Southwold crime writers festival returns for its 11th year this June at Southwold Arts Centre!
 
Enjoy talks with bestselling crime and thriller novelists including Maureen Paton, Robert Goddard, Barbara Nadel, Kate Ellis, Jayne Chard, Chris Hammer, Tim Sullivan, M.J. Alridge and Lisa Hall.
 
Individual author events are available to book for £6 each. You can also book an All Day Saturday ticket, All Day Sunday ticket or a Weekend Pass to see all the authors.

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Online Book Group
Our unlimited title this month
Skip the wait and get stuck into this month's title for our online book group! Our DiscoveReads book group title this month is Lear Wife by J.R. Thorp. Inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear, this breathtaking debut novel tells the story of the most famous woman ever written out of literary history.
 
A thrilling, exquisite and audacious literary debut about a woman thwarted, a woman forgotten, a woman fighting back.
 
Listen now for free on BorrowBox.

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Early bird tickets for Ben Aaronovitch
We're thrilled to welcome award-winning fantasy novelist Ben Aaronovitch back to Suffolk this August! Ben will be talking to us about his latest Rivers of London book, Stone & Sky, and signing copies of his books.
 
This talk takes place at the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket. Early bird tickets are available for only £5 until 30 June!
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Listen

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New audiobook releases this month
Treat your ears with these brand new audiobook titles for April, free to listen to on our BorrowBox service with your library card.
Little Ghosts

Little Ghosts

Gregg Dunnett

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Dream Count

Dream Count

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Listen now
Funny Story

Funny Story

Emily Henry

Listen now

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Unlimited audiobook this month
Our unlimited audiobook title for April is The Household, a captivating, highly anticipated new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Stacey Halls.
 
Set against Charles Dicken's home for fallen women and inspired by real figures from history. Offering refuge for prostitutes, petty thieves and the destitute, Urania Cottage is a second chance at life. As the women's worlds collide in ways they could never have expected, they will discover that freedom always comes at a price...
 
Unlimited means there's no waiting list, so you can start listening whenever you're ready.

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