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Catherine Larner

Hello, I'm Catherine Larner, a freelance journalist, editor and presenter living in Suffolk. I contribute features, profiles, reviews, comment and analysis to regional and national magazines, newspapers and online. You can take a look at my published articles on my website here.

I also interview on stage for festivals, organisations and bookshops, 'in conversation' with novelists, historians, politicians and personalities.

Reading extensively and widely, I report on the books I've enjoyed in a weekly e-newsletter and on this site which now provides a resource of more than 800 titles. I hope you'll find it helpful in choosing books for yourself and for your friends and family.

Thank you for reading

My More About Books bookstore where books can be purchased online can be found here or from any 'buy this book online' link. If you buy books linked to this site, I earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookshops.

What's on

I am always planning new events but at the moment I have nothing quite ready to announce.

Recent Events

Patrick Galbraith in conversation

Sunday 28 June 2026

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Running on Air

Saturday 23 May 2026

BBC newsreader, presenter, distance runner and now writer, Sophie Raworth joined us to talk about her new book 'Running on Air'.

read my report

Events Archive

Visit my archive pages for details of all events in recent years.

Book Groups

WOODBRIDGE

I've been hosting an open Book Group in Woodbridge for the past 17 years. We used to meet in the town's bookshop but are now gathering in a hall just off the Thoroughfare. Please sign up for the weekly e-newsletter here to receive details.

Pick a Colour

by Souvankham Thammavongsa

Monday, 27 July 2026 - 8:00pm

Pick a Colour

by Souvankham Thammavongsa

A novel about loneliness, love, labour and class, which 'subverts the comforting mundane' as it chronicles the immigrant experience in a nail bar, during a single day. Said to be funny, moving and 'hauntingly good'. What will we think of it?

Monday, 27 July 2026 - 8:00pm

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Dominion

by Addie e Citchens

Shortlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize, this novel explores the repercussions of patriarchy by 'exalting the beauty and strength of Black womanhood'. What will we think of it?

Monday, 28 September 2026 - 8:00pm

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Readers recommendations
At the end of each year, members of the Woodbridge Book Group meet together to share their favourite titles and offer ideas for gifts for friends and family, and for new authors to try ourselves. For 2025 the titles that were mentioned are listed here.

FRAMLINGHAM

I'm leading a monthly adult book group at the fabulous Ottie and the Bea children's shop in Framlingham. You can find out about how to join in the meeting and sign up here or call in to the shop to learn more and browse the wonderful selection of children's books and gifts. The book we are reading this month is

Madame Bovary

by Gustav Flaubert

In Madame Bovary, Flaubert created one of the most scandalous female characters literature has ever known. We're revisiting this classic ahead of reading Elif Shafak's new novel where she looks at Flaubert through the women he created.

Wednesday, 19 August 2026 - 7:30pm

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Buying books

I've linked the reviews on my website so that you can purchase online if you wish (and I will receive a small commission for each purchase, with a further commission going to all independent bookshops).

Click here for my page on bookshop.org and do consider using it whenever you wish to buy online.