OUR OWLS NEED YOUR TOWELS! We are in desperate need of your unwanted towels for our hospital. Towels are vital when we see wild birds of prey coming in freezing cold and soaking wet, often after being found on the ground. Please donate to Suffolk Owl Sanctuary IP14 6AT

Scarecrow Trail will be back this year, 14th & 15th September, this year there is a theme of “Name that Song”. If you would be interested in taking part please contact Brenda Doy, via- [email protected] for more information.

Enjoy a taster of the Festival

Southwold Christmas Lights Quiz Night! Sat 16th Nov 7.30pm Stella Peskett Millennium Hall Teams of up to 6 £5 per person Table snacks provided Bring your own drink/other food Raffle To book contact Charlotte at Southwold Library 07715388916/ [email protected]

Please spare a thought for train companies during 2020, as they tirelessly rack their brains for novel and increasingly preposterous excuses for delays...

Ok #bookbloggers, we've got a twisted, gripping treat for you... Matthew Arlidge's #AllFallDown is now on NetGalley UK, and as soon as this tweet hits 50 retweets we will approve 50 requests at random. So what are you waiting for? Get RTing and requesting! netgalley.co.uk/publisher/titl…

You think you're having a bad week? My poor colleague has just been in to do her weekly check of the library building. The cleaner has stared deep cleaning the space (so far, so good) and has cleaned the shelves but has put 18.5 bays of books back on IN SIZE ORDER.

Someone sticking googly eyes on Charlotte from Southwold Library is my favourite thing this week.

Slaughter in Southwold: Southwold Library Crime Writers Festival Sat 18th 10am Author Talk by Fiona Cummins Fiona’s new thriller “Into the Dark” is published by Macmillan 2022. Tickets £6 per talk, £20 per day or £40 for the weekend Book at ticketsource.co.uk/slaughterinsou…

Slaughter in Southwold: Southwold Library Crime Writers Festival Sat 18th 11.30am Author Talk by James Henry James Henry's DI Nicholas Lowry series is set in Colchester in the 1980s. Tickets £6 per talk, £20 per day or £40 for the weekend Book at ticketsource.co.uk/slaughterinsou…

Slaughter in Southwold: Southwold Library Crime Writers Festival Sat 18th 2.00pm Author Talk by Cara Hunter Cara Hunter's latest book in the Fawley series is “Hope to Die” Tickets £6 per talk, £20 per day or £40 for the weekend Book at ticketsource.co.uk/slaughterinsou…

Slaughter in Southwold: Southwold Library Crime Writers Festival Sat 18th 3.30pm Author Talk by Lesley Thomson 📚📚📚 #TheMysteryofYewTreeHouse Lesley Thomson new chilling thriller is “The Companion” Tickets £6 per talk, £20 per day or £40 for the weekend Book at ticketsource.co.uk/slaughterinsou…

Slaughter in Southwold: Southwold Library Crime Writers Festival Sunday 18th 10.00am Author Talk by Lin Le Versha Lin Le Versha is the author of the Steph Grant crime series. Tickets £6 per talk, £20 per day or £40 for the weekend Book at ticketsource.co.uk/slaughterinsou…

Slaughter in Southwold: Southwold Library Crime Writers Festival Sunday 18th 11.30am Author Talk by William Shaw His new book “Dead Rich” is an unforgettable, fast-paced thriller. Tickets £6 per talk, £20 per day or £40 for the weekend Book at ticketsource.co.uk/slaughterinsou…

Slaughter in Southwold: Southwold Library Crime Writers Festival Sunday 18th 2.00pm Author Talk by Rory Clements Rory Clements' gripping new spy thriller is “The Man in the Bunker”. Tickets £6 per talk, £20 per day or £40 for the weekend Book at ticketsource.co.uk/slaughterinsou…

Slaughter in Southwold: Southwold Library Crime Writers Festival Sunday 18th 3.30pm Author Talk by Louise Candlish #ANeighboursGuideToMurder Louise's latest release is "The Heights", a twisty revenge thriller. Tickets £6 per talk, £20 per day or £40 for the weekend Book at ticketsource.co.uk/slaughterinsou…

Slaughter in Southwold: Southwold Library Crime Writers Festival Friday 17th 7pm Murder Mystery Dinner Murder in the Lemon Grove: A Sicilian Murder Mystery From the pen of the best-selling author Kate Ellis. £12 per person (book by 1st June) Book at ticketsource.co.uk/slaughterinsou…

Slaughter in Southwold: Southwold Library Crime Writers Festival Elementary My Dear Watson: Fun Crime Quiz Night Saturday 18th June 7.00pm Nothing to tax the little grey cells too much. Vaguely crime related quiz rounds suitable for all. Book ticketsource.co.uk/slaughterinsou…

I could watch this forever!

Amazing show at Beccles Mark Watson, still here but very much also Bluesky ! Did you get to Ipswich OK?