Past Events

Join us for an evening to mark the launch of this timely and brilliant new book from a UEA professor of Creative Writing. Tessa McWatt knows first-hand that the answer to this question, often asked of people of colour by white people, is always more complicated than it seems. Is the answer English, Scottish, British, Caribbean, Portuguese, Indian, Amerindian, French, African, Chinese, Canadian? Like most families, hers is steeped in myth and the anecdotes of grandparents and parents who view…

The Fens are a distinctive, complex, man-made and little understood landscape. Francis Pryor has lived in, excavated, farmed, walked - and loved - the Fen Country for more than forty years: its levels and drains, its soaring churches, its magnificent medieval buildings. In The Fens, he counterpoints the history of the Fen landscape and its transformation - the great drainage projects that created the Old and New Bedford Rivers, the Ouse Washes and Bedford Levels, the rise of prosperous towns…

Whether you are curious to expand your poetry horizons or just want to try something new, New Tricks is for you: a series of free, informal poetry workshops based on the particular fixations of the facilitators – from rhyme, to the languages of coding, to Gertrude Stein. The form of each session varies from week to week depending on the topic, and every opportunity is taken to make each session engaging, interactive and 'getatable': no lectures, no wrong answers!

In November 2019, The Book Hive is turning 10. To mark this monumental achievement - a full decade of defiance against all the nay-sayers, e-book buyers and Amazons of the world - we've having a big ol' party to say thank you, to YOU, the readers of Norwich. The bash will be at Norwich Arts Centre on Friday the 8th, and will include bands, very special guests, and some book-related shennanigans... We're limited on spaces so save the date and…

Whether you are curious to expand your poetry horizons or just want to try something new, New Tricks is for you: a series of free, informal poetry workshops based on the particular fixations of the facilitators – from rhyme, to the languages of coding, to Gertrude Stein. The form of each session varies from week to week depending on the topic, and every opportunity is taken to make each session engaging, interactive and 'getatable': no lectures, no wrong answers!

Hanne Ørstavik is one of the most remarkable and admired authors in Norwegian contemporary literature. The author of several acclaimed and much discussed novels and the recipient of a host of literary prizes, her most famous novel, Love - voted the sixth best Norwegian book of the last twenty-five years! - has recently been translated into English by Martin Aitken and published by the brilliant indie press And Other Stories. We're thrilled to announce that as part of her tour…

Whether you are curious to expand your poetry horizons or just want to try something new, New Tricks is for you: a series of free, informal poetry workshops based on the particular fixations of the facilitators – from rhyme, to the languages of coding, to Gertrude Stein. The form of each session varies from week to week depending on the topic, and every opportunity is taken to make each session engaging, interactive and 'getatable': no lectures, no wrong answers!

Whether you are curious to expand your poetry horizons or just want to try something new, New Tricks is for you: a series of free, informal poetry workshops based on the particular fixations of the facilitators – from rhyme, to the languages of coding, to Gertrude Stein. The form of each session varies from week to week depending on the topic, and every opportunity is taken to make each session engaging, interactive and 'getatable': no lectures, no wrong answers!