Suffolk Libraries is excited to announce its next Online Book Festival in February 2024, with big names appearing for online author talks.
The festival is being headlined by Lee Child bestselling author of the internationally popular Jack Reacher novels. Other talks will feature the renowned and bestselling authors Tracy Borman, Cara Hunter, and Anthony Horowitz.
The Online Book Festival is part of Suffolk Libraries Day, our annual fundraiser celebrating libraries and their vital role in the community across Suffolk. All funds raised from Suffolk Libraries Day will go towards supporting isolated people, nurturing literacy, and improving wellbeing for everyone in Suffolk.
The online author talks will take place from Friday 23 February to Sunday 25 February.
Lisa Brennan is Suffolk Libraries Content and Reader Development Librarian. She has organised the festival and will be interviewing the authors. She says:
"Lee Child is launching the festival, and his books frequently feature as the most borrowed books in Suffolk. Tracy Borman and Anthony Horowitz have been incredibly supportive of our library service and our Suffolk Libraries Day which takes place at our branch libraries in March, and we are delighted to welcome them back for another author event with us. Cara Hunter is a brilliant writer, and we are thrilled she joins this incredible online festival line-up.
"As the festival is online, we welcome sign ups from people all over the country, and indeed the world!"
All events will take place online over Zoom. Our 2024 book festival will feature talks with bestselling authors including:
A limited amount of early bird discounted tickets are available to purchase at £5 each only until 1 December. These events won’t be recorded to watch back on YouTube, so don’t miss your chance to see your favourite authors!
Copies of the authors’ latest books are available to purchase directly from the publishers.
About the authors:
Lee Child is one of the world's leading thriller writers and consistently achieves the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds.
Lee will be talking to us about Jack Reacher's latest adventure, The Secret.
Tracy is an author, Tudor historian, broadcaster and joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces. She has particular expertise in the 16th century, but has also researched and written about the 11th, 17th and 18th centuries. She specialises in Tudor monarchs and their courts, courtiers, the private lives of monarchs and the history of witchcraft.
Tracy will be talking to us about her latest book, Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History.
Cara Hunter is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling crime novels Close to Home, In the Dark, No Way Out, All the Rage and Hope to Die, all featuring DI Adam Fawley and his Oxford-based police team. No Way Out was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 best crime novels since 1945. Cara’s novels have sold over a million copies worldwide, and the TV rights to the series have been acquired by the Fremantle group.
Cara will be talking to us about her latest thriller, Murder in the Family.
Anthony is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in the UK – and is unique for working across so many media. Anthony has written over 50 books including the bestselling teen spy series Alex Rider, which is estimated to have sold 21 million copies worldwide and has been turned into a hugely successful TV series. Anthony was awarded a CBE in 2022 for his services to literature.
Anthony will be talking to us about his upcoming thriller, Close to Death, the fifth instalment in his Detective Hawthorne series.
