Norfolk Bookworm

Stoner by John Williams Rediscovered classics are a weakness of mine and over the summer everyone seemed to be tweeting about Stoner and...

Wars of the Roses: Stormbird by Conn Iggulden Earlier in the year I had my mad but thoroughly enjoyable day at The Globe watching the t...

Longbourn by Jo Baker Here comes a big confession from a bookworm who has worked in the book trade for fifteen years - I've never r...

Mr Norfolkbookworm and I have just come back from 2 glorious weeks in Crete. We did a little sightseeing and a lot of relaxing, eating and...

The President's Hat by Antoine Laurain My friend and colleague Jon (who blogs here ) recommended this book to me recently and when ...

Over the past few months there have been loads of advance copies on the download Net Galley service.  I've been approved for lots of t...

Lots of the books I've been reading and enjoying lately have come from very small, independent publishing houses and a lot of them hav...

Blue Stockings, The Globe Theatre, London. August 2013. I'd given up hope of seeing this play as it had so few performances and eve...

War Horse,New London Theatre, London. August 2013 There are some plays that are so good that seeing them multiple times is a treat and ...

Wake by Anna Hope Twitter can be a source of many things but for me this week it was the cause of a late night and tears.  Not because ...

Barnum, Theatre in the Park, Chichester. August 2013. Mr Norfolkbookworm and I had a new companion for our outing to Chichester this pa...

A Change of Heart, The Blakeney Players, Blakeney. August 2013. Once more Mr Norfolkbookworm and I headed to the Norfolk Coast to suppo...

The Color Purple, Chocolate Menier Theatre, London. August 2013. Every year at the library where I work we run promotions to tie in wit...

The Hush. The Shed at the National Theatre, London. July 2013. In London for the weekend and with open return train tickets what were R...

David Bowie is... Victoria and Albert Museum, London. July 2013 While Mr Norfolkbookworm and I were enjoying the Pompeii exhibition  ea...

Henry VI trilogy, The Globe, London. July 2013 I think it is fair to say that The Globe Theatre doesn't have the reputation for bei...

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey This book has been sitting on my Kindle for quite a while, a few people told me how good it was but for so...

Macbeth, The Globe, London. July 2013 After my experience with Macbeth earlier in the year I was feeling very unsure about going to see...

Merchant of Venice, Norwich Cathedral. July 2013. A Shakespeare Festival has been held at Norwich Cathedral for the past few years but ...

An Englishman Aboard - Charles Timoney Road to Rouen - Ben Hatch Travel writing can be very good and sometimes it can be self indulgent...