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DiscoveReads Book Festival returns this May!
DiscoveReads returns bigger and better than before! Enjoy in-person talks with Syd Moore, Helen MacDonald, Sin Blaché, Jyoti Patel, Elizabeth Fremantle and Amelia Gentleman at The Hold in Ipswich. Plus an exclusive free online talk with Jill Dawson!
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Chat 'n' Chill: After School Club for Teens
Thurston Library
Jun 3, 2025 3:15 PM
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Chat 'n' Chill: After School Club for Teens
Thurston Library
Jun 3, 2025 3:15 PM
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Thurston Library Book Group
Thurston Library
Jun 11, 2025 11:00 AM
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Thurston Library Book Group
Thurston Library
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Travellers' Tales: East Anglia Through the Eyes of Travel Writers with Historical Researcher and Author Sarah Doig
Bury St Edmunds Library
Jun 25, 2025 1:00 PM
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Travellers' Tales: East Anglia Through the Eyes of Travel Writers with Historical Researcher and Author Sarah Doig
Bury St Edmunds Library
Jun 25, 2025 1:00 PM
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Children's Sewing Club
Lakenheath Library
Jun 11, 2025 3:30 PM
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Slaughter in Southwold: Author talk with Robert Goddard
Southwold Library
Jun 14, 2025 11:30 AM
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Kesgrave Library
Jun 7, 2025 2:00 PM
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Bury St Edmunds Library
Jun 7, 2025 10:15 AM
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