Jul 21, 2025 | Lunches
Words by Suzi Feay Writer and former professional basketball player Benjamin Markovits was brought up in Texas, London and Berlin; the author of ‘The Sidekick’, ‘Christmas in Austin’, ‘Playing Days’ and a trilogy of novels about Byron, he joined us in the Lady Violet...
May 22, 2025 | Prizes
The Authors’ Club is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 Best First Novel Award is Ferdia Lennon’s Glorious Exploits (Fig Tree). This year’s guest adjudicator, novelist Tracy Chevalier, presented the £2,500 award at a reception at the National Liberal Club...
May 11, 2025 | Events
By Miranda Miller Last year I joined the Authors’ Club, which organises interesting literary events in the glamorous National Liberal Club, built by Alfred Waterhouse, the architect of the Natural History Museum. It’s a short walk from Embankment Station, a monument...
May 11, 2025 | News
We were saddened by the news last week that the novelist Jane Gardam had died. She was 96 years old. Born Jean Pearson in Redcar on the North Yorkshire coast in 1928, where her father was a teacher, Gardam moved to London after the Second World War to read English at...
Apr 8, 2025 | Lunches
We were delighted to welcome the novelist Stephen May to our monthly lunch on 20 March at the National Liberal Club in Westminster, and to hear about his latest book, Green Ink. May is the author of six novels, including the Costa-shortlisted Life! Death! Prizes! Like...
