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Information about Metfield writers

The East Anglian coast is famous for attracting painters, with its huge sky and rural landscape. But it seems Metfield inspires creativity of the wordy type, too, and has spawned a few writers in its time. Here we mention a few.

Christine Brennan
METFIELD Tales From a Suffolk Village 1928–2017 (opens in new tab)     11 November 2017
Published by Metfield Books
SEE ALSO the short film (opens in new tab) (© Jonathan Brinton) made by former resident Jonathan Brinton to promote the launch of the book.

Fiona Denny 
Alkazir’s Quest (opens in new tab)    3 Sep 2017
Operation Bite Back (opens in new tab)     26 Aug 2017
Windows on the World: Tales from a Suffolk Village Bed and Breakfast (opens in new tab)     14 Sep 2017
A Poem for Advent (opens in new tab)     27 Aug 2017
Under the Flamboyant Tree: an exploration of learning (opens in new tab)     2 Mar 2013
Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing

Francis Donnolly
Shake Down the Stars (opens in new tab)     17 Mar 1989
Catch the Wind (opens in new tab)    1 Feb 1996
Published by Corgi

James Fearnley
Bee Propolis – Natural Healing from the Hive (opens in new tab)     2001
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Published by Souvenir Press

Rachel Kellett
(with Sugata) Bird of Passage (Wandervogel) (opens in new tab)    2004
Published by Mandala Publications  
(with Robert Edwards) Life in Plastic: It’s Fantastic (opens in new tab)     31 May 2000
Published by Other India Press

Victor Peskett
Metfield Parish and Poor in the 18th Century (opens in new tab)     9 Nov 2013
The Metfield Clock (currently unavailable)
Published by Metfield Books (opens in new tab)

Evelyn Whiting
Pulled by Horses: A Memoir of Metfield, Suffolk in the 1930s     9 Nov 2013
Published by Metfield Books (opens in new tab)