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     11 November 2017
Published by Metfield Books
SEE ALSO the short film (© Jonathan Brinton) made by former resident Jonathan Brinton to promote the launch of the book.

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

Francis Donnolly
Shake Down the Stars     17 Mar 1989
Catch the Wind     1 Feb 1996
Published by Corgi

James Fearnley
Bee Propolis – Natural Healing from the Hive     2001
Published by Souvenir Press

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

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

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