Book Launch - Writers in Whites
Schedule
Mon May 18 2026 at 06:30 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Jolly Gardeners | London, EN
About this Event
Author Ollie Randall joins us to discuss his new book, Writers in Whites, the previously untold story of cricket’s influential role in London’s literary world from the 1880s to the 1960s. Signed copies will be available to buy throughout the event.
PG Wodehouse used his cricket-playing to launch his writing career. JM Barrie modelled the pirates in Peter Pan after his cricket teammates. Arthur Conan Doyle named Sherlock Holmes after a cricketer he’d played against. They all belonged to a network of cricket-playing writers, who collectively left a permanent legacy on English culture. Their teams went by various names, but most often they called themselves the Authors. Based on a wealth of new research, Writers in Whites tells the story of this group, from Jerome K. Jerome via Evelyn Waugh to Michael Morpurgo.
WHEN: Monday 18 May, 6.30pm
WHERE: The Jolly Gardeners, Vauxhall, 49-51 Black Prince Road, SE11 6AB, (nearest tube/station Vauxhall)
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The Jolly Gardeners, 49-51 Black Prince Road, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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