Richard Beard
Author and rugby enthusiast Richard Beard is Director of the National Academy of Writing in Birmingham.
Books by Richard Beard
“It’s about how crippling silence can be. It’s about guilt. And it’s about revisionist history . . . It’s a really angry book too, though written with such restraint. I just found that tone so admirable.” Read more...
The Best Memoirs: The 2019 National Book Critics Circle Awards Shortlist
Laurie Hertzel, Journalist
Interviews with Richard Beard
The best books on Rugby, recommended by Richard Beard
Rugby fanatic Richard Beard explains the difference between rugby league and rugby union – and says the aggression you need for the game doesn’t always translate well into life
Interviews where books by Richard Beard were recommended
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Educated: A Memoir
by Tara Westover -
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The Day That Went Missing: A Family's Story
by Richard Beard -
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All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir
by Nicole Chung -
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What Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth: A Memoir of Brotherhood
by Rigoberto González -
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Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
by Nora Krug -
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Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over
by Nell Painter
The Best Memoirs: The 2019 National Book Critics Circle Awards Shortlist, recommended by Laurie Hertzel
The Best Memoirs: The 2019 National Book Critics Circle Awards Shortlist, recommended by Laurie Hertzel
An increasing diversity of voices and willingness to experiment has heralded a new golden age of autobiography, says literary critic Laurie Hertzel. Here she highlights the very best: the six memoirs recently shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Awards.
