In Popular Newspapers, Magazines, and Books

Note: reviews and articles relating to a specific piece of work by Bates are not listed here but in the relevant entry in the Library.

Abington, William. 'H.E. Bates' Association with Higham Ferrers' (Northamptonshire & Bedfordshire Life, February 1979, pp. 41-42, PDF).

Alderson, Frederick. 'Bates Country: A Memoir of H.E. Bates' (London Magazine, July 1979, pp. 31-42, PDF).

Barker, Dudley. 'Hat-trick Author' (John Bull, November 6, 1948, 15, PDF).

Balkwill, Michael. 'The Short Story and H.E. Bates' (New Clarion, April 15, 1933, p. 375, PDF).

Billen, Andrew. 'Slim-line sex in the City' (New Statesman, November 5, 2001, p. 46).

Braddock, Joseph. 'H.E.' (Woman's Journal, June 1959, pp. 12-15, PDF).

Braddock, Joseph. 'H.E. Bates: The Man and the Storyteller' (Books and Bookmen, May 1956, p. 7, p. 9, PDF).

Braddock, Joseph. 'H.E. Bates's War Stories' (Fortnightly Review, March 1949, pp. 205-206, PDF).

Church, Richard. 'A Rosette for H.E. Bates' (Country Fair, May 1957, pp. 38-39).

Church, Richard. 'Great Enjoyer' (John O'London's Weekly, August 29, 1952, pp. 1-2, PDF).

Coleman, Alix. 'Country Matters' (TVTimes, August 19, 1972, pp. 10-12, PDF).

Conradi, Peter J. 'The Man From Nowhere' (The Guardian, February 2, 2007).

Cooke, Alistair. 'A.E. Coppard & H.E. Bates' (PDF)

Croft-Cooke, Rupert. 'H.E. Bates' (The Sketch, May 21, 1952, p. 490, PDF).

Day, Harvey. 'One Month of Writing Made his Fortune' (The Kingston Gleaner, July 17, 1960, 22, PDF)

De'Ath, Wilfred. 'The Quiet World of H.E. Bates' (London Illustrated Magazine, May 1973, pp. 43-44, PDF).

Depledge, David. 'A Maestro Looks Back' (Books and Bookmen, July 1968, pp. 19-20, PDF).

Dunlevy, Maurice. 'Mr Bates and a Serpent in Paradise' (Canberra Times, March 14, 1970, p. 12, PDF).

Dunlevy, Maurice. 'H.E. Bates as Popular and Literary Author' (Canberra Times, February 24, 1973, p. 10, PDF).

Dunlevy, Maurice. 'H.E. Bates: A Passionate and Versatile Englishman' (Canberra Times, January 31, 1974, p. 9, PDF).

'Emergence of a Best Seller: Career of H.E. Bates' (The Age, Melbourne, December 9, 1950, p. 9, PDF).

'The English Short Story: Contemporary Trends' (The Age, Melbourne, May 12, 1951, p. 8, PDF).

Garnett, David. 'Great Friends: Portraits of Seventeen Writers' (New York: Atheneum, 1980, pp. 204-209, PDF).

'The Granary — Little Chart' (Ideal Home, March 1949, pp. 24-28, PDF).

'The Great Writers', a multi-part publication on Bates. (Marshall Cavendish Partworks: #32, c.1986-88, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4).

Hadley, Katharine. 'The Man They Still Find Irresistible' (Daily Express, November 14, 1972, p. 10, PDF).

Hamblett, Charles. 'Words are his Export' (Illustrated, July 10, 1948, pp. 18-19, PDF).

'H.E. Bates Dies: British Novelist' (New York Times, January 30, 1974, p. 38).

'H.E. Bates in Love and War' (Radio Times, North West edition, September 1979, pp. 8-9, PDF).

'H.E. Bates: Reformist in Disguise — Vivid Storyteller' (The Age, Melbourne, October 5, 1940, p. 9, PDF).

'H.E. Bates: Who writes of seasons (Readers' News, October 1938, p. 7, PDF).

'High Summer of a Wordsmith' (Tatler, June 14, 1961, pp. 646-647, PDF).

Hogg, D.C. 'H.E. Bates' (Book and Magazine Collector no. 9, November 1984, pp. 51-56, PDF).

Holroyd, Richard. 'H.E. Bates, A Collector's Perspective' (The Private Library 5th series 8:1, Spring 2005, pp. 33-42, PDF).

Howard, David. 'H.E. Bates' (Book and Magazine Collector no. 171, 1998, pp. 58-71, PDF).

Kirby, H.T. 'H.E. Bates' (The Bookman, September 1930, pp. 370-371).

Kirby, H.T. 'H.E. Bates' (Current Literature, October 1930, pp. 400-402).

'Knock-Out Blow Which Cost £5' (Kent Messenger, March 1, 1941, p. 7, PDF).

Leasor, James. 'Author by Profession' (London: Cleaver-Hume, 1952).

Longmate, Norman. 'The Doodlebugs' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1981).

Lusty, Robert. 'H.E. Words Spoken by Sir Robert Lusty at a Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of H.E. Bates, CBE' (privately printed pamphlet, 1974).

'Mr. H.E. Bates' (Times Literary Supplement, January 24, 1935, 45).

'Mr. H.E. Bates: Novelist and Writer of Short Stories' (Times, January 30, 1974, PDF).

Morgan, Louise. 'H.E. Bates: A Young Man Who Prefers the Country' (Everyman, April 14, 1932, pp. 363-364, PDF).

Morrissey, Ralph. 'A Rare Professional Writer' (Nashville Tennessean, April 11, 1954, p. 57, PDF).

Murray, Esther. 'Writer's Home' (Woman's Journal, September 1949, PDF).

Nichols, Lewis. 'Talk with H.E. Bates' (New York Times Book Review, February 15, 1953, p. 14, PDF).

O'Brien, Edward J. 'Modern Masters of the Short Story: H.E. Bates' (Argosy, UK, December 1934, pp. 29-30, PDF).

Phillips, Eric. 'The Craft of a Novelist: H. E. Bates' (The Writer, UK, September 1959, pp. 6-8, PDF).

'Portrait Gallery: H.E. Bates' (Sunday Times, July 13, 1958, PDF).

Pudney, John. 'H.E. Bates — Model for a No 1 Author' (Daily Express, November 27, 1947, p. 2, PDF).

Rowland, John. 'Writing to Order: The Development of H.E. Bates' (The Tribune, July 2, 1943, PDF)

Rowland, John. 'Is the Novel Dying' (John O'London's Weekly, October 9, 1953, PDF).

Silver, John. 'Watch Him at Work: H.E. Bates — One-Man Kingdom?' (Argosy, May 1958, PDF).

'Squadron-Leader H.E. Bates' (The Field, November 11, 1944, Front Cover).

Sturgis, John. 'As good as Chekhov? Why there’s more to H.E. Bates than The Darling Buds of May' (The Telegraph, October 10, 2021).

Talbot, Colin. 'H.E. Bates: My Garden Saved My Life' (Popular Gardening, May 13, 1972, p. 25, PDF).

Urquhart, Fred. 'The Work of H.E. Bates' (Life and Letters Today, December 1939, pp. 289-293).

Ward, John. 'My Friend H.E.' (The Oldie, March 2004, p. 42, PDF).

Wilson, Arnold. 'No-one Knew Him as Herbert. Even my Little Girls Called him Aitchee' (Kent Messenger, February 1, 1974).

Winton, Malcolm. "Pollinating 'The Darling Buds'" (Radio Times, North of England edition, October 1969, p. 12, PDF).

'What is the Future of the Short Story.'

'Young Bert Had a Room with a View' (Kettering Leader & Guardian & Northamptonshire Advertiser, January 21, 1955, PDF).