Message from Booka Bookshop, Oswestry.
| Latest events coming up at Booka Bookshop...
OsLitFest Launch with Frank Cottrell Boyce - Friday 24th January 2014 6.00pm for 6.30pm start
The Rosie Project - Graham Simsion - Thursday 6th February 2014 7.00pm for 7.30pm start | |
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 Wishing you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
With the festive season upon us and 2014 just around the corner we would like to thank both our customers and publisher friends for all your support during the year. We've had a great time hosting some memorable author events, being part of some fantastic festivals and working with local schools and the library to share a passion for books.
We wish you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year
Carrie, Tim & the Booka team
|  The Rosie Project - Graham Simsion Thursday 6th February 2014, 7.00pm (for 7.30pm start) at Booka Join us on Thursday February 6th as the The Rosie Project (Lobster Love) book tour stops off in Oswestry. Author Graham Simsion will be with us to talk about his marvellous debut novel The Rosie Project. This first novel about a man with undiagnosed Asperger’s syndrome became the unlikely publishing phenomenon of 2013, with rights sold in more than 40 countries around the world. It’s been described as a cross between Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, about a teenager with Asperger’s, and David Nicholls’s One Day, a bittersweet love story – both huge bestsellers. It hit the top spot in Simsion’s native Australia, topped in the US and in the UK stormed the Sunday Times Bestseller’s chart, winning glowing reviews and author endorsements across the board. It is published in paperback on January 2nd 2014. Love isn’t an exact science – but no-one told Don Tillman. A thirty-nine year old geneticist, Don has never had a second date. So he devises the wife project, a scientific test to find the perfect partner. Enter Rosie – ‘the world’s most incompatible woman’ – throwing Don’s safe ordered life into chaos. But what is this unsettling, alien emotion he’s feeling? We love this quirky, funny and endearing love story and feel sure you’ll be rooting for Don and Rosie every step of the way. Date: Thursday 6th February 2014 -7.00pm (for 7.30pm start) Venue: Booka Tickets: £8 (£5 redeemable against book purchase. Includes refreshments) Please book in advance - for tickets, call in at the shop, give us a call or send us an email. If you are unable to attend the event but would like a signed and dedicated copy of The Rosie Project, please contact us. |  Christmas Opening at Booka Just so you know, our opening hours over the festive period are: Tuesday 24th December Christmas Eve OPEN (9.30am – 4.00pm)
Wednesday 25th December Christmas Day CLOSED
Thursday 26th December Boxing Day CLOSED
Friday 27th December OPEN (9.30am – 5.30pm)
Saturday 28th December OPEN (9.30am – 5.30pm)
Sunday 29th December CLOSED
Monday 30th December OPEN (9.30am – 5.30pm)
Tuesday 31st December New Years Eve OPEN (9.30am – 4.00pm)
Wednesday 1st January New Years Day CLOSED
Thursday 2nd January OPEN (9.30am – 5.30pm) | |  OsLitFest 2014 Launch Event: In Conversation with Frank Cottrell Boyce
Friday 24th January 2014 - The Dining Rooms, Welsh Walls (6.00pm for 6.30pm start) Join award-winning screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce for the official launch of the 5th Oswestry LitFest at The Dining Rooms on Friday 24th January 2014. Frank Cottrell Boyce was born and raised in Liverpool. He began his long and successful writing career working on television programmes such as Brookside and Coronation Street. His string of literary, TV, theatre and film credits includes the BAFTA-nominated film 24 Hour Party People, Welcome to Sarajevo and most recently, THE RAILWAY MAN starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. Frank also co-scripted the BAFTA-nominated and Emmy Award-winning London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, Isles of Wonder, alongside Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle. Millions, his debut children’s novel, won the 2004 Carnegie Medal and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award. His second and third novels, Framed and Cosmic were also critically acclaimed, receiving numerous award nominations. Since then Frank has jumped into the driving seat, writing three sequels to the much-loved Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Come and meet Frank, hear him talk about his writing career and find out more about the fantastic programme of OsLitfest events coming up this March. Tickets £10 (includes refreshments) or £25 (with 2 course Dining at 8pm) Please book in advance - for tickets, call in at the shop, give us a call or send us an email | | Oswestry Books, Films & Plays Following on from the success of our postcards and prints, we've extended our 'home grown' range of products to include a Wizard of Oswestry mug and two tea towel designs. We're delighted that these are proving a success. They make a distinctive gift with a local twist. Buy yours now. | | | Booka News Illustrated Year - 2014 Calendar and Book Gift Package
Would you like to buy a present for a child to last throughout the year? If so, we have just the thing for you. We're offering a fabulous calendar from Storytellers Inc featuring a different children's picture book illustrator each month, plus a gift wrapped picture book by the featured author, delivered to the child each month by post. The cost of this special package is £80, to include the calendar and 11 picture books. Interested? Call in or contact us for further information.
Bookclubs
Booka Bookclub - Currently reading:The Economic Naturalist by Robert H. Frank. Next meeting Wednesday 8th January, 7.30pm at Booka
Book & a Beer Bookclub - Currently reading: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Next meeting Thursday 22nd January, 7.30pm at Booka
Children's Bookclub - Currently reading: The Sleeping Army by Francesca Simon
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