Message from Booka Bookshop, Oswestry. Latest events coming up at Booka Bookshop.. - Naomi Wood - Mrs Hemingway Tuesday 27th January 2015 7.00pm (for 7.30pm start) at Booka
- Anna Hope - Wake Wednesday 4th February 7.00pm (for 7.30pm start) at Booka
- Next Generation Poets 2014 - Emma Jones & Hannah Lowe Tuesday 10th February 7.00pm (for 7.30pm start) at Booka
- Rosie Garland - Vixen Wednesday 18th February 7.00pm (for 7.30pm start at Booka
- SJ Watson - Second Life Wednesday 4th March 6.30pm (for 7.00pm start) at Booka
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Tues 30th Dec Open 9.30am - 5.30pm
New Year's Eve Open 9.30am - 4.00pm
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Thanks for supporting us!
Carrie, Tim, Jess, Louisa, Rosie, Ruth, Ella, Jessie & Rose |  ANNA HOPE - Wake Wednesday 4th February 2015 - 7.00pm (for 7.30pm start) at Booka Join us for an evening with author Anna Hope as she talks about her debut novel, Wake. Remembrance Day 1920: A wartime secret connects three women's lives: Hettie whose wounded brother won't speak; Evelyn who still grieves for her lost lover; and Ada, who has never received an official letter about her son's death, and is still waiting for him to come home. As the mystery that binds them begins to unravel, far away, in the fields of France, the Unknown Soldier embarks on his journey home. The mood of the nation is turning towards the future – but can these three women ever let go of the past? Wake is a compelling read. We are delighted to welcome Anna to Oswestry to tie in with the paperback publication.
Tickets £5 (redeemable against book purchase. Refreshments provided)
Please book in advance - for tickets, call in at the shop, or purchase online via our Eventbrite page.
If you can't make the event, but would like a signed & dedicated copy of Wake, please let us know. |  NEXT GENERATION POETS 2014 - Emma Jones & Hannah Lowe Tuesday 10th February 2015 - 7.00pm (for 7.30pm start) at Booka
Join us for an evening of poetry celebrating the Next Generation Poets. The event will feature performances from Emma Jones and Hannah Lowe.
Tickets £5 (redeemable against book purchase. Refreshments provided.
Please book in advance - for tickets, call in at the shop, or purchase online via our Eventbrite page.
| |  NAOMI WOOD - Mrs Hemingway Tuesday 27th January 2015
7.00pm (for 7.30pm start) at Booka Join us for an evening with Naomi Wood as she talks about her novel Mrs Hemingway. Mrs Hemingway tells the story of how it was to love – and be loved by – the most famous writer of his generation. Set against the backdrop of bohemian Paris in the 1920s to 1960s Cold War America, Mrs Hemingway is narrated by Ernest Hemingway's four wives: Hadley, Pauline, Martha and Mary. Based on real love-letters and telegrams, this richly imagined novel is inspired by the explosive love-triangles that wrecked each of Hemingway's marriages. As each wife struggles with his mistress for Ernest's heart – and a place in his bed – each marriage slips from tenderness to treachery. Each Mrs Hemingway thought it would last forever. Each one was wrong. Mrs Hemingway was one of our favourite novels of 2014 and was shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. We are delighted to welcome Naomi to Booka to tie in with the publication of Mrs Hemingway in paperback. Tickets: £5 (redeemable against book purchase. Refreshments provided) Please book in advance - for tickets, call in at the shop, or purchase online via our Eventbrite page.
If you can't make the event, but would like a signed & dedicated copy of Mrs Hemingway, please let us know. |  OSWESTRY LITFEST No.6 13th - 27th March 2015 2015 HEADLINERS ANNOUNCED Richard and Judy, Alastair Campbell, Sophie Hannah, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Dame Stephanie Shirley The sixth Oswestry Literary Festival takes place from Friday 13th March – Friday 27th March 2015 with a host of top authors, writers and journalists appearing at a range of events celebrating words written, spoken and sung. Big names attracted to Oswestry's LitFest next year include Richard Madeleyand Judy Finnigan, Alastair Campbell, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Dame Stephanie Shirley and crime novelist Sophie Hannah. Tickets for Oswestry LitFest's four major headline events can be booked online at www.oswestrylitfest.eventbrite.co.uk or purchased from the official Oswestry LitFest Box Office at Booka Bookshop Full programme details and news on the other events in the programme can be found at www.oswestrylitfest.co.uk and on the LitFest's Facebook page.
Follow the LitFest on Twitter @OswestryLitFest or on hashtag #OsLitFest. | | Booka News Animalium window display win Remember our Animalium window display showcasing one of this year's best children's books? We've just found out that we've won a signed Tree of Life print from the book - so pleased! Look out for it in the shop. Signed Copies now in stock The Taxidermist's Daughter - Kate Mosse
The Sunrise - Victoria Hislop
You Are Here - Chris Hadfield
Walking Home - Clare Balding
Our Zoo - June Mottershead
Narrow Road to the Deep North - Richard Flanagan
The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell
Waterloo - Bernard Cornwell
Owls - Matt Sewell
So Anyway - John Cleese
How to Drive - Ben Collins/The Stig
KP: My Autobiography - Kevin Pieterson
Crossing the Line - Luis Suarez
Life & Loves of a He Devil - Graham Norton
Thinking About it Only Makes it Worse - David Mitchell
Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party - Alexander McCall Smith Best Ever Dishes - Tom Kerridge
River Cottage Light & Easy - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingsall
Behind the Mask - Matthew Dennison
England & Other Stories - Graham Swift
The Long Haul - Jeff Kinney
Awful Auntie - David Walliams
Once Upon an Alphabet - Oliver Jeffers
Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death - Chris Riddell
These can also be purchased online via our website Book Clubs Booka Book Club - Currently reading: Hidden Girl. Next meeting TBC
Book & a Beer Book Club - Currently reading: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Next meeting Thursday 8th January 7.30pm at Booka
Both groups meet at the Shop and are free to attend. New members are always welcome. So, step outside your comfort zone and come along to explore new authors and genres – we'd love to see you. Children's Book Club (7-9 yrs) - Currently reading: Chicken Mission: Danger in the Deep Dark Woods by Jennifer Gray (Next meeting Tuesday 20th January 2015 - 4.15pm)
Children's Book Club (10-12 yrs) - Currently reading: Knightley & Son by Rohan Gavin (Next meeting Wednesday 21st January 2015 - 4.15pm)
Teen Book Club (13+ yrs) - Currently reading: After the Snow by S.D. Crockett (Next meeting Thursday 22nd January 2015 - 4.45pm) Our Children's Book Clubs & our Teen Book Club are fully subscribed. We have a reserve list in operation for those who would like to join. | | |
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