CHRISTMAS
OPENING HOURS
Just so you know - here are our opening hours over the festive period... SUNDAY 23RD DEC - 11.00 - 4.00 CHRISTMAS EVE - 9.30 - 4.00
CHRISTMAS DAY - CLOSED
BOXING DAY - CLOSED
THURSDAY 27TH DEC - 9.30 - 4.00
FRIDAY 28TH DEC 9.30 - 4.00
SATURDAY 29TH DEC 9.30 - 5.30
SUNDAY 30TH DEC 11.00 - 4.00
NEW YEAR'S EVE 9.30 - 4.00
NEW YEAR'S DAY CLOSED
WEDNESDAY 2ND JAN 9.30 - 5.30
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thanks for your support
Carrie, Tim & the Booka Team |  New Year New You!
AN EVENING WITH RUBY WAX Tuesday 15th January 2019
7.30pm (doors 6.45pm)
Lion Quays Hotel, Oswestry This New Year, number one bestselling author Ruby Wax is here to guide you through the chaos of the 21st century with How to be Human – a user's manual for surviving life. Ruby Wax is one of the most readable, inspirational and engaging writers in the field of human mental health, happiness and fulfilment. In How to be Human, with a little help from a monk (who tells us how our mind works) and a neuroscientist (who tells us how our brain works), Ruby answers every question you've ever had about: evolution, thoughts, emotions, the body, addictions, relationships, sex, kids, the future and compassion. Filled with witty anecdotes from Ruby's own life, and backed up by smart science and practical mindfulness exercises, How to be Human is the only manual you need to help you upgrade your mind as much as you've upgraded your iphone. We're thrilled Ruby Wax is returning to Oswestry for the paperback publication of How to be Human. Don't miss this chance to see her and pick up your copy of this wise, practical and funny handbook on life and the lives we lead. Tickets: £15 (includes a signed copy of How to be Human). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee) HERE If you can't make the event but would like a signed copy of the book, please let us know. | 
GERALD SEYMOUR
Battle Sight Zero
Monday 28th January 2019
7.30pm (doors 7.00pm)
Booka Join one of Britain's finest thriller writers as Gerald Seymour talks about his latest novel, Battle Sight Zero. The Kalashnikov AK47. A weapon with a unique image. A symbol of freedom fighters and terrorists across the globe. Undercover officer Andy Knight has infiltrated an extremist group intent on bringing the rifle to Britain – something MI5 have been struggling for years to prevent. He befriends Zeinab, the young Muslim student from Yorkshire who is at the centre of the plot. All Zeinab needs to do is travel to the impoverished high-rise estates of Marseilles and bring one rifle home on a test run. Then many more will follow – and with them would come killing on an horrendous scale. Supremely suspenseful, Battle Sight Zero follows Andy and Zeinab to the lethal badlands of the French port city, simultaneously tracking the extraordinary life journey of the blood-soaked weapon they are destined to be handed there. Gerald Seymour first exploded onto the literary scene in 1975 with the massive bestseller HARRY'S GAME. Many books later he's still going strong! We're delighted to welcome one of the iconic thriller writers to Oswestry. Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Battle Sight Zero). Includes a glass of wine or soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee HERE If you can't make the event but would like a signed and dedicated copy of the book, please let us know. | |  New Year New You!
AN EVENING WITH JOE WICKS - THE BODY COACH Saturday 12th January 2019
7.30pm (doors 6.45pm)
Lion Quays Hotel, Oswestry Start your journey to a leaner, healthier lifestyle! – join us for an evening with the nation's favourite healthy cook and fitness sensation, Joe Wicks aka The Body Coach as he talks food and fitness and introduces his new veggie cookbook, the latest addition to his bestselling Lean in 15 series. Veggie Lean in 15 brings a much-anticipated vegetarian option to fitness. Complete with Body Coach HIIT workouts and bonus abs training, it's the meat-free approach to great health. From Smoky Sweet Potato Chilli to 'Creamy' Butternut Pasta, Veggie Lean in 15 features a fantastic range of meat-free dishes, all prepared in fifteen minutes flat. The recipes are ideal for full- and part-time veggies, as well as those wishing to cut down on eating meat in a healthy and delicious way. There are also plenty of make-ahead ideas to get you prepping like a boss in no time at all. Be inspired! Don't miss the great opportunity to see and meet Joe Wicks, The Body Coach and start your own personal journey to a leaner healthier lifestyle. Event Format: Joe will be 'in conversation' with Clare Ashford from BBC Radio Shropshire. This will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.
Tickets: £20 (includes a signed copy of Veggie Lean in 15). Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee) HERE
If you can't make the event but would like a signed copy of the book, please let us know. | 
DIANE SETTERFIELD
Once Upon a River
Thursday 24th January 2019 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) Booka
Join us for an evening in the company of Diane Setterfield as she talks about her spellbinding new novel Once Upon a River, a multi layered mystery set in the 19th Century. A dark midwinter's night in an ancient inn on the Thames. The regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open on an injured stranger. In his arms is the drowned corpse of a little child. Hours later the dead girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Is it magic? Or can it be explained by science? An exquisitely crafted multi-layered mystery brimming with folklore, suspense and romance, as well as with the urgent scientific curiosity of the Darwinian age, Once Upon a River is as richly atmospheric as Setterfield's bestseller The Thirteenth Tale. We're delighted to welcome Diane to Oswestry for our first fiction event of 2019!
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Once Upon a River). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee) HERE If you can't make the event but would like a signed copy of the book, please let us know.
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LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON
Blood & Sugar
Wednesday 30th January
7.30pm (doors 7.00pm)
Booka Looking for your next page turner? Join Laura Shepherd-Robinson as she talks about Blood & Sugar, her debut historical crime thriller. June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock – horribly tortured and branded with a slaver's mark. Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham – a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career – is visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He'd said people were trying to kill him, and now he is missing . . . To discover what happened to Tad, Harry is forced to pick up the threads of his friend's investigation, delving into the heart of the conspiracy Tad had unearthed. His investigation will threaten his political prospects, his family's happiness, and force a reckoning with his past, risking the revelation of secrets that have the power to destroy him. And that is only if he can survive the mortal dangers awaiting him in Deptford . . . Laura Shepherd-Robinson is a major new talent. With Blood & Sugar she has written a compelling and unsparing novel taking us into dark and desperate episodes from England's history, the consequences of which are still with us today. We're delighted to welcome her to Oswestry! Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Blood &Sugar). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee) HERE If you can't make the event but would like a signed and dedicated copy of the book, please let us know. | |
