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Message from Booka Bookshop, Oswestry.
 AN EVENING WITH CLARE MACKINTOSH
After The End Wednesday 10th July
7.30pm (doors 7.00pm)
Wynnstay Hotel, Oswestry Join number one bestselling author Clare Mackintosh as she talks about her new novel After the End, a gripping and propulsive exploration of love, marriage, parenthood, and the road not taken. Combining the depth of emotion that captivated readers of Me Before You, the structural ambition of Life After Life and the impossible choice at the heart of My SisterÆs Keeper, Clare MackintoshÆs powerful new novel contains her winning formula of compelling characters and a page-turning plot. With over two million copies of her books sold worldwide, number one Sunday Times bestseller Clare Mackintosh is the multi-award-winning author of I Let You Go, I See You and Let Me Lie. WeÆre delighted to welcome her back to Oswestry to celebrate the publication of After the End û one of the most moving books youÆll read this year! Tickets: ú8 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of After the End) or ú13 (with book - includes a signed copy of After the End). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee HERE |
|  AN EVENING WITH DAVID NICHOLLS
Sweet Sorrow Wednesday 17th July
7.30pm (doors 7.00pm)
Wynnstay Hotel, Oswestry Join David Nicholls, the bestselling author of One Day, as he talks about his new novel Sweet Sorrow, a bittersweet and brilliantly funny coming-of-age tale of ordinary lives. One life-changing summer. Sixteen-year-old Charlie meets Franà Poignant, funny, enchanting, devastating, Sweet Sorrow is a deeply evocative novel about negotiating the rocky path to adulthood, a hymn to the tragicomedy of family life, a celebration of the deep, reviving power of friendship and the brief, searing explosion of first love. David Nicholls is one of BritainÆs most successful writers with an incomparable talent for making us laugh, cry and wince with recognition. ItÆs ten years since his novel One Day became an international publishing phenomenon and the iconic love story for a generation. ItÆs five years since the journey of Us took him to the Man Booker Prize long-list. A new David Nicholls novel is a major publishing event and something to look forward to. WeÆre thrilled to be welcoming him to Oswestry as we celebrate the publication of Sweet Sorrow. Tickets: ú10 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of Sweet Sorrow) or ú20 (with book - includes a signed copy of Sweet Sorrow). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee HERE | |
Booka News Keep up to date with the new 'Booka Blog' Ahead of Independent Bookshop Week launched a new Booka Blog hosted on our website. Here we will be bringing you everything you would expect from a bookshop blog, reviews, interviews, holiday reading guides, opinion pieces, as well as hopefully a few surprises along the way. Check out our latest post, What to Read in July 2019? for some summer reading tips! Books & Buggies Discover, share and enjoy great books for babies and toddlers at our new Books & Buggies Book Club. Each session includes a story-time with a featured book plus the showcasing of a variety of other books for parents/carers to share and enjoy with their young ones. The next session takes place on Friday 14th June 11.00am-12 Noon, upstairs at Booka and is FREE to attend. Book Clubs Book Chat Book Club - Currently reading: The Lido by Libby Page. Next Meeting Thursday 25th July (NB This Book Club is currently fully subscribed) Book & a Beer Book Club - Currently reading: The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers. Next meeting Thursday 11th July, 7.30pm at Booka and afterwards at The Fox Inn Cosy Crime Book Club - Currently reading: The Gallows Court by Martin Edwards. Next meeting Tuesday 16th July, 2.30pm at Booka (NB This Book Club is currently fully subscribed) Cosy Elevenses Book Club - Currently reading: The Muse by Jessie Burton. Next Meeting: Tuesday 16th July, 11.00am at Booka Children's Book Club (Year 3/4) - Currently reading: Boot by Shane Hegarty Children's Book Club (Year 5/6 - Groups A & B) - Currently reading: Swimming Against the Storm by Jess Butterworth Teen Book Club - Currently reading: Check Mates by Stuart Foster YA Book Club - Currently reading: The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods by Emily Barr Crossover Book Club - Currently reading: The Surface Breaks by Louise O'Neill
After their June meetings, our Children's Book Clubs will be taking a break over the Summer. They will start again in September. If you know of any young person who would be interested in joining one of the book clubs please pop into the shop, give us a call or send us an email. | |
