Message from Booka Bookshop.
| Welcome to our March Newsletter,
The daffodils are starting to show, daylight is beginning to stretch and Spring has almost arrived. This month we have some exciting event announcements, a brand new Book of the Month, Packing Room Pick and an exciting Mother's Day Subscription. Keep reading to find out more. | |
| Attend any instore event and get 10% off any other purchases instore on the night. | |
Anna Jones - Divide Join us for an evening with journalist and broadcaster Anna Jones as she talks about her new book 'Divide', a call to action for town and country to make positive and lasting changes to benefit the environment.
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Ben Aitken – The Marmalade Diaries Join us for an evening with travel writer Ben Aitken, author of The Gran Tour, as he talks about his new book The Marmalade Diaries, a portrait of an intergenerational friendship.
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Natasha Solomons – I, Mona Lisa Join us for an evening with bestselling novelist and screen writer Natasha Solomons as she talks about her new novel I, Mona Lisa.
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Harriet Young – The Hellion Join us for an afternoon with author Harriet Young as she talks about her debut novel The Hellion, a historical fiction novel.
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Jess Phillips – The Life of an MP Join us for an evening with Jess Phillips as she talks about her life as an MP, lifting the lid on what a career in politics is really like.
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Lucy Easthope – When the Dust Settles Join us for an evening in the company of Lucy Easthope as she talks about her inspiring new memoir When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster.
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Story Time with Yas and Yoga Minis with Jess Join us for a Story time with Yas reading Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny by Emily Ann Davison followed by a Yoga Mini session with Yoga instructor Jess Jones.
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Jon McGregor – Lean Fall Stand Join Jon McGregor, the Costa-award winning, three-times Booker-longlisted author of Reservoir 13 as he talks about his latest novel Lean Fall Stand.
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Patrick Gale - Mother's Day Join us for an evening with bestselling author Patrick Gale as he talks about his new novel Mother's Boy, a tender story of love, loss and a life hiding in plain sight.
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Helen Mort – A Line Above the Sky Join us for an evening with Helen Mort, prize-winning poet and writer, climber and mum as she talks about her stunning memoir A Line Above the Sky.
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Coffee Morning for Ukraine At Booka we have been putting our heads together to decide how to contribute to the Ukrainian crisis – we work locally but we want to do something to help globally, something to help Ukrainian people, even in a small way.
Join us Thursday 17th at our Coffee Morning for Ukraine. |  | |
Mothers Day Subscription This Mother's Day we are offering special 'Mother's Day Subscription' which gives your Mother a three month book subscription.
This includes; 30 minute bookchat session to complete your reading preferences, coffee and cake and 3 hand selected paperbacks delivered to your door.
To purchase a £40 Mother's Day Subscription please click below.
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The Gifts by Liz Hyder This dark, quiet and compelling tale will have you utterly gripped. 'The Gifts' touches on the beauty of the natural world, superstition and science, the lure of ambition and pride; it is also the story of four women determining their own right to be, their talents and gifts undimmed by society's constraints.
Click below for Bookshop Manager Ruth's full review.
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The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Signed Limited Special Edition with Stunning gold foil Design
The new murder mystery thriller from the No.1 bestseller...
Welcome to No.12 Rue des Amants. A beautiful old apartment block, deep in the backstreets of Montmartre. A place of twisting staircases, locked rooms, watchful eyes from every window. A place of murder. One resident is missing. And another holds the key… | |
Books to Give us Hope
In the same week that we celebrate International Women's Day, we also witnessed the devastating and shocking news that Russia bombed a Children's & Maternity Hospital in Zhytomyr in Ukraine.
The press coverage is undeniable and horrifying. How in the 21st Century can we still stand by and watch the violence, destruction that war brings.
As an average person in the street, how can we make sense of it? Turning to books can help.
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Beth Morrey – The Books that Made me
As promised, we are continuing our 'Reading Journey' series and our next instalment comes from the wonderful Beth Morrey. Continue reading to hear the books that made her and inspired her writing style used in Em & Me.
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Where do you Read yours?
The fire was lit, the doors closed, the cats curled up and the first page turned. Where do you read yours? On the sofa? By the fire? Under a cosy blanket? We all have special places where we retreat from the world and escape between the pages of a good book.
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