Loads and loads going on at Booka Bookshop. Please support our super local bookshop, now celebrating their 13th year anniversary.
| Welcome to our October Newsletter,
13 years ago this month, we opened our doors. We grew out of recession and despite the roller coaster journey of the last couple of years, Booka is still here and thriving.
Thank you to all of our customers for supporting us!
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| Attend any instore event and get 10% off any other purchases instore on the night. | |
An Evening with Rachel Joyce Join us for an evening with Rachel Joyce, the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, as a decade on, she resurrects the novel's beloved characters in Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North.
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An Evening with Martin O'Neill – My Life in Football Join us for an evening with football legend Martin O'Neill as he talks about his life in football and launches his new autobiography, On Days Like These.
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An Evening with Sabrina Ghayour – Persiana Everyday Calling all foodies! Join us for an evening with Sabrina Ghayour, 'The Golden Girl of Persian Cookery' as she talks about her new cookbook Persiana Everyday with a live cookery demo and tiny tastes of dishes from the book.
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An Evening with S.J. Bennett – Murder Most Royal Join us for an evening of 'cosy crime' as S.J. Bennett talks about her brand-new Christmas mystery, Murder Most Royal.
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An Evening with Bez – Buzzin: The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday Join us for an evening with Mark Berry – forever known to the world as Bez, as he talks about his extraordinary life captured in his new memoir Buzzin: The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday.
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An Afternoon with Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan Join bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan as they talk about their new novel Mad Honey, a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.
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An Evening with Nisha Katona – Meat Free Mowgli Curry sensation! Join us for an evening with chef, TV presenter, food writer and founder of Mowgli Street Food Restaurants, Nisha Katona MBE, as she talks about her latest cookbook Meat Free Mowgli.
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Sebastian Payne – The Fall of Boris Johnson Join us for an evening with political journalist and author Simon Payne as he takes us inside the corridors of power and talks about his new book The Fall of Boris Johnson.
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An Evening with Adrian Chiles – The Good Drinker Join popular broadcaster and columnist Adrian Chiles as he talks about his new book The Good Drinker, a humorous and heartfelt exploration of the unsung pleasures of drinking in moderation.
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Fiction - The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph 'The Secret Diary of Charles Ignatius Sancho' is the fictional memoir of an actual historical character, Black writer and composer Charles Ignatius Sancho. A passion project for actor Patterson Joseph, who first brought the little known figure to life in 2018 with a self penned stage play, 'Sancho: An Act of Remembrance'
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Non Fiction - WILD by Amy Jeffs In Wild, Amy Jeffs journeys – on foot and through medieval texts – from landscapes of desolation to hope, offering the reader an insight into a world at once distant and profoundly close to home.
The seven chapters, entitled Earth, Ocean, Forest, Beast, Fen, Catastrophe, Paradise, open with fiction and close with reflection.
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Meanwhile Back on Earth by Oliver Jeffers
From the bestselling author of Here We Are and What We'll Build, Meanwhile Back on Earth by Oliver Jeffers is our Packing Room Pick this week!
Experience an out-of-this-world adventure into space and discover a unique look at life, as a father takes his two children on a thrilling journey. A timely story for families everywhere. |  | |
Guest Blog: Wyl Menmuir
It's no exaggeration to say I have a novel to thank for my love of the sea and, in particular, for my love of sailing. When I talk to sailors, they almost inevitably mention Swallows and Amazons as one of the influences that first drew them to the water. Many of them are, even as adults, still looking for that same sense of adventure and freedom they felt when they first read Arthur Ransome's classic novels of the Walker and Blackett children. My introduction to sailing in literature wasn't through Ransome, though; it was Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea cycle that first captured my imagination.
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Guest Blog: Liz Hyder
It was my sister who first taught me to read, before I even went to school. She'd plonk me amongst a motley assortment of teddy bears, soft toys and dolls, in a circle and read Peter and Jane to us. I'm sure they're horribly dated now for I haven't seen a copy in years but for those of you too young to remember, they had one or two short sentences in GIANT BIG FONT on one side of the page and a rather naff illustration on the facing page. At the bottom, it would say 'New word – dog' or whatever. They've been much mocked (I particularly love Miriam Elia's spoofs) but I'll always be grateful to them for kick-starting my reading.
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Guest Blog: Amy Beashel
While a silver-sequinned jumpsuit called The Iris is the perfect attire to celebrate the publication of my new YA novel, We Are All Constellations*, it's not the only outfit I'll be wearing to mark the occasion. So too will I be donning vest, trainers and shorts. The second look may be far less spangly but running 31k in a shimmering all-in-one might raise a few too many eyebrows, and what we really want to raise is money.
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