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Message from Booka Bookshop, Oswestry
Coming events this Autumn
| Welcome to our September Newsletter!
Happy Autumn everyone! We have a plethora of upcoming events this season... | |
| Café Booka
Take a look at our Autumn Café menu. Pop in for a bite or two whilst you discover your next read - takeaway available! | |
OSWESTRY
An Evening with Amy Jeffs – Saints: A New Legendary of Heroes, Humans and Magic Amy Jeffs, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Storyland and Wild talks about her new book Saints, delving deep into the history of Britain's past through the tales that captured the medieval imagination.
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OSWESTRY
An Afternoon with Liane Moriarty – Here One Moment Liane Moriarty, author of bestselling phenomenon Big Little Lies comes a compelling novel of family and fate, as a mysterious old woman shows confusion and paranoia in the lives of a disparate group of individuals.
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LIVERPOOL
An Evening with Tim Spector – The Food For Life Cookbook Bestselling author of The Diet Myth, Spoon-Fed and Food for Life, Tim Spector, talks about his new book The Food For Life Cookbook
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OSWESTRY
An Evening with John Lewis-Stempel – England: A Natural History Highly acclaimed nature writer John Lewis-Stempel as he talks about his new book England: A Natural History.
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LIVERPOOL
An Evening with Ian Rankin – Midnight and Blue From the iconic crime writer and number one bestseller Ian Rankin comes a brand new John Rebus thriller, Midnight and Blue.
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OSWESTRY
Sunday Crafternoon – Vlad The Fabulous Vampire Join us for a fang-tastic afternoon of crafting and creativity with Vlad the vampire.
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OSWESTRY
An Evening with Tracy Chevalier – The Glassmaker Join us for an evening with Tracy Chevalier, the globally bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring, as she talks about her new book The Glassmaker.
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CHESTER
An Evening with Jodi Picoult – By Any Other Name We are delighted to be working with Linghams Booksellers to host this event with Jodi Picoult at Chester Racecourse
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OSWESTRY
An Evening with Kate Humble – Home Made Join us for an evening with TV presenter, writer and broadcaster Kate Humble as she talks about her latest cookbook Home Made: Recipes from the Countryside.
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BRIDGNORTH
Book Signing with The Reverend Richard Coles Come and meet The Reverend Richard Coles! Bestselling author, broadcaster and all-around national treasure, the Reverend Richard Coles, will be signing copies his new novella Murder Under The Mistletoe at Booka Bridgnorth on Wednesday 23rd October 1.30 – 2.30pm.
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OSWESTRY
An Evening with The Reverend Richard Coles – Murder Under The Mistletoe Deja Vu?! Join us for an evening with bestselling author, broadcaster and all-around national treasure, the Reverend Richard Coles, as he talks about his new novella Murder Under The Mistletoe, a cosy Christmas sequel in his Canon Clement series.
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OSWESTRY
Morning Gift Wrap Workshop with Jane Means Learn to wrap every gift perfectly whatever the shape or occasion in this hands on masterclass with Jane Means.
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OSWESTRY
Afternoon Gift Wrap Workshop with Jane Means Deja Vu?! Learn to wrap every gift perfectly whatever the shape or occasion in this hands on masterclass with Jane Means
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OSWESTRY
An Evening with Kate Mosse – The Map of Bones Join us for an evening with bestselling author Kate Mosse to celebrate her new novel The Map of Bones.
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WREXHAM
David Walliams & Super Sleuth 'Live' Meet David Walliams and celebrate the release of his first ever murder mystery, Super Sleuth.
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CHESTER
Mackenzie Crook – If Nick Drake Came to My House Mackenzie Crook ; BAFTA award-winning writer, comedian, actor, and director in conversation.
A collaboration event with Linghams Booksellers and Chester Storyhouse.
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OSWESTRY
Karen M. McManus & Jennifer Lynn Barnes – YA Thriller Evening Join us for an unforgettable evening with YA thriller icons Karen M. McManus (One of Us is Lying) and Jennifer Lynn Barnes (The Inheritance Games).
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CHESTER
An Evening with Martin Clunes – Meetings with Remarkable Animals Booka Bookshop and Linghams Booksellers are delighted to present an evening with much loved actor and TV presenter Martin Clunes as he talks 'in conversation' about his new book Meetings with Remarkable Animals.
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OSWESTRY
An Afternoon with Andrew Ziminski – Church Going: A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles Join star author and stonemason Andrew Ziminski, talking about their new book: Church Going. Enjoy a talk, Q&A, tour of local St Oswald's Church in Oswestry, and book signing at Booka.
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CHESTER
An Evening with Luke Evans – Boy From the Valleys Booka and Linghams Booksellers are delighted to present an evening with Luke Evans as the hugley popular star of stage and screen talks 'in conversation' about his life and new memoir Boy From the Valleys.
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| We have two half-term book signings for children and families to enjoy at Booka Oswestry!
Join children's author and vet Jess French for a book signing with her latest book The Animal Body Book : An Insider's Guide to the World of Animal Anatomy.
TV Presenter Andy Day and powerhouse illustrator Steven Lenton will be visiting Booka to celebrate the publication of the second instalment in the SMASH-HIT dino-tastic magical adventure series: DINO DAD: ICE AGE. | |
Tell Me Everything - Elizabeth Strout The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer prize-winning Elizabeth Strout.
Tell Me Everything is a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. It's autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer, Lucy Barton, who lives down the road in a house by the sea with her ex-husband, William.
Together, Lucy and Bob go on walks and talk about their lives, their fears and regrets, and what might have been. Lucy, meanwhile, is finally introduced to the iconic Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. Together, they spend afternoons in Olive's apartment, telling each other stories. Stories about people they have known – "unrecorded lives," Olive calls them – reanimating them, and, in the process, imbuing their lives with meaning.
Brimming with empathy and pathos, Tell Me Everything is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, "Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love." | |
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