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Lunchtime Lecture with Persephone Books
Persephone Books published its first title in the spring of 1999. Founder Nicola Beauman’s original concept was to re-print a handful of ‘lost’ or out-of-print books every year, most of them interwar novels by women. House of Books & Friends are so excited to welcome Nicola to present a one hour lecture with Q&A all about her journey into publishing, life as a bookstore owner, and answering the most important question of all: why are all the books grey?
Persephone Books reprints neglected fiction and non-fiction, mostly by women writers and mostly dating from the mid-twentieth century. All of their 147 books are intelligent, thought-provoking and beautifully written. As well as novels, they publish short stories, diaries, memoirs, poetry, gardening books and cookery books; each title has an elegant grey jacket and a patterned endpaper, along with a matching bookmark.
The talk will be on Thursday 16th November and begin at 2pm for an hour. Tickets are £3, and are available to buy here.
We will also have a limited number of Persephone books available to purchase in store on the day – a beautiful present for all your bookish pals.
As always we have a handful of free tickets for those who would like them. Please email bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com to claim these.