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SUMMARY:An Afternoon with Suzi Ronson: Me and Mr Jones
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an electric event with Suzi Ronson\, former hairstylist to David Bowie\, as she discusses her new book Me and Mr Jones: My Life with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars. Suzi will be in conversation with John Robb\, author of The Art of Darkness: A History of Goth\, best known as the front-man of The Membranes. \nAn honest\, intricate\, dazzling memoir recounting Bowie’s golden years and Ronson’s time on tour with one of the world’s biggest rockstars. \nThe event will take place between 2:00-3:00pm\, Friday 7th June\, in store. \nTickets \nClick here to buy a ticket only \nClick here to buy the book and ticket \nAbout the book \nSuzi Ronson was working in a Beckenham hair salon in the early seventies when Mrs Jones came in for her weekly shampoo and set. After being introduced to her son David and his wife Angie\, Suzi finds herself at the Bowies’ bohemian apartment and is soon embroiled in their raucous world. \nHaving crafted his iconic Ziggy Stardust hairstyle\, Suzi becomes the only working woman in David’s touring party and joins the Spiders from Mars as they perform around the globe. Amid the costume blunders\, parties and groupies she meets her husband-to-be\, Mick Ronson\, and together they traverse the absurdities of life in show business\, falling in with the likes of Iggy Pop\, Bob Dylan and Lou Reed along the way. \nDazzling and intimate\, Me and Mr Jones provides not only a unique perspective on one of the most beguiling stars of our time but also a world on the cusp of cultural transformation\, charting the highs and lows of life as one of the only women in the room as it happened. \nAbout the author \nSuzi Ronson is an author\, songwriter\, and former hairdresser and stylist. At fifteen\, she enrolled in the Evelyn Paget College of Hair and Beauty\, going on to become David Bowie’s stylist after helping create his iconic Ziggy Stardust hairstyle. She travelled the world with Bowie as his hairdresser\, stylist\, and confidante. Ronson has also worked with Lou Reed\, Iggy Pop\, and John Mellencamp. She divides her time between London and New York. \n \nAbout John Robb \nJohn Robb is a many-faceted creature. \nNot just a well known face from TV but also a best selling author\, musician\, journalist\,  presenter and pundit\, music website boss\, publisher\, festival boss\, Eco warrior and vegan behemoth and talking head singer from post-punk mainstays The Membranes. \n\nJohn Robb is all these things and more. \nHis recently released book ‘The Art Of Darkness – the History Of Goth’ is a worldwide pop culture best seller and his soon to be launched ground-breaking new scheme – the Green Britain Academy\, is set to train up people in thousands of Eco jobs whilst Borders Blurred is a gaming and music agency with a twist. \nHe grew up in Blackpool before punk rock came along and saved his life and he formed the Membranes – the highly influential post punk band whose current albums keep pushing forward with added choirs and textures and are critically acclaimed.
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LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Munir Hachemi: Living Things
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to welcome Munir Hachemi at House of Books & Friends on Thursday 30th May to discuss his new book\, Living Things\, published by Fitzcarraldo. The event will take start at 6pm\, and will include a conversation with Munir Hachemi and a Q&A\, before an opportunity to get your books signed. \nTickets \nClick here to buy a book and ticket \nClick here to buy a ticket only \nAs always\, we have a limited amount of complimentary tickets for this event for anyone who needs it. Please contact us directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nAbout the book \nLiving Things follows four recent graduates – Munir\, G\, Ernesto and Álex – who travel from Madrid to the south of France to work the grape harvest. Except things don’t go as planned: they end up working on an industrial chicken farm and living on a campsite\, where a general sense of menace takes hold. What follows is a compelling and incisive examination of precarious employment\, capitalism\, immigration and the mass production of living things\, all interwoven with the protagonist’s thoughts on literature and the nature of storytelling. A genre-bending and dystopian eco-thriller\, Living Things is a punk-like blend of Roberto Bolaño’s The Savage Detectives and Samanta Schweblin’s Fever Dream\, heralding an exciting new voice in international fiction. \nAbout the author \nMunir Hachemi’s career as a writer began with him selling his stories in the form of fanzines in the bars of the Lavapiés neighbourhood of Madrid. He is the author of Living Things (2018) and El árbol viene [The Coming of the Tree] (2023)\, and is also a translator from Chinese and English. In 2021\, he appeared on Granta’s Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists list. He currently lives in Buenos Aires. \nAbout the translator \nJulia Sanches is a literary translator working from Portuguese\, Spanish\, and Catalan into English. She has translated works such as Dogs of Summer by Andrea Abreu\, Eartheater by Dolores Reyes\, and Boulder by Eva Baltasar\, which was longlisted for the International Booker 2023.
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SUMMARY:Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Join members of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies at House of Books & Friends on 29th May for the first of their Spring/Summer Contemporary Reading Groups for 2024. Join us from 4.15 for refreshments before the discussion begins at 4.30. Author Emma Hind will be joining the discussions from 4.50pm\, so come along to hear word from the woman herself! \nThis is the first of a series of 4 reading groups (the first two will be in person\, the last two online). These free sessions\, which run in the summer months\, give us a chance to explore the prominent role of the Gothic in modern and contemporary culture. Come along for a relaxed conversation among enthusiasts and avid readers. \nTickets are free and can be reserved through their EventBrite here. \nFORMAT\nThe session will be led by one of our postgraduate Gothic researchers Sarah Dutson and Bronte Schiltz. There is no need to prepare questions or reviews. Please just turn up on the day ready to chat about the book. \nAUDIENCE\nThis reading group is free and open to everyone\, but please note that regular attendees tend to be postgraduate researchers and members of staff. For this reason\, the group might not suit total beginners. \nBOOK\nEmma Hinds’ debut novel The Knowing (2024) is based on real historical characters and set in the slums of nineteenth-century New York. It centres on an abused tattoo artist’s model and her strange gift of summoning the dead. You can find out more about the novel here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-knowing/emma-hinds/9781915798138 \n 
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Kate Feld: Deeryard Launch
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are excited to celebrate the launch of Deeryard\, Kate Feld’s new pamphlet of prose poetry and photographs\, published by Manchester independent press Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers. Kate will be reading poems from the book and will be joined by her friends Mick Conley and Lydia Unsworth\, who will read some of their own poems. The readings will be followed by a book signing. \nTaking place on Thursday\, 23rd May from 6:30-8pm\, we cannot wait to host this night of poetry and prose! \nTickets \nClick here to buy a book and ticket \nClick here to buy a ticket \nAs always\, there are a handful of complimentary tickets available for those who need them. Please contact us directly on 07597 365380 or email bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com. \nAbout the book \nIn Deeryard\, a series of tenderly observed internal states\, natural settings and photographed landscapes serve to collapse the distance between the speaker and the world she inhabits. The poems are acts of orientation\, making their way through phenomenological inquiry toward a new sense of being at home in our lostness. \n“These prose poems are full of music: the sounds of a richly-evoked natural world where ‘something always has to be happening’\, and the sounds of language itself being wrung out for its harmonies. They are both experimental and beautiful\, highly-crafted and instinctive. In Kate Feld’s work\, a relationship with nature seems to be a relationship with the past and a reckoning with the self. If the places in these pieces are real\, then they are made imaginative by the inherent unreliability of memory and language; if they are imagined\, then they are made real by the quality of observation and sensory detail.” – Mick Conley \n“It is remarkable to be brought back into your life when the living of it requires a sort of packaging up and glossing over. Deeryard reclaims the friction. Image and text lead you through situations\, often of sound\, in which the slow accumulation of self-knowledge and the compulsions of non-human life become entangled and momentarily perceivable before slipping out of hand to resume their secret ongoing operations.” – Jenna Collins \nAbout the author \nKate Feld is a writer drawn to the cracks between established categories of form and genre. Her writing has appeared in literary journals including The Stinging Fly\, The Letters Page\, Tolka and Hotel and in The Art of Being Dangerous: Exploring Women and Danger Through Creative Expression (Leuven University Press.) She founded creative nonfiction journal The Real Story in 2014 and teaches journalism at The University of Salford. A native of Vermont\, she has lived for many years in Manchester\, UK with her daughters. Deeryard is her first pamphlet. More of her writing can be found at katefeld.com.
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SUMMARY:An Evening With John Bowers KC: Downward Spiral
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends is thrilled to announce we are hosting John Bowers KC on Wednesday 24th April for a conversation with Jim Hancock on his new book\, Downward Spiral. John will be interviewed by Jim Hancock\, broadcaster\, media trainer and conference chair. The event will take place from 6pm-7:30pm\, discussing the decline in public faith in the authorities\, followed by an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. \nTickets\nClick here to buy a book and ticket\nClick here to buy a ticket only \nThere are a small amount of tickets available for those unable to afford them at the moment – please contact us directly at 07597365380 or email bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com. \nAbout the book \nThe Johnson era will be remembered for a series of scandals that severely eroded trust in the British government. From questionable PPE tenders and public appointments to the ‘partygate’ fiasco\, every aspect of public life seemed tainted. How did this downward spiral begin\, and what can be done to reverse it? In this eye-opening book\, veteran KC John Bowers presents a fearless examination of the decline in ethical standards before\, during and after the Johnson government. Through interviews with political insiders\, Bowers provides analysis of scandals such as partygate\, Greensill and the revolving door with the private sector. \nAbout the author \nJohn Bowers KC is Principal of Brasenose College\, University of Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1979 and took silk in 1998. Described as ‘an employment law rock star’\, he is the author of fifteen books\, including Bowers on Employment Law\, The Law of Industrial Action and Trade Union Recognition and Whistleblowing. He is a former chair of Bar Disciplinary Summary Tribunals and a member of the Bar Council’s Race Relations Committee. Since 2005 he has been a Bencher of Middle Temple. \nAbout Jim HancockJim Hancock has been a broadcaster and writer on politics for several decades. He is the former Political Editor of BBC North West. He has interviewed every Prime Minister from Harold Wilson to Boris Johnson.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/john-bowers-kc-downward-spiral-book-launch
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Marianne Brooker: Intervals
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to welcome Marianne Brooker at House of Books & Friends on Tuesday 26th March to discuss her new book\, Intervals\, published by Fitzcarraldo. The event will take start at 6pm\, and will include a conversation with Marianne Brooker and a Q&A\, before an opportunity to get your books signed. \nIn this moving blend of memoir\, literary essay\, and feminist polemic\, Brooker raises essential questions about choice and interdependence and\, ultimately\, to imagine care otherwise. Intervals is an intimate exploration of how the personal is the political and an expansive study of what it means to care for another. Intervals has just been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024. \nTickets \nBook and ticket – £10.99  \nTicket only – £5  \nAs always\, we have a limited amount of complimentary tickets for this event for anyone who needs it. Please contact us directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nAbout the book \nIn 2009\, with her forties and a harsh wave of austerity on the horizon\, Marianne Brooker’s mother was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis. She made a workshop of herself and her surroundings\, combining creativity and activism in inventive ways. Determined to die in her own home\, on her own terms\, she stopped eating and drinking in 2019. In Intervals\, Brooker reckons with heartbreak\, weaving her first and final memories with a study of doulas\, living wills and the precarious economics of social\, hospice and funeral care. \nAbout the author \nMarianne Brooker is based in Bristol\, where she works for a charity campaigning on climate and social justice. She has a PhD from Birkbeck and a background in arts research and teaching. She won the 2022 Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize for Intervals\, her first book.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/intervals
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Gemma Fairclough in conversation with Rosie Garland: Bear Season
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are thrilled to announce that Gemma Fairclough will be joining us to discuss her debut novel Bear Season\, published by Wild Hunt Books! In conversation with writer and poet Rosie Garland\, Gemma will be chatting about her addictive mystery novel\, the writing process\, and working with new independent publisher\, Wild Hunt. A Manchester-based author\, this is a great literary event for those who love tense\, thoughtful mysteries! \nTickets\nClick here to buy a book and ticket for £9.99\nClick here to buy a ticket only for £5 (this is redeemable against a copy of the book on the evening) \nAs always\, we have a limited amount of complimentary tickets for this event for anyone who needs it. Please contact us directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nAbout the book \nWhen Jade Hunter goes missing in the Alaskan wilderness\, everyone is shocked. She was scheduled to speak at an academic symposium but never turned up. What was Jade really doing in Alaska? \nBlood is found in the woods and suspicion immediately falls on the reclusive survivalist Ursula Smith. She is swiftly arrested and convicted of Jade’s murder – even though a body has not been found. \nSeveral years later\, Jade’s doctoral thesis leaks online\, fuelling rumour and conspiracy over the true nature of her disappearance\, leading investigative journalist Carla Young to dig through Jade’s life and discover what did happen to Jade Hunter. \nClick here to read an exclusive excerpt of Bear Season! \nAbout the author \nGemma Fairclough is a writer living in Manchester. She has a BA (Hons) in English Literature and a Master’s in Contemporary Literature and Culture from the University of Manchester. She recently completed the Write Like a Grrrl programme and formed a writing group with peers from the course. A range of unsettling influences\, including horror films\, surrealist art\, and folklore inspire her writing\, which frequently centres upon experiences of alienation\, grief\, and aberrant desire. You can read a sample of her short fiction online: ‘Please Make Sure You Take All Your Personal Belongings With You’ (Dear Damsels)\, a story about an office worker with a fetish for automated female voices and ‘Elemental’ (Mookychick)\, a story about witchcraft and the power of belief. \nAbout Wild Hunt Books \nAn independent book publisher focusing on new and emerging authors\, alongside established authors in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Their mission is to foster strong and distinct literary voices and those that experiment with narrative\, plot and structure. They are also a home for authors dabbling in the darker genres and liminal spaces. You can find out more about Wild Hunt here. \nAbout Rosie Garland \nTagged ‘literary hero’ by The Skinny\, Rosie writes long and short-form fiction\, poetry and sings with post-punk band The March Violets. She also performs twisted cabaret as Rosie Lugosi the Vampire Queen. With a passion for language nurtured by libraries\, she started out in spoken word\, garnering praise from Apples and Snakes as ‘one of the country’s finest performance poets’.
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Dr Benjamin Linley Wild: 'Hang Ups' Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends is excited to announce that we will be hosting the book launch for Dr Benjamin Linley Wild’s new title\, Hang-Ups: Reflections on the Causes and Consequences of Fashion’s ‘Western’-Centrism. The event will take place from 6pm – 8pm on Wednesday 13th March\, and will involve the chance to chat with Benjamin about his work. \nTickets\nTicket and book: £27.99\nTicket only: £5 (this is redeemable against a copy of the book on the evening) \nAs always\, we have a number of complimentary tickets for this event for anyone who needs it. Please contact us directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nAbout Hang Ups \nThe Covid-19 pandemic heightened people’s awareness of long-standing inequalities within the fashion industry. Amid calls for greater accountability and ethical awareness\, efforts are being made within and beyond the industry\, chiefly in the cultural and education sectors\, to decentralize fashion: to make the conception\, creation and consumption of fashionable dress and appearance less ‘western’-centric. \nSupporting this premise\, Hang-Ups argues that purposeful and permanent change within the fashion industry and fashion education is more likely if it is understood how the contemporary industry became ‘western’-centric. To institute effective change\, it is necessary to revert to first principles and understand how the fashion industry developed into what it is today. \nDuring a period when the concepts of fashion\, history and culture are being intensely scrutinized\, and with suggestions they are reaching their nadir\, the imperative to understand the extent to which they relate\, and facilitate the presentation of people’s fashionable bodies\, is urgent. Hang-Ups explores the origins and consequences of the fashion industry’s ‘western’-centrism by focusing on nine binaries\, defined in the crucible of empire\, that continue to be sites of negotiation as the ‘west’s’ traditions and ideals are contested by different cultural perspectives and changing global realities. \nAbout Dr Benjamin Linley Wild \nBenjamin Linley Wild is Senior Lecturer in Fashion Narratives at Manchester Fashion Institute\, Manchester Metropolitan University\, UK. His work is underpinned by a belief that history has a dynamic role within people’s lives\, informing their values and behaviours. He has published widely about fashion and material culture\, including Carnival to Catwalk (2020). \n 
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SUMMARY:30 Steps to Finding Yourself: Workshop with author Sally Hope
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to announce that we are hosting Sally Hope\, who will be discussing her book 30 Steps to Finding Yourself\, as well as a mini workshop! Taking place on Friday\, 8th March from 5-6:30pm\, the event will be focused around not allowing yourself to be defined by labels and setting boundaries to protect your sense of self. \nTickets\nTicket only: £5 \nBook and ticket: £12.99 \nAs always\, a limited number of complimentary tickets are available for those who need them. Please get in touch directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nAbout the book \nBuild your self-esteem\, grow your confidence and rediscover your sense of self with this empowering and practical 30-step journal for women.\n“Who am I?”\nThe more confidently you are able to answer this question\, the higher your levels of happiness\, self-esteem and personal growth tend to be. However\, in a world that still socializes women to build their lives around other people\, many of us don’t have an answer.\nThis 30-step journal will take you on a unique and personal journey to discover who you are and who you want to be. Within these pages you’ll find: \n· A structured approach to self-discovery that builds from step 1 to step 30\n· Interactive and creative CBT-based activities to nurture your relationship with yourself\n· Thought-provoking journalling prompts to deepen your self-awareness and allow for reflection\n· Guidance on how to let go of worries\, doubts and other self-limiting beliefs\n· Actionable advice to help you consciously shape yourself into the person you choose to be \nThis journal will be your guide to understanding and empowering the most important person in your life: you. \n  \n 
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/30-steps-to-finding-yourself-author-workshop-with-sally-hope
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Eliza Chan: Fathomfolk Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are overjoyed to announce we are hosting Eliza Chan for the launch of her debut novel\, Fathomfolk. The event will take place from 6pm – 8pm and will include drinks\, a goodie bag\, and a chance to get your hands on an early copy of the book – official launch date 29th February! \nTickets\nTicket and book: £18.99\nTicket only: £5 (this is redeemable against a copy of the book on the evening) \nTicket numbers are very limited for this event\, so book early to avoid disappointment. As always\, we have a limited amount of complimentary tickets for this event for anyone who needs it. Please contact us directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nAbout Fathomfolk \nWelcome to Tiankawi – shining pearl of human civilization and a safe haven for those fleeing civil unrest. Or at least\, that’s how it first appears. But in the semi-flooded city\, humans are\, quite literally\, on top: peering down from shining towers and aerial walkways on the fathomfolk – sirens\, seawitches\, kelpies and kappas – who live in the polluted waters below. \nFor half-siren Mira\, promotion to captain of the border guard means an opportunity to help her downtrodden people. But if earning the trust and respect of her human colleagues wasn’t hard enough\, everything Mira has worked towards is put in jeopardy when Nami\, a know-it-all water dragon – fathomfolk royalty – is exiled to the city. When extremists sabotage the annual boat race\, violence erupts\, as does the clampdown on fathomfolk rights. Both Nami and Mira must decide if the cost of change is worth it\, or\, if Tiankawi should be left to drown. \nAbout Eliza Chan \nEliza Chan is a Scottish-born speculative fiction author who writes about East Asian mythology\, British folklore and reclaiming the dragon lady. Her short fiction has been published in The Dark\, Podcastle\, Fantasy Magazine and The Best of British Fantasy. Her debut novel FATHOMFOLK — inspired by mythology\, ESEAN cities and diaspora feels — will be published by Orbit in Spring 2024. \nShe has been a medical school drop-out\, a kilt shop assistant\, an English teacher and a speech and language therapist\, but currently she spends her time tabletop gaming\, cosplaying\, crafting and toddler wrangling.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/an-evening-with-eliza-chan-fathomfolk
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:POP-UP STAND @ InkBlot Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends is thrilled to announce we will have a pop-up stall at InkBlot Festival on Saturday 24th February. This is an external event taking place at: \nSt Thomas Centre\,\nArdwick Green North\,\nManchester\,\nM12 6FZ \nWe will have a range of graphic novels\, manga\, and art books available to buy on the day. \nTickets to InkBlot and further information can be found HERE. \nAbout InkBlot Festival \nRemember those good old days flipping through comic boxes at your local store\, on the hunt for a hidden gem? That’s the vibe we’re going for at InkBlot – the thrill of discovering your next favorite indie comic or story. You might find your new favourite comic series or fall in love with a story you’ve never read before. We are not the mainstream; we’re here to bring you independent art that’s waiting to be discovered! \nAbout Andy the Illustrator \nAndy is a freelance illustrator based in Nottingham\, UK\, and specialises in comic book covers\, trading card and board game artwork\, and concept art for animation and film. With over 10 years of experience working within the creative industry\, he has had the opposturnity to work and collaborate with leading global brands on a variety of projects. This is the first year Andy has hosted InkBlot Festival.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/pop-up-stand-inkblot-festival-2024
LOCATION:Private: St Thomas Centre\, Ardwick
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Kostya Tsolakis: Greekling
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are pleased to announce we are hosting Kostya Tsolakis on Friday 16th February for a Q&A and poetry reading for his debut collection\, Greekling. The event will take place from 5:30pm until 7:30pm\, with a local poet E Walker performing\, before a discussion between Kostya and Greg Thorpe about his debut collection\, his upcoming work\, as well as answering any questions from the audience about poetry. \nTickets\nClick here to buy a book and ticket\nClick here to buy a ticket only \nThere are a small amount of tickets available for those unable to afford them at the moment – please contact us directly at 07597365380 or email bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com. \nAbout the book \nGreekling\, the much-anticipated debut poetry collection by Kostya Tsolakis\, celebrates and commemorates damaged and rejected Greek bodies\, be they of flesh and blood\, made of marble\, or natural bodies. In intertwining Greek culture\, history and poetic influences with the contemporary queer experience\, this collection is perceptive\, lyrical\, and deeply evocative of time and place. From an Athenian childhood to a closeted adolescence in the shadow of the AIDS epidemic\, towards sexual self-discovery\, maturity and freedom – Tsolakis charts the pursuit of unconditional happiness. \nAbout Kostya \nKostya Tsolakis was born and raised in Athens\, Greece\, and now lives in London. He is founding editor of harana poetry\, the online magazine for poets writing in English as a second or parallel language. In 2019 he won the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition (ESL category). His poems have been widely published in magazines\, including fourteen poems\, Magma Poetry\, Poetry London\, The Poetry Review and Under the Radar\, and anthologies\, such as 100 Queer Poems (Vintage\, 2022). His debut poetry pamphlet\, Ephebos\, was published by ignitionpress in November 2020. \nAbout E Walker \nE Walker has an MFA in Poetry from MMU\, was shortlisted for Primers Volume Five (Nine Arches Press) in 2019\, was shortlisted in the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition 2020\, and was a prize winner in the International Ambit Poetry Competition in 2021. E Walker’s poetry is an exploration of queerness through our interactions with the non-human natural world\, specifically the world of invertebrates and\, more specifically in parts\, their intimate relationships. Inspired by queer ecologies\, entomology\, sex and spirituality\, the poems investigate Walker’s belief that non-human nature is inherently queer.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/an-evening-with-kostya-tsolakis
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:Palentine's Day Social
DESCRIPTION:Ask and you shall receive! \nWe loved seeing so many of you at our Blue Monday social mixer and rejoicing in all of the joy that connection brings. So\, as we are House of Books and Friends\, we want to continue in that celebration. \nJoin us for our next social mixer\, taking place on Thursday 15th February from 6pm to 8pm to celebrate Palentine’s Day! Palentine’s Day celebrates all the various forms of friendship and the many places in which love and connection can be found\, so come and connect with us! \nWe’ll have a host of bookish activities and a chance to meet and chat with like-minded people. Come with your pals\, come on your own and make new ones\, and bask in the warm loveliness that is friendship. \nThe event is completely free and there’s no need to register – just turn up! The event will take place in store. \nWe look forward to seeing you!
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/palentines-day-social
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:Inspiring Leadership Podcast - James Timpson 'The Happy Index'
DESCRIPTION:Calling all leaders\, managers\, and business minds alike – House of Books and Friends is hosting a live session of the Inspiring Leadership Podcast!  \nOn the 14th of February\, James Timpson\, the CEO of Timpsons\, and Darryl Cooke\, the founder of Gunnercooke\, will be in conversation about James’ new book\, The Happy Index. Structured through ten lessons which examine and evaluate the top-down style of management\, James’ book explores how business can be made more collaborative. Using an upside-down method\, where the team you work with feel valued\, trusted\, and important\, James offers enlightening insight into this new way of working. As the CEO of such a well-known\, trusted family business\, James knows a thing or two about success.  \nTickets to this thought-provoking and inspiring discussion are free; register here. The event will take place from 4:30pm.  \nThere will be a chance to network afterwards and copies of The Happy Index will be available to purchase in store on the day. \nAbout James Timpson \nJames Timpson has been CEO of Timpson for over 20 years. During this time\, he has transformed the five-generation family business into the modern-day enterprise that it is today\, all while becoming increasingly admired for his groundbreaking\, people-first\, upside-down style of management. \nJames is also Chair of the Prison Reform Trust. He supports various prison charities and support groups and was presented with an OBE in 2011 for the training and employment of disadvantaged people. He is a former Tate Trustee\, a Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire\, and an Albert Medal winner from the RSA. \n  \n 
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/inspiring-leadership-podcast
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:An Evening with C. D. Rose: Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are thrilled to welcome C. D. Rose to discuss his new short story collection\, Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea\, with Dr. Keith Crome. This is a stunning collection of 15 short\, dreamlike stories about memory\, illusion and language from the author of The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure\, Who’s Who When Everyone Is Someone Else\, and most recently The Blind Accordionist. This event is perfect for fans of short stories and literary fiction alike! \nTickets\nTicket and book: £17.99\nTicket only: £5 (this is redeemable against a copy of the book on the evening) \nAs always\, we have a limited amount of complimentary tickets for this event for anyone who needs it. Please contact us directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nAbout Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea \nWelcome to the fictional universe of C. D. Rose\, whose stories seem to be set in some unidentifiable but vaguely Mitteleuropean nation\, and likewise have an uncanny sense of timelessness—the time could be some cobblestoned Victorian past era\, or the present\, or even the future. In these 15 dreamlike tales\, you’ll meet a forgotten composer who enters a nostalgic dream-world while marking time in a decaying Romanian seaport; two Russian brothers\, one blind and one deaf\, building an intricate model town during an interminable train ride across the steppe; a journalist whose interview with an artist turns into a dizzying roundelay of memory and image. Ghosts of the past mingle with the quiddities of modernity in a bewitching stew where lost masterpieces surface with translations in an invisible language; where image and photograph become mystically entwined\, and where the very nature of reality takes on a shimmering sense of possibility and illusion. \nAbout the Author \nC. D. Rose is an award-winning short-story writer\, and the author of the novels The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure and Who’s Who When Everyone Is Someone Else\, as well as the story collection The Blind Accordionist. He lives in Hebden Bridge.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/an-evening-with-c-d-rose-walter-benjamin-stares-at-the-sea
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:*SOLD OUT* Autism in Women and Girls: How It Presents Differently - Autistic Gals
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are proud to present Autism in Women and Girls: How it Presents Differently\, a talk from Sarah Jane Nuttall\, PhD research student. This event will include a presentation and Q&A. \nTickets are £3 and are available to buy here. There are complimentary tickets available for anyone who needs one – please contact us directly on bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nSarah Jane Nuttall is an autistic woman who is researching autism in women\, looking at its presentation\, and the limitations of current diagnostic criteria and screening tools. She is also writing a novel to help women to identify their autistic traits. \nAutism is underdiagnosed in women and girls. They are also more likely to be misdiagnosed and receive a late diagnosis. Women of colour and anyone who is not a straight cis white male are also less likely to get a diagnosis. There is a need to spread the word on how autism presents differently in women and girls. Recognising autistic traits in females is more difficult\, as is getting a diagnosis\, both of which argue for a female phenotype. Pre and post diagnosis support are practically non-existent. \nThis presentation is for anyone identifying as a woman who has ever wondered whether they are autistic\, and for friends\, family\, partners and the general public\, of all genders\, who are interested in learning more about how autistic women and girls are more likely to mask and go under the radar. \n 
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/autism-in-women-and-girls-how-it-presents-differently-autistic-gals
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Lecture with Fly on the Wall Press
DESCRIPTION:Following the success of our Lunchtime Lecture with Persephone Books\, we are over the moon to announce our latest publisher talk\, this time with Manchester-based publishing house Fly on the Wall Press. We will hear what it has been like to be a one-woman publishing house for the last 4 years\, and still achieving a four-time finalist position in the prestigious British Book Awards’ Small Press of the Year category. \nSince their inception in February 2018\, Fly on the Wall Press seamlessly integrates social activism into their literary endeavours. Isabelle Kenyon curates and publishes unparalleled political fiction\, evocative poetry\, and genre-defying anthologies addressing urgent global concerns. Fly on the Wall work with a carefully selected 12 authors each year to ensure that each publicity campaign gets the attention and dedication it deserves. \nThe talk will be on Wednesday 24th January and begin at 1pm for an hour. Tickets are £3\, and are available to buy here. \nWe will also have a number of Fly on the Wall books available to purchase in store on the day\, as well as those that can be found on our shelves throughout the year. \nAs always we have a handful of free tickets for those who would like them. Please email bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com to claim these.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/lunchtime-lecture-with-fly-on-the-wall-press
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:The Book Club - Monday\, 27th November *ONLINE*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday 27th November via Zoom. This month\, we are reading The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph – £9.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can buy a book and ticket here. \nIf you already own a copy of the book\, you can purchase a ticket only for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here. \nAbout The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho \nIt’s 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man\, especially one who has escaped slavery. After the twinkling lights in the Fleet Street coffee shops are blown out and the great houses have closed their doors for the night\, Sancho must dodge slave catchers and worse. The man he hoped would help – a kindly duke who taught him to write – is dying. Sancho is desperate and utterly alone. \nSo how does Charles Ignatius Sancho meet the King\, write and play highly acclaimed music\, become the first Black person to vote in Britain and lead the fight to end slavery? \nIt’s time for him to tell his story\, one that begins on a tempestuous Atlantic Ocean\, and ends at the very centre of London life. And through it all\, he must ask: born amongst death\, how much can you achieve in one short life? \n  \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complimentary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380. \nOne of our booksellers will lead the book club\, and the group will be split up into smaller groups in breakout rooms to discuss the questions. A Zoom link will be emailed to ticketholders one week prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you are be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-monday-27th-november-online
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:Manchester Winter Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:Join us at House of Books & Friends on Saturday 25th November as we host the Northern Independent Book Fair! Independent publishers from around the North will be joining us from 11am – 3pm for the chance to browse a range of titles and bookish gifts\, perfect for the giving season. \nWe will be joined by: \nNorthodox Press\nStairwell Books\nFlapjack Press\nBluemoose Books\nFly on the Wall\nComma Press\nDead Ink\nConfingo Publishing\nSaraband\nUCLan Publishing \nEntry is totally free\, and our cafe will be stocked with lovely wintery drinks to get you in the spirit! \n 
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/manchester-winter-book-fair
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:Gaby Roslin - Guest Bookseller
DESCRIPTION:Gaby Roslin is coming to House of Books & Friends! \nOn Friday 24th November\, House of Books & Friends is thrilled to announce that Gaby Roslin will be joining us as our first ever ‘Guest Bookseller’. Gaby will be with us 12.30-1.30pm\, and spreading even more joy by signing copies of her book for all the lovely House of Books & Friends customers.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/gaby-roslin-guest-bookseller
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Daisy Morris: Community Is Your Currency
DESCRIPTION:We are extremely excited to announce House of Books & Friends are hosting social media strategist and writer Daisy Morris\, in celebration of the publication of her book Community Is Your Currency! Heralded as a fresh\, digestible guide on how to run online businesses and build a virtual community\, this is a book we really can’t wait to show off. \nTickets \nClick here to buy a book and ticket for £16.99\nClick here to buy a ticket only for £5 (this is redeemable against a copy of the book on the evening) \nThere are a small amount of tickets available for those unable to afford them at the moment – please contact us directly at 07597365380 or email bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com. \nAbout Community Is Your Currency \nThe key to a booming business is your community. Founder of social media consultancy The Selfhood\, Daisy Morris\, is here with the ultimate guide for all the side-hustlers\, creators\, business owners and freelancers looking to build a genuine community on social media. \nThis book drops the jargon – Daisy will teach you how to take your community on a journey. From brand awareness through to conversion\, you will have the confidence to expand your reach while nurturing your existing fans\, followers\, subscribers and customers to turn them in to loyal and repeat customers. You will learn how to create meaningful connections with your audience\, through real-life case studies\, simple exercises and top-notch business advice. A must-read for any business owner. \nAbout Daisy Morris \nDaisy Morris is a social media strategist and the Founder of social media consultancy and digital community\, The Selfhood – a six-figure business that has attracted a community of over 30\,000 creatives so far. She’s collaborated with many big brands\, including Microsoft\, Mind\, and London College of Fashion\, and The Selfhood has supported over 150 independent businesses in the past year. Community Is Your Currency is her first book.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/an-evening-with-daisy-morris-community-is-your-currency
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Lecture with Persephone Books
DESCRIPTION: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? \nPersephone 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. \n\nThe talk will be on Thursday 16th November and begin at 2pm for an hour. Tickets are £3\, and are available to buy here. \nWe 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. \n\nAs always we have a handful of free tickets for those who would like them. Please email bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com to claim these.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/lunchtime-lecture-with-persephone-books
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Rose Cleary: How to Be a French Girl
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, 4th November for an evening with Rose Cleary as she discusses her debut novel\, How to Be a French Girl! This event will include a Q&A with Rose as well as a chance to get your book signed afterwards. \nTickets\nClick here to buy a book and ticket\nClick here to buy a ticket only \nThere are a small amount of tickets available for those unable to afford them at the moment – please contact us directly at 07597365380 or email bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com. \nAbout the book \nShe’s from Southend. She wanted to be an artist and ended up at the best art school in the country. But that didn’t work out. Now she works as a receptionist in an IT firm\, where her only creative outlet is arranging the sandwiches she’s ordered in for other people’s meetings. And she still lives in Southend. Outside work\, soulless sex has become a symptom of her boredom. Then Gustav appears: older\, perceptive\, attentive. And French. He’s her way out\, she thinks. But more than that\, a chance to be creative again: to become someone new. How to be a French Girl is a fierce\, disturbing and funny debut novel about desire\, art and what we’ll risk to change ourselves. \nAbout the author \nRose Cleary is a writer and author from Essex\, UK. Her writing and analysis on arts and culture has been published by Hyperallergic\, New Socialist and Harlow Arts Trust. Rose’s debut novel\, How to be a French Girl\, was published by Weatherglass Books in August 2023.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/an-evening-with-rose-cleary-how-to-be-a-french-girl
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:Bookshop Concert - Áine Deane
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are over the moon to announce our first ever Bookshop Concert with the dreamy Áine Deane\, coming to perform in store on Sunday\, October 29th. Áine will perform unreleased songs\, answer a Q&A\, and recommend books that will be available to buy in-store. Tickets are a combination of standing and sitting – please contact us directly if you need a seat. \nDoors will open at 15:30\, with curfew at 18:00. \nTickets will be £15\, available to buy here. \nThere are a small amount of tickets available for those unable to afford them at the moment – please contact us directly at 07597365380 or email bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com. \nAbout Áine… \nÁine is a 23 year old singer/songwriter based in London\, who started gaining traction on TikTok in 2021 whilst posting covers and original songs from her university bedroom during the pandemic. Her videos attracted the support of other artists\, such as Sam Smith\, Little Mix and Ed Sheeran and her TikTok now has over 270\,000 followers. Since then Áine has graduated\, moved to London and gone on to achieve some big milestones. She has amassed over 5 million streams on Spotify alone in just 20 months and her third single ‘Handmedowns’ was BBC Radio 1’s introducing track of the week in January 2022. \nShe has received constant support from the BBC Introducing team – especially in Cambridge where she has been interviewed many times and who play her songs regularly. Áine also played the BBC introducing stage at Latitude festival last year\, before also playing the main stage at Wilderness festival and the Brighton Dome for The Great Escape this year.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/bookshop-concert-aine-deane
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
ORGANIZER;CN="House of Books & Friends":MAILTO:bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com
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SUMMARY:Book Signing with Miriam Margolyes
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to be welcoming Miriam Margolyes to House of Books & Friends! This national treasure will be signing copies of her latest memoir Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life from 12:00-13:00 on Thursday 12th October. Tickets cost £25\, reserving you one copy of Oh Miriam! and guaranteeing you one place in the queue for the book signing. \nTo keep the book signing moving quickly\, Miriam will only be signing copies of Oh Miriam! or This Much Is True\, and there is a limit of two books per person. There may also be time waiting in a queue that will be outside our store so please dress for the weather! \nIf you are unable to queue\, stand for long periods of time\, or have any other concerns regarding crowds of people\, please do call our store and we can try our best to accommodate these. \nClick here to buy a book and ticket!
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/book-signing-with-miriam-margolyes
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
ORGANIZER;CN="House of Books & Friends":MAILTO:bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Rebecca May Johnson: Small Fires
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to announce House of Books & Friends are hosting author Rebecca May Johnson\, in celebration of the paperback release of her book Small Fires! Lauded as ‘an intense enquiry into the very nature of cooking’ by Nigella Lawson and ‘smart\, creative\, thoughtful’ by Ruby Tandoh\, Small Fires is the best of food writing and truly celebrates how joyful cooking can be. \nTickets\nClick here to buy a book and ticket for £9.99\nClick here to buy a ticket only for £5 (this is redeemable against a copy of the book on the evening). \nThere are a small amount of tickets available for those unable to afford them at the moment – please contact us directly at 07597365380 or email bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com. \nAbout Small Fires \nWhy do we cook? Is it just to feed ourselves and others? Or is there something more revolutionary going on? \nIn Small Fires\, Rebecca May Johnson reinvents cooking – that simple act of rolling up our sleeves\, wielding a knife\, spattering red hot sauce on our books – as a way of experiencing ourselves and the world. Cooking is thinking: about the liberating constraint of tying apron strings; the transformative dynamics of shared meals; the meaning of appetite and bodily pleasure; the wild subversiveness of the recipe\, beyond words or control. \nThis joyful\, revelatory work of memory and meditation both complicates and electrifies life in the kitchen. It shows us the radical potential of the thing we do every day: the power of small fires burning everywhere. \nAbout Rebecca May Johnson \nREBECCA MAY JOHNSON has published essays\, reviews and nonfiction with Granta\, Times Literary Supplement and Daunt Books Publishing\, among others\, and is an editor at the trailblazing food publication Vittles. Small Fires is her first book. \n 
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/an-evening-with-rebecca-may-johnson-small-fires
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
ORGANIZER;CN="House of Books & Friends":MAILTO:bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com
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SUMMARY:An Evening With Rachel Grosvenor: The Finery
DESCRIPTION:We’re very excited to announce that we’ll be hosting Rachel Grosvenor in store at House of Books & Friends on Friday 18th August to discuss her debut novel\, The Finery. As a writing coach herself\, Rachel will be talking about her process of writing in the fantasy genre with her publisher Isabelle Kenyon from Fly on the Wall Press\, before conducting a reading and book signing. \nThe event will take place 18:30-20:00. Doors will be open from 18:00 for the 18:30 start. \nEvent ticket only: £3 \nBook and ticket: £10.99 \nAbout The Finery: \nTyranny is in the air in the city of Finer Bay\, and Professor Wendowleen Cripcot would like to be left alone\, thank you very much. The memories of the last one hundred years are quite enough to be getting on with\, if only these young upstarts from the government body\, The Finery\, would stop trying to control her every move. With the eyes of a dictator upon her\, there are not many places to hide…but Wendowleen has never been one to back down from a fight (just ask her pet wolf)\, and insurrection is brewing underground. \nEditor Isabelle Kenyon says…”Though a more fantasy genre\, protagonist Wendowleen reminded me of ‘The Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ for how lovable and grouchy she is as an unlikely leader and I loved her journey to discovering\, and then leading\, an underground rebellion… Wendowleen’s wolf – meant to be a guardian for her in her old age\, has never learnt to speak English and he’s a bit lazy at his duties… Indeed the world reminded me of Harry Potter for the comedic undertones\, mixed with real-world corrupt government policy\, such as the 80s Tory policy of the bedroom tax (the government wants Wendowleen to downsize for the ‘greater good’ and a city curfew is introduced at 8pm to ‘stop crime’)”.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/an-evening-with-rachel-grosvenor-the-finery
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
ORGANIZER;CN="House of Books & Friends":MAILTO:bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com
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SUMMARY:Children's Event: Kimberly Whittam - Quiet Storm
DESCRIPTION:We’re so excited to welcome children’s author\, Kimberly Whittam\, to House of Books & Friends this summer! This event will include activities with the author\, a Q&A and mini cupcakes. Perfect for children going into year seven\, the book is rated age 9+. \nTickets \nClick here to buy a ticket only: £3\nClick here to buy a book and ticket: £7.99\n1 ticket per child. Adults accompanying children are welcome to sit in on the event or browse in the shop\, but children must not be left unsupervised – adults must remain in the building. \nAbout Quiet Storm \nNo matter how quiet it is\, you’ve got a voice\, Storm. You should use it to speak up for yourself. \nStorm has never liked to stand out from the crowd\, but ever since she started Year 7\, her life has been full of people telling her she needs to speak up\, make friends and be more like her popular big brother. Then Storm breaks a school record\, and finds herself the new star of the athletics team. But as she’s thrust into the spotlight\, her home life and friendships start spiralling out of control\, and it’s time for Quiet Storm to show that she has something to say. \nA tender\, empowering novel about family\, friendship and finding confidence in who you are. \nAbout the author \nKimberly has a degree in English with Linguistics and a Masters degree in Inclusive Education and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. She currently works in secondary education and is passionate about giving young people in Manchester space on the bookshelf.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/kimberley-whittam-quiet-storm
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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