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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
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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
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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
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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
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