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SUMMARY:The Book Club – Monday 25th November 7-8pm *ONLINE*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday\, 25th November via Zoom. This month\, we are reading Self-Portrait With Boy by Rachel Lyon- £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. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary 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 prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout The Book \nAn ambitious young artist accidentally photographs a boy falling to his death—an image that could jumpstart her career but that would also devastate her most intimate friendship. \nLu Rile is a relentlessly focused young photographer struggling to make ends meet. Working three jobs\, responsible for her aging father\, and worrying that the crumbling warehouse she lives in is being sold to developers\, she is at a point of desperation. One day\, in the background of a self-portrait\, Lu accidentally captures on film a boy falling past her window to his death. The photograph turns out to be startlingly gorgeous\, the best work of art she’s ever made. It’s an image that could change her life…if she lets it. \nBut the decision to show the photograph is not easy. The boy is her neighbors’ son\, and the tragedy brings all the building’s residents together. It especially unites Lu with the boy’s grieving mother\, Kate. As the two forge an intense bond based on sympathy\, loneliness\, and budding attraction\, Lu feels increasingly unsettled and guilty\, torn between equally fierce desires: to use the photograph to advance her career and to protect a woman she has come to love.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/november-book-club-online
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Book Club – Wednesday 27th November 6-7pm (EVENING)
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Wednesday 27th November. This month\, we are reading Self-Portrait With Boy by Rachel Lyon- £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. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary 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 to discuss the questions. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout The Book \nAn ambitious young artist accidentally photographs a boy falling to his death—an image that could jumpstart her career but that would also devastate her most intimate friendship. \nLu Rile is a relentlessly focused young photographer struggling to make ends meet. Working three jobs\, responsible for her aging father\, and worrying that the crumbling warehouse she lives in is being sold to developers\, she is at a point of desperation. One day\, in the background of a self-portrait\, Lu accidentally captures on film a boy falling past her window to his death. The photograph turns out to be startlingly gorgeous\, the best work of art she’s ever made. It’s an image that could change her life…if she lets it. \nBut the decision to show the photograph is not easy. The boy is her neighbors’ son\, and the tragedy brings all the building’s residents together. It especially unites Lu with the boy’s grieving mother\, Kate. As the two forge an intense bond based on sympathy\, loneliness\, and budding attraction\, Lu feels increasingly unsettled and guilty\, torn between equally fierce desires: to use the photograph to advance her career and to protect a woman she has come to love.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/november-book-club-evening
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Book Club – Thursday 28th November 2-3pm (AFTERNOON)
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday 28th November. This month\, we are reading Self-Portrait With Boy by Rachel Lyon- £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. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary 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 to discuss the questions. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout The Book \nAn ambitious young artist accidentally photographs a boy falling to his death—an image that could jumpstart her career but that would also devastate her most intimate friendship. \nLu Rile is a relentlessly focused young photographer struggling to make ends meet. Working three jobs\, responsible for her aging father\, and worrying that the crumbling warehouse she lives in is being sold to developers\, she is at a point of desperation. One day\, in the background of a self-portrait\, Lu accidentally captures on film a boy falling past her window to his death. The photograph turns out to be startlingly gorgeous\, the best work of art she’s ever made. It’s an image that could change her life…if she lets it. \nBut the decision to show the photograph is not easy. The boy is her neighbors’ son\, and the tragedy brings all the building’s residents together. It especially unites Lu with the boy’s grieving mother\, Kate. As the two forge an intense bond based on sympathy\, loneliness\, and budding attraction\, Lu feels increasingly unsettled and guilty\, torn between equally fierce desires: to use the photograph to advance her career and to protect a woman she has come to love.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/november-book-club-afternoon
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Little Bookworms: End-of the-Year Party
DESCRIPTION:Have you got a little bookworm in your life? Then look no further than House of Books & Friends. We are excited to invite you to Little Bookworms\, our monthly book club for 8-12 years. The book club runs the first Sunday of every month\, 11am-12pm. \nLet’s wrap up the year with a bang at our December End-of-Year Party\, where we’ll celebrate all the wonderful books\, discussions\, and memories we’ve created as a club. Join us for a fun-filled celebration of 9 months of reading\, learning\, and friendship! \nWhen: 1st December | 11am – 12pm\nWhere: House of Books and Friends \nWe can’t wait to see everyone there to celebrate all the memories we’ve made and stories we’ve read together. \nAs there is no book to read for our December session\, all tickets will be just £2 (grab them here)! All little ones must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased on our website and in store. A limited number of complementary tickets will also be reserved for those who might need them so please do let us know. \nIf you have any questions about the book club or tickets\, you can always take a look at our website\, email us\, or ask a friendly bookseller in store.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/little-bookworms-end-of-the-year-party
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241211T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241211T190000
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SUMMARY:The Winter Social
DESCRIPTION:Taking place on the 11th December from 17:00pm – 19:00pm\, we’re hosting a Winter Social\, guaranteed to be a fun-filled evening and the perfect opportunity to meet fellow book lovers! Whether you’re a seasoned reader or just getting started\, this is the perfect event to meet like-minded people\, spark lively conversation and enjoy some festive fun. Expect plenty of camaraderie\, engaging chats\, and a bit of friendly competition. \nDon’t miss out on this great opportunity to connect\, share your love of books\, and make new friends. Plus\, its a completely free event!
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-winter-social
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250105T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250105T120000
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SUMMARY:Little Bookworms January
DESCRIPTION:Have you got a little bookworm in your life? Then look no further than House of Books & Friends. We are excited to invite you to Little Bookworms\, our monthly book club for 8-12 years. The book club runs the first Sunday of every month\, 11am-12pm. \nFor January\, we will be reading Nowhere Island by Tania Unsworth. You have until the day of the book club to finish the title – this is available to buy as part of your ticket\, or you can purchase a ticket only. \nAs well as discussing the book\, there will be book-related activities each month for our Little Bookworms to get stuck into\, fun quizzes and games\, and squash and biscuits for all. Our Little Bookworms will also get their own book lovers passport to add to each month they attend as they jet set around the world through reading. \nAll sessions will be ticketed: £8.99 for the book and ticket\, and £2 for just the ticket. All little ones must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased on our website and in store. A limited number of complementary tickets will also be reserved for those who might need them so please do let us know. \nIf you have any questions about the book club or tickets\, you can always take a look at our website\, email us\, or ask a friendly bookseller in store. \nAbout the book: \nHidden at the intersection of several busy highways behind the trees and scrubby undergrowth is an island\, full of secrets… \nPez has lived there for a while now\, enjoying the solitude. She has a vegetable patch\, a routine\, her own way of doing things and a condor\, who may be outstaying his welcome. Runaway brothers\, Riley and Grayson call the island home too. They keep their distance from Pez and spend precarious days trying to survive\, still relying on the man-made world which speeds around them. \nThen Gil arrives\, with his hagstone and a dream of happy families\, and everything changes. The four of them find a way of living and believe they might stay on the island forever. But all too soon they witness something they should never have seen and they’re in deadly danger…
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/little-bookworms-january
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Feminist Book Club with Kate Feld - JANUARY
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are delighted to announce that we are hosting the Feminist Book Club with facilitator Kate Feld. Taking place monthly\, this will be a space for people of all genders to discuss feminist books. In December\, we will be discussing All Fours by Miranda July. \nTickets\nBook and ticket: £20\nTicket only: £3 \nAs always\, there are a limited amount of complimentary tickets available for those who need them. Please contact us directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597 365380. \nAbout the book \nMiranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July’s wry voice\, perfect comic timing\, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy and palpable delight in pushing boundaries\, All Fours tells the story of one woman’s quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment\, part tender reinvention of the sexual\, romantic and domestic life of a 45-year-old female artist\, All Fours transcends expectations while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again\, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly\, profoundly alive. \nThe author and film-maker explores dance\, desire\, mortality and transcendence on a wild autofictional journey
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-feminist-book-club-with-kate-feld-january
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Book Club
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250127T200000
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SUMMARY:The Book Club – Monday 27th January 7-8pm *ONLINE*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday\, 27th January via Zoom. This month\, we are reading The North Light by Hideo Yokoyama – £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. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary 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 prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout The Book \nMinoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house\, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built in the shadow of Mount Asama. Aose has never been able to replicate this triumph and his career seems to have hit a barrier\, while his marriage has failed. He is shocked to learn that the Yoshino House is empty apart from a single chair\, stood facing the north light of nearby Mount Asama. \nHow can he live with the rejection of the work he had put his heart and soul into\, the dream house he would have loved to own himself? Aose determines that he must discover the truth behind this cruel and inexplicable dismissal of the Yoshino house and in doing so will find out a truth that goes back to the core of who he is.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-monday-27th-january-7-8pm-online
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250129T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250129T190000
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SUMMARY:The Book Club - Wednesday 29th January 6pm - 7pm
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Wednesday 29th January. This month\, we are reading The North Light by Hideo Yokoyama – £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. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary 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 to discuss the questions. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout The Book \nMinoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house\, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built in the shadow of Mount Asama. Aose has never been able to replicate this triumph and his career seems to have hit a barrier\, while his marriage has failed. He is shocked to learn that the Yoshino House is empty apart from a single chair\, stood facing the north light of nearby Mount Asama. \nHow can he live with the rejection of the work he had put his heart and soul into\, the dream house he would have loved to own himself? Aose determines that he must discover the truth behind this cruel and inexplicable dismissal of the Yoshino house and in doing so will find out a truth that goes back to the core of who he is.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-wednesday-29th-january-6pm-7pm
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250130T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250130T150000
DTSTAMP:20241205T153238Z
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SUMMARY:The Book Club - Thursday 30th January 2pm - 3pm *AFTERNOON*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday 30th January 14:00pm – 15:00pm. This month\, we are reading The North Light by Hideo Yokoyama – £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. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary 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 may be split up into smaller groups to discuss the questions. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout The Book \nMinoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house\, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built in the shadow of Mount Asama. Aose has never been able to replicate this triumph and his career seems to have hit a barrier\, while his marriage has failed. He is shocked to learn that the Yoshino House is empty apart from a single chair\, stood facing the north light of nearby Mount Asama. \nHow can he live with the rejection of the work he had put his heart and soul into\, the dream house he would have loved to own himself? Aose determines that he must discover the truth behind this cruel and inexplicable dismissal of the Yoshino house and in doing so will find out a truth that goes back to the core of who he is.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-thursday-30th-january-2pm-3pm-afternoon
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250201T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250201T160000
DTSTAMP:20250130T093247Z
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SUMMARY:**SOLD OUT** The Blackbirds of St. Giles Launch- In Conversation with Lila Cain
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\nHouse of Books & Friends are excited to be hosting yourself and Lila Cain on Saturday 1st February from 2pm – 4pm to discuss their book\, The Blackbirds of St. Giles. \n\nThere will be a discussion with both authors\, a chance for a Q&A\, and an opportunity to get your books signed! \nTickets \nYou can purchase a ticket-only option\, or you can purchase a copy of the book from us to act as a ticket; see options below: \n£5 Ticket only available here \n£18.99 for The Blackbirds of St. Giles to act as your ticket here \nAbout the book \nIt’s 1782\, Daniel and his sister Pearl arrive in London with the world at their feet and their future assured. Having escaped a Jamaican sugar plantation\, Daniel fought for the British in the American War of Independence and was rewarded with freedom and an inheritance. \nBut the city is not a place for men like Daniel and he is callously tricked and finds himself\, along with his sister Pearl\, in the rookeries of St Giles – a warren of dark and menacing alleyways\, filled with violence and poverty. \nThe underworld labyrinth is run by Elias\, a man whose cruelty knows no bounds. But under his dangerous rule is a brotherhood of Black men\, the Blackbirds of St Giles\, whose intention is to set their people free. \nCan Daniel use his strength\, wit and the fellowship of the other Blackbirds to overthrow Elias and truly find the freedom he fought for…? \nAbout the author(s) \nLILA CAIN is the pseudonym for two authors writing together. \nMARCIA HUTCHINSON worked as a lawyer before founding educational publishing company Primary Colours and was awarded an MBE for services to Cultural Diversity in 2010. Her solo debut novel Mercy is due for publication in summer 2025. \nKATE GRIFFIN won the Faber/ Stylist Magazine competition with Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders and went onto to write three more novels in the series before writing her first standalone novel\, Fyneshade.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-blackbirds-of-st-giles-launch-in-conversation-with-lila-cain
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250202T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250202T120000
DTSTAMP:20250105T144616Z
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SUMMARY:Little Bookworms February
DESCRIPTION:Have you got a little bookworm in your life? Then look no further than House of Books & Friends. We are excited to invite you to Little Bookworms\, our monthly book club for 8-12 years. The book club runs the first Sunday of every month\, 11am-12pm. \nFor February\, we will be reading The World Between the Rain by Susan Cahill. You have until the day of the book club to finish the title – this is available to buy as part of your ticket\, or you can purchase a ticket only. \nAs well as discussing the book\, there will be book-related activities each month for our Little Bookworms to get stuck into\, fun quizzes and games\, and squash and biscuits for all. Our Little Bookworms will also get their own book lovers passport to add to each month they attend as they jet set around the world through reading. \nAll sessions will be ticketed: £8.99 for the book and ticket\, and £2 for just the ticket. All little ones must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased on our website and in store. A limited number of complementary tickets will also be reserved for those who might need them so please do let us know. \nIf you have any questions about the book club or tickets\, you can always take a look at our website\, email us\, or ask a friendly bookseller in store. \nAbout the book: \n\n\nMarina has vanished to a world of gods and demons just when her family need her most. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt’s the week before Halloween and Marina is about to turn thirteen. Her father died a year ago. Her mother has strangely fallen asleep and no-one can wake her. She is sent to live with her mysterious grandmother\, Ursula who tells her that that you can enter a strange world between the ever falling rain in the west of Ireland. Marina enters a haunting watery world full of strange creatures\, demons and gods. Meanwhile\, in our world a strange sleeping sickness has taken over. \nA haunting fantasy thriller that is also about grief and letting go of the demons inside yourself.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/little-bookworms-february
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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SUMMARY:Ariana Reines: Wave of Blood
DESCRIPTION:‘Her writing is queer and raunchy\, raw and occult\, seemingly never pulling away from her deepest vulnerabilities. Yet Reines simultaneously maintains a feeling of epic poetry\, of ancient intention.’ – The New York Times \n‘Mind-blowing.’ – Kim Gordon \nJoin us for a night with one of the USA’s most evocative contemporary poets\, in one of a limited series of UK events. Reines is an award-winning poet\, Obie-winning playwright\, performing artist\, and translator. Ariana’s books include A SAND BOOK\, winner of the  2020 Kingsley Tufts Prize & longlisted for the National Book Award\, THE COW\, winner of the Alberta Prize\, COEUR DE LION\, MERCURY\, and The Origin of the World. \nHer new book\, Wave of Blood\, wrestles with the mind of war\, and is at times shocking in its self-analysis. Wave of Blood is a furious and sincere essay\, an eclipse notebook\, a family chronicle\, all told in the poetry of witness. It provides a fascinating account of speaking in public on art/poetry during a time of genocide. \nTo purchase the book and ticket\, with your ticket included in the price of the book\, click here \nTo purchase the ticket only\, click here
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/ariana-reines-wave-of-blood
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:Alan Turing's Manchester - Lunchtime Lecture
DESCRIPTION:This LGBT history month\, join Jonathan Swinton\, author of “Alan Turing’s Manchester\,” in discovering the world of this icon of science whose discoveries helped defeat the Nazi’s in World War 2\, who became a symbol of the tragic fate the law had in store for many LGBT members of society throughout our history. \nFor Ticket Only click here: £3 \nFor Book and Ticket click here: £20 \nAbout the book \nManchester is proud of Alan Turing- but does it deserve to be? Alan Turing’s Manchester  book explores the complexity of the city that Alan Turing encountered in 1948. It’s about much more than Turing as a mathematician: covering wire-women\, Wittgenstein and the daisy. This book takes you across the city of Manchester\, from Hale to Moston\, via the Festival of Britain and the seminar rooms and pick-up sites of the Oxford Road. It is a richly illustrated account of lives lived — and one life ended tragically early — in a post-war Manchester busy creating the computer. \nAbout the author \nJonathan did a maths PhD long ago\, and has spent many years trying to put some mathematics into biology. He came to Manchester in 2002\, and is proud of his adopted city. He’s been writing and talking about Alan Turing for years – he even did stand-up comedy once – but this is his first full length book. It is mathematically true that he is better at writing than he is at stand-up. \n 
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/alan-turings-manchester-lunchtime-lecture
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T180000
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SUMMARY:Rachel Thompson: The Love Fix
DESCRIPTION:Looking for bookish Valentines Day plans? House of Books & Friends are excited to be hosting yourself and long term dating columnist Rachel Thompson on Tuesday 11th February from 6pm – 7pm to discuss her book\, The Love Fix . \n\nThere will be a discussion with Rachel\, a chance for a Q&A\, and an opportunity to get your books signed. \nTickets \nYou can purchase a ticket-only option\, or you can purchase a copy of the book from us to act as a ticket; see options below: \n£5 Ticket only available here \n£18.99 for The Love Fix to act as your ticket here \nAbout The Love Fix \n‘Required reading for every person dating’ Beth Ashley | ‘Brilliant… has revolutionised conversations around love and modern dating ‘ Shahed Ezaydi | ‘So well-researched and insightful’ Radhika Sanghani | ‘An important feminist voice and a spectacular writer‘ Sofie Hagen | ‘The best sex and dating writer since Candace Bushnell Gigi Engle \nSwiping\, situationships\, love-bombing\, ghosting\, healing… Dating is hard. Why has making connections never felt so simple\, yet keeping them has never been so complicated? Sex and dating journalist Rachel Thompson has spent the past decade investigating how we seduce\, perceive and treat each other in our post-dating apps era. Written for all\, but with particular care for marginalised communities\, this book explores questions such as: \nWhy are our odds of finding someone compatible 1 in 562? What does ‘the spark’ actually mean from a scientific perspective? How does technology warp our communication\, standards and self-esteem? Why are we becoming more sensitive to rejection? What does real emotional availability look like? \nAbout the author \nRachel Thompson is a British author and journalist specialising in sex\, dating\, and relationships. Her first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It\, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Square Peg (Vintage) in August 2021. Stylist magazine called Rough “2021’s most important book about sex”. Rachel is the Features Editor at Mashable. She is a leading sex and relationships writer.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/rachel-thompson-the-love-fix
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250219T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250219T193000
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SUMMARY:The Feminist Book club with Kate Feld - FEBRUARY
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are delighted to announce that we are hosting the Feminist Book Club with facilitator Kate Feld. Taking place monthly\, this will be a space for people of all genders to discuss feminist books. In February\, we will be discussing The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan. \nTickets\nBook and ticket: £9.99\nTicket only: £3 \nAs always\, there are a limited amount of complimentary tickets available for those who need them. Please contact us directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597 365380. \nAbout the book \nHow should we talk about sex? It is a thing we have and also a thing we do; a supposedly private act laden with public meaning; a personal preference shaped by outside forces; a place where pleasure and ethics can pull wildly apart. Since #MeToo many have fixed on consent as the key framework for achieving sexual justice. Yet consent is a blunt tool. \nTo grasp sex in all its complexity – its deep ambivalences\, its relationship to gender\, class\, race and power – we need to move beyond ‘yes and no’\, wanted and unwanted. We need to interrogate the fraught relationships between discrimination and preference\, pornography and freedom\, rape and racial injustice\, punishment and accountability\, pleasure and power\, capitalism and liberation. We need to rethink sex as a political phenomenon. \nSearching\, trenchant and extraordinarily original\, The Right to Sex is a landmark examination of the politics and ethics of sex in this world\, animated by the hope of a different one.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-feminist-book-club-with-kate-feld-february
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250224T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250224T200000
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SUMMARY:The Book Club - Monday 24th February - ZOOM
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday\, 24th February\, 7-8pm. This month\, we are reading The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft – £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. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary 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 prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nFrom the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women’s Prize finalist\, a propulsive\, beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing. \nEight translators arrive at a house in a forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the writer Irena Rey\, and they are there to translate her magnum opus\, Grey Eminence. But within days of their arrival\, Irena disappears without a trace. \nAbout the Book \nThe translators\, who hail from eight different countries but share the same reverence for their beloved author\, begin to investigate where she may have gone while proceeding with work on her masterpiece. They explore this ancient\, wooded refuge with its intoxicating slime moulds and lichens and study her exotic belongings and layered texts for clues. But doing so reveals secrets — and deceptions — of Irena Rey’s that they are utterly unprepared for. Forced to face their differences as they grow increasingly paranoid in this fever dream of isolation and obsession\, soon the translators are tangled up in a web of rivalries and desire\, threatening not only their work but the fate of their beloved author herself. \nThis hilarious\, thought-provoking second outing by award-winning translator and author Jennifer Croft is a brilliant examination of art\, celebrity\, the natural world\, and the power of language. It is an unforgettable\, unputdownable adventure with a small but global cast of characters shaken by the shocks of love\, destruction\, and creation in one of Europe’s last great wildernesses.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-monday-24th-february-zoom
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:The Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250225T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250225T170000
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SUMMARY:Afternoon Tea: Summer 2025
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URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/afternoon-tea-summer-2025
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250225T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250225T190000
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SUMMARY:Shoulder to Shoulder by Jake Hall Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends is excited to welcome Jake Hall to discuss their new paperback\, Shoulder to Shoulder\, on Tuesday 25th January. Jake will be in conversation with Grey\, the founder of Bender Zine and Grey Area Books. The evening will start at 6pm and will consist of a discussion\, a Q&A\, plus the chance to get your books signed by Jake. \nTickets\nClick here to buy a book and ticket – £10.99\nClick here to buy a ticket only (redeemable against a copy of the book on the evening) – £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 \nThrough astounding research and fascinating storytelling\, SHOULDER TO SHOULDER\, transports us through time and into the world of these trailblazers\, bringing their tales to life and exploring both the inexplicable joys and brutal realities of their fights for justice. \nSpanning movements from the Black Panthers coalition with the Gay Liberation Front in the US to the Pride support for miners strikes in the UK\, SHOULDER TO SHOULDER shows how marginalised activists have always been intertwined in their pursuit of joint liberation. \nA beautiful celebration of our often chaotic\, and always messy\, human history and those incredible\, ordinary people who pushed for equality no matter the cost. SHOULDER TO SHOULDER is for anyone who loved BAD GAYS\, NATIVES or POVERTY SAFARI and is hungry for a fresh perspective on our shared human history. \nAbout the author \nJake Hall is a freelance writer and author based in Sheffield. Their first book\, The Art of Drag\, was published by NoBrow Press in 2020\, and their second book\, Shoulder to Shoulder\, will be released in paperback in February 2025. Jake has written for publications including Atmos\, Business Insider\, The Nation\, British Vogue and more\, with a focus on queer histories\, sustainability and pop culture.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/shoulder-to-shoulder-by-jake-hall-book-launch
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250226T190000
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SUMMARY:The Book Club - Wednesday 26th February - EVENING
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Wednesday\, 26th February\, 6pm – 7pm. This month\, we are reading The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft – £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. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary 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 prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nFrom the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women’s Prize finalist\, a propulsive\, beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing. \nEight translators arrive at a house in a forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the writer Irena Rey\, and they are there to translate her magnum opus\, Grey Eminence. But within days of their arrival\, Irena disappears without a trace. \nAbout the Book \nThe translators\, who hail from eight different countries but share the same reverence for their beloved author\, begin to investigate where she may have gone while proceeding with work on her masterpiece. They explore this ancient\, wooded refuge with its intoxicating slime moulds and lichens and study her exotic belongings and layered texts for clues. But doing so reveals secrets — and deceptions — of Irena Rey’s that they are utterly unprepared for. Forced to face their differences as they grow increasingly paranoid in this fever dream of isolation and obsession\, soon the translators are tangled up in a web of rivalries and desire\, threatening not only their work but the fate of their beloved author herself. \nThis hilarious\, thought-provoking second outing by award-winning translator and author Jennifer Croft is a brilliant examination of art\, celebrity\, the natural world\, and the power of language. It is an unforgettable\, unputdownable adventure with a small but global cast of characters shaken by the shocks of love\, destruction\, and creation in one of Europe’s last great wildernesses.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-wednesday-26th-february-evening
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250227T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250227T150000
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SUMMARY:The Book Club - Thursday 27th February - AFTERNOON
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday\, 27th February\, 2-3pm. This month\, we are reading The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft – £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. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary 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 prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nFrom the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women’s Prize finalist\, a propulsive\, beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing. \nEight translators arrive at a house in a forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the writer Irena Rey\, and they are there to translate her magnum opus\, Grey Eminence. But within days of their arrival\, Irena disappears without a trace. \nAbout the Book \nThe translators\, who hail from eight different countries but share the same reverence for their beloved author\, begin to investigate where she may have gone while proceeding with work on her masterpiece. They explore this ancient\, wooded refuge with its intoxicating slime moulds and lichens and study her exotic belongings and layered texts for clues. But doing so reveals secrets — and deceptions — of Irena Rey’s that they are utterly unprepared for. Forced to face their differences as they grow increasingly paranoid in this fever dream of isolation and obsession\, soon the translators are tangled up in a web of rivalries and desire\, threatening not only their work but the fate of their beloved author herself. \nThis hilarious\, thought-provoking second outing by award-winning translator and author Jennifer Croft is a brilliant examination of art\, celebrity\, the natural world\, and the power of language. It is an unforgettable\, unputdownable adventure with a small but global cast of characters shaken by the shocks of love\, destruction\, and creation in one of Europe’s last great wildernesses.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-thursday-27th-february-afternoon
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250302T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250302T120000
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SUMMARY:Little Bookworms March
DESCRIPTION:Have you got a little bookworm in your life? Then look no further than House of Books & Friends. We are excited to invite you to Little Bookworms\, our monthly book club for 8-12 years. The book club runs the first Sunday of every month\, 11am-12pm. \nFor March\, we will be reading The Nightmares of Finnegan Quick by Larry Hayes. You have until the day of the book club to finish the title – this is available to buy as part of your ticket\, or you can purchase a ticket only. \nAs well as discussing the book\, there will be book-related activities each month for our Little Bookworms to get stuck into\, fun quizzes and games\, and squash and biscuits for all. Our Little Bookworms will also get their own book lovers passport to add to each month they attend as they jet set around the world through reading. \nAll sessions will be ticketed: £7.99 for the book and ticket\, and £2 for just the ticket. All little ones must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased on our website and in store. A limited number of complementary tickets will also be reserved for those who might need them so please do let us know. \nIf you have any questions about the book club or tickets\, you can always take a look at our website\, email us\, or ask a friendly bookseller in store. \nAbout the book: \nFinnegan Quick is haunted by nightmares. They’re so bad\, he’s terrified of going to sleep. Because Finn’s dreams change the waking world too. He’s already lost his mum\, his dad\, his dog\, even his shadow. And now they’re coming for his gran\, the only family he’s got left. \nThen a mysterious girl starts appearing in his dreams\, helping Finn fight back against the creatures in his nightly adventures. On the first day of the new term\, she turns up at school\, right there in real life\, in the lunch queue! \nCass tells Finn that she has come to solve the mystery of Finn’s missing parents. Together with Finn’s geeky best friend Squid\, they travel through the nightmare world\, battling goblins\, ghosts and zombies. Finn\, Cass and Squid are a sparky\, wise-cracking trio\, but even together\, can they prove to be a match for the creatures of the night? \nIf Finnegan Quick is to save the people he cares about most\, he has to remember the lesson his gran has been teaching him all his life. He must learn to face his fears – or be destroyed by them!
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/little-bookworms-march
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250311T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250311T190000
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SUMMARY:In conversation: Alex Bollen\, "Motherdom: Breaking Free from Bad Science and Good Mother Myths"
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are excited to be hosting yourself and Alex Bollen on Tuesday 11th March from 6pm – 7pm to discuss her book\, Motherdom. \n\nThere will be a discussion with Alex\, a chance for a Q&A\, and an opportunity to get your books signed. We will also be selling copies of the authors works on the night. \nTickets \nYou can purchase a ticket-only option\, or you can purchase a copy of the book from us to act as a ticket; see options below: \n£5 Ticket only available here \n£22 for Motherdom to act as your ticket here \nAbout the book: \nBlaming\, shaming and flimsy evidence: welcome to the ugly world of Good Mother myths \nWhen Alex Bollen had her first baby\, the fear of being a bad mother made her guilty and anxious. A researcher with twenty years’ experience\, she went looking for answers. To her surprise the studies she looked at were exaggerated and misrepresented in the media\, forming the foundation for what she calls Good Mother myths. These myths are an assortment of narratives\, ideologies and stereotypes\, deployed to censure mothers and blame them for every societal ill. \nIncensed by the way bad science is used to shame mothers\, Alex Bollen decided to set the record straight. With meticulous research and keen insight\, Motherdom exposes both the shaky science and unjustified prescriptions about how mothers should ‘naturally’ behave. Competing visions of birth – ‘natural’ versus ‘medical’ – mean women can be criticised whatever happens\, raising the odds that birth will be a damaging\, even deadly\, experience. Mothers are judged and belittled whether they breast- or bottle-feed their babies. Bogus claims about brain development and dodgy attachment theories mean that whatever mothers do\, it is never enough. \nThis has to stop. We must replace Good Mother myths with a realistic approach to parenting. Alex Bollen proposes ‘motherdom’\, a more expansive conception of motherhood\, which values and respects the different ways people raise their children. Instead of finding fault with mothers\, Motherdom shifts our focus to the relationships and resources children need to flourish. \nAbout the author: \nAlex Bollen is a researcher with over twenty years of experience\, including as a former director of the research agency Ipsos MORI. She is a Postnatal Practitioner with the NCT\, the UK’s largest parenting charity\, and has been running postnatal groups for new mothers in South West London for over a decade. She is the mother of two children.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/in-conversation-alex-bollen-motherdom-breaking-free-from-bad-science-and-good-mother-myths
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:The Feminist Book club with Kate Feld - March
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are delighted to announce that we are hosting the Feminist Book Club with facilitator Kate Feld. Taking place monthly\, this will be a space for people of all genders to discuss feminist books. In February\, we will be discussing The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan. \nTickets\nBook and ticket: £10.99\nTicket only: £3 \nAs always\, there are a limited amount of complimentary tickets available for those who need them. Please contact us directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597 365380. \nAbout the book \nA genre-bending memoir that offers fierce and fresh reflections on motherhood\, desire\, identity and feminism. At the centre is a love-story\, between Nelson and the artist Harry Dodge\, who is undergoing gender reassignment\, while Nelson undergoes the transformations of pregnancy. Personal\, honest and wide-ranging\, Nelson explores the challenges and complexities that make up a modern family.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-feminist-book-club-with-kate-feld-march
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Book Club – Monday\, 24th March *ONLINE*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday 24th March 7-8pm via Zoom. This month\, we are reading Mongrel by Hanako Footman – PRICE 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. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary 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 prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout the book \nYuki leaves the Japanese countryside to pursue her dream of becoming a concert violinist in London. Far from home and in an unfamiliar city\, she finds herself caught up in the charms of her older teacher. \nHaruka attempts to navigate Tokyo’s nightlife and all of its many vices\, working as a hostess in the city’s sex district. She grieves a mother who hid so many secrets from her\, until finally one of those secrets comes to light . . . \nShifting between three intertwining narratives\, Mongrel reveals a tangled web of desire\, isolation\, belonging and ultimately\, hope.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-monday-24th-march-online
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:The Book Club - Wednesday\, 26th March *EVENING*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Wednesday 26th March\, 6-7pm. This month\, we are reading Mongrel by Hanako Footman – £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. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary 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 prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nFrom the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women’s Prize finalist\, a propulsive\, beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing. \nEight translators arrive at a house in a forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the writer Irena Rey\, and they are there to translate her magnum opus\, Grey Eminence. But within days of their arrival\, Irena disappears without a trace. \nAbout the Book \nYuki leaves the Japanese countryside to pursue her dream of becoming a concert violinist in London. Far from home and in an unfamiliar city\, she finds herself caught up in the charms of her older teacher. \nHaruka attempts to navigate Tokyo’s nightlife and all of its many vices\, working as a hostess in the city’s sex district. She grieves a mother who hid so many secrets from her\, until finally one of those secrets comes to light… \nShifting between three intertwining narratives\, Mongrel reveals a tangled web of desire\, isolation\, belonging and ultimately\, hope.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-wednesday-26th-march-evening
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Book Club - Thursday 27th March *AFTERNOON*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday\, 27th March\, 2-3pm. This month\, we are reading Mongrel by Hanako Footman – PRICE 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. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary 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 prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nFrom the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women’s Prize finalist\, a propulsive\, beguiling novel about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing. \nEight translators arrive at a house in a forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the writer Irena Rey\, and they are there to translate her magnum opus\, Grey Eminence. But within days of their arrival\, Irena disappears without a trace. \nAbout the Book \nYuki leaves the Japanese countryside to pursue her dream of becoming a concert violinist in London. Far from home and in an unfamiliar city\, she finds herself caught up in the charms of her older teacher. \nHaruka attempts to navigate Tokyo’s nightlife and all of its many vices\, working as a hostess in the city’s sex district. She grieves a mother who hid so many secrets from her\, until finally one of those secrets comes to light… \nShifting between three intertwining narratives\, Mongrel reveals a tangled web of desire\, isolation\, belonging and ultimately\, hope.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-thursday-27th-march-afternoon
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Reclaiming The Future: An evening with Simon Hannah
DESCRIPTION:House of Books and Friends are delighted to host Simon Hannah to talk about his new book\, Reclaiming The Future: A Beginners Guide to Planning the Economy. The evening will start at 6pm and will consist of a discussion\, a Q&A\, plus the chance to get your books signed by Simon. \nTickets\nClick here to buy a book and ticket – £16.99\nClick here to buy a ticket 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 a world gripped by endless crisis and climate breakdown\, the demand to reshape our economic system has never been more urgent. Reclaiming the Future by Simon Hannah is a beginner’s guide to planning the economy\, taking readers on a transformative journey towards a radically democratic society\, where the power and control over our lives are firmly in our hands. \nDecades of right-wing scaremongering has tried to consign economic planning to the dustbin\, but the need for it is greater than ever – it might be the only thing that can save us from climate catastrophe. In this myth-busting and accessible guide\, Hannah lays the building blocks for a grassroots economy that aligns our economy within human needs and environmental limits. \nAbout the Author \nSimon Hannah is a writer\, activist\, and trade unionist living in South London. He is an assistant branch secretary in UNISON and has written several books\, including A Party With Socialists In It: A History of the Labour Left\, which was a Guardian Book of the Day.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/reclaiming-the-future-an-evening-with-simon-hannah
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:Little Bookworms April
DESCRIPTION:Have you got a little bookworm in your life? Then look no further than House of Books & Friends. We are excited to invite you to Little Bookworms\, our monthly book club for 8-12 years. The book club runs the first Sunday of every month\, 11am-12pm. \nFor April\, we will be reading The Zombie Project by Alice Nuttall. You have until the day of the book club to finish the title – this is available to buy as part of your ticket\, or you can purchase a ticket only. \nAs well as discussing the book\, there will be book-related activities each month for our Little Bookworms to get stuck into\, fun quizzes and games\, and squash and biscuits for all. Our Little Bookworms will also get their own book lovers passport to add to each month they attend as they jet set around the world through reading. \nAll sessions will be ticketed: £7.99 for the book and ticket\, and £2 for just the ticket. All little ones must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased on our website and in store. A limited number of complementary tickets will also be reserved for those who might need them so please do let us know. \nIf you have any questions about the book club or tickets\, you can always take a look at our website\, email us\, or ask a friendly bookseller in store. \nAbout the book: \nIn a world without bees\, death-flies are needed to grow food. But death-flies need bodies – lots of them. And bodies mean zombies. Merian understands this\, but others are afraid. Can one girl prove that zombies are the future? \n\nThe action-packed debut novel of MSLexia Children’s and YA 2023 winner\, Alice Nuttall.\nAn original idea that turns the usual zombie story on its head – save the zombies\, don’t kill them!\nWith environmental themes packaged alongside age-appropriate horror and scares.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/little-bookworms-april
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Hanna Thomas Uose "Who Wants to Live Forever"
DESCRIPTION:House of Books and Friends are delighted to host Hanna Thomas Uose to talk about their new book\, Who Wants to Live Forever. The evening will start at 6pm and will consist of a discussion\, a Q&A\, plus the chance to get your books signed by Hanna! \nTickets\nClick here to buy a book and ticket – £16.99\nClick here to buy a ticket 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: \nThis is the greatest romance you will ever read without the happily ever after.\n\nYuki and Sam are soulmates.\nThey are destined to spend the rest of their lives together.\nThey are supposed to love one another\, forever. \nBut when a miracle drug is released which can extend a human’s life indefinitely\, Sam chooses to live forever\, instead of loving Yuki forever – and the world they know is spun inside out. \nWho Wants to Live Forever plunges into a parallel universe where forever is on sale to the highest bidder. What comes next is a world-building epic narrated by an intersecting cast of characters that will drive you to the edge of reality and leave you to answer biggest questions of all: What is life without death? What is life without love?
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/in-conversation-hanna-thomas-uose-who-wants-to-live-forever
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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