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SUMMARY:Hinterland Festival: Death Cafe x Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:What happens when we make a bit more space to think and talk about death? \nFor this special Journal Club\, Hinterland will explore death and dying through a mix of reflective writing and open conversation. Their team will start with some guided prompts to get you thinking about your own relationship with mortality\, loss\, meaning and the ways we live our lives followed by an informal Death Café conversation. \nThere’s no expectation to have the “right” things to say\, and no pressure to share what you’ve written. You can write privately\, listen\, join the conversation\, or move between all three. \nDeath can be a difficult thing to talk about\, but it’s also something we all have in common. This is a chance to approach it with curiosity\, honesty and a bit of openness\, in a friendly and inclusive space. \nNo writing experience needed. Just bring a notebook and pen. \nTickets \nReserve your free place here on Eventbrite. \nEveryone welcome. \n\nQuestions about an event? Ask us.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/hinterland-festival-death-cafe-x-journal-club
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:LUNCHTIME LECTURE - Sophie Oliver 'What the Dresses Know'
DESCRIPTION:House of Books and Friends is excited to introduce the next guest for their ‘Lunchtime Lecture’ series: Sophie Oliver\, author of What the Dresses Know: A women’s history of modernism told through clothes. Join us on 10th November to hear Sophie discuss her book. \nThe talk will begin at 1pm and last for 1 hour. \nTickets \nBook and ticket £20 \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 \nPioneering women were at the heart of the movement known as modernism. In What the dresses know\, Sophie Oliver offers a new account of their radical experiments and extraordinary lives\, told through the clothes they made and wore. \nFrom a dress Vanessa Bell rescued from the London Blitz to Frida Kahlo’s huipiles and a waistcoat embroidered for Gertrude Stein by Alice B. Toklas\, these special objects tell a story of artists seeking transformation. But getting dressed is rarely straightforward. Modernist women used clothes to think through the contradictions of the modern world: the inequalities of industrialisation\, the terrible conformities demanded by fascism and racism and the call of feminists\, socialists and avant-gardists to act differently and take up new forms of art. \nWhat the dresses know is an exhilarating account of women’s bold attempts to make history during years of tumultuous change. A distinctive new voice in cultural criticism\, Sophie Oliver uses clothes to explore the challenges modernist women faced – and to understand her own impulses in writing about them.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/lunchtime-lecture-sophie-oliver-what-the-dresses-know
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:AUTHOR EVENT: 'I Made You Up Inside My Head' with Marta Perez-Carbonell (in partnership with Instituto Cervantes)
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URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/author-event-i-made-you-up-inside-my-head-with-marta-perez-carbonell-in-partnership-with-instituto-cervantes
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Feminist Book Club – November 2026
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 November\, we will be discussing Doppleganger by Naomi Klein. It will take place on Wednesday\, 18th of November at 6 pm. \nTickets \nClick here to buy a book and ticket \nClick here to buy a ticket only \nAbout the book \nWhat if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired a double? Someone almost like you\, and yet not you at all? \nWhen Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared her first name\, but had radically different\, harmful views\, was getting chronically mistaken for her\, it seemed too ridiculous to take seriously. Then suddenly it wasn’t. She started to find herself grappling with a distorted sense of reality\, becoming obsessed with reading the threats on social media\, the endlessly scrolling insults from the followers of her doppelganger. Why had her shadowy other gone down such an extreme path? Why was identity – all we have to meet the world – so unstable? \nTo find out\, Klein decided to follow her double into a bizarre\, uncanny mirror world: one of conspiracy theories\, anti-vaxxers and demagogue hucksters\, where soft-focus wellness influencers make common cause with fire-breathing far right propagandists (all in the name of protecting ‘the children’). In doing so\, she lifts the lid on our own culture during this surreal moment in history\, as we turn ourselves into polished virtual brands\, publicly shame our enemies\, watch as deep fakes proliferate and whole nations flip from democracy to something far more sinister.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-feminist-book-club-november-2026
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:AUTHOR EVENT: 'Paper Illness' with Raymond Meade of Ocean Colour Scene
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends is excited to welcome Raymond Meade\, bass player of Ocean Colour Scene\, to the store on Saturday 28th at 5pm to discuss his poetry collection\, Paper Illness\, illustrated by Peter Howson. As well as a discussion on his book\, there will also be a Q&A\, plus the chance to get your books signed by Raymond – all before he performs at the AO Arena that night! \nTickets \nClick here to buy a book and ticket \nClick here to buy a ticket only \nAbout the book \nPaper Illness is a collection of poetry by Raymond Meade\, best known as the bass player of British rock band Ocean Colour Scene. These poems explore his relationship with health and loss\, alongside observations of everyday life following his multiple sclerosis diagnosis of 2021. \nThe book is illustrated by his friend\, the acclaimed Scottish artist Peter Howson\, whose work often explores themes of faith\, conflict and redemption. Howson remains one of Scotland’s most distinctive contemporary artists\, celebrated for his intense emotional honesty. \n 
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LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Greater Manchester Bereavement Service Pop-Up
DESCRIPTION:To mark Grief Awareness Week\, on Thursday 3rd December\, the Greater Manchester Bereavement Service will be hosting their pop up session at the House of Books & Friends from 10am – 12pm. \nAll are welcome to attend to learn more about bereavement and the Greater Manchester Bereavement Service. These free drop ins are open to the public\, service users and professionals. Just register for free on Eventbrite. \nThere will also be an opportunity to speak to a Bereavement Practitioner for help and support. \nEach month the topic will change so keep on eye out for information and feel free to get in touch with any questions by calling 0161 983 0902 or emailing gmicb-sal.gm.bs@nhs.net. \nFor more information visit greater-manchester-bereavement-service.org.uk.
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