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SUMMARY:Little Bookworms Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Have you got a little bookworm in your life? Then look no further than House of Books & Friends. We are over the moon to share a wee project we’ve been busy working on: Little Bookworms\, our brand new monthly book club for 8-12 years. \nWe will be kicking things off with our first title\, The Boy Who Fell From the Sky\, by Benjamin Dean\, on Sunday 3rd of March\, 11am-12pm! You have until the day of the book club to finish the title – this is available to buy in store as part of your ticket\, or we have ticket-only options available. Following this first meeting\, the book club will run the first Sunday of every month\, 11am-12pm. \nAs well as discussing the book\, there will be book-related activities each month for our Little Bookworm’s 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. \nSo whether you have a ravenous reader at home\, devouring books like the Hungry Caterpillar\, or you are trying to encourage reading and literary confidence in a more reluctant little one\, the Little Bookworms is an inclusive space for all and everyone. And\, offering an hour on Sunday morning for you to sit in our cafe with your own book and a cuppa\, what is there to lose? \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 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. \nWe’re really excited to spread our love of books with little readers\, and we can’t wait to hear your thoughts and to share in their reading adventure! \n 
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/little-bookworms-book-club
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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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
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240313T180000
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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 
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/an-evening-with-dr-benjamin-linley-wild-hang-ups-book-launch
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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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’.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/an-evening-with-gemma-fairclough-bear-season
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240325T190000
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SUMMARY:The Book Club - Monday\, 25th March 19:00-20:00 *ONLINE*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday 25th March via Zoom. This month\, we are reading A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo – £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 A Spell of Good Things \nA dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth\, power\, romantic obsession and political corruption. \nEniola is tall for his age\, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job\, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor and begging\, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl\, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice\, she is beloved by Kunle\, the volatile son of family friends. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party\, Wuraola and Eniola’s lives become unexpectedly intertwined. In this breathtaking novel\, Ayobami Adebayo shines her light on Nigeria\, the gaping divides in its society\, and the shared humanity that lives in between. \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 one week prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-monday-25th-march-1900-2000-online
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Book Club
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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
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:The Book Club - Wednesday\, 27th March 17:45-19:15
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Wednesday 27th March in store. This month\, we are reading A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo – £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 A Spell of Good Things \nA dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth\, power\, romantic obsession and political corruption. \nEniola is tall for his age\, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job\, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor and begging\, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl\, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice\, she is beloved by Kunle\, the volatile son of family friends. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party\, Wuraola and Eniola’s lives become unexpectedly intertwined. In this breathtaking novel\, Ayobami Adebayo shines her light on Nigeria\, the gaping divides in its society\, and the shared humanity that lives in between. \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.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-wednesday-27th-march-1745-1915
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Book Club
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SUMMARY:The Book Club - Thursday\, 28th March 14:00 - 15:00
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday 28th March in store. This month\, we are reading A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo – £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 here.  \nAbout A Spell of Good Thing \nA dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth\, power\, romantic obsession and political corruption. \nEniola is tall for his age\, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job\, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor and begging\, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl\, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice\, she is beloved by Kunle\, the volatile son of family friends. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party\, Wuraola and Eniola’s lives become unexpectedly intertwined. In this breathtaking novel\, Ayobami Adebayo shines her light on Nigeria\, the gaping divides in its society\, and the shared humanity that lives in between. \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.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-thursday-28th-march-1400-1500
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Book Club
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