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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 excited to invite you to: Little Bookworms\, our new monthly book club for 8-12 years. \nFor April\, we will be reading The Floating Witch Mystery by Nicki Thornton. We will be meeting on April 7th 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 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. \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 \nWhen a nosy stranger arrives in her riverside town\, school reporter Veena Vale becomes suspicious. \nBut only talking back cat Nightshade will listen to her. To find out the truth of what’s going on\, the two of them must unravel an ancient curse\, tell uncomfortable lies and bake an awful lots of flapjacks . .
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/little-bookworms-book-club-2
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Children's Events
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SUMMARY:The Feminist Book Club with Kate Feld
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 April we will be reading and discussing Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde. \nTickets\nBook and ticket: £13.99\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 \nAudre Lorde (1934-92) described herself as ‘Black\, lesbian\, mother\, warrior\, poet’. Her extraordinary belief in the power of language – of speaking – to articulate selfhood\, confront injustice and bring about change in the world remains as transformative today as it was then\, and no less urgent. \nYour Silence Will Not Protect You brings Lorde’s poetry and prose together for the first time. Published posthumously in 2017\, It is the first time a British publisher collected Lorde’s work into one volume. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Kate  \nKate Feld is a writer who grew up in in the U.S. state of Vermont and now lives outside Manchester\, UK. She writes poetry\, short fiction\, essays and prose that sits between forms. Her writing explores the natural world\, mythology and the unconscious\, often taking the form of lyric narratives that both interrogate and celebrate lived experience. Her work has been published widely in journals and anthologies including The Stinging Fly\, The Letters Page\, Hotel and Tolka. She is the founding editor of UK creative nonfiction journal and reading series The Real Story\, and lectures in Journalism at the University of Salford. Her chapbook of poetry and photography\, Deeryard\, is forthcoming from Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-feminist-book-club-with-kate-feld
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 - Monday\, 22nd April 19:00 - 20:00 *ONLINE*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday 22nd April via Zoom. This month\, we are reading Mister Mister by Guy Gunaratne – £10.99 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 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. \nAbout the book \nWhen Yahya Bas finds himself in a UK detention centre after fleeing the conflict in Syria\, he has many questions to face. What was he doing in the desert? Why does he hate this country? Why did he write the incendiary verses which turned him into an online sensation and a media pariah? Mister\, his interrogator\, wants to keep him locked up. So he decides to tell his life story. \nOn his own terms. Following a child that East Ham made who becomes the unwitting voice of a generation\, Mister\, Mister is also the story of a quest for a father and the discovery of another way to live in the shadow of war. Bracing\, tender\, exuberantly imaginative\, this is a novel that only Guy Gunaratne could have written.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-monday-22nd-april-1900-2000-online
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:The Book Club
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SUMMARY:The Book Club – Tuesday 23rd April 17:45-19:15
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Tuesday 23rd April in store. This month\, we are reading Mister Mister by Guy Gunaratne – £10.99 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 \nWhen Yahya Bas finds himself in a UK detention centre after fleeing the conflict in Syria\, he has many questions to face. What was he doing in the desert? Why does he hate this country? Why did he write the incendiary verses which turned him into an online sensation and a media pariah? Mister\, his interrogator\, wants to keep him locked up. So he decides to tell his life story. \nOn his own terms. Following a child that East Ham made who becomes the unwitting voice of a generation\, Mister\, Mister is also the story of a quest for a father and the discovery of another way to live in the shadow of war. Bracing\, tender\, exuberantly imaginative\, this is a novel that only Guy Gunaratne could have written.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-tuesday-23rd-april-1745-1915
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 John Bowers KC: Downward Spiral
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends is thrilled to announce we are hosting John Bowers KC on Wednesday 24th April for a conversation with Jim Hancock on his new book\, Downward Spiral. John will be interviewed by Jim Hancock\, broadcaster\, media trainer and conference chair. The event will take place from 6pm-7:30pm\, discussing the decline in public faith in the authorities\, followed by an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. \nTickets\nClick here to buy a book and ticket\nClick here to buy a ticket only \nThere are a small amount of tickets available for those unable to afford them at the moment – please contact us directly at 07597365380 or email bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com. \nAbout the book \nThe Johnson era will be remembered for a series of scandals that severely eroded trust in the British government. From questionable PPE tenders and public appointments to the ‘partygate’ fiasco\, every aspect of public life seemed tainted. How did this downward spiral begin\, and what can be done to reverse it? In this eye-opening book\, veteran KC John Bowers presents a fearless examination of the decline in ethical standards before\, during and after the Johnson government. Through interviews with political insiders\, Bowers provides analysis of scandals such as partygate\, Greensill and the revolving door with the private sector. \nAbout the author \nJohn Bowers KC is Principal of Brasenose College\, University of Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1979 and took silk in 1998. Described as ‘an employment law rock star’\, he is the author of fifteen books\, including Bowers on Employment Law\, The Law of Industrial Action and Trade Union Recognition and Whistleblowing. He is a former chair of Bar Disciplinary Summary Tribunals and a member of the Bar Council’s Race Relations Committee. Since 2005 he has been a Bencher of Middle Temple. \nAbout Jim HancockJim Hancock has been a broadcaster and writer on politics for several decades. He is the former Political Editor of BBC North West. He has interviewed every Prime Minister from Harold Wilson to Boris Johnson.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/john-bowers-kc-downward-spiral-book-launch
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Event
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SUMMARY:The Book Club – Thursday\, 25th April 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 Mister Mister by Guy Gunaratne – £10.99 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.  \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 \nWhen Yahya Bas finds himself in a UK detention centre after fleeing the conflict in Syria\, he has many questions to face. What was he doing in the desert? Why does he hate this country? Why did he write the incendiary verses which turned him into an online sensation and a media pariah? Mister\, his interrogator\, wants to keep him locked up. So he decides to tell his life story. \nOn his own terms. Following a child that East Ham made who becomes the unwitting voice of a generation\, Mister\, Mister is also the story of a quest for a father and the discovery of another way to live in the shadow of war. Bracing\, tender\, exuberantly imaginative\, this is a novel that only Guy Gunaratne could have written.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/the-book-club-thursday-25th-april-1400-1500
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Book Club
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