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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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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.
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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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