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SUMMARY:Saturday Signing – Come and meet author James Carrac
DESCRIPTION:Come and meet author James Caraac and pick up a signed copy of his books Shanghai Calling and Red Light. \nJames’ new thriller novels\, Shanghi Calling and Red Light\, take the reader on a rollercoaster ride of emotion\, with the main character’s life going through hell. Carrac\, an ex-lecturer\, lives in Warwickshire\, UK\, with his wife and family. James enjoys many sports\, in particular golf\, and most genres of music\, playing guitar and drums. He now works part-time as a TV and film extra.
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SUMMARY:Meet the Authors: Leo Vardiashvili in Conversation with Elizabeth O'Connor
DESCRIPTION:Sunday 15th September 3-5pm at the Kenilworth Centre \nTwo very different but equally brilliant Debut Novels!  Join us to hear two quite different perspectives on their inspiration\, the writing process and getting published!!  Find out what they’re working on now and what it’s like the second time around. \nSecure your place by purchasing a £5 Book Token* \n*Redeemable on the night! \nTickets available at www.kenilworthbooks.co.uk/meettheauthors \nKenilworth Books in Collaboration with Kenilworth Arts Festival. \nIf cost is a barrier\, complimentary tickets are available. Please call us on 01926855784 or email info@kenilworthbooks.co.uk \nHard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili \n(AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST FOR 2024)\nTbilisi’s littered with memories that await me like landmines. The dearly departed voices I silenced long ago have come back without my permission. The situation calls for someone with a plan. \nI didn’t even bring toothpaste. Saba’s father is missing\, and the trail leads back to Tbilisi\, Georgia. It’s been two decades since Irakli fled his war-torn homeland with two young sons\, now grown men. \nTwo decades since he saw their mother\, who stayed so they could escape. At long last\, Tbilisi has lured him home. But when Irakli’s phone calls stop\, a mystery begins… \nArriving in the city as escaped zoo animals prowl the streets\, Saba picks up the trail of clues: strange graffiti\, bewildering messages transmitted through the radio\, pages from his father’s unpublished manuscript scattered like breadcrumbs. As the voices of those left behind pull at the edges of his world\, Saba will discover that all roads lead back to the past\, and to secrets swallowed up by the great forests of Georgia. In a winding pursuit through the magic and mystery of returning to a lost homeland\, Hard by a Great Forest is a rare\, searching tale of home\, memory and sacrifice – of one family’s mission to rescue one another\, and put the past to rest. \n‘A spellbinding achievement’ FINANCIAL TIMES \n‘Poignant and often painfully comic’ OBSERVER \n‘I gasped\, laughed\, and wept my way through it’ KHALED HOSSEINI \n  \nWhale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor \n(AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT OF THE YEAR 2024)\nIt is 1938 and for Manod\, a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales\, the world looks ready to end just as she is trying to imagine a future for herself. The ominous appearance of a beached whale on the island’s shore\, and rumours of submarines circling beneath the waves\, have villagers steeling themselves for what’s to come. Empty houses remind them of the men taken by the Great War\, and of the difficulty of building a life in the island’s harsh\, salt-stung landscape. \nWhen two anthropologists from the mainland arrive\, Manod sees in them a rare moment of opportunity to leave the island and discover the life she has been searching for. But\, as she guides them across the island’s cliffs\, she becomes entangled in their relationship\, and her imagined future begins to seem desperately out of reach. Elizabeth O’Connor’s beautiful\, devastating debut Whale Fall tells a story of longing and betrayal set against the backdrop of a world on the edge of great tumult. \n‘I didn’t want it to end’ – Maggie O’Farrell \n‘Powerful . . . written with a calm\, luminous precision’ – Colm Tóibín \n‘The quiet cadences of Whale Fall contain a deep melody of loss held and let go. It is a gentle\, tough story about profound change’ – Anne Enright \nRESERVE YOUR SPACE HERE FOR £5!
URL:https://www.kenilworthbooks.co.uk/event/meet-the-authors-leo-vardiashvili-in-conversation-with-elizabeth-oconnor/
LOCATION:The Kenilworth Centre\, Car Park\, Abbey End\, Kenilworth\, CV8 1QJ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Shipston Bookfest 21st - 29th September 2024
DESCRIPTION:Shipston’s first ever book festival\, launched by local volunteers to bring the local community together to celebrate and cultivate the love of books. \nThe complete lineup of events is now available on the events page of Shipston’s website! – click here to take a look \nThe sparkling programme includes a variety of nationally recognised authors and incredible local talent. Between the 21st and 29th September\, there will be literary and book-themed events in the town\, author visits to the primary and high school\, and family events – all culminating in a spectacular final weekend! \nSome highlights not to be missed: \n\nAdele Parks\, Sunday Times multi-million copy bestselling author\, talking about her latest novel\, First Wife’s Shadow\nSue Law\, with the Shipston Amateur Dramatics Society dramatizing her book\, Dark Side of the Cut\nAngela Dandy\, author of The Silveries\, hosting a special literary lunch at the marvelous Bower House and releasing her most recent title\, The Silver Lining at the event for us\nPJ Ellis talking about his debut romantic comedy\, Love and Other Scams which is funny\, clever\, and bang on trend\nPrue Leithdiscussing the ups and downs of her career\, recent TV roles and new cookery book\, Life’s Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom\nAnd\, for budding writers\, a creative workshop on how to get published with Sophie Flynn\, author and Managing Director of Jericho Writers\n\nVisit the events page to see the full programme and to buy tickets for your chosen event! Help us spread a love of reading and be part of this exciting first event and make this a regular part of the town’s cultural calendar. \nKenilworth Books is delighted to say we are the book suppliers for all of Shipston’s Bookfest!
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SUMMARY:September Book Club with Penny Batchelor
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our September book club with Penny Batchelor\, author of The Reunion Party – a psychological thriller with a heart stopping twist! \nPenny Batchelor is a local author of three thrillers\, a columnist for The Bookseller and is co-founder and judge of the ADCI Literary Prize for adult fiction by disabled/chronically ill novelists.  \nOn the twenty-fifth anniversary of Tania’s death\, five university friends reunite at a luxurious country hotel to commemorate the life of their dear friend.  \nWhen the drinks start flowing and with the party in full swing\, the merry mood of the night suddenly turns once secret revelations come to light about their university days. But just how well did they know Tania? And could there be more to Tania’s accident than they’re letting on? \nJoin us on Wednesday 25th September at 6.30pm at the bookshop for our Book Club Q&A with author Penny Batchelor. Reserve your space with a £5 Book Token on our website here!
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SUMMARY:An Evening  with Michael Palin at Warwick Arts Centre
DESCRIPTION:Best-selling author and comedy legend Michael Palin is going back on the road.\n10 years since his last published diary\, Michael unlocks volume four of his life and times\, from 1999 to 2009. As the centuries change and Michael heads into middle age\, he’s busier than ever. \nIn this new show\, with the help of rarely seen photos and video\, Michael brings these momentous times to life. \nHe talks through this latest Diary to take us backstage on this most productive decade of his life. Whilst always\, in the background\, showing us the wider world\, one of infinite possibilities and new and unimagined dangers. \nHe takes on four new travel series and a wide variety of documentaries\, from art and artists to the last day of the First World War. \nHe watches his family grow and expand at a time of ominous new threats and dangers. The Twin Towers fall\, bombs blast London\, banks collapse\, whole economies teeter on the brink. Tony Blair offers hope with the Good Friday agreement\, then embroils us in Iraq. \nMichael enters his 60s\, and finds grown-up responsibilities come his way. By the end of this diary\, he’s in his first year as President of the Royal Geographical Society. \nHis diary reflects his constant struggle against routine and repetition\, and his irresistible and often nerve-shredding attraction to new challenges. \nSome work\, some don’t\, but by the end of this volume he’s reached the retirement age of 65. And he’s planning a new journey. \nTickets selling fast here!
URL:https://www.kenilworthbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-michael-palin-at-warwick-arts-centre/
LOCATION:Warwick Arts Centre\, University of Warwick\, Coventry\, West Midlands\, CV4 7AL\, United Kingdom
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