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Some tunes you know and some improvisation you don't! Don't miss this evening of chamber jazz with the Serkan Trio. Serkan Cakit - keyboard, vocals Andrew Blake - sax, flute, vocals Alan Durant - double bass This is a highly popular event so book your place here to avoid disappointment!
This month we are reading The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff. Join us for a darkly humorous feminist revenge thriller. Geeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband - a rumour she hasn't bothered trying to correct. Life as a widow is more peaceful than life as a wife... until the other women in her village decide they want …
Join us for an evening with Claire Martin as she discusses her book Heirs of Ambition - the making of the Boleyns. This is a free to attend event and you can book your place Heirs of Ambition: The Making of the Boleyns uncovers the story and the family behind England’s most obsessed-over queen, Anne …
Join us for the book launch of "Floored" – the debut romcom from Chrissie Harrison. Browse the bookstore, mingle, and enjoy free fizz! "In order to expose her sexist boss, sparky but socially anxious Hannah must hope her daring scheme to bug the office lift doesn’t backfire. However, when she accidentally gets talking to lovelorn …
This month we are reading In Memoriam by Alice Winn In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that his best friend is …
***SOLD OUT*** Join us for an evening of live folk music with: Dave Stenhouse - A true troubadour with his roots in the London 60s folk scene brings new and old classic to life Rob Hughes - Immaculate finger-style guitarist plays and sings his original songs and unique arrangements of familiar gems. Beth Jakob - …
This month we're reading The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng. It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend of Robert’s, comes to stay. Willie Somerset …
Join BBC Radio 4 presenter, sociologist and comedian Tom Shakespeare for an evening celebrating the release of his fiction debut, The Ha-Ha. You'll be able to hear more about Tom's writing, ask all your burning questions, purchase books and get them signed. This event is FREE to attend and you can book your spot here:
Join us for an evening in conversation with two fantastic authors: Georgina Moore, author of The Garnett Girls, and Kirsty Capes, author of recently released Girls. Both explore sisters, dysfunctional families and absent mothers in their dazzling novels. Book your free place here. About The Garnett Girls: Tangled relationships, family secrets and the unbreakable …
This month we're reading Cloudstreet by Tim Winton. Cloudstreet is Tim Winton’s great family drama, a twenty-year story of life and love, full of boisterous energy, joy and heartbreak. His visceral evocation of the Australian landscape is nowhere more extraordinary than in this classic. Everyone is welcome to the book club and we encourage newcomers. Contact us to join.