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SUMMARY:168 Songs of Hatred & Failure....an evening with James Dean Bradfield\, Nicky Wire and Keith Cameron
DESCRIPTION:Book-ish and White Rabbit Books present an exclusive conversation between James Dean Bradfield (with guitar)\, Nicky Wire and author of 168 Songs of Hatred & Failure\, Keith Cameron\, at Abergavenny Borough Theatre on Wednesday 10 September 2025.\n\nThere will be a book signing with Nicky Wire\, James Dean Bradfield and author Keith Cameron after the event. \n\nBook & Ticket: £39.99 \nSold out – Join waiting list here
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/168-songs-of-hatred-failure-an-evening-with-james-dean-bradfield-nicky-wire-and-keith-cameron/
LOCATION:Borough Theatre\, Cross Street\, Abergavenny\, NP7 5HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Evenings
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SUMMARY:An evening with... Adele Parks
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating 25 books in 25 years! \nWe’re delighted to be bringing bestselling author Adele Parks to Abergavenny AND special guest host Louise Minchin. Join us for an amazing evening of conversation. All tickets include a copy of the hardback book A Beautiful Mess and an exclusive goody bag! \nAbout A Beautiful Mess\nConnie can’t wait to have all her daughters back home for Christmas. It’s not just the excitement of the girls being together under one roof; uni student Fran is bringing a new boyfriend to stay. The empty nest will once again be full of friends\, family and young love. \nYet from the moment she sees Zac\, Connie feels a deep unease. Zac reminds her of the worst mistake she has ever made: a man whose charm and good looks nearly destroyed her marriage. Then\, Fran announces she’s pregnant. Reeling from Fran’s news and terrified that her past might threaten her family’s future\, Connie desperately tries to navigate a path forward. But there’s a much greater menace looming\, because she’s not the only one who has something to hide. Someone in the house has another devastating secret. A deception which will put everyone Connie loves in shocking danger\, and one of them will pay the ultimate price. \nNumber One bestseller Adele Parks returns with an explosive and deeply emotional family drama which explores the lengths a parent will go to protect a child; for there’s nothing stronger than a woman whose family is under threat. \nA must-read gripping and emotional domestic thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Just Between Us and Both of You. \nAbout  Adele Parks\nAdele Parks MBE was born in North Yorkshire. She is the author of 24 bestselling novels including the Sunday Times bestsellers Just Between Us and One Last Secret. Over six million copies of her work have been sold in English and her books have been translated into 31 languages. Adele’s Sunday Times Number One bestsellers Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck were shortlisted for the British Book Awards. She also won two Nielsen Bestseller Awards\, the RNA Outstanding Achievement Award\, the Capital Crime Fingerprint Award and a Quick Read Learners’ Favourite Award. Adele has written for many national newspapers and magazines\, and was an Executive Producer on Paramount’s feature film adaptation of her novel\, The Image of You. She is an ambassador of the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency: two charities that promote literacy in the UK. In 2022 she was awarded an MBE for services to literature. \nAbout Louise Minchin \n \nLouise Minchin is an author\, journalist\, broadcaster and podcaster. Louise presented the UK’s most watched morning programme\, BBC Breakfast for 20 years. Before that was a news anchor on the BBC News Channel and the BBC’s One O’clock News. She has also presented The One Show\, Five Live Drive\, Real Rescues and Missing Live. Louise has taken part in several reality TV shows including I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here\, Time Crashers and Celebrity MasterChef. Alongside her career in journalism Louise is an endurance athlete\, and her first book\, Dare to Tri\, charted her journey from the BBC Breakfast sofa to representing the Great Britain Triathlon team in her age-group at World and European Championships. Her second book Fearless\, Adventures with Extraordinary Women reflects her passion for celebrating women’s success in sport and endeavour. In each chapter Louise takes on a different challenge with a courageous woman\, to get to know them and tell their incredible stories. Her debut thriller\, Isolation Island\, is set in a gruelling reality television show on a remote Scottish Island. It was published in September 2024.
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-adele-parks-abergavenny/
LOCATION:The Priory\, Abergavenny\, 5 Monk St\, Abergavenny\, Abergavenny\, NP7 5ND\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:An evening with...Kevin Rowland
DESCRIPTION:A searingly honest memoir from Dexys’ iconic frontman\, one of the great mavericks and creative geniuses of British music. \nAt home with his Irish immigrant parents in Wolverhampton\, at the beginning of the swinging sixties\, Kevin the eight-year-old altar boy was planning to attend college to train to be a priest. Elsewhere\, he was thieving\, lying\, swearing\, fighting and rarely out of trouble. \n\n\n\n\nKevin Rowland lays bare his unvarnished life story for the very first time. From the juvenile courts of his troubled teenage years to the early days of the New Romantic scene in the late ’70s and beyond\, he recounts his darkest hours\, deepest desires and greatest joys. An unwavering passion for music\, highly tuned sense of style and an unstoppable determination propelled him down a path that led to huge chart success with Dexys Midnight Runners in the early 1980s. However\, despite being celebrated as a creative genius\, Kevin was plagued by an inner turmoil\, leading to a series of ill-fated self-sabotaging events – including a serious cocaine addiction – leaving him bankrupt and adrift by the 1990s. \n“Music had kept me so busy and obsessed that it saved me from acting out in other ways\, which surely would have landed me in jail. In that way\, music saved me. Yet even with the help of music\, I came very close to prison.” \nBless Me Father unflinchingly details this turbulent coming-of-age period\, warts and all\, exploring themes of religion\, sexuality\, creativity\, cultural identity and addiction. Through long stints in rehab\, embracing self-reflection and exploring gender fluidity with his pioneering project My Beauty\, Kevin also charts his steady return to health\, sobriety and stability\, culminating in Dexys’ triumphant appearance at Glastonbury in 2024. \nTICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-kevin-rowland/
LOCATION:Borough Theatre\, Cross Street\, Abergavenny\, NP7 5HD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:An evening with...John Niven and James Dean Bradfield
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to welcome John Niven back to Abergavenny in celebration of his new novel\, The Fathers. John will be in conversation with James Dean Bradfield of The Manic Street Preachers. \nScalpel-sharp yet laced with compassion\, this wry look at modern fatherhood finds the lives of two very different dads brought together by tragedy. \nJohn joins us to discuss his work with a special guest…. James Dean Bradfield lead vocalist of Manic Street Preachers. The event includes and audience Q&A\, followed by a signing. \nAbout The Fathers\nIn a busy maternity ward\, first-time father Dan meets Jada\, a dad welcoming his fifth – no\, sixth? child into the world. Dan and Jada come from very different places: both called Glasgow. Dan is a successful TV writer with a townhouse in the West End and a shiny Tesla ready to drive his wife and baby home. Jada is a\, small-time criminal who is already planning how to separate Dan from some of the luxuries Jada has never been able to enjoy in his tiny flat in a Brutalist sixties council block. \nBoth men find that the birth of their sons has fired their ambitions. Dan plans to walk away from his saccharine TV success and finally knuckle down to writing that novel. While\, for Jada\, it’s the opportunity for one last get-rich-quick scheme – ripping off a local airport. When tragedy occurs\, their worlds are brought closer than either could have imagined – close enough that it could mean destruction for both of them. \nAbout the author\nJOHN NIVEN is the author of eleven novels\, including Kill Your Friends\, The Second Coming and Straight White Male. He has written a memoir\, O Brother\, and as a screenwriter his credits include The Trip\, Kill Your Friends and How to Build a Girl.
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-john-niven/
LOCATION:The King’s Arms\, 29 Nevill St\,\, Abergavenny\, NP7 5AA
CATEGORIES:Author Evenings
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SUMMARY:An evening with... Jay Griffiths
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with celebrated author Jay Griffiths to discuss her book How Animals Heal Us – a unique and heartfelt insight into the healing nature of our relationship with animals. All tickets include a glass of wine or a soft drink and there will be the opportunity to get your book signed too. \nAbout How Animals Heal Us\nThis book offers the evidence that animals do heal us\, drawing widely on scientific discoveries\, history\, and Indigenous knowledge. We meet a pot-bellied pig who saved her owner’s life\, lions who guarded a girl from kidnappers\, dolphins and whales rescuing people in danger\, and dogs who can smell cancer and phone the Emergency Services. Animal sounds\, from insects to birdsong and the purring of cats\, are directly medicinal and their presence can heal the pain of loneliness. Animals\, including donkeys\, can be natural therapists for the hurt psyche\, alleviating trauma\, fear and depression. \nIn this original\, revelatory and exuberant book\, Jay Griffiths explores how animals can have a role in every level of healing\, from the individual to the collective\, guiding us in how we might create societies that are healthier\, fairer and kinder. Wolves may be teachers of ethics; monkeys and dogs can object to unfairness and bees take collective decisions. Animals are irresistible medicine for a healthy culture\, animating the arts with spectacular vitality and verve\, as poetry knows.
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-jay-griffiths/
LOCATION:Book-ish Crickhowell\, 18 High Street\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD
CATEGORIES:Author Evenings
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SUMMARY:An evening with... Fflur Dafydd and Caryl Lewis
DESCRIPTION:We can’t wait to welcome these two Book-ish favourites to the Loft for an evening of conversation about their new novels and lives as writers. Both authors had sell-out events here previously – Fflur joined us for the launch of her last book The Library Suicides and Caryl Lewis’s Drift was our booksellers’ top read of 2023 and winner of The Welsh Book of the Year!  Don’t miss out on what’s sure to be a brilliant evening – all tickets include a glass of wine or a soft drink and there will be the opportunity to get books signed too. \nAbout The House of Water and Fflur Dafydd\nWhat do you do when you find your house submerged in water\, a dead stranger in your bed and your whole family killed? The House of Water\, the latest novel from award-winning author and screenwriter Fflur Dafydd\, is a gripping psychological thriller set against the backdrop of a Welsh town devastated by floods. It’s a story of buried secrets\, family legacies\, and identity\, where one evening\, a young woman places her key in the lock of her family home – only to realise\, in that moment\, that her life is about to change forever. Combining page-turning suspense with literary depth\, this novel deftly explores a range of contemporary themes – grief\, belonging\, mental health and climate change – all while immersing readers in the rich culture\, language\, and heritage of Wales. Thought-provoking yet utterly unputdownable\, The House of Water\, is unlike any other book you’ll ever read\, and will stay with you long after the final page.\n \nFflur Dafydd is an award-winning novelist\, musician and screenwriter who works in Welsh and English. She is a graduate of UEA’s Creative Writing MA\, a former Hay Festival International Fellow and an alumna of Iowa University’s prestigious International Writing Program. She has also been nominated for several BAFTA Cymru awards for her screenwriting work. She lives in West Wales with her husband and two daughters \nAbout Bitter Honey and Caryl Lewis\n \nFrom three times winner of The Wales Book of The Year award\, a stunningly lyrical beautiful novel about a beekeeper and his daughter\, told through eleven letters. Hannah has lived at Berllan Deg all her life\, her husband came to live at the orchard when they got married. Tonight\, she prepares for his funeral as he lies in the parlour. Over fifty years of marriage\, a lifetime of memories dissipating in the impossibility of his stillness. He was a writer and a beekeeper who came to understand the world through the language of bees. He has left her eleven letters; the exact same number as there are frames in a bee’s nest. Each letter is an examination of an aspect of their marriage. The morning of the funeral\, Sadie\, Hannah’s estranged little sister comes back home for the service. As the letters unfold\, they reveal a devastating secret that will make Hannah have to re-evaluate her whole life. \nCaryl Lewis is a multi-award-winning Welsh novelist\, children’s writer\, playwright and screenwriter. Her breakthrough novel Martha\, Jac a Sianco is widely regarded as a modern classic of Welsh literature\, and sits on the Welsh curriculum. The film adaptation – with a screenplay by Caryl herself – won six Welsh BAFTAS. Her other screenwriting work includes BBC/S4C thrillers Hinterland and Hidden. In 2023\, she won the Wales Book of the Year Award for the third time for her debut English novel Drift\, making her the first writer ever to have won in both languages. She is a visiting lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University\, and lives with her family on a farm near Aberystwyth. \n 
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-fflur-dafydd-and-caryl-lewis/
LOCATION:Book-ish Crickhowell\, 18 High Street\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD
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SUMMARY:An evening with... Tristan Hughes
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the publication of Tristan Hughes’ new book\, Boundary Waters. Tristan Hughes will be in conversation with writer Tyler Keevil and there will be the opportunity to ask questions and get your books signed. Organised in partnership with Parthian Books\, tickets to this book launch include a complimentary glass of wine or soft drink. \n“Hughes has produced a gripping yarn\, vividly bringing the harsh realities of the fur trade to life\, in this epic tale of fortune-seeking and ill-starred love.” – Kate Pullinger \nAbout Boundary Waters\nLower Canada\, 1804. Arthur Stanton\, lacking direction in his life and desperately seeking the approval of his father\, wanders the streets of Montreal filled with daydreams of exotic lands and adventures inspired by novels and traveller’s tales. On a sudden whim he decides to sign up as a clerk in the fur trade and is sent on a mission to recover a cache of furs obtained from a secret beaver El Dorado. Accompanied by a down-at-heel band of voyageurs\, led by a disgraced and drunken trader\, he embarks on a journey by birchbark canoe into the northern wilderness. \nPaddling from Lachine to Lake Superior\, and then across the unresolved border between Canada and the United States\, Arthur’s travels will take him into a series of baffling new worlds\, where he will prove himself to be hapless in trade\, hopeless in love\, and terrified of the landscapes and peoples that surround him. Stumbling from one mishap into another\, he will at last fall into disaster\, seemingly betray his friends and companions\, and have to begin a quest to set things right. \nSet amongst the starkly beautiful landscapes of the upper great lakes during an era of blurred and shifting boundaries between nations and cultures\, where nothing is certain and misapprehensions can be fatal\, Arthur’s journey becomes a tragicomic tale of love\, loss and redemption. \nAbout Tristan Hughes\nTristan Hughes was born in Atikokan in northern Ontario and brought up on the Welsh island of Ynys Mon. He is the author of four novels\, Send My Cold Bones Home\, Revenant\, Eye Lake and Hummingbird – which won the Edward Stanford Award for Fiction with a Sense of Place and the Wales Book of Year People’s Choice Award – as well as a collection of linked short stories\, The Tower. His short fiction has appeared in various journals\, including Ploughshares\, The Southern Review\, and New Welsh Review. He is a winner of the Rhys Davies short story prize and an O. Henry Award. \n 
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-tristan-hughes/
LOCATION:Book-ish Crickhowell\, 18 High Street\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD
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SUMMARY:An evening with... Robin Ince
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce a new event with the fantastic – and Book-ish favourite – Robin Ince! All tickets include a glass of wine or a soft drink and there will be the opportunity to get books signed too. \nAbout Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal\nA powerful\, personal exploration of anxiety\, ADHD and neurodiversity\, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal reminds us all – no matter how weird we feel – that it’s okay to be a little different. We all are. What if being a bit weird is actually entirely normal? What if sharing our internal struggles wasn’t a sign of weakness\, but strength? \nFor over thirty years\, award-winning broadcaster and comedian Robin Ince has entertained thousands in person and on air. But underneath the surface\, a whirlwind was at play – a struggle with sadness\, concentration\, self-doubt and near-constant anxiety. But then he discovered he had all the hallmarks of ADHD and his stumbling blocks became stepping stones. \nIn Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal\, Robin uses his own experiences to explore the neurodivergent experience and to ask what the point of “being normal” really is. Packed with personal insights\, intimate anecdotes and interviews with psychologists\, neuroscientists and many neurodivergent people he has met along the way\, this is a quirky and witty dive into the world of human behaviour.
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-robin-ince/
LOCATION:Book-ish Crickhowell\, 18 High Street\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD
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SUMMARY:An evening with... Ruth Jones (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:We’re so excited to announce a Book-ish event with the one and only Ruth Jones! We can’t wait to welcome Ruth back to celebrate the launch of her latest book\, By Your Side\, which will be hot-off-the-press – all tickets include a signed hardback copy of the book. \nThe event is being held at  Blaenavon Workmen’s Hall\, Blaenavon\, High Street\, NP4 9PT.\nThe event starts at 8pm and doors open at 6.45pm. (new timings) \nAbout By Your Side – published 22nd May\n \nBursting with all the heart and humour that has made Ruth’s name as a screenwriter and author\, By Your Side is about finding joy in the most unlikely connections\, and the importance of holding onto friendship\, love and community – especially when life gets messy. \nLinda and Levi will never meet. But they’re going to change each other’s lives. \nIn her role at the council’s Unclaimed Heirs Unit\, Linda Standish investigates the lives of those who’ve died alone and tracks down any living relatives. She’s been a friend to the friendless for the past thirty-three years. And now she’s looking forward to an early retirement. \nBut before she hangs up her lanyard\, Linda must take on one last case – that of Levi Norman Jones – a Welshman who’d made his home on a remote Scottish island for the past five years. \nWhat brought Levi here? And who did he leave behind? Obliged to travel (by hearse) with her arch nemesis Fergus Murray\, and helped (and hindered) by the eccentric local residents\, Linda searches for clues to a life now lost. And in the process unexpectedly makes new friends\, and discovers things about herself she never knew. \nAbout Ruth Jones\nRuth Jones MBE is well known for her television writing\, most notably BBC One’s Gavin and Stacey\, co-written with James Corden\, in which she plays the incorrigible Nessa Jenkins. Ruth also created and co-wrote Sky One’s Stella\, which ran for six series between 2012 and 2017\, in which she played the eponymous role. She has starred in several other television comedies and dramas\, including Hattie\, Nighty Night and Saxondale. In 2024 Ruth returned to the stage\, making her West End debut as Mother Superior in Sister Act the Musical. Her most recent role is that of private investigator Elena Ravenscroft in the adaptation of Harlan Coben’s Run Away for Netflix. \nIt is perhaps for Gavin and Stacey though that Ruth is known best. The 2019 Christmas Day special gained national critical acclaim\, drawing an audience of over 18 million\, winning a BAFTA for TV moment of the year and a National Television Award for Impact. The 2024 finale of Gavin and Stacey soared to the top of the Christmas ratings\, with the well-loved comedy watched by nearly 21 million people. \nRuth’s novels have sold over a million copies. Her debut novel\, Never Greener\, was chosen as WHSmith Fiction Book of the Year 2018\, nominated for Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards\, was a Zoe Ball Book Club pick\, and a Sunday Times bestseller for fifteen weeks\, three weeks at number one. Her second novel\, Us Three\, and her third novel\, Love Untold\, were also instant Sunday Times bestsellers\, and Love Untold was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year as well as a Richard & Judy Bookclub Pick. Ruth was awarded a Comedy Women in Print Prize in 2020. \nImportant event information \nWe have a few important notes for everybody to ensure the evening goes smoothly\, everybody enjoys the event and we meet your expectations! \nCHANGE TO EVENT START TIME \nDue to a previous commitment for Ruth\, our event will now start at 8pm….more time to get to your seats\, buy a drink at the bar and soak up the atmosphere! \nPARKING \nThere is no parking at the venue\, but plenty around the town\, you may want to build this into your journey arrangements and look at car parking options before you travel. . There are 3 car parks within a 5 minute walk of the Hall: Lion Street\, Market St\, and Princes St (next to the Queen Victoria pub). \nPlease park responsibly and respect local residents\, for some of whom it causes difficulty and upset if they cannot park near their homes. \nDOORS OPENING \nDoors will not open to access the venue until 6:45pm with the event starting promptly at 8pm. \nSeating is on a first come\, first served basis. \nYou may be refused access to the event or be asked to take a seat at the back if you arrive after this time. \nWe advise all parties wishing to sit together to arrive at the same time or meet in the bar BEFORE taking your seats as our ushers will not be able to accommodate groups reserving seats for party members not present. \nTICKETS \nYou do not need to bring your tickets/email with you\, your name will be on our list on the door. \nYour ticket includes a copy of ‘By Your Side’ which we hope will be pre-signed by Ruth (dependant on her arrival time). \nMEET & GREET \nThere will be an opportunity to meet Ruth\, get your book dedicated and have a photo at the end of the event. Please be mindful that this is a large capacity venue so queues may be long. \nACCESS ARRANGEMENTS \nIf you require wheelchair access\, there is a lift available\, our ushers and the hall volunteers will do their best to accommodate any specific requests. If you have any concerns\, please do contact us prior to the event.
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-ruth-jones/
LOCATION:Blaenavon Workmen’s Hall\, 101 High Street\, Blaenavon\, NP4 9PT\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED An evening with... Dan Richards
DESCRIPTION:Due to unforeseen circumstances this event is unfortunately cancelled. \nJoin us for an evening with Sunday Times bestselling author Dan Richards to discuss his book Overnight – an exploration of the night\, the nocturnal world\, insomnia\, the creative potential of the dark hours\, and the work that happens at night to keep the modern world moving. All tickets include a glass of wine or a soft drink and there will be the opportunity to get your book signed too. \nAbout Overnight\nThere is something special about the night. For many\, just the idea of it conjures thoughts of starlit skies\, romance\, refuge\, of being tucked up in bed. For some\, the night means fear\, vulnerability\, danger\, sleeplessness. In Overnight\, Dan takes a series of personal journeys where he explores what the night means to an array of people. From night terrors and insomnia\, parenthood during the early hours of the morning and the men and woman of emergency services to the endurance car race at 24 Heures du Mans and dawn on the summer solstice\, Dan endeavours to explain the uniqueness of night time. For others still\, nightfall signals the start of work. Dan endeavours to change the way we all think about the hours after dark. Visiting bats and looking at the stars\, we are taken on a journey\, travelling by ship\, train\, racing car and foot. Celebrating all things nocturnal\, those who labour while the rest of us sleep: the bakers\, health workers\, sailors\, couriers\, broadcasters\, drivers\, fishers as well as nocturnal animals\, even learning what the Moomintroll has to teach us about insomnia – Overnight is a hymn to life after dark. \nAbout Dan Richards\nDan Richards is the co-author of Holloway (with Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood)\, and the author of The Beechwood Airship Interviews\, Climbing Days\, Outpost and Overnight. Only After Dark\, a BBC Radio 4 series about the nocturnal world\, was broadcast to acclaim in 2022. Dan has written for the Guardian\, Economist\, Esquire and Monocle. He is based in Edinburgh.
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-dan-richards-2/
LOCATION:Book-ish Crickhowell\, 18 High Street\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD
CATEGORIES:Author Evenings
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED An evening with... Francesca Simon
DESCRIPTION:DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES\, THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED AND A NEW DATE WILL BE CONFIRMED SOON. \nJoin us for an evening with Francesca Simon (celebrated children’s author of the Horrid Henry series) to talk about her first novel for an adult readership. Salka is an exquisite and tautly moving tragedy told by multiple voices\, both a richly woven retelling of an ancient Welsh myth and a thought-provoking drama for our times. All tickets include a glass of wine or a soft drink and there will be the opportunity to get your book signed too. \nOn the following day (Friday 2nd May) we will be hosting a guided walk with Francesca Simon around the spectacular Llyn y Fan Fach – home of the Lady of the Lake legend. More details revealed soon! \nAbout Salka \nA passionate retelling of a haunting myth\, a tragic romance that echoes through the ages. \nThe moment I saw her face.\nThe moment I heard her siren song . . . \nSalka\, the faerie Lady of the Lake\, can’t help but appear to Owain\, a shepherd who has already captured her heart. He needs only to see her to fall deeply in love. But her father has one condition on their marriage: if Owain strikes her three times she must return to the Lake forever. Despite their married bliss\, Salka is not like the other inhabitants in this small village. Gossip turns against her and as prejudice and suspicion breed\, Owain finds himself wishing his wife was more ordinary\, that she tried harder to fit in\, that she was less . . . herself. \nWhat is more of a strike than to question her very nature? The first heart-blow is struck. And now\, desperately\, their future lies in his hands… \nAbout Francesca Simon\nFrancesca Simon is universally known for the staggeringly popular Horrid Henry series. These books and CDs have sold over 20 million copies in the UK alone and are published in 27 countries.\nPhoto credit: Bill Knight
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-francesca-simon-amended/
LOCATION:Book-ish Crickhowell\, 18 High Street\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD
CATEGORIES:Author Evenings
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SUMMARY:An evening with... Mari Hannah
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with award-winning crime writer Mari Hannah\, who will be discussing her taut\, breathless new thriller\, Her Sister’s Killer. This is the long-awaited fifth book in the Stone and Oliver series\, but is also perfect for new readers of Mari’s as it focuses on Frankie’s story\, so it can be enjoyed stand-alone and is a great entry point to the bestselling series. \nAll tickets include a glass of wine or a soft drink and there will be the opportunity to get your book signed too. \nAbout Her Sister’s Killer\nWhat brings people together often throws them apart\, especially when it involves family. Newly promoted Inspector Frankie Oliver has been consumed by rooting out her sister’s killer and bringing them to justice. But when new evidence comes to light\, and her former boss DCI David Stone embarks on an investigation into the tragic unsolved murder without her knowledge\, the ties that bind them begin to fray. After decades without answers\, who knows where the trail might lead? And will knowing the answers be the very thing that breaks Frankie irreparably? \nAbout Mari Hannah\nMari Hannah is the multi-award winning\, bestselling author and screenwriter. She is the creator of the Stone & Oliver crime series\, the Ryan & O’Neil series and the DCI Kate Daniels series. A former probation officer\, Mari turned to screenwriting when her career was cut short following an assault on duty. Kate Daniels is in development with Atlantic Nomad\, and Stone & Oliver is under option to Buccaneer Media. Mari lives in a small Northumberland village with her partner\, an ex-murder detective.
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-mari-hannah/
LOCATION:Book-ish Crickhowell\, 18 High Street\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD
CATEGORIES:Author Evenings
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SUMMARY:An evening with... Anthony Shapland
DESCRIPTION:We can’t wait to welcome Anthony Shapland to the Book-ish Loft to celebrate the publication of his debut novel\, A Room Above A Shop. Anthony Shapland has been named one of The Observer’s top ten debut novelists for 2025\, so don’t miss out on what’s sure to be a brilliant evening – all tickets include a glass of wine or a soft drink and there will be the opportunity to get books signed too. \nAbout A Room Above A Shop\nWhen two quiet men form a tentative connection neither knows where it might lead. M has inherited his family’s ironmongery business. B is younger by eleven years and can see no future in the place where he has grown up\, but when M offers him a job and lodgings\, he accepts. As the two men work side by side in the shop\, they also begin a life together in their one shared room above – the kind of life they never imagined possible and that risks everything if their public performance were to slip. Unfolding in South Wales over three years during the decade of Section 28 and against the backdrop of the HIV and AIDS crisis\, moral judgement and growing prejudices\, this is a tender and resonant love story\, and a powerful debut.  \nAbout Anthony Shapland\nAnthony Shapland grew up in Bargoed\, South Wales. He is a writer and artist\, and founder of g39\, an artist-led space in Cardiff. His short story ‘Foolscap’ was shortlisted for the Rhys Davies Award and he was selected for the Hay Writers at Work programme in 2023. This is his debut. 
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-anthony-shapland/
LOCATION:Book-ish Crickhowell\, 18 High Street\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD
CATEGORIES:Author Evenings
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