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SUMMARY:An evening with...Sebastian Faulks *DATE CHANGE*
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks as he talks about his new memoir Fires Which Burned Brightly with Dr Anne Rowe \n‘The only dividend of the years’ vanishing\, as far as I can see\, is that it makes aspects of the past appear more interesting or humorous than they felt at the time.’ \nIn Fires Which Burned Brightly\, Faulks\, a reluctant memoirist\, offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress. They include a post-war rural childhood – ‘cold mutton and wet washing on a rack over the range’ – the booze-sodden heyday of Fleet Street and a career as one of the country’s most acclaimed novelists. \nThere are not one\, but two daring escapes from boarding school; the delirium of a jetlagged American book tour; the writing of Birdsong in his brother’s house in 1992; and memorable trips across the channel to France. Politics\, psychiatry and frustrated ventures into the world of entertainment are analysed with patience and rueful humour. \nThe book is driven by a desire ‘to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.’ It ends with a tribute to Faulks’s parents and a sense of how his own generation was shaped by the disruptive power of war and its aftermath. Sharply perceptive and alive with a generous wit\, Fires Which Burned Brightly is a work of subtle yet profound intelligence and warmth. \nWe’re delighted to be hosting this event with Sebastian Faulks\, one of the nation’s finest novelists\, and look forward to welcoming him to Abergavenny to celebrate the publication of Fires Which Burned Brightly. \nEvent Format: \nAuthor talk ‘in conversation’ followed by audience Q&A and book signing \nTickets: \n£15 without book  or £25 with book \nVenue: \nThe Angel Hotel is located in the centre of Abergavenny. Situated between 7 hills on the Welsh/English border\, Abergavenny is often referred to as the ‘Gateway to Wales’. The Angel is only a 2 minute walk from Abergavenny Castle or 5 minute walk from Linda Vista Gardens. Providing a warm\, friendly environment in a truly residential setting. The Angel Hotel is within easy access to Abergavenny Train Station. \nPlease let us know if you have an accessibility/mobility requirements. \nRefunds: \nIt is our general policy not to refund event tickets unless an event has sold out. In the case of sold out events where we have a waiting list for tickets\, we will attempt to sell on your tickets at face value\, if notified 7 days prior to the event. If sold\, you will receive a refund for the ticket value. Alternatively\, you can request to transfer your tickets to another event\, making up any difference in ticket price. Please contact us if you are unable to attend an event: info@book-ish.co.uk for further advice.
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-eveing-with-sebastain-faulks/
LOCATION:The Angel Hotel\, 15 Cross Street\, Abergavenny\, NP7 5EN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Evenings
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SUMMARY:*SOLD OUT* An afternoon with...Lyse Doucet
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE THE NEW START TIME OF 12 NOON (DOORS OPEN 11.30AM) \nJoin us for an evening with the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet as she talks about her new book The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan with fellow journalist Phillipa Cherryson. \n“An incredible book – vivid and beautifully written\, it captures the soul of Afghanistan through an age of hopes and heartbreak\, as well as one of constant change. A tender\, wise and quietly devastating book.” Peter Frankopan \nLyse is the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent and has led BBC coverage of events ranging from the Arab Spring to the Sudanese Civil War. She first arrived at the Kabul Inter-Continental Hotel on Christmas Day 1988\, the day after her 30th birthday. A junior BBC reporter\, she was there to cover the withdrawal of Soviet troops following their decade-long occupation of Afghanistan. \nShe still visits whenever she is in Afghanistan. She counts many of its staff and fellow guests her close friends and here\, for the first time\, she tells their stories. \nWhen the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969\, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world. \nMore than fifty years on\, the Inter-Continental is still standing. It has endured Soviet occupation\, multiple coups\, a grievous civil war\, a US invasion and the rise\, fall and rise of the Taliban. History lives within its scarred windows and walls. \nLyse Doucet uses its story to craft a richly immersive history of modern Afghanistan. The result is a remarkably vivid history of how Afghans have survived a half century of destruction and disruption. It is the story of a hotel but also the story of a people. \n“A story of a country and a people\, told with knowledge\, insight and tenderness. I’ve been waiting for a Lyse Doucet book for a long time and what she has produced here is testament to her humanity as well as her journalistic eye.” Mishal Hussain \nEvent Format: \nAuthor talk ‘in conversation’ followed by audience Q&A and book signing \nTickets: \n£15 without book  or £30 with book \nVenue: \nThe Angel Hotel is located in the centre of Abergavenny. Situated between 7 hills on the Welsh/English border\, Abergavenny is often referred to as the ‘Gateway to Wales’. The Angel is only a 2 minute walk from Abergavenny Castle or 5 minute walk from Linda Vista Gardens. Providing a warm\, friendly environment in a truly residential setting. The Angel Hotel is within easy access to Abergavenny Train Station. \nPlease let us know if you have an accessibility/mobility requirements. \nRefunds: \nIt is our general policy not to refund event tickets unless an event has sold out. In the case of sold out events where we have a waiting list for tickets\, we will attempt to sell on your tickets at face value\, if notified 7 days prior to the event. If sold\, you will receive a refund for the ticket value. Alternatively\, you can request to transfer your tickets to another event\, making up any difference in ticket price. Please contact us if you are unable to attend an event: info@book-ish.co.uk for further advice.
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-lyce-doucet/
LOCATION:The Angel Hotel\, 15 Cross Street\, Abergavenny\, NP7 5EN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Evenings
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SUMMARY:An evening with... Helen Lederer
DESCRIPTION:Not That I’m Bitter tells the story of Helen’s journey from being what her mother called a “show-off” to becoming a trailblazer in the male-dominated world of Alternative Comedy.  \nHer memoir is a mix of joy\, sadness\, hilarity and startling self-revelation – woven together with a witty narrative that delivers real punch. This is a powerful\, frank\, moving and characteristically funny memoir\, revealing exactly how choppy the waters could be. Even in those ground-breaking\, anti-Thatcher days\, there was only room at the top for so many women. For the rest\, it was as much a struggle to be seen and heard in the world of comedy as in any boardroom or workplace – and just as difficult to avoid the predators. But this is more than the story of one decade. The child of a Czech wartime refugee\, Helen was never part of the mainstream.  Her memoir is bursting with big laughs and poignant moments\, but it’s the way Helen describes her stories of absurdity\, success and failure that really has the power to connect with an audience.   \n\nWhat does it take to break into comedy when women were often seen as “high maintenance” for daring to write and send a script to the BBC? \n\n\nHow do humour and tenacity help combat lifelong struggles with weight\, self-esteem\, and anxiety? \n\n\nHow do you cope with constant self-sabotage and when\, despite enormous success\, you still feel like a failure? \n\n\nWhy were the ’80s both the best and worst of times for a woman with sharp jokes and a sharper tongue?  
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-helen-lederer/
LOCATION:The Angel Hotel\, 15 Cross Street\, Abergavenny\, NP7 5EN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:An evening with...Lia Leendertz in conversation with Kate Humble
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to invite you to a very special festive celebration of the natural year with the person who knows it best – Lia Leendertz. We’ll be honouring the 2026 edition of Lia’s perennially popular and bestselling Almanac with a night of conversation with Book-ish friend Kate Humble. \nTickets include a copy of the beautiful 2026 Almanac and an exclusive gift bag. \n\n\n\n\nAbout Lia Leendertz \nLia Leendertz is an award-winning garden and food writer based in Bristol. She writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph\, The Garden\, Simple Things\, the Guardian and Gardens Illustrated. Her reinvention of the traditional rural almanac has become an annual must-have for readers eager to connect with the seasons\, appreciate the outdoors and discover ways to mark and celebrate each month. \nAbout The Almanac \nThe Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2026 gives you the tools and inspiration you need to celebrate\, mark and appreciate each month of the year in your own particular way. \nDivided into the 12 months\, a set of tables each month gives it the feel and weight of a traditional almanac\, providing practical information that gives access to the outdoors and the seasons\, perfect for expeditions\, woodland foraging and beach holidays. \nAbout Kate Humble \nKate Humble is a broadcaster and author of five books\, including Thinking On My Feet\, A Year of Living Simply Home Cooked and Home Made. A champion of the environment\, nature conservation and rural affairs\, she is president of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and founded Humble by Nature\, a rural skills centre on her farm in Wales. \nOur exclusive gift bag is produced in collaboration with Liz Knight of Forage Fine foods \nEvent Format: \nAuthor talk ‘in conversation’ followed by audience Q&A and book signing. \nTickets: \n£25 to include a copy of the 2026 Almanac and an exclusive gift bag. \nVenue: \nThe Angel Hotel is located in the centre of Abergavenny. Situated between 7 hills on the Welsh/English border\, Abergavenny is often referred to as the ‘Gateway to Wales’. The Angel is only a 2 minute walk from Abergavenny Castle or 5 minute walk from Linda Vista Gardens. Providing a warm\, friendly environment in a truly residential setting. The Angel Hotel is within easy access to Abergavenny Train Station. \nPlease let us know if you have an accessibility/mobility requirements. \nRefunds: \nIt is our general policy not to refund event tickets unless an event has sold out. In the case of sold out events where we have a waiting list for tickets\, we will attempt to sell on your tickets at face value\, if notified 7 days prior to the event. If sold\, you will receive a refund for the ticket value. Alternatively\, you can request to transfer your tickets to another event\, making up any difference in ticket price. Please contact us if you are unable to attend an event: info@book-ish.co.uk for further advice.
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-lia-leendertz-in-conversation-with-kate-humble/
LOCATION:The Angel Hotel\, 15 Cross Street\, Abergavenny\, NP7 5EN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Evenings
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SUMMARY:An afternoon with...Janina Ramirez
DESCRIPTION:We can’t wait to welcome bestselling historian Professor Janina Ramirez to Abergavenny for an afternoon of conversation to celebrate the release of her new book\, Legenda.\nAbout Legenda\nJoan of Arc. Lady Godiva. Isabella of Castile. Their names are well-known\, and summaries of their achievements have been recited in classrooms for decades\, but these medieval women have been misrepresented\, their stories twisted and weaponised. \nMeanwhile\, ground-breaking 18th and 19th-century women who blazed a trail through revolutionary Europe have been forgotten\, their legacies too easily dismissed or ignored. \nFrom the bestselling author of Femina\, a brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been exploited over centuries for political\, nation-building ends. In Legenda\, bestselling historian Professor Janina Ramirez peels back the layers of time to reveal how the identities of women have been co-opted by those intent on crafting national identities. \nQuestioning established narratives and searching for the real women behind the legends\, Ramirez interrogates what defines a nation and who gets to build it\, shining a light on how history is so often hijacked to serve the ideological and political interests of the present. \n‘Ramirez blasts a powerful spotlight into the so-called Dark Ages and reveals a vibrant world\, awash with colour and character’ DAN SNOW \n‘Like the interlace stonework on an Anglo-Saxon cross\, Janina Ramirez’s themes are interwoven with a consummate skill’ TOM HOLLAND \n‘Passionate\, provocative and brilliant’ LUCY WORSLEY \nProfessor Janina Ramirez is a Sunday Times bestselling author\, an Oxford lecturer\, BBC broadcaster and researcher. She has presented and written over 30 hours of BBC history documentaries and series on TV and radio\, and written seven books for children and adults. Her book Femina was an instant Sunday Times bestseller.
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-afternoon-with-janina-ramirez/
LOCATION:The Angel Hotel\, 15 Cross Street\, Abergavenny\, NP7 5EN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:*SOLD OUT* An Evening with...Mary Portas
DESCRIPTION:We’re looking forward to welcoming Mary Portas to Abergavenny on September 29th to discuss her new book I Shop\, Therefore I Am. \nIt’s the 1990s: Britpop is dominating the charts\, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell stare out from the cover of every glossy magazine and British fashion is ripe for reinvention. Leading the charge is a twenty-something Mary Portas who has been brought in to revitalise the department store Harvey Nichols\, at the time more likely to be associated with dowagers than daring designers. With department stores in decline and an alpha male leadership team watching closely\, the pressure is immense: make it profitable and make it relevant. \nMary steps into a world she doesn’t fully understand – and at first\, it shows. But what seems like vulnerability quickly reveals itself as vision. She doesn’t rely on fitting in; she leans into instinct\, takes bold creative risks and reimagines what luxury could be. \nBy the millennium\, the store would be renowned for its outrageous\, headline-grabbing\, traffic-stopping window displays; patronage by style icon Lady Di and Bolly-swigging duo Patsy and Edina of the iconic sitcom Ab Fab – no longer fusty old Harvey Nicols but Harvey Nicks\, daaarling! I Shop\, Therefore I Am is the story of how she did it. Mary takes us behind the shop window – to the people who kept the show on the road and the early lessons that shaped her career. Told with her trademark wit\, grit and candour\, readers will see first-hand how\, armed only with the blank canvas of a shop window and her own creativity\, Mary created an era-defining global brand destination.
URL:https://www.book-ish.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-mary-portas/
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