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Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Message from Lowdham Festivals & Southwell Library

History Month – November 2013

Join us every Thursday evening in November for a fascinating series of talks from authors whose subjects range from Richard III to Plato, from the barbarians to World War I, and from US President James Madison to Lenin.

All talks take place at 7.30pm at Southwell Library
The Bramley Centre
King St
Southwell
NG25 0EH 0
01636 812148

Tickets from Southwell Library or The Bookcase, 50 Main Street, Lowdham, Notts NG14 7BE
Call our Box Office: 0115 966 3219.

Save money and buy a Season Ticket for all four events!
£20 full, £17 concessions, £15 Festival Friends

Thursday 7^th November

Philippa Langley and Michael Jones:
The King’s Grave – The Search for Richard III

On 22 August 1485 Richard III was killed at Bosworth Field - the last king of England to die in battle. For ten years Society member Philippa Langley and historian Michael Jones have shared a vision to ﬁnd the real Richard - the lost king buried underneath a mound of hostile propaganda. Their book is a unique collaboration.

Tickets: £6 full, £5 concessions, £4 Festival Friends
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Thursday 14^th November

Authors Giles Milton and Saul David discuss their new books...

Giles Milton: Russian Roulette

The destruction of British India was the ﬁrst stage in Lenin’s plot to bring down the democracies of the West. A group of British spies was smuggled into Soviet Russia to prevent this. An unlikely group of men, they were self-taught but highly educated and well versed in dirty tricks. Their boss was a monocled, one-legged sea captain with a passion for secret inks and homemade explosives.

Saul David: 100 Days to Victory

A totally original, utterly engaging account of the Great War – the ﬁrst book to tell the story of the “war to end all wars” through the events of one hundred key days between 1914 and 1918. Saul David shows vividly how the war reached beyond the battleﬁeld, touching upon events and lives which shaped the conduct and outcome of the conﬂict.

Tickets: £6 full, £5 concessions, £4 Festival Friends.
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Thursday 21^st November

Peter Snow: When Britain Burned the White House

Two hundred years ago, Britain attacked the heartland of the United States and defeated them in battle. The President and his wife had just enough time to pack their belongings and ﬂee the White House before the British army entered and set ﬁre to the building. From here, the British army turned its sights to Baltimore…

Tickets: £7 full, £6 concessions, £5 Festival Friends
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Thursday 28^th November

Historical fiction authors Anthony Riches & Tom Harper discuss their new novels...

Anthony Riches: The Eagle’s Vengeance

The barbarian leader Calgus deﬁes both his barbarian captors and Britannia's legions – and Marcus Aquila – once more in the sixth thrilling novel in the Empire sequence, praised by fellow-authors Conn Iggulden, Ben Kane and Manda Scott.

Tom Harper: The Orpheus Descent

Once Plato was a questing young man with a secret. He left behind a key, a tiny, burnished, golden tablet thrown away into a swamp that he never expected anyone to ﬁnd. 2500 years later a young archaeologist stumbles on the greatest secret history the world has ever known…

Tickets: £6 full, £5 concessions, £4 Festival Friends

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OTHER NOVEMBER EVENTS!

We have a few tickets left for Festival Friends ONLY for this very special afternoon...

Thursday November 7th - 2.30-4pm

An Afternoon with David Suchet at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham

David Suchet will be talking with co-author Geoffrey Wansell about his acting life and about their new book, Poirot and Me, in which he explores his relationship with Agatha Christie's wonderful creation, the "little Belgian" who he has grown to love dearly over more than 25 years. There will be a chance to ask questions and David will sign books in the foyer in the interval and after the event.

Please note that tickets for this event are available ONLY from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 0115 989 5555 or online at www.trch.co.uk
APART FROM Lowdham Festival Friends who can book through The Bookcase on 0115 966 3219.

And don’t forget Christmas! Start (or finish) your shopping at our Christmas Shopping Day on Saturday November 9^th at The Bookcase when we launch our lovely range of Christmas books and gifts, plus a late night shopping evening on Friday December 6^th as part of Lowdham Christmas Market.

www.thebookcase.co.uk
www.lowdhambookfestival.co.uk

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

New bookshop to open in city centre

Exciting news!

Nottingham is to have its first independent bookshop in the city since 2000. Opening in mid-November - at 14a Long Row, opposite the Tourist Information Centre – the shop will trade under the name Five Leaves Bookshop.

The new bookshop will specialise in history, politics and landscape; fiction and poetry; lesbian and gay books; and international writing, with an emphasis on independent publishers.

The Five Leaves Bookshop will complement other local independents including The Bookcase in Lowdham and the graphic novel specialists Page 45 in Nottingham city centre. It aims to open for trading on 9^th November, with a grand opening on 16^th November with events in the shop all day.

Nottslit Blog is happy to promote the shop and its events.

Marty Ross - one man show

Wednesday 2nd October

7PM

At: NOTTINGHAM CENTRAL LIBRARY

Cost: £2

Marty Ross presents his one man show of Thomas Hardy’s Barbara of the House of Grebe

Thomas Hardy's strangest, darkest love story “BARBARA OF THE HOUSE OF GREBE” is brought to dramatic life in this one man show by storyteller, performer, playwright Marty Ross. When Barbara loses the man she truly loves, Lord Uplandtowers steps into the breach - but when he finds his wife is still haunted by the memory of her first husband, he decides to play the cruellest of tricks...

For more information and to book your place visit the Ground Floor helpdesk / 0115 915 2825

Details: Jane.brierley@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

For more information about Marty visit:

http://martyrossstoryteller.blogspot.co.uk/

Friday, 27 September 2013

Book Launch, from Weathervane Press

Book Launch at Southwell Library

Saturday 28th Sept, 11.30am

All welcome to attend the launch of this hot off the press new title.

THE DEED ROOM

Debut novel by Southwell based writer

Michael R D Smith.

Toby Malkin, a young and talented lawyer, expects everything in life to go his way. Maria Cracolicci, a hapless secretary, has learned to expect far less. But when a set-back to Malkin's progress unleashes the full, destructive force of his ambition, Maria feels compelled to stand up to him, however dangerous this may be. She confides in attractive colleague, Tom Elliott but her stubborn tenacity puts their new friendship to the test.

Maria must expose the truth about Malkin before she is crushed like everyone else in his path but she needs to reconcile her differences with Tom to achieve this.

Stylish, simmering and sexy, The Deed Room is a story of intrigue, murder, deception and romance. Set in Nottingham in the world of corporate law, this compelling novel builds to a dramatic and unexpected climax.

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Free marketing tips for authors

Raising Your Profile

Sat Oct 5th, 11.15am

Gedling Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold, Nottingham

A FREE talk that will appeal to authors.

'Every new book is a start-up business’
Chris Day

If publishing is a 16th century technology, with a 19th century business model, how is it adapting to a 21st century digital world?

Join the publisher and marketing expert Chris Day as he explores the ways in which authors can raise their profile. Let Chris help you take full advantage of the many no-cost ways there are for authors to be easily found online, and learn how to build profitable routes to market.

Part of the NWUK book festival