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SUMMARY:Poetry in Herons: Kate Noakes
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to launch Kate Noakes’ latest collection\, Sublime Lungs\nPlease join us for a drink\, a poetry reading and book signing in celebration of Kate’s new book. \nIn Sublime Lungs Kate Noakes turns her attention to the breath. For the first time\, she explores her lifelong asthma and explains the impact of this chronic and disabling condition. The breath and breathing are subjects for poems from many chronologies and geographies in this her ninth collection. \nKate Noakes is the author of nine collections of poetry\, one pamphlet and one book of non-fiction. She has a PhD in Critical and Creative Writing from the University of Reading. She recently moved from London to Bristol\, where she co-founded the poetry performance group\, Braid. She was elected to the Welsh Academy of Letters in 2011 and her website (www.boomslangpoetry.blogspot.com) is archived by the National Library of Wales. \nThe event is free but please let us know that you are coming so that we can provide a seat and a drink. RSVP to read@heronbooks.co.uk. \n 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/poetry-in-herons-kate-noakes/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Jay Griffiths and Gareth Howell-Jones: How Animals (Including Hedgehogs) Heal Us
DESCRIPTION:Please note a change to this event: Jay Griffiths is unwell and unable to attend. The event will go ahead with Gareth Howell-Jones and we are so looking forward to hearing about his writing as well as to hear his kind reading of Jay’s talk on her behalf.  \nJay 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. How Animals Heal Us puts animals at the heart of a restorative vision of health. \nIn Your Lowly Hedgehog Knows\, Gareth Howell-Jones looks at the simple\, everyday things around us – trees\, woodlice\, cats\, people and\, of course\, hedgehogs – to develop a radical and heartening world-view based on nature rather than cultural traditions. \nTogether\, they reimagine our place in nature with wonder\, hope and a lot of humour. \nJay Griffiths is the author of many books including Wild: An Elemental Journey and Why Rebel. She has won the ‘Discover’ award and the Orion book prize and has written for Radiohead and the Royal Shakespeare Company.\n‘If bravery itself could write\, it would write like she does.’ (John Berger) \nGareth Howell-Jones is a writer\, bookseller and garden designer. His previous book was Do Not Call the Tortoise.\n‘Stunning – full of revelatory beauty.’ (Katherine May) \nThe event is free but please RSVP to read@heronbooks.co.uk to ensure you have a seat and a glass of something.\nWe look forward to seeing you there.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/jay-griffiths-and-gareth-howell-jones-how-animals-including-hedgehogs-heal-us/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Adam Sisman: The Indefatigable Asa Briggs
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to celebrate the publication of The Indefatigable Asa Briggs by Adam Sisman. \nPlease RSVP to read@heronbooks.co.uk. \nOrder the book here.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/adam-sisman-the-indefatigable-asa-briggs/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Rosa Vásquez Espinoza: The Spirit of the Rainforest
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the publication of The Spirit of the Rainforest by Dr Rosa Vásquez Espinoza with an author talk and signing. \nBefore you step into the jungle\, there are a few things you need to know… Join scientist Dr Rosa Vasquez Espinoza as she uncovers one of the most unexplored regions on the planet. Dr Rosa is no stranger to the Amazon. \nGrowing up with the rainforest as her back garden\, she learnt the lessons of the rainforest from her grandmother\, a native healer in natural medicine. She went on to pursue a classical education in science\, gaining a PhD in the US\, but has always been pulled back to the heart of the Amazon. As a leading biologist in her field\, Rosa continues to explore the region through a unique blend of scientific inquiry and ancient insight. \nDr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza is a Peruvian Amazonian-Andean scientist\, conservationist\, National Geographic Explorer\, and award-winning artist. She blends science with indigenous knowledge to protect biodiversity and culture. \nAs founder of Amazon Research Internacional\, she works with indigenous communities to safeguard the Amazon\, from discovering new microbes in the Boiling River to leading Peru’s first chemical analysis of stingless bee honey. Named the Ashaninka International Ambassador\, her work has earned global recognition\, including BBC’s 100 Women and The Explorers Club’s 50 People Changing the World. \nPre-order the book here. \nThe event is free but please do RSVP to read@heronbooks.co.uk.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/rosa-vasquez-espinoza-the-spirit-of-the-rainforest/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Franny Moyle: The King's Painter – signing and meet the author
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the new paperback edition of Franny Moyle’s superb book on Hans Holbein. \nPlease join us for a book signing and to meet the author. \nHans Holbein the Younger is chiefly celebrated for his beautiful and precisely realised portraiture\, which includes representations of Henry VIII\, Thomas More\, Thomas Cromwell\, Anne of Cleves\, Jane Seymour and an array of the Tudor lords and ladies he encountered during the course of two sojourns in England. But beyond these familiar images\, which have come to define our perception of the world of the Henrician court\, Holbein was a protean and multi-faceted genius: a humanist\, satirist\, political propagandist\, and contributor to the history of book design as well as a religious artist and court painter. \nThe rich layers of symbolism and allusion that characterise his work have proved especially fascinating to scholars. Franny Moyle traces and analyses the life and work of an extraordinary artist against the backdrop of an era of political turbulence and cultural transformation\, to which his art offers a subtle and endlessly refracting mirror. \nYou can preorder the book here. This new edition has been beautifully printed with careful attention to detail\, brilliant production values to show the artworks discussed and the best endpapers we have ever seen. Do come along to gaze at it\, get your copy signed and meet author\, cultural historian and brilliant storyteller Franny Moyle. \nThe event is free and unticketed. And may contain snacks. \n 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/franny-moyle-the-kings-painter-signing-and-meet-the-author/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Emma Stonex: The Sunshine Man
DESCRIPTION:A private launch of Emma Stonex’s latest book\, The Sunshine Man. \nHowever\, if you are a particular fan please do get in touch and we’ll see if we can save you a signed copy… email read@heronbooks.co.uk \nPre-order a copy of The Sunshine Man here.\nOrder Emma’s first book\, The Lamplighters here. \n 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/emma-stonex-the-sunshine-man/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Harriet Baker signing Rural Hours
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the paperback publication of Rural Hours by Harriet Baker. \nA Times Book of the Year 2024\, not to mention a Heron Books Book of the Year. \nVirginia Woolf\, Rosamond Lehmann and Sylvia Townsend Warner fans\, this is a must read. If you are yet to become a fan of theirs\, this is also a must read. We are so excited to share this book and the three authors whose lives and writing it explores with you. \nCome in to meet the author\, get your copy signed and enjoy a drink with us. The event is free but it would help if you let us know you are coming by emailing read@heronbooks.co.uk. \nAbout the book\nHarriet Baker tells the story of three very different women\, each of whom moved to the countryside and was forever changed by it. We encounter them at quiet moments – pausing to look at an insect on the windowsill; jotting down a recipe; or digging for potatoes\, dirt beneath their nails. \nSlowly\, we start to see transformations unfold: Virginia Woolf\, Sylvia Townsend Warner\, and Rosamond Lehmann emerge before us as the passionate\, visionary writers we know them to be. Following long periods of creative uncertainty and private disappointment\, each of Baker’s subjects is invigorated by new landscapes\, and the daily trials and small pleasures of making a home; slowly\, they embark on new experiments in form\, in feeling and in living that would resonate throughout the rest of their lives. In the country\, each woman finds her path: to convalescence and recovery; to sexual and political awakening; and\, above all\, to personal freedom and creative flourishing. \nIn graceful\, fluid prose\, Baker vividly recreates these overlooked episodes\, revealing how ‘rural hours’ defined the lives of three pioneering writers. In the end\, she shows\, their example is an invitation to us all: to recognize the radical and creative potential of rural places\, and find new enchantment in the rituals of each day. ‘Warm\, perceptive\, eloquent … Like Baker’s protagonists in their countryside boltholes I felt “socketed” by this book. \nI know I’ll return to it again and again’ Lauren Elkin\n‘A meditative exploration of renewal\, visionariness\, grievous loss\, and love – cool and passionate\, fragile and enduring’ David Hayden \nOrder the hardback here.\nPre-order the paperback here. \nAbout the author\nHarriet Baker has written for the London Review of Books\, the Paris Review\, the New Statesman\, the TLS\, FT Magazine\, and Apollo. In 2018\, she was awarded the Biographers’ Club Tony Lothian Prize. Her first book\, Rural Hours: The Country Lives of Virginia Woolf\, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann\, was published by Allen Lane in April 2024\, and has since been shortlisted for the Charlotte Aitkin Sunday Times Young Writer Award. She lives in Bristol.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/harriet-baker-signing-rural-hours/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Simon Scarrow: A Death in Berlin
DESCRIPTION:A free lunchtime talk with Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author Simon Scarrow in the Reading Room at Bristol Central Library. Simon will be in conversation discussing his new book A Death in Berlin\, the latest in his CI Schenke series. \nAbout the Book \nSPRING 1940. GERMANY IS AT WAR. HITLER PREPARES TO UNLEASH THE BLITZKRIEG\, AND FEAR RULES THE STREETS OF BERLIN. Where the darkness of evil thrives\, no one is safe—not even the criminals. \nBERLIN. MAY 1940. AS HITLER PREPARES TO INVADE WESTERN EUROPE\, THERE IS BLOODSHED CLOSER TO HOME \nCI Horst Schenke is an exceptional investigator with the Kripo unit. Powerless against the consequences of the wider war\, he fights to keep criminals off his patch of Berlin. But with influential men questioning his loyalty to the Nazi regime\, he is walking a tightrope. If his secret relationship with a Jewish woman is exposed\, that would spell the end. \nBerlin’s gangsters run their crime rings with impunity. Decadent senior Nazis are happy to protect them. Schenke is different. He refuses to turn a blind eye when innocent victims are caught in the crossfire between warring gangs. But dangerous enemies know everything about him. They will do whatever it takes to bend him to their will . . . \nFrom the seedy wartime nightlife scene to aristocratic homes frequented by the Führer himself\, against a backdrop of a war spiralling into a greater\, and closer\, conflagration\, A Death in Berlin conveys both the horror and banality of evil. And the terrible danger for those who dare stand against it. \nAbout the Author \nSimon Scarrow is a Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author with several million copies of his books sold worldwide. After a childhood spent travelling the world\, he pursued his great love of history as a teacher\, before becoming a full-time writer. His books – which have sold 6 million copies – include two earlier Berlin thrillers featuring CI Schenke\, BLACKOUT and DEAD OF NIGHT which was a No.2 ebook bestseller. \nSimon Scarrow is also the author of a quartet of novels about the lives of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte\, YOUNG BLOODS\, THE GENERALS\, FIRE AND SWORD and THE FIELDS OF DEATH; a novel about the 1565 Siege of Malta\, SWORD & SCIMITAR; HEARTS OF STONE\, set in Greece during the Second World War; and PLAYING WITH DEATH\, a contemporary thriller written with Lee Francis. He also wrote the novels ARENA and INVADER with T. J. Andrews. His first Berlin thriller\, BLACKOUT\, set in WW2 Berlin and first published in 2021 was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick with DEAD OF NIGHT following to critical acclaim earlier in 2023.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/simon-scarrow-a-death-in-berlin/
LOCATION:Bristol Central Library\, Deanery Road\, Bristol\, BS1 5TL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Orla Owen: Christ on a Bike
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Christ On A Bike by Orla Owen\n  \nWe are delighted to host Orla Owen to celebrate her latest novel\, Christ On A Bike. \nCerys receives an unexpected inheritance but there are rules attached. Three simple rules that must be followed. \nAs she settles into her new life\, she begins to feel trapped: the past is ever-present. She convinces herself that the villagers are watching her and\, desperate to control her own future\, she tries to break free… \nOrla Owen was born in Belfast\, and raised in Ireland and the UK. Christ On A Bike\, published by the award winning Bluemoose Books\, has been described as ‘strikingly original and utterly brilliant’. It was picked as a recommended read by Nina Pottell from Prima Magazine\, who reviewed it as ‘Black Mirror meets Tales of The Unexpected with shades of Shirley Jackson’ and was recommended as a read for January by Martin Chilton\, The Independent’s Chief Book Critic. \nBefore she was a writer\, Orla was an actress and drama practitioner\, studying Theatre at Bretton Hall College of the Arts\, and from a young age\, she knew she wanted to be a storyteller. \nTickets include a glass of wine on arrival. Tickets are £5 or free with the purchase of Christ On A Bike.\nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the book on the night.\nBook orders will be available to collect and get signed at the event.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/orla-owen-christ-on-a-bike/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED Poetry in Herons – Elizabeth Parker
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, this event has been cancelled due to illness. We apologise for any inconvenience. If you had already bought a ticket\, we have sent you an email about this. Do get in touch if you have any questions.\nJoin us for Poetry In Herons with Elizabeth Parker\nJoin us in the Arcade after hours for our monthly poetry reading. 6pm\, Saturday 14th September. \nIn September we are celebrating the publication of Cormorant\, the second collection from Elizabeth Parker. \nElizabeth Parker was born in London and grew up in Pygmy Pinetum Garden Nurseries\, a garden centre in The Forest of Dean. She lives in Bristol with her partner and two sons. Elizabeth was a secondary school English teacher for eight years and is writing two novels based on her experiences teaching Shakespeare to teenagers. \nElizabeth’s poetry has been published in various journals and has won and been shortlisted for a range of prizes. Following her 2016 pamphlet\, Antinopolis (published by Eyewear)\, Elizabeth’s first full collection\, In Her Shambles\, was published by Seren Books in April 2018 and her second collection\, Cormorant\, was published by Seren this February. Elizabeth is a founding member of Bristol poetry quartet The Spoke\, who perform their work at festivals and events. She is also co-host of monthly Bristol poetry event Under The Red Guitar. \nElizabeth is currently experimenting with poetic forms as she works on a long poem about her wonderful father\, who has late-stage dementia\, and a collection about the life and sudden loss of her sister\, the playwright and glorious human being Helen K Parker. Her cormorants continue\, as she has just begun to draft a poem titled ‘Helen As Cormorant’. \nYou can buy tickets in advance online or in the shop.\nTickets are £4 or free with the purchase of Cormorant. All tickets include a glass of something sparkling on arrival. \nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the books on the night.\nBook orders will be ready for you to pick up and get signed at the event. \nThe evening will begin with a reading from Julie-Ann Rowell\, followed by Elizabeth’s reading. \nJulie-Ann Rowell is a multi-award-winning poet. She won first prize in the Grey Hen Press Poetry Competition\, in the Frogmore Poetry Prize and the New Writer Poetry Competition Short Collection prize. Her pamphlet collection Convergence was selected as a recommended read by the Poetry Book Society. She was a runner-up twice in the Bridport Prize. Her latest collection\, Inside Out\, was short-listed for the Welsh International Poetry Collection competition 2023.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/poetry-in-herons-elizabeth-parker/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240817T180000
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SUMMARY:Poetry in Herons – Martyn Crucefix
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Poetry In Herons with Martyn Crucefix\nJoin us in the Arcade after hours for our monthly poetry series. 6pm\, Saturday 17th August. \nWe will be celebrating the publication of Martyn’s translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry\, Change Your Life.  \nMore about Martyn Crucefix\nBetween a Drowning Man is published by Salt (2023). His Duino Elegies (Enitharmon\, 2006) was shortlisted for the Popescu Prize for Poetry Translation. Recent publications: Cargo of Limbs (Hercules Editions\, 2019); These Numbered Days\, poems by Peter Huchel (Shearsman\, 2019) won the Schlegel-Tieck Translation Prize\, 2020. Translations of essays by Lutz Seiler\, In Case of Loss\, have been published by And Other Stories in 2023. His major Rilke Selected\, Change Your Life\, is published by Pushkin Press (2024). Until recently\, a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at The British Library. Blogging at http://www.martyncrucefix.com \nYou can buy tickets in advance online or in the shop.\nTickets are £4 or free with the purchase of Change Your Life. All tickets include a glass of something sparkling on arrival. \nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the books on the night.\nBook orders will be ready for you to pick up and get signed at the event.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/poetry-in-herons-martyn-crucefix/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Jo Leevers: The Last Time I Saw You
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of The Last Time I Saw You \nby Jo Leevers\n  \nWe are delighted to host Jo Leevers to celebrate the publication of her second novel\, The Last Time I Saw You. \nShe’s waiting to become a mother – but first she has to find her own.  \nWeeks away from the birth of her first child\, Georgie should be enjoying the peace of her new life in the country\, but boredom has settled in and nerves are running high. A viral news story about the rescue of a missing child warms her heart until she sees the photo: the woman who found the child is her own mother\, Nancy\, who disappeared twenty years ago. \nHow could Nancy have abandoned her own children? Georgie needs to know before becoming a mother herself\, even if it means calling on her estranged brother Dan for support. As the siblings set off on a road trip towards the Scottish island where Nancy was last seen\, they don’t yet know that her side of the story has just as much heartache as their own. Caught between her new life and old secrets\, Georgie must make peace with the past. \nCan she and Dan unite to uncover the truth? And can piecing together Nancy’s story fix their broken family—or are some wounds too deep to heal? \nJo Leevers grew up in London and began writing fiction after a career in magazine journalism. Her bestselling debut\, Tell Me How This Ends\, was a BBC Radio 2 Book Club choice. Whether writing fiction or interviewing people for articles\, she is fascinated by the stories and secrets that we all carry with us. She has two grown-up children and lives with her husband and their wayward dog\, Lottie\, in Bristol. \nTickets include a glass of wine on arrival. Tickets are £4 or free with the purchase of The Last Time I Saw You.\nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the The Last Time I Saw You on the night.\nBook orders will be available to collect and get signed at the event.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/jo-leevers-the-last-time-i-saw-you/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Dave Mountjoy: Being With Cows
DESCRIPTION:How Nature Can Heal\n  \nJoin us for the launch of Being With Cows by Dave Mountjoy\n  \nBeing with Cows tells the heartbreaking\, heartfelt\, and ultimately\, transformational story of how one man\, shattered by the sudden death of his brother\, was helped to a place of acceptance and quiet joy through the presence and gentle stillness of his cows. It was a healing so deep and complete\, that he realised others would benefit from his experience and the idea for the ‘Being with Cows’ retreats was born; a retreat where everyone can benefit from ‘cowfulness’ and the quiet journey to a simpler way of being. \nAn inspirational story about grief\, family\, mindfulness and the healing power of nature\, Being with Cows is for anyone in search of inner peace and simplicity in an increasingly complex world. \nDave Mountjoy was born in rural Worcestershire in the UK and spent most of his childhood on his mum’s family farm. After leaving school\, he developed a passion for travel\, taking him to Israel\, Uganda and on explorations around the British Isles. Working as a volunteer for the RSPB\, his love and gratitude for the sheer majesty of the natural world was deepened by stays on nature reserves in England\, Scotland and Wales. He lives on a farm in the French Pyrenees with his partner Diana and their two boys. \nThe event will be chaired by Gill Farrer-Halls of The Literary Consultancy. \nTickets are free; please book to reserve your place below. \nYou can preorder the book here.\nBooks will be available for collection and signing at the event. \n 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/dave-mountjoy-being-with-cows/
LOCATION:Sparks\, Bristol\, 78 Broadmead\, Bristol\, BS1 3DS
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Phoebe Stuckes and Rose Ruane – Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to launch Birding by Rose Ruane and Dead Animals by Phoebe Stuckes\n18.30\, Friday 10 May\, in the Clifton Arcade \nHeron Books is thrilled to host Phoebe Stuckes and Rose Ruane to celebrate their debut novels. We are huge fans of their writing – we’ve been lucky enough to read advance copies of their brilliant books – and can’t wait to hear from the authors themselves.\nPhoebe and Rose will be in conversation with Ash Bond\, author of Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm. \nDead Animals by Phoebe Stuckes \nThere is something creeping at the edge of your vision\, lingering somewhere just out of focus. All it would take is to let your mind wander\, to let it come into view. A young woman wakes after a house party with scratches and bruises – and a gap in her memory. \nAs the violent truth comes back to her – a series of events she struggles to name – her anger grows. Solace comes in the form of enigmatic\, captivating Helene\, who knows what the man at the party did\, has suffered at his hands too. An act of violence demands one in return and Helene is planning revenge. \nBut who can afford to ask for justice\, when the cost is murderously high? \nBirding by Rose Ruane \nIn a small seaside town\, autumn is edging into winter\, gulls ride winds over the waves\, and two women pass each other on the promenade\, as yet unaware of each other’s existence. In the nineties Lydia was a teen pop star\, posed half naked on billboards everywhere with a lollipop between her lips and no idea how to live\, letting the world happen to her. Now\, three decades later\, Lydia is less and less sure that what happened to her was in the least bit okay. The news cycle runs hot with #MeToo stories\, and a famous former lover has emerged with a self-serving apology\, asking her to forgive him. Suddenly\, the past is full of trapdoors she is desperately trying not to fall through. \nJoyce\, in middle age\, has never left home.She still lives with her mother Betty. With their matching dresses\, identical hairdos and makeup\, they are the local oddballs. Theirs is a life of unerring routine: the shops\, biscuits served on bone china plates\, dressing up for a gin and tonic on Saturday. Nice things. One misstep from Joyce can ruin Betty’s day; so Joyce treads carefully. She has never let herself think about a different kind of life. \nWith mordant wit and lyrical prose\, Birding asks if we can ever see ourselves clearly or if we are always the unreliable narrators of our own experiences. It is a story about the difference between responsibility and obligation\, unhealthy relationships and abusive ones\, third acts and last chances\, and two women trying to take flight on clipped wings. \nTickets include a glass of wine on arrival. Tickets are £5 or free with the purchase of Birding and/or Dead Animals.\nTickets are fully redeemable against buying the books on the night.\nBook orders will be available to collect and get signed on the night.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/phoebe-stuckes-and-rose-ruane/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Jack-Jack: A Dog in Africa
DESCRIPTION:Ben Garrod\, Jack and Heron Books warmly invite you to the launch of\nJACK-JACK\, A DOG IN AFRICA \nChildren and dogs are all welcome. \nWhere: Heron Books\, Clifton Arcade\nWhen: 11am\, Thursday 11th April\nWhat: A reading from Ben and Jack\, book signing/paw-printing\, pictures of the gorgeous Jack to colour in\, photo competition to WIN a copy of the book and treats for your fluffy companions. \nPre-order your copy here: https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/product/jack-jack-a-dog-in-africa/ \nAttendance is free but do RSVP to read@heronbooks.co.uk.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/jack-jack-a-dog-in-africa/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Maid of the Haystack by Martin J. Powell
DESCRIPTION:In 1776 a young beautiful woman with graceful manners appeared in Flax Bourton\, near Bristol and set up home in a haystack. Louisa stayed there for four years. Fashionable folk taking the waters at the Hotwells Spa would take carriage rides out to visit her and she attracted the attention of the rich and famous from London. \nWho was she? Why did she behave so oddly? Her story went viral sparking an 18th-Century conspiracy theory touching on the most powerful people in Europe. \nAuthor Martin J. Powell a Bristol journalist and writer\, first heard about the Maid of the Haystack in the 1980s and since then has researched her history and has written a novel bringing her story alive. The cast of characters include Hannah More\, John Wesley\, David Garrick\, Joshua Reynolds and the crowned heads of Europe. The book’s themes include 18th Century attitudes to mental health the treatment of women and acts of charity by the rich and famous. The seamless merging of fact and fiction takes the reader on a journey back in time to experience what it was like to live in Bristol in those days. \nMaid of the Haystack will be launched at Heron Books at 5pm on Saturday May 20 when author Martin J. Powell will give an insight into how this local historical novel came about. \nEntry is free. RSVP to read@heronbooks.co.uk or on social media so that we can keep track of audience numbers.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/maid-of-the-haystack-by-martin-j-powell/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Implosion by Lindsey Joanne Bauer
DESCRIPTION:We are so excited to welcome Lindsey to the shop to launch her incredible book into the world. She will give a short introduction to her collection of real-life stories\, take questions and sign copies. \n‘Implosion’ is a toolkit for any modern-day nightmare scenario – it will help anyone to know that they’re not alone when they feel completely overwhelmed by life’s di­fficult setbacks. The result of a 2.5 year mammoth project\, Implosion charts the real-life experiences of contemporary UK women aged between 21-76 years. \nThese experiences include being incarcerated\, falling for a revered orchestra conductor\, sexual desire at the age of 72 \, work overwhelm\, domestic violence\, a disastrous affair with an older boss\, a parent’s sudden death\, receiving a shocking cancer diagnosis of only 3 months to live\, being jilted just before a wedding\, losing a baby halfway through pregnancy\, hotel chain hook-ups\, being cyber-stalked\, best friends making passes at your husband\, not fitting in\, a mother’s suicide when her daughter is only 9\, fleeing another country with one suitcase and your children\, flirting on your kids’ football-practice sidelines\, body dysmorphia\, being completely abandoned by your long-time married lover\, having your husband commit suicide (after meeting him as a burlesque dancer)\, being woken up at 3am by your PTSD-suffering spouse declaring he has a ‘God Complex’… \nEntry is free.\nRSVP to read@heronbooks.co.uk so that we can keep track of audience numbers. \n 
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/implosion-by-lindsey-joanne-bauer/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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SUMMARY:Treated Like Animals: Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us as author\, veterinarian and naturalist Alick Simmons introduces his new book Treated Like Animals and explains why the issue of animal welfare should concern us all. \nAlick will give a short talk on the modern challenges\, both legal and ethical\, that present themselves in looking after animals in our homes\, on our farms and in the wild\, as well as on the solutions that might be found. Afterwards\, Alick will be available for questions\, conversation and to sign your copy of his book. \n— \nAlick Simmons is a veterinarian and a naturalist. After a 35-year public service career controlling epidemic diseases of livestock\, culminating in eight years as the UK’s Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer\, in 2015 he began conservation volunteering. He is chair of the Zoological Society of London’s Ethics Committee for Animal Research and sits as an independent member of ethics committees for both the RSPB and National Trust. He is former chair of the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare and the Humane Slaughter Association.
URL:https://www.heronbooks.co.uk/event/treated-like-animals-launch/
LOCATION:Heron Books\, 7a Regent Street\, Bristol\, BS8 4HW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Book Launch
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