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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
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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
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