| Kate Macdonald Thursday November 7th at 7pm Tickets from the shop £7 Wartime Classics from Handheld Press Join Kate Macdonald to discover British women’s writing about the two World Wars. This illustrated talk will feature startling stories from publishing, how Handheld found the cover images, and (short) readings from novels and essays. Titles include Rose Macaulay, Non-combatants and Others. Writings Against War, 191601945 Marjorie Grant, Latchkey Ladies (1921) We will be selling books at two external events this month. On November 9th we will be at The Fold, Bransford for the event Story of the Seasons. An evening of words & music to mark the publication of the final volume of Adrian Bell’s A Countryman’s Quartet On November 14th we will be at a book launch organised by the Gareth Wood, author of At Night, White Bracken. The event is at Weavers Bar, Church Street, Malvern. |
November 19th sees the welcome return of Malvern Storytellers for tales of Stars, Star Myths and Dark Nights.  And finally, on November 21st we welcome Annie Gray who will talk about her book, The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: a history of the high street. Acclaimed historian Annie Gray takes us down the street and through the ages, from medieval marketplaces to the purpose-built concrete precincts still standing today. Peeping inside the windows of tailors, tearooms and grocers, we explore everything from the toyshops of yesteryear – places where curiosities were sold for adults rather than children – to the birth of brands we still shop at today.  |