by Gudrun Bowers | Jun 13, 2016 | Event
SATURDAY 18th JUNE 2.30-4pm. Prior to his talk at The Steyning Centre on the evening of Sat 18th June, we are offering this exciting opportunity for a few lucky fans to join Scotland’s finest crime writer, Ian Rankin, on a tour of The Riverside Brewery, Upper...
by Gudrun Bowers | May 31, 2016 | Event
To kick off our celebrations for Independent Bookseller’s Week in very fine style, we are thrilled to announce that Ian Rankin will be paying Steyning a visit on Saturday 18th June. This is an absolutely unmissable chance to hear the Scottish Master of Noir talk...
by Gudrun Bowers | May 19, 2016 | Book review
Meadows: At Great Dixter and Beyond by Christopher Lloyd and Fergus Garrett Pimpernel Press £30 This is a sumptuous new edition of Christopher Lloyd’s classic book on meadows. Starting with the origins of meadows in history, art and literature, Lloyd goes on to...
by Gudrun Bowers | May 19, 2016 | Event
“To see a meadow in bloom is a great delight – it’s alive and teeming with life, mysterious, dynamic . . .” To celebrate the publication of a new edition of Meadows At Great Dixter and Beyond by Christopher Lloyd, one of the greatest gardeners of the...
by Gudrun Bowers | May 19, 2016 | Book review
The Kindness by Polly Samson Pub Bloomsbury 8.99 At the outset of this assured second novel by Polly Samson we encounter Julian, prematurely aged at only 29, in a state of deep anguish at the loss of his lover, Julia, and their daughter, Mira. He drifts through his...