by Gudrun Bowers | Apr 1, 2020 | Book review
The eagerly awaited sequel to the Costa Award winning Days Without End by one of Ireland’s greatest writers and current Irish Laureate. A Thousand Moons extends the sequence of Barry’s eight novels, which touch each time on the worlds of two families – the...
by Gudrun Bowers | Nov 12, 2018 | Book review
Lucia Berlin’s collection of short stories, A Manual for Cleaning Women was published posthumously to great acclaim, and Evening in Paradise is a follow-up selection from Berlin’s remaining stories. The stories are loosely autobiographical, arranged chronologically to...
by Gudrun Bowers | Aug 21, 2017 | Event
We are thrilled to present a fantastic science event with science writer Dr Michael Brooks and TV presenter/writer Rick Edwards. This entertaining and informative show, based on their hit podcast and upcoming book Science(ish) examines the science behind the movies....
by Gudrun Bowers | May 26, 2017 | Non book item
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by Gudrun Bowers | Aug 27, 2021 | Event
An exciting chance to meet the man behind the famous name – Alastair Sawday is most famous for his ‘Special Places to Stay’ series of hotel guides, but he has also created a very successful publishing firm, with a popular online presence, and is a...
by Gudrun Bowers | Aug 26, 2021 | Event
We are thrilled to announce a very special performance by legendary Punk Poet Attila the Stockbroker, celebrating National Poetry Day on Thursday October 7th. Attila will perform pieces from ‘Heart on his Sleeve’, his newly published anthology...
by Gudrun Bowers | Jul 23, 2021 | Book review
Essential reading for anyone feeling full of despair in these difficult times, Dutch historian Rutger Bregman’s fresh take on human nature is heartening and optimistic. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Dawkins, in religion, fiction, science,...
by Gudrun Bowers | Jul 23, 2021 | Book review
An exciting new standalone fantasy adventure from the inventive imagination of Vashti Hardy, author of ‘Brightstorm’ and Wildspark’ and one of our FAVOURITE local authors, who is just going from strength to strength! Orin Crowfall lives on the island...
by Gudrun Bowers | Jul 23, 2021 | Book review
Sarah Moss is a writer of rare accomplishment whose mastery of the messy complexities of the interior monologue is pitch-perfect. ‘Summerwater’ is an intense, beautifully-written, and devastating story, set over a 24-hour period in a faded Scottish cabin park. As...
by Gudrun Bowers | Jul 23, 2021 | Book review
When Isobel Petty is orphaned, she finds herself being taken away from her home in India and sent to live with a distant uncle in England. On board the S.S. Marianna, she witnesses a shocking act – somebody being thrown overboard in the middle in the night....
by Gudrun Bowers | Jul 23, 2021 | Book review
A real gem! Lissa Evan is a supremely gifted writer – astute, funny and warm – for both children and adults. We loved her comedic novel, ‘Crooked Heart’, which introduced Vee, a suburban con-woman, and ultrabright orphan Noel as they joined...
20th October, 2021, Steyning Cricket Club