Newsletter - October 09
A message
from The Book Monkey
Another month (and a bit) another
newsletter. Not even Royal Mail can stop this little parcel.
So here it is, crammed again with news of
a wonderful line-up of events including (to name just a few) a fabulous
launch party for the illustrated edition of
Pevsner's "An Outline of European Architecture" this Friday
30th October at the Buildings of Bath Museum and talks in November by
Sandi Toksvig and
Martin Bell. That's not to mention our second annual
evening in celebration of the humour of Miles
Kington as guests read from the brand new "Best of Miles"
book.
Oh, and needless to say we've reviewed a
few books for you too and we've got a corker of a Quirky Quiz as well.
Now read away OR just click one of the green links below, or scroll down to your section
of choice.
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Events at Mr B's
We're now at the half-way point in our
series of Autumn events and we've just added another handful of great
authors to keep you entertained; read on for October and beyond!
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SARA
WHEELER |
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Thursday 29th October - 7.00pm at Mr B's |
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We are thrilled to invite
Sara Wheeler to speak at Mr B's this autumn. Sara will be reading from her
brand new book "The Magnetic North" - a travelogue biography of the
world's Arctic regions.
Not confining herself to
the highest points of the Arctic previously described by intrepid North
Pole adventurers, Sara's travels for this book took in many lands within
the Arctic circle as she visits the Arctic territories of Russia (in both
Asia and Europe), Canada, America, Greenland and Scandinavia. As well as
introducing us to the crew of a Russian icebreaker, the reindeer herds of
Lapland and the extreme truckers of Alaska, "The Magnetic North" takes a
timely look at the environmental changes re-shaping the region and the
political machinations surrounding those changes.
The Magnetic North is Sara's sixth book and further
cements her reputation as one of the finest contemporary exponents of that
brand of adventurous travel writing where the journeys and descriptions of
them make you think "cripes, frostbite AND , rather her than me, how did
she manage that" (as opposed to the brand which makes you think "why don't
I make money from pootling around Southern Europe").
Amongst her previous bestselling travel titles are the
definitive modern travelogue on Chile "Travels in a Thin Country"
(describing Sara's solo journey down the length of the country) and "Terra
Incognita" (following her frostbitten travels around the planet's other
extremity - Antarctica).
And when Sara isn't making epic journeys and writing
about them herself, she's describing the lives and adventures of some of
the world's most intrepid explorers. "Cherry" recounts the life of Apsley
Cherry-Garrard, survivor of Scott's ill fated Antarctic expedition. "Too
Close to the Sun" tells the story of pioneer, hunter and conqueror of
feisty women (such as early aviation legend Beryl Markham and "Out of
Africa" author Karen Blixen) Denys Finch Hutton.
VERY FEW TICKETS REMAIN.
Tickets just £4 (inc. wine and frosty
nibbles) in advance from Mr B's. Event time: 7.00pm at Mr B's
To book tickets - Call
01225 331155 or e-mail
books@mrbsemporium.com
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ILLUSTRATED
PEVSNER |
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Friday
30th October - 6.30pm at Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel |
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Join us to celebrate the publication of the
first fully illustrated edition of Nikolaus Pevsner's landmark work "An
Outline of European Architecture" in the
very appropriate setting of the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel at the
Buildings of Bath Museum.
This book has inspired architecture students for over 60
years. For the first time it has been published in a large illustrated
format including 200 colour photographs
We will hear from special
guests Dieter Pevsner and Michael Forsyth and have the chance to view
images from the book as well as enjoy a glass of wine to celebrate its
publication. The book will of course be on sale at a special discounted
price.
FREE EVENT. OCT 30th @ 6.30pm at Countess of Huntingdon's
Chapel. Free Entry by emailing
books@mrbsemporium.com. |
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MORE
AUTUMN EVENTS AT MR B's |
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SANDI TOKSVIG |
SUSAN HILL |
BRIAN
ELWELL |
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Comedian, author and
much-loved star of TV and radio talks about her new book "The Chain
of Curiosity" compiling the best of her musings on life's
peculiarities from her writing in the Sunday Telegraph.
Nov 17th @ 7pm.
Tickets £5.
Click here for details
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A rare appearance from
the author of "Woman in Black" to promote her latest book on books
and reading "Howard's End is on the Landing"
Nov 18th
@ 7pm. Tickets £4.
Click here for details
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Join us for the launch
of "Meetings with Remarkable People" a wonderful new book of
portrait paintings by Bath artist Brian Elwell.
Nov
19th @ 7pm. Tickets FREE by emailing books@mrbsemporium.com |
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MILES KINGTON EVENING |
MARTIN BELL |
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Join us to celebrate
Miles's unbeatable wit with the publication of a new book of his
writing "The Best by Miles". Readings from Caroline Kington,
Stephanie Cole, Phil Hammond and Isabel Brook.
Nov 23rd,
7pm @ BRLSI.
Tickets £5.
Click here for details
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Journalist turned hero-of-the-electorate
introduces "A Very British Revolution" his new book on the expenses
scandal and its ramifications
NOV 25th@ 7pm.
Tickets £5.
Click here for details
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Above: The crowd get ready for the recent Patrick Gale event at Mr
B's
To book tickets to
any of the events listed here please call
01225 331155 or email
books@mrbsemporium.com
Or for more
information please visit our website
www.mrbsemporium.com |
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A Postcard from
Vlashka
Greetings paw pals!
It has come to my attention that some of you are wondering where
I've disappeared to. I keep hearing from Mr B that some of you have
come into the shop and, while wincing as if you're about to make a
huge faux-pas whilst tilting your head to the side, asked about my
health.
Well
good news fur fans I'm doing just fine! It's just that I've become a
bit of a part-timer at
Mr B's.
Since the arrival of
Leah (Baby B) in May I've been working from home, babysitting and
walking Leah and her friend Clem (above left). If only those pesky kids would
stop hiding my gravy bones!
I've
also been reading lots, I'm particularly enjoying the Larsson
trilogy, I've just finished "The Girl with the Dog Tattoo" and I'm
now looking forward to reading the second in the series - "The Girl
who Played with Dogs" (before finishing off with "The Girl Who
Kicked the Dog's Basket").
Anyway, in the ongoing search for peace and quiet, I'm spending ever
more time at Mr B's again now that Leah has started showing an
interest in stealing my squeaky ball (see above right) so I'm sure
I'll see you soon. Wishing you were
here, woof lots of love Vlashka xxxx
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 The
Mr B's Christmas Catalogue
Don't Panic! You've got a couple of weeks yet before we start
suggesting you really need to think about Christmas. BUT we
just wanted to say that for the third year running we'll be
producing our own handmade catalogue with 72 of our OWN hand-picked
recommendations for your Christmas book buying.
If
you'd like us to reserve a copy for you then please click
here
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The Book Monkey's Top
Bananas
Here's a selection of our
current Top Bananas - the books that we think look GREAT, some
of which we've already devoured and others of which we just
haven't found time to read yet.
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Death of
Bunny Munro by Nick Cave
From the rock legend of the Bad Seeds, a bizarre tale of a
charismatic salesman and his son on the road.
Hardback
- £16.99 - Canongate.
email to buy or enquire
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Earth Bound by Rough Guides
Stunning photographs from around the world thematically
organized into chapters about people, tradition and
time-wasting!
Hardback - £20
- Rough Guides.
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Nine
Lives by
William Dalrymple
Dalrymple relates the fascinating biographies of nine
individuals from around India; focusing on their travels
and their beliefs.
Signed
Copies Available Hardback - £20 - Bloomsbury.
email to buy or enquire
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Last
Night in Twisted River
by John Irving
The
twelfth novel from the author of ‘A Prayer for Owen
Meany’. After mistaking a woman for a bear a boy and his
father find themselves on the run across America and
Canada.
Hardback-
£20 - Bloomsbury.
email to buy or enquire
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The Girl
who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by
Steig Larsson
Final
instalment of Larsson's trilogy - wanted for murder,
Lisbeth Salander is stuck in Intensive care with her most
dangerous enemy in the next ward.
Hardback - £18.99
- Quercus Publishing.
email to buy or enquire |
Winter Ghosts by
Kate Mosse
Haunting, poignant fiction set in South-West
France in 1928. A young traveller and a beautiful local woman
share their stories of the Great War, and in doing so unveil a
tragic mystery that stretches back far into the past.
Hardback - £14.99
- Orion.
email to buy or enquire
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Her
Fearful Symmetry
by Audrey Niffenegger
A
ghost story for the 21st Century– a woman
ponders life from beyond the grave when she leaves her
London flat to her two American nieces.
Hardback
- £18.99 - Jonathan Cape.
email to buy or enquire
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Once
Again to Zelda by
Marlene Wagman-Geller
A look
behind the scenes at the inspiration for some of the most
charming dedications to fifty great novels, including "The
Great Gatsby", "Schindler's List" and "Harry Potter".
Lovely Hardback -
£9.99 - Pan Macmillan.
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Tender by
Nigel Slater
In the same narrative style as the wonderful Kitchen
Diaries, Slater leads us through 3 inches of recipes and
cooking tips, veg by veg (but with lots of meat attached)
and illustrated with dribble-inducing pictures of how the
meals look when Nigel cooks them.
Hardback
- £30 - Harpercollins.
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Lustrum by
Robert Harris
Second novel in the trilogy that began with “Imperium" -
Lustrum is set in Ancient Rome and interweaves the stories
of seven historical figures in a ruthless battle for
power.
Hardback -
£18.99 - Arrow Books.
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On the
Tip of my Tongue by David Gentle
New paperback edition of this brilliant quiz book packed
with trivia lists and games on everything from the
first lines of popular novels, phobias and
pseudonyms.
Paperback - £7.99 -
Bloomsbury.
email to buy or enquire
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Women
Aviators by
Bernard Marck
Short
biographies and beautiful black and white photographs of
some of the women who have flourished in a predominantly
male field - including
Elise Deroche, Sally Ride and Amelia Earhart.
Hardback
- £27.50 - Editions Flammarion.
email to buy or enquire |
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50 People
who Buggered up Britain by Quentin Letts
From Gordon Brown and Ed Balls to Princess Diana and Alan
Titchmarsh; a witty look at a selection of public figures
who have contributed to Britain’s "demise".
Most
common customer quote when picking this up "How did they
limit it to 50".
Paperback
- £7.99 - Constable and Robinson.
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Oil by
Edward Burtynsky
A real
collectible from the photographer who brought us "Quarries".
This unexpectedly beautiful
book will
undoubtedly be one of the serious collectors must-haves
this christmas
Hardback - £87.00 - Steidl.
email to buy or enquire
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The
Greatest Show on Earth
by Richard Dawkins
In his usual bullish style Dawkins
develops his ultra-darwinist stance further by taking a
look at evolution and the incontrovertible evidence for it
and being utterly dismissive of creationism and
similar stances.
Hardback -
£20 - Transworld.
email to buy or enquire |
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The
Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
A perfect
Halloween read for both teens and adults, Nobody Owens
lives in a graveyard and is raised by ghosts, but he lives
in fear of the man who murdered his family.
Paperback -
£6.99 - Bloomsbury.
email to buy or enquire |
Running Wild
by Michael Morpurgo
Latest
novel from the multi-award winning children's author. An
emotional tale of a boy who escapes a tsunami on the
back of a runaway elephant, and consequently finds himself
on a survival mission with only Oona the elephant for
company.
Hardback - £12.99 -
Harpercollins.
email to buy or enquire |
The Story of
Things
by
Neal Layton
Glorious
children's history book, which describes the lively past
of humans and their most exciting inventions, with
stunning paper craft and pop-ups galore!
Hardback - £12.99 -
Hachette.
email to buy or enquire |
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And here are some reviews of things we have read
AND loved over the past few weeks (some oldies and some newies)
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Let the Great
World Spin
by Colum McCann
A novel that looks-in on the lives of many
loosely connected characters lives on the surreal morning in
August 1974 when Philippe Petit walked, sat and lay on the
tightrope that he and his team somehow managed to stretch
between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
Petit’s
escapade is emblematic of one of the book’s main themes – that
whilst remarkable things can be happening in one place or in one
person’s life, elsewhere the lives of others and the spinning of
the world continues unaffected.
But the book is not about the man on wire, it’s about New
York and its incredibly diverse population. First we follow the
almost saintly Corrigan protecting prostitutes in the Bronx;
then we leap to the judge’s wife Claire living in high society
Park Avenue but trapped by mourning for her son who perished in
Vietnam; then back to Corrigan’s world, albeit this time from
the viewpoint of one of his prostitute friends now languishing
in prison. And so the novel, like its title, spins on
from one viewpoint to another, sometimes making clever links
between the characters and sometimes leaving them only barely
connected.
There’s no doubt that
this is a clever and intriguing novel but for me it was also a
little frustrating. As with many novels with multiple central
characters there were some storylines that I wanted to follow
more than others and the switching to and fro left me
unsatisfied. But less pedantic readers than me won’t be bothered
by that and will love the book’s clever construction, it’s
cosmopolitan feel and McCann’s beautiful writing.
(Nic)
Hardback - Bloomsbury -
£18.99 -
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The Year of the Flood by
Margaret Atwood
In a desperate
bid for money, power and beauty, humankind has ravaged the earth
leading to the near extinction of the species. Set in a
disturbing and all too believable future ‘The Year of the Flood’
follows two female survivors as they contemplate their
terrifying journeys and struggle to find their way in this new
dystopia.
Atwood’s
heroines are an intriguing combination of totally original and
easily identifiable. Toby is a resourceful convert to a
religious group called the God’s Gardeners after being rescued
from a dangerous dead-end career at a fast food called ‘Secret
Burger’ where the ingredients are as ethical as the manger
(‘because everybody loves a secret’). And Ren is a young trapeze
dancer working at a sleazy sex club and obsessing over her
college boyfriend Jimmy.
I was thrilled
to recognise many of the characters of ‘The Year of the Flood’
from ‘Oryx and Crake’ – Atwood weaves her previous survival
story with this new work beautifully, but it is not compulsory
to have read ‘Oryx’ first.
This is a
brilliantly conceived novel of our time, inventive, satirical
and tender. (Kate)
Hardback
– Bloomsbury - £18.99 -
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*Yet another lost American gem for Mr B to
rave about*
Wait Until Spring, Bandini by
John Fante
The first novel in the
embarrassingly under-read John Fante’s Bandini Quartet takes
place in one turbulent winter in the childhood of Arturo Bandini.
The winter in Colorado is as brutal as ever and Svevo Bandini’s bricklaying tools lie idle as he waits for Spring to
bring work. As his
hardworking pious and gentle mother struggles to take care of
her family, Svevo gambles away what little money he
can bring in during the winter and treats his wife and kids with
increasing disrespect.
And Arturo has another worry. His classmate Rosa, the unrequited
love of his young teenage life, is continuing to prove illusive.
Fante
wrote this remarkable short novel ins 1938 and he writes in a
style similar to the contemporaneous Steinbeck but with more
dark humour and cynicism. His characters keep on surviving
despite incredible economic and emotional hardship and the
language with which he describes their struggles flows
delightfully. You haven't read about snowdrifts until you've
read Fante's descriptions of them! (Nic)
Paperback
- Canongate -
£6.99 -
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*An oldie by one of our favourite authors*
Stars and Bars by
William Boyd
The opening New York sequence of this novel
begins in the humorous literary vein of Boyd's later masterpiece
Any Human Heart. However when English expat art auctioneer Henderson Dores begins his
road trip to The South with Bryant his future step-daughter and
unwelcome companion the book takes a more overtly humorous and
farcical turn.
Once Henderson and Bryant arrive at the home
of millionaire art collector Loomis Gage to value his paintings
the novel becomes almost a blend of P.G.Wodehouse and the Adams
Family. In a good way, for the most part. Gage’s Southern
mansion is packed with eccentric sometimes unseen family members
all apparently out to make Henderson’s life difficult. There’s
the apparently blind and definitely rude Cora, the loud-music
addict Duane to whom Bryant soon forms an unhealthy attachment
and Gage’s violent trailer-dwelling son Freeborn who seems
particularly ill-disposed to Henderson’s visit.
Henderson’s
situation becomes more and more
farcical and compromised as the novel develops and the interest
for the reader is wondering how exactly he's going to extricate
himself with any dignity (let alone his art sales commission) in
tact. (Nic)
Paperback
- Penguin -
£7.99 -
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*From the author of The American Wife*
Prep by
Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld’s debut novel is set in an
exclusive Massachusetts boarding school, where social status is
indicated by the flowers on your bedspread, all the boys are
handsome sweater-wearing bankers’ sons, and much of the time is
spent enjoying archaic social rituals.
Prep’s anti-heroine is Lee Fiora - a
scholarship girl from Indiana, who is comfortable being the butt
of her brothers’ dodgy jokes, and happy as the daughter of a
mattress salesman until she goes to Ault, where she struggles to
find her place on the social ladder. An eternal bystander, Lee
spends her time acquainting herself with her fellow students
through studying their pictures in old year books and enjoying
misplaced crushes on the school jock Cross Sugarman, before
finding her niche cutting her classmates’ hair.
Described
by the Independent on Sunday as "Sweet Valley High as
written by George Eliot" - Prep is a beautifully observed
account of the awkwardness and excitement of being a teenager,
which will make any reader wince with recognition.
(Kate)
Paperback
- Pan Macmillan -
£6.99 -
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*A Classic Sporting Novel*
The Natural
by Bernard Malamud
The first part of the novel introduces Roy
Hobbs, a young hopeful baseball pitcher on his way with his new
agent to a trial at the Chicago Cubs. On the train they
encounter a seasoned pro, his manager and a wily sports
journalist who are all utterly dismissive of this upstart rookie
discovered on some ballpark. The train’s unscheduled stop near a
fairground the rookie and the pro get to face off in one of the
novel’s finest scenes.
A few
dramatic incidents later and the novel shoots forward 15 years
or so and the now thirty something Hobbs, who has apparently
never made it to the big leagues in the interim, arrives as an
unheralded and unwelcome back-up for the New York Knights. And
so begins The Natural’s time in the sun. Now a big hitting
batter it soon becomes clear that the lowly team’s resurgence is
in his hands and that off-pitch distractions – principally the
mysterious and needy Memo and her low-life cohorts – have a
marked impact on his performance.
Yes this is a sports novel and it brilliantly conveys the
human drama of a sporting contest (the drama involved in
sport means that great writing and sports writing collide far
more often than many readers realise). But
this
is also fine literary fiction with an array of finely-drawn
sleazy characters and it deals with themes such as integrity,
greed, pride and competitiveness as well as any other I've read.
(Nic)
Paperback -
Vintage - £8.99
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*New*
Love and Summer
by William Trevor
This is
typical Trevor in its understated nature, even though it handles
some pretty hefty emotional issues within its pages. We are on
familiar territory with the Irish setting for this novel, and
the sleepy atmosphere and close community play a significant
role in the unfolding of the narrative. The bonus with any novel
by this author is the high quality of the writing, which makes
it an absolute joy to come back to, that is if you've torn
yourself away in the first place.
(Caroline).
Hardback - Penguin
- £18.99
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*Great Teen
Read*
Newes from the Dead by
Mary Hooper
The
true story of Anne Green, a young girl accused of the
infanticide of her illegitimate premature baby. Anne is sent to
the gallows on an early December morning only to later be taken
for a cruel dissection. But strange noises escape Anne’s corpse,
could she be alive?
One of the best things about this fast-paced
thriller is its use of dual perspectives and how it works its
way back through time from Anne's unconsciousness to her
helpless struggle against heartless lords.
An emotive and perceptive account of
the tragic life of Anne Green. (Tilly - the Mr B's work experience
girl)
Paperback
- Random House - £6.99 -
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Become a Bath Lit Fest Pen
Friend
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As part of our long-term relationship with Bath Festivals we're
getting fully behind their scheme to increase awareness of and
subscribers to their PenFriend scheme. For £50 a year you can
support the festival whilst gaining all manner of benefits including
advance ticket booking, invites to extra events at Mr B's and
elsewhere and a whole plethora of other stuff. It's a wonderful
scheme and one that also makes a great gift. If you do want to sign
up you can do so through us by e-mailing
books@mrbsemporium.com
for full details (or, of course, by dropping into the shop).
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You see him
here.....you see him there...
Mr B's as Official Bookseller
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Here are some
of the great local literary events coming up where Mr
B's will be the official bookseller.
For tickets to
these events, click on the links provided below.
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Theatre Royal Special Events
Every few
weeks Bath’s Theatre Royal invites a prominent author to speak
about their book in the Theatre prior to a sit-down lunch in
The Vaults restaurant. Mr B's is there to sell the books and
we always offer a discount to ticket-holders.
Tickets
and further information –
www.theatreroyal.org.uk
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Coming up
30th October
- June Whitfield - The wonderful Ab Fab star, Carry-On
regular, other half to hapless Terry and winner of a British
Comedy Award for Lifetime Achievement introduces her new
autobiography.
New season to
be announced soon
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Calcot Manor Hotel Meet-the-Author
Lunches
Regular
lunches followed by author talk and book-signing in this
beautiful Cotswold hotel and spa near Tetbury, Gloucs.
Tickets
and further information from Mr B's or from
www.calcotmanor.co.uk
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Coming
up
9th
November - Marcus Scriven - Author of "Splendour and
Squalor" introduces his account of the dramatic falls from
grace of some of Britain's most respected aristocratic
families.
New season to
be announced soon
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Bath Spa Poetry Society
Once a month or
so you can find Mr B or one of the team spending an evening in
the company of the Bath Spa Poetry Society for a reading by
two guest poets. All are welcome and tickets are available on
the door. Events usually at BRLSI at 16-18 Queen Square but
ask at Mr B's if in doubt.
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New season to
be announced soon
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Schools
We act as advisers & suppliers for various school book fairs
and other author events at schools across the region. If you
would to talk to us about supplying your school, just drop us
a line on books@mrbsemporium.com
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Recent Events
We've been busy
over the Autumn sorting out all kinds of exciting author
events for local schools. Children's illustrator Debbi Gliori
visited St.Andrew's Primary School here in Bath, Hilda Offen
had a great time with the pupils at Peasedown St. John primary
school and Joe Craig and Chris Higgins both visited Somervale
School.
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The Book Monkey's Quirky Quiz
- Win £5 off at Mr B's!
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A very big thanks to
those who had a go at June's Quirky Quiz Question. A reminder of the
question and the answers are all below this month's new question as
well as details of the winning entry!
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OCTOBER QUIRKY QUIZ QUESTION
Question:
Okay pumpkin fans, here's a halloween special quirky quiz for
you. Below is a grid with 6 haunters, 6 hauntees and the books
in which the haunting occurred. The thing is that the pesky Mr
B's poltergeist has been moving them all round! Can you match up
the 6 sets?
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The
Haunted |
The
Haunter |
The Book |
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Esteban
Trueba |
The Man Jack |
Woman in
Black (Hill) |
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Ichabod
Crane |
The Woman in
Black |
House of
Spirits (Allende) |
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Scrooge |
The Headless
Horseman |
An Inspector
Calls (Priestley) |
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Arthur Kipps |
Clara del
Valle Trueba |
A Christmas
Carol (Dickens) |
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The Birling
Family |
Inspector
Goole |
The Legend
of Sleepy Hollow (Irving) |
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Nobody Owens |
Ghost of
Christmas Past |
The
Graveyard Book (Gaiman) |
Email us on
books@mrbsemporium.com with your answer. If we get
fully correct answers then the first ten to answer correctly
will be allocated a biscuit in Vlashka's bowl and the winner
will be the first to be eaten!
If no-one gets it 100% right then the nearest to fully correct
will win. The lucky winner will be announced in next month’s
newsletter and will get a £5 voucher their next purchase at Mr
B’s shop in
Bath
or off an email book order.
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Answers to the September Quirky Quiz:
Question:
We've listed 8 schools below that
appear in great schoolish novels, all you have to do is tell us
which novels or series of novels they appear in. If the
last couple of quirky quizzes are anything to go by you won't
necessarily need to get them all right to be in with a shout -
so have a go!
1) Marcia Blaine
Academy - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark
2) Cutlers Grammar School - The History Boys, Alan Bennett
3) Brookfield - Goodbye Mr Chips, James Hilton
4) Hogwarts -
The Harry Potter series, J K Rowling
5) Dotheboys Hall
- Nicholas Nickelby, Charles Dickens
6) Penncey
Prep - Catcher in the Rye, J D Salinger
7) Rugby
School - Tom Brown's Schoolboys, Thomas Hughes
8) St. Custard's
- Molesworth, Geoffrey Willans
A number of fully correct answers were sent in so biscuits were
whisked off to Vlashka's house so she could choose a winner and
the person whose biscuit she found first was that belonging to
Elaine Polishak. Elaine you therefore have a £5 voucher for Mr
B's.
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Check out just a few of the great things going on elsewhere around Bath
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Frank Lloyd Wright Talk
A talk on the work of
Frank Lloyd Wright subtitled "American Architect and Designer" by
broadcaster and producer Sarah Marling. Bath Royal Literary and
Scientific Institute - Tuesday 27th October, 2009 @ 7.30pm. Further
detail from crmbath@hotmail.com
The Prime of Miss
Jean Brodie - Mission Theatre
The Mission Theatre,
Bath hosts a stage of adaptation of Muriel Spark's classic novel set
at Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh which will run from
Tuesday 27th October - Saturday 31st October
www.missiontheatre.co.uk
Our Country's Good
- Rondo Theatre
Larkhall's Rondo
Theatre is the venue for the Playing Up theatre company's production
of Wertenbaker's play set in the first British convicts colony in
Australia. From Wednesday 11th November 2009 to Saturday 14th
November 2009 at 7:30pm.
www.rondotheatre.co.uk
Bath Film Festival
Founded in 1991,
Bath's very own film festival returns in November with its usual mix
of new releases, famous visitors for Q&A sessions and other
innovative film-related events. This year's edition takes place
between 12 and 21 November..
www.bathfilmfestival.org.uk
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute -
Click here to
read their entire programme of talks and presentations.
See what's on at the Little Theatre Cinema in Bath -
Click here
to go to website.
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