Newsletter - September 09
A message
from The Book Monkey
Here we are to enliven your post-holiday
desktop with another Mr B's newsletter - unpredictably tardy as ever but
that's only because we've been setting up a wonderful string of events
and jotting down thoughts on the plethora of new titles that have just
flooded the shop floor.
It's all in black and white (and many
more colours to boot) below so I'm not going to hold up the show
further. Just drink it all in and don't forget to get straight on those
keyboards or telephones to grab tickets to the 3 wonderful events that
we've got coming up over the next 2 weeks with Rachel Cusk,
Sophie
Hannah and Mari Strachan.
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 are very excited to announce a
jam-packed line up of great authors who will be speaking at Mr B's this
Autumn. To kick off the excitement we've got three hot women writers
coming to talk about their new novels in September and we're offering a
fantastic season ticket deal, where you can come to all three of these
events for only £10 (Tickets in Advance from Mr B's).
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RACHEL CUSK |
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Wednesday
9th September - 7.00pm at Mr B's |
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The
award-winning author of "Arlington Park" introduces her new novel "The
Bradshaw Variations".
With a Whitbread First Novel Prize ("Saving Agnes"), a
Somerset Maugham Award ("The Country Life") award and a Whitbread Novel
Award shortlisting ("The Lucky Ones") already under her belt at the age of
35 Rachel Cusk was a shoe-in for Granta magazine's 20 Best Young British
Novelists in 2003. Still young and still brilliant Rachel has since added
a shortlisting for the Orange Prize to her trophy cabinet with her
bestselling "Arlington Park" with its observations of one day's worth of
trials and tribulations in Suburban middle-England (and starring dinner
hostess Christine as a modern reworking of Mrs Dalloway).
Oh, and in between all those achievements Rachel's also
managed to write one of the most honest books on motherhood and the
emotions surrounding it ("A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother") and a
memoir/travelogue describing her and her family's move to Italy in search
of art and a change of routine ("The Last Supper").
We are thrilled to invite Rachel to speak at Mr B's and to
introduce us all to her latest creation, the brand new novel "The Bradshaw
Variations", which has amongst its central themes a consideration of the
tricky choices that make up family and marital life and which - as with
all of Rachel's novels - is crammed full of intricately drawn and very
real characters.
Tickets
in advance from Mr B's. Event: 7.00pm at Mr B's
(or for £10 buy our Women
Writers mini-season ticket for just £10 to compare and contrast Rachel,
Sophie Hannah (Sep 10, details below) and Mari Strachan (Sep 16, details
below)
To book tickets - Call
01225 331155 or e-mail
books@mrbsemporium.com |
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SOPHIE HANNAH |
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Thursday
10th September - 7.00pm at Mr B's
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nothing more impressive or inspiring than an author that can turn their
hand to different styles and genres of writing and that's why we've asked
Sophie Hannah to come and talk at Mr B's to read from her latest book and
perhaps inspire some of Bath's would-be writers.
"The Other Half Lives" is Sophie's fourth
psychological thriller and builds on the huge success of titles such as
"Hurting Distance" and "The Point of Rescue". Gripping and tense doesn't
even begin to describe Sophie's thrillers. The Independent put it like
this when describing, "The Other Half Lives" - "Switchbacks and
bombshells abound, and only her skilful way with both villains and victims
exceeds the intricacy of her tale"
When Sophie's not scaring the wits out of
us she's crafting literary short story collections such as last year's
"The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets" in which each story seems to
feature characters hiding dark secrets beneath the veneer of their very
ordinary-seeming lives.
Any more strings to the bow? How about
being a prolific and award-winning writer of poetry whose poems are
studied from GCSE to Degree level across the UK? Sophie's selected poems
were published in 2006 by Penguin taking its contents from her 4 previous
Carcanet Press collections. More recently still her fifth collection
"Pessimism for Beginners" was shortlisted for the TS Eliot prize.
That's surely it. Nope. She's also the
English voice of the Moomins having written an English verse translation
of Tove Jansson's classics, "The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My"
and "Who Will Comfort Toffle?".
Told you she was multi-talented? come
along and meet Sophie and hear her read some thriller fiction (and maybe
she'll read us a poem and talk Moomin too).
Tickets just
£4 (inc. wine and thrilling nibbles) in advance from Mr B's. Event: 7.00pm
at Mr B's
(or for £10 buy our Women
Writers mini-season ticket for just £10 to compare and contrast Sophie,
Rachel Cusk (Sep 9, details above), Sophie and Mari Strachan (Sep 16,
details below)
To book tickets - Call
01225 331155 or e-mail
books@mrbsemporium.com |
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MARI
STRACHAN |
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Wednesday 16th September - 7.00pm at Mr B's |
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  Nic
absolutely loved this debut novel by Welsh author Mari Strachan and so he
wanted you all to have the chance to meet Mari and hear all about it.
"The Earth
Hums in B Flat" is
set in a small Welsh town in the 1950s and features Gwenni
a young girl with a troubled mother whose imagination and investigative
spirit get her in too deep when trying to unravel the truth behind a local
man’s death. There are some fabulously drawn characters and the whole
story has a wonderfully magical edge to it whilst also dealing with some
very real family dramas.
If you
liked "What Was Lost" by Catherine O'Flynn then I think you're highly
likely to enjoy this too. Whilst very different in many ways (and
certainly in their settings) they are alike because of their charming,
investigative, young girl lead characters who both try to make sense of
the oddities of the adult world in their own unique and often entertaining
ways.
If that
little taster has tempted you then grab your ticket now!
Tickets just
£4 (inc. wine and Welsh nibbles) in advance from Mr B's. Event: 7.00pm at
Mr B's
(or for £10 buy our Women
Writers mini-season ticket for just £10 to compare and contrast Mari,
Rachel Cusk (Sep 9, details above) and Sophie Hannah (Sep 10, details
above)
To book tickets - Call
01225 331155 or e-mail
books@mrbsemporium.com
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MORE
AUTUMN EVENTS AT MR B's |
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PATRICK GALE |
GERARD WOODWARD |
ILLUSTRATED PEVSNER |
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Bestselling author of "Notes
from an Exhibition" returns to Mr B's to read from his new book
"Gentleman's Relish"
OCT 8th @ 7pm.
Tickets £4.
Click here for details
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Booker-shortlisted
novelist, poet and Bath Spa Uni lecturer Gerard Woodward reads from
short-story collection, "Caravan Thieves"
OCT 22nd @ 7pm. Tickets £4.
Click here for details
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Celebration party for
publication of the first fully illustrated edition of Nikolaus
Pevsner's landmark work. Special guests Dieter Pevsner and Michael
Forsyth.
OCT 30th @ 6.30pm at Countess of Huntingdon's
Chapel. Free Entry by emailing
books@mrbsemporium.com. |
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SARA WHEELER |
SUSAN HILL |
MARTIN BELL |
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Serial
adventurer/former writer in residence at the South Pole describes
the amazing Arctic travels behind her new book "The Magnetic North"
OCT 29th @ 7pm.
Tickets £4.
Click here for details
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Rare appearance by
author of "The Woman in Black" as she introduces her new book on
books and reading, "Howards End on the Landing"
NOV 12th @ 7pm. Tickets £4.
Click here for details |
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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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. Rich-pickings
this time as there are some CRACKING titles just out by some
really heavy-hitting authors.
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Too Much
Happiness by Alice Munro
Creator of some of the most
humbling and poignant collections of short stories of recent
times brings us a brilliantly unsettling new collection.
Hardback - £17.99
- Vintage.
email to buy or enquire
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Book of
Silence by Sara Maitland
A
beautifully-written account of one woman's quest for
silence. An oasis of peace in our noisy modern world.
Paperback
- £8.99 - Granta.
email to buy or enquire
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Year of
the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Imaginative
dystopian fiction: two women find themselves the sole
survivors after a natural disaster changes the world as we
know it.
Hardback
- £18.99 - Bloomsbury.
email to buy or enquire
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Ordinary
Thunderstorms
by
William Boyd
In the underbelly of London a
young climatologist finds his life rapidly unravelling
after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger.
Hardback-
£18.99 - Bloomsbury.
email to buy or enquire
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The Boy
with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
by Mathias Malzieu
Quirky and dark
Edinburgh-based fairytale, featuring a boy with a
cuckoo-clock heart, which prevents him from having
emotional relationships.
Hardback
- £9.99 - Vintage.
email to buy or enquire
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Anything
Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties
by Lucy Moore
A dazzling, selective history of
1920s America from the media to politics and momentous
events.
Paperback
- £8.99 - Atlantic Books.
email to buy or enquire
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Age of
Wonder by Richard Holmes
Long-awaited
paperback edition of this history of the impact of science
on the Romantics.
Paperback - £9.99 - Harper
Collins.
email to buy or enquire |
Risotto
with Nettles by Anna Del Conte
Renowned food-writer Del Conte's memoir of her life with
all things culinary. Memories and recipes fill this gem of
a book.
Hardback -
£12.99 - Vintage.
email to buy or enquire |
Red Sky at
Night by Jane
Struthers
Jam-packed with long-lost nature-related
customs, instructions, lists and old wives tales. From
brewing your own ale to the life cycles of different
animals.
Lovely
Hardback
- £9.99 - Ebury.
email to buy or enquire |
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The Last
Englishman by Roland Chambers
This biography of
hugely popular 1930's children's author and war
correspondent Arthur Ransome offers an intriguing look
into the writer's double life as spy.
Hardback -
£20 - Faber and Faber.
email to buy or enquire |
Venice:
Pure City by Peter Ackroyd
In the
tradition of "London" and "Thames" comes another
fantastically evocative historical "biography of place" as
Ackroyd brings magical Venice and its colourful
inhabitants to life.
Hardback - £25 -
Vintage.
email to buy or enquire
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A Week in
December by Sebastian Faulks In his latest
novel Faulks masterfully interweaves the lives of seven
individuals over seven days in London. Gripping and
moving.
Hardback
- £18.99 - Arrow Books.
email to buy or enquire |
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Transition
by
Iain Banks
Futuristic and labyrinthine, reminiscent
of '1984', this new novel will not disappoint Banks'
loyal following.
Hardback
- £18.99 - Little Brown Book Group.
email to buy or enquire |
The
Father by Sharon Olds
A collection of poems
in which the poet explores her relationship with her
alcoholic father who died of cancer. SIGNED COPIES in
stock now.
Paperback - £10 - Jonathan Cape.
email to buy or enquire |
The Man
in the Wooden Hat
by Jane Gardam
A witty
companion volume to 'Old Filth' told from the perspective
of Filth's wife Betty.
Hardback -
£14.99 - Vintage.
email to buy or enquire |
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The
Sartorialist by Scott Schumann
Schumann's
brilliant photos of people looking fabulous. Mostly just
passers by out for a stroll or on their bikes around some
chi-chi European city. Great compact format and, who
knows, you might be in it!
Paperback -
£19.99 - Penguin.
email to buy or enquire |
The Hornet's Sting
by Mark Ryan
The true
story of a Danish-born spy whose exploits included
attempting to kill Himmler using a bow and arrow and
refuelling his knackered Hornet Moth aircraft in mid-air
by popping out onto its wing.
Paperback - £10.99 -
Piatkus.
email to buy or enquire |
The People's Train
by
Thomas Keneally
New novel
that gives a very different perspective on the Russian
Revolution as it is based on the life of one of
Lenin's proteges who fleas tsarist Russia for Australia
only to return to assist the revolution in 1917.
Hardback - £17.99 -
Sceptre.
email to buy or enquire |
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This Way
to the Moon by Miroslav Sasek
Another
reissue of one of Czech-born illustrator Miroslav Sasek's
inspired children's books which this time features
his take on the moon landings of 40 years ago.
Hardback - £10.99 -
Universe Publishing Inc.
email to buy or enquire |
The Enemy
by
Charlie Higson
First
stand-alone novel for young readers from the author of the
Young Bond series, set in a world where the adults are
dying out and the kids need to form their own functioning
community. SIGNED COPIES in stock now.
Hardback - £12.99 -
Puffin. email to buy or enquire |
The Bride's Farewell
by
Meg Rosoff
Rosoff's
first venture into C19 historical fiction for the teen
market (but as ever with appeal to adult readers too) sees
her heroine fleeing her home on horseback in search of a
brighter future. SIGNED COPIES in stock now.
Hardback -
£10.99 - Puffin.
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 months (some oldies and some newies)
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*Newly Reissued*
The Shiralee
by D'Arcy Niland
This modern Australian classic has just been
reissued and I think it deserves some recognition as a
fine book on the father/daughter dynamic. Macauley is an
Australian “swagman” – an itinerant worker walking from one
provincial town to another in response to rumours of jobs or
just as the whim takes him. Macauley’s carefree world of hard
work, walking vast distances, fighting in bars and sleeping
under the stars, becomes more complex when in a moment of
revenge against his neglectful and adulterous wife he swipes
their 4-year old daughter Buster and takes her on the road .
A “shiralee” literally means a burden and
throughout the novel Macauley regards himself of having two
burdens to carry – the pack on his back and Buster herself. But
as the two wander rural Australia together a bond gradually
forms and the tough Macauley slowly learns to accept his role as
a father and to love his daughter. (Nic)
Paperback - Penguin -
£8.99 -
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*When Will We Stop Going on About This*
Cause
for Alarm by Eric Ambler
A regular at Mr
B's would have to have the hide of a rhino not to have noticed
that we've been harping on about the 5 reissued Eric Ambler
novels during this summer. Well, here's (perhaps) the final
instalment.
Remember, Ambler
comes recommended as "our best thriller writer" by Graham Greene
and now that we've devoured all five between us, we're in
complete agreement. My enthusiasm has been reignited by reading
"Cause for Alarm". As ever it features a great British
accidental non-hero in Nick Marlowe, an engineer who takes a job
in Milan due to the onset of recession. Marlowe finds himself
dragged into a business environment where corruption is
standard. The leap from frowning at corruption into accidentally
getting involved with issues of international espionage which
are completely beyond him, turns out to be extremely small.
From the
tension-packed prologue to the mammoth and genuinely nailbiting
chase across Northern Italy this really is a vintage thriller
classic.
Paperback
– Penguin - £8.99 -
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 *Caroline's Booker Fave*
Not Untrue and
Not Unkind by Ed O’Loughlin
This novel is told through the
eyes of a journalist working in Africa in the aftermath of the
1994 Rwandan genocide. Travelling with a disparate group of
journalists and photographers, he charts some of the horror and
desolation caused by the conflict. O’Loughlin’s personal
experiences as a war correspondent lend a credible tone to this
account, combining as he does stories of the war with the
interaction between the European journalists and the emotional
turmoil they experience.
Longlisted for the Man
Booker Prize 2009, this first novel is powerful and compelling
(Caroline).
Hardback - Penguin
- £16.99 -
email to buy or enquire
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 *New
from the author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog*
The Gourmet
by
Muriel Barbery.
A short but perfectly formed
novel, with a distinctly French overtone, this book will appeal
to any Francophile foodie.
The premise of the novella
is that an eminent food critic has been told that he only has a
few days left to live. Before he dies, he is desperate to pin
down an elusive flavour he remembers from before his food critic
days. Interspersed with his reminiscences of meat, fish, bread,
whiskey and toast among others are accounts by those around him
– his landlady, a younger food critic, his cook – showing
something of his character as seen by others.
A quirky delight, perfectly
sized for a rainy summer’s evening and guaranteed to whet the
appetite! (Caroline)
Hardback - £9.99
- Gallic Books.
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*New in Paperback*
American Wife
by
Curtis Sittenfeld
This fantastically
engaging mock-autobiography tells the story of Alice Lindgren, a
fictional First Lady (based on Laura Bush) and her marriage to
the charismatic and idiotic President Charlie Blackwell.
As coy Alice
unwittingly finds herself at the centre of political America she
reflects on her unlikely journey to the White House; a journey
on which she is repeatedly forced to evaluate her idealistic
attitude and compromise her own opinions in the glare of the
public eye. A surprising and
pertinent portrait that explores what is a very public
relationship on a more private level. (Kate)
Paperback
- Transworld Publishers
- £7.99 -
email to buy or enquire
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*Mr B's Booker Fave*
Heliopolis by James Scudamore
This booker-prize long-listed novel is the
second from Scudamore and is set in Sao Paulo. Immediately you
expect an atmosphere of overcrowded heat and filth, but it
begins in a slick penthouse that reverberates to the hum of
corporate helicopter landing pads.
Life hasn’t always been like that for Ludo –
he began it as an orphan down in the shanty towns below and
Heliopolis tells the story of how he came to graduate to Sao
Paulo’s other more glamorous world. And how he came to be
sleeping with his adoptive sister whilst her husband’s out at
work!
A real mix of grit
and humourfrom start to finish (with the last paragraph being
perhaps one of the funniest and most bizarre in the entire
book). (Nic)
Paperback
- Vintage -
£12.99 -
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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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Bradford-On-Avon Literary Festival
Each year
Bradford on Avon puts on a wonderful multi-faceted arts and
community festival which Mr B's is proud to be involved with
this year. Grab your tickets NOW to our two author readings
and some of the other fantastic events.
www.theartsfestival.co.uk
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Coming up
19th
September - Sadie Jones and Samantha Harvey
Mr B's presents
two of Britain's most award-nominated young female novelists at
The Bradford on Avon Literary Festival.
Sam Harvey's debut novel "The
Wilderness" brilliantly tackles the subject of Alzheimer's
and, uniquely, is narrated by Jake, a sufferer of the disease.
The novel has already been shortlisted for the Guardian First
Book Award and The Orange Prize and longlisted (keep your
fingers crossed) for The Booker Prize - a remarkable haul for
a first novel.
Sadie Jones returns with
"Small Wars" a powerful emotional novel about the strains on a
marriage between a soldier and his beautiful wife as they move
to Cyprus in 1956 - far from an easy posting as the island is
rocked by violence between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots
seeking the island's union with Greece. Sadie's debut novel
"The Outcast" won the Costa First Novel Award and picked up a
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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
4th September
- Charles Williams - Charles Williams (Lord Williams of
Elvel), a former Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and a
spokesman on financial affairs is coming to speak about his
biography of the great Conservative Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan (1894-1986).
10th
September - Lord Paddy Ashdown - The Theatre Royal and Mr
B's join forces to present Lord Ashdown discussing "A
Fortunate Life", his new memoir of his remarkable life and his
career in domestic and international politics.
18th September - Clare Harman -
Award-winning biographer and Oxford and Columbia University
Professor Claire Harman traces the growth of Jane Austen’s
fame, the changing status of her work and what it has stood
for in "Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World".
8th October -
Michael Palin - Comedy genius, movie star and
travel-presenter extraordinaire introduces his second volume
of diaries covering the 1980s, a period which saw the end of
the Python movie era with "The Meaning of Life" and his
brilliant performance in "A Fish Called Wanda".
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.
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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
14th September – Mark Billingham
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One of the few people capable of combining the careers of
stand-up comedian and crime writing will present his new novel
Bloodline.
5th October
- Jon Stock - Author of espionage novel "Dead Spy Running" - a
modern take on the great spy thrillers with a little in common
with the Jason Bourne novels.
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.
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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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This series is
on its summer break for the moment but watch this space for
details of the autumn series coming 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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Coming Up
We'll keep you
updated with author events going on at local schools once
the new terms start.
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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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SEPTEMBER
QUIRKY QUIZ QUESTION
Question:
Back to school time I'm afraid so we thought we'd have a
"schools in literature" quiz. 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
2) Cutlers Grammar
School
3) Brookfield
4) Hogwarts
5) Dotheboys Hall
6) Penncey Prep
7) Rugby
School
8) St. Custard's
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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Answer to the June Quirky Quiz
Question:
Can you name the
middle book (no-one ever remembers the middle book!) of
some or all of the following great trilogies:
Answers:
1) Cormac
McCarthy's "Border Trilogy" - The Crossing
2) Olivia
Manning's "Balkan Trilogy" - The Spoilt City
3) J R R Tolkien's
"Lord of the Rings" Trilogy - Two Towers
4) Naguib
Mahfouz's "Cairo Trilogy" - Palace of Desire
5) Philip
Pullman's "His Dark Materials" Trilogy - The Subtle
Knife
6) Edna O'Brien's
"Country Girls Trilogy" - The Lonely Girl
7) Miklos Banffy's
"Transylvanian Trilogy" - They Were Found Waiting
A number of fully correct answers were sent in so Vlashka's
snout had to chose the winner and the person whose biscuit she
found first was that belonging to JACQUELINE BURROWS.
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Check out just a few of the great things going on elsewhere around Bath
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Bath Festival of
Children's Literature - 19th to 27th September
If you haven't got
your brochure for this then you need to grab one from Mr B's right
away so you can get booking. For the third year running the festival
is bringing the very best kids' authors in every age range to the
city. Keep an eye out for our Bath Life article listing our top
event tips and STOP PRESS there are a limited number of 2-for-1
ticket offers on some brilliant events when buying in person at Bath
Festivals Box Office or by phone on 01225 463362.
www.bathkidslitfest.co.uk
Jane Austen
Festival - 19th to 27th September
Nine days of
fascinating Austenalia events from how to dress like Jane to how to
have tea like Jane, plus author events and a number of walks and day
trips.
www.janeausten.co.uk
Bradford on Avon
Arts Festival - 19th to 27th September
Two literary events
presented by Mr B's featuring Samantha Harvey and Sadie Jones, a
literary quiz hosted by our friends at Ex Libris and all manner of
talks, walks, exhibitions and get-togethers.
www.theartsfestival.co.uk
Zac Greening
Exhibition
Exhibition of
Devon artist Zac Greening's Wonderful major
exhibition from 5th-28th June. Visit Bath Fine Art's website for
sample images of Zac's abstract nature-inspired work.
www.bathfineart.com
Talking Stone -
Lunchtime Lectures
A series of 5
weekly lectures on stone (from, for example, archaeological,
architectural and conservationist perspectives) beginning on 2nd
September 2009 at the Buildings of Bath Collection, Paragon, Bath.
www.bptlearning.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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