Saturday, 29 November has three events to interest and inspire Taunton Lit Fest fans. Fantasy author Angie Sage is reading from her new novel, Pathfinder, at Taunton Library, with a tale of sorcery and ancient tribes. Set on the Isle of Man, Chris Ewan’s Dark Tides offers a chilling blend of mystery and murder –…
Jeremy Brown/Jeremy Harvey 7.00 pm £5.00 at Brendon Books, Bath Place, Taunton An education debate between Jeremy Browne MP and Jeremy Harvey using as a basis for discussion the ideas of economic liberalism explored in Jeremy Browne’s recent book, Race Plan. Jeremy Browne, who is MP for Taunton Deane, spent just over three years as a government minister following the…
Matthew Parker, Goldeneye Friday 28th November 6:30pm £6.50 at Richard Huish College, South Rd, Taunton, TA1 3DZ From 1946 until the end of his life, Ian Fleming lived for two months of every year at Goldeneye – the house he built on a point of high land overlooking a small white sand beach on Jamaica’s north coast. All…
Taunton Literary Festival 2014 7-29 November John Sutherland at the Taunton Literary Festival 2014 John Sutherland is an Emeritus Professor of English Literature at University College London, newspaper columnist who writes regularly in The Guardian newspaper and author with eighteen published books. John will be talking about his latest work How to be Well Read…
“Friday, 21 November has a couple of evening events to get the weekend started at Taunton Literary Festival. At 6pm, Brendon Books, in Bath Place is hosting a meet the author session with Robert Kershaw and his book, which offers a fresh insight into the battle of Waterloo. If you feel like taking part…
At Brendon Books, Bath Place, on Thursday 20 November, visitors to Taunton Literature Festival will be able to hear about one of the first women of the skies, when Jackie Moggridge’s daughter tells the tale of her daring wartime pilot, mother in her book, Spitfire Girl. There’s always time for a bit of art at…
Monday 24th November sees the story of the Somerset Floods and the latest novel from Sinead Gillespie in two events at Brendon Books, Bath Place – book your tickets now. 6.00 Matilda Temperley, Under the Surface; Somerset Floods £6.50 Just before Christmas 2013 fields across the Somerset Levels began to flood. This has happened countless…
Join Katherine Reynolds at the Taunton Library where she discusses her book, Under The Rainbow. 11.00 Katherine Reynolds, Under the Rainbow Free Event at Taunton Library, Paul St, Taunton ‘Red Tabby sat in the twilight, gazing across the familiar valley to the far hills. It was here that she and Dylan had always taken…
Gain a fascinating insight into the world of publishing. Join Brambleby Books on at Brendon Books. 6.00 pm Brambleby Books, How To Grow a Publishing House from Seed £5.00 at Brendon Books, Bath Place, Taunton The company was founded in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England in late 2002 by two professional biologists, Drs Hugh and Nicola Loxdale,…
There’s nothing like passion, especially where poetry is concerned, so when Graham Fawcett offers a lecture about Seamus Heaney’s lifelong work, it’s bound to be exhilarating. Join him on17th November at Brendon Books. 7.00 pm Graham Fawcett on Seamus Heaney £10.00 – Brendon Books, Bath Place, Taunton After recent successes at…
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