Hungerford Book Shop
Events from this organiser
-
-
Robert Harris talks to Jon Snow about his new novel The Second Sleep
Herongate Club Herongate Club, Charnham Park, Hungerford, United KingdomThe author of twelve bestselling books, Robert Harris never fails to draw a crowd. He will be interviewed about his newly published novel by Channel 4 news presenter Jon Snow. 1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts - coins, fragments [read more...]
£22 – £30 -
Our Man in New York: The British Plot to Bring America into the Second World War – Henry Hemming
Croft Hall Croft Hall, The Croft, Hungerford, United KingdomWe welcome back author Henry Hemming who gave a brilliant talk for the bookshop a couple of uears ago for his hugely popular book, 'M: Maxwell Knght, MI5's Greatest Spymaster'. His new book is the gripping story of a propaganda campaign like no other: the covert British operation to manipulate American public opinion and bring the US into the Second [read more...]
£8 -
Mick Herron in conversation with Dominick Donald
Croft Hall Croft Hall, The Croft, Hungerford, United KingdomThe creator of the comic Jackson Lamb spy thrillers talks to Crime writer Dominck Donald about his hit books, including his new release ‘Joe Country’. 'We're spies,' said Lamb. 'All kinds of outlandish shit goes on.'Like the ringing of a dead man's phone, or an unwelcome guest at a funeral... More detail is available on the link.
£8 -
-
Max Hastings talks about ‘Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943’
Herongate Club Herongate Club, Charnham Park, Hungerford, United KingdomWe welcome back Sir Max Hastings - one the UK's finest military historians. This year he will be talking about his brand new history of the Dambuster's raid. Operation Chastise, the destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams in north-west Germany by the RAF's 617 Squadron on the night of 16/17 May 1943, was an epic that has passed into [read more...]
£8 -
-
Little Book Jamboree
Hungerford Book Shop Rose of Hungerford, Canal Walk, Hungerford, United KingdomTo celebrate World Book Day earlier in the week we are holding a day of events and activities for children. We'll have a book hunt throughout the town, a children's book swap (a great opportunity to refresh their book shelves for free), activities in the library/hub and authors reading from their books - see below for timetable. We are encouraging [read more...]
£5 -
Clover Stroud talks to Sarah Langford about ‘My Wild & Sleepless Nights: A Mother’s Story’
Hungerford Town Hall High Street,, Hungerford, Berkshire, United KingdomMother to five children, Clover Stroud has navigated family life across two decades, both losing and finding herself. In her touching, provocative and profoundly insightful book, she captures a sense of what motherhood really feels like - how intense, sensuous, joyful, boring, profound and dark it can be. My Wild and Sleepless Nights examines what it means to be a [read more...]
£8 -
The Ninth Cross: Local author J. Karst in the bookshop
Hungerford Book Shop Rose of Hungerford, Canal Walk, Hungerford, United KingdomLocal author Jana Little who writes under the name J. Kast will be in the Hungerford Bookshop to tell us about her new novel The Ninth Cross which was inspired by true events. Not all murderers die and rot in the grave: some weave their ghostly ruin through the ages. In the UK, young brides are dropping dead at the [read more...]
£5 -
-
Crucible of Hell: Okinawa the Last Great Battle of the Second World War
Croft Hall Croft Hall, The Croft, Hungerford, United KingdomFrom award-winning historian Saul David, an action-packed and powerful new narrative of the Battle of Okinawa - the last great clash of the Second World War, and one that had profound consequences for the modern world. For eighty-three blood-soaked days, the fighting on the island of Okinawa plumbed depths of savagery as bad as anything seen on the Eastern Front. [read more...]
£8