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SUMMARY:CANCELLED An evening with the Wight Nature Fund (part of the IW Biosphere Festival)
DESCRIPTION:The Wight Nature Fund have had to cancel this event. We apologise for any inconvenience. \nThe evening will begin with an introduction to WNF and its current focus\, Mill Copse\, a beautiful site just south of Yarmouth and the only land presently under the charity’s care. You’ll then hear about traditional hedge laying and the Isle of Wight Tree Warden Network\, highlighting the importance of practical conservation skills and community involvement. \nAfter a short interlude\, we will showcase WNF’s publications\, including Yarmouth and Shalfleet: Coastal Town and Country Parish\, as well as a preview of an exciting new book in progress exploring the trees of the Isle of Wight. \nWith musical interludes throughout\, the evening will conclude with an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about how you can support local conservation efforts. \nWhether you’re passionate about wildlife\, interested in local history\, or simply curious about the natural environment around you\, this promises to be an inspiring and informative event. \nWelcome to Wight Nature Fund \n \nhttps://iwbiosphere.org/biospherefestival
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/an-evening-with-the-wight-nature-fund-part-of-the-iw-biosphere-festival
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260629T190000
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SUMMARY:Lucy Lapwing author talk 'Love is a Toad'. Part of the IOW Biosphere Festival NOW AT ISLAND SAILING CLUB
DESCRIPTION:Due to popular demand this event will now be held at the Island Sailing Club\, just over the road from the bookshop. \nMost of us love nature; it’s a great source of fascination\, comfort and awe. But we’re living in a time of great loss\, witnessing decline of biodiversity all around us. \nIn her talk\, Lucy will explore this two sided coin\, exploring our relationship with the natural world\, along with plenty of nerdy wildlife encounters. \nLove is a Toad \nNature makes us feel things. It sparks awe\, curiosity and a sense of beauty and community. But as wildlife around us declines and disappears\, murkier feelings rise up: guilt\, detachment and fear for nature’s plight. For many years\, Lucy Lapwing wrestled with these tangled emotions. So\, in an attempt to make sense of this dance between joy and grief\, she decided to go on a journey. \nIn Love Is a Toad\, Lucy traverses meadows\, bogs and hedgerows with her fellow nature enthusiasts\, where she digs down into our relationship with the natural world. Over the course of a year\, she meets bucketfuls of wildlife – Blackbird and Oak\, slugs and puffballs\, waterlilies\, Dung Beetles and toads – as she roams across the UK. \nFrom a river swim to wanders through woodlands\, with every journey\, Lucy explores how nature makes us feel\, from wild grief and anger through to soaring joy and indefatigable hope. At once a celebration and an invitation to reflect\, Love Is a Toad prods and pokes at our connection to the natural world\, exploring its complexity in all its muddiness\, messiness and wonder. \n‘Tender\, connected and considered’ – Chris Packham\n‘Luminous’ – Freya Bromley\n‘Extraordinary’ – Dr Amir Kahn\n‘Uplifting\, defiant\, galvanising’ – Sophie Pavelle\n‘A tender\, rambunctious song of undilutable adoration’ – Amy-Jane Beer
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/lucy-lapwing-author-talk-love-is-a-toad-part-of-the-iow-biosphere-festival
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260619T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260619T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening In The Company of Amy Jeffs
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Amy Jeffs is an author\, artist\, and medievalist whose work delves deeply into the art and culture of the Middle Ages. She completed her PhD in Art History at the University of Cambridge\, where she co-convened a research project on medieval pilgrim souvenirs in collaboration with the British Museum and also worked extensively with the manuscript collection of the British Library. \nNow based in Somerset\, Jeffs brings her scholarship to life through a unique fusion of words and images\, illustrating her own books with linocuts\, wood engravings\, and paper cut-outs. Her debut\, Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain\, became a Sunday Times bestseller\, was shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year\, and was named a Times Historical Fiction Book of the Year. \nHer second book\, Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain\, explores ancient conceptions of wilderness through medieval tales of exile\, monsters\, and the natural world. This was followed by Saints: Legends of Heroes\, Humans and Magic\, and most recently Old Songs\, a collection that reimagines fairy tales and reawakens shadowed descendants of Greek myths and biblical stories. Featuring figures such as Tam Lin\, Child Wynd\, and Maisery\, Old Songs weaves a vivid tapestry of Britain’s landscape\, history\, and culture. \nAcross its pages\, elf queens abduct poets at the foot of hills we can still climb today; rivers of blood run beneath their worlds. In a forest of Northumberland\, beneath a tree whose lineage endures\, a girl gently mimes the act of combing a dragon’s bald head—a creature who was once her brother. (The author will be performing these songs with her band ‘Soft Lap’ the previous night also at Medina Bookshop).
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/an-evening-in-the-company-of-amy-jeffs
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening Of Old Songs Sung By 'Soft Lap'
DESCRIPTION:‘I have fallen so completely in love with this book… just one of the finest\, most covetable things around’ Katherine Rundell \nBest-selling historian and author Amy Jeffs\, musician Natalie Brice and illustrator Gwen Burns have created Old Songs\, a reimagining of ten traditional British ballads. Each artist applied her primary trade: word\, music and image respectively\, but each also influenced the others’ work. \nIn this live performance\, Amy will offer historical insights and readings from the stories\, while Gwen will showcase animations created from the illustrations and Natalie will lead them both in mesmerising sung renditions of the earliest known melodies of the ballads themselves. Old Songs fuses short stories\, histories\, lyrics and illustrations in an enthralling reimagining of traditional folk ballads. Sunday Times Bestselling historian Amy Jeffs and Illustrator Gwen Burns combine forces to create a rich compendium\, singing of travel\, mystery\, magic and the essential urges of humanity. \nFeaturing iterations of fairy tales and sinister descendants of Greek myths and bible stories\, as well as a cast of lesser-known characters with names like Tam Lim\, Child Wynd and Maisery\, Old Songs threads a tapestry of Britain’s landscape\, history and cultures. At the base of hills we can visit to this day\, elf queens kidnap hapless poets and carry them through rivers of blood; and at the foot of a tree whose offspring still stand in the forests of Northumberland\, a girl mimes combing the hairless head of a dragon who was once her brother. \nDr Amy Jeffs is an author\, artist and medievalist. During her PhD in Art History at the University of Cambridge\, she co-convened a project researching medieval badges and pilgrim souvenirs at the British Museum. She then worked in the British Library’s department of Ancient\, Medieval and Early Modern manuscripts. Now a Somerset-based author\, she illustrates her books with print and paper cutout. Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain was published in 2021. It was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Waterstones Book of the Month\, as well as being shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain was published in 2022. Its audiobook\, illustrated with 7 original songs\, was named Audiobook of the Week by the Guardian and the Times.  \nAmy will be discussing her work with Bookshop manager Paul Armfield on the following night Friday 19th.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/an-evening-of-old-songs-sung-by-soft-lap
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260602T190000
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SUMMARY:'IT ENDS HERE' author talk with Heidi Perks
DESCRIPTION:In this locked-room thriller\, a peaceful marina town becomes the scene of a terrifying hostage situation when five strangers are trapped inside a café at gunpoint. Outside\, their loved ones receive the worst phone call imaginable: someone they care about is in danger. As the hours tick by and tensions rise\, it becomes clear that one of the five is hiding a secret they would kill to keep. With its evocative island setting and mounting suspense\, It Ends Here brings the drama chillingly close to home. \nHeidi Perks is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Now You See Her—a Richard and Judy Book Club pick—as well as the acclaimed thrillers Come Back for Me\, Three Perfect Liars\, The Other Guest and The Whispers. Known for her brilliantly constructed plots and her sharp insight into the darker side of human relationships\, Heidi has become one of the UK’s most compelling voices in psychological suspense. \nDuring the evening\, Heidi will talk about the inspiration behind It Ends Here\, why she chose the Isle of Wight as the setting for this gripping story\, and how she crafts the twists and secrets that keep readers turning the pages. The event will include an audience Q&A and the opportunity to have books signed. \nWhether you’re already a fan or simply love an unputdownable thriller\, join us for a fascinating evening with a bestselling author whose latest novel brings high-stakes suspense to the Isle of Wight. \n‘Original and twisty. I was gripped from the very first page.’ \nCLAIRE DOUGLAS \n‘A multi-layered\, hugely intriguing story with jump off the page characters – I couldn’t stop turning the pages to find out \nwhat was going on\, loved it!’\nANDREA MARA \n‘Packed with secrets\, twists\, and smart reveals\, this pulse-pounding thriller kept me guessing until the final page’ \nLUCY CLARKE \n‘An intense\, immersive thriller filled with enough secrets and lies to keep you guessing right to the very end’ \nTM LOGAN \n‘I loved this book. A human story with believable characters and no gratuitous gore. Just my cup of tea.’ \nJANE CORRY\n‘Tense\, twisty and unputdownable’\nASIA MACKAY \n‘A refreshing take on the ‘whodunnit’. Emotional\, tense and twisty\, as we’ve come to expect from the brilliant Heidi Perks. \nThis is definitely her best yet. An absolute must-read!’ \nCAZ FREAR \n‘Perks combines taut suspense with an extraordinary understanding of human nature and high-stakes relationships. Every\npage tightens the grip on an utterly propulsive plot … immersive\, insightful\, and impossible to put down. I was hooked from \nthe very first page!’\nAMANDA CASSIDY \n‘A gripping exploration of how well we know the people we love.’ \nKELLY MULLEN \n‘Compulsive and gripping\, brilliantly constructed. Heidi Perks is at the top of her game’ \nSABINE DURRANT
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/it-ends-here-author-talk-with-heidi-perks
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Book Launch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260529T190000
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DTSTAMP:20260429T152504Z
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SUMMARY:‘Fault Lines: 25 Unsettling Stories by 5 Island Writers’ In Conversation: Collaboration and the Sustained Short Story
DESCRIPTION:Structured around the themes of betrayal\, envy\, greed\, guilt and secrets\, Fault Lines explores\nthe hidden fractures in human nature through stories that move from the lyrical to the surreal\,\nthe psychological to the speculative.\nChaired by Jean G-Owen of Naked Figleaf Press | Figmentum Books\, the conversation brings\ntogether all five contributors—Ian Caro\, Emily Gillatt-Ball\, Jean G-Owen\, Crispin Keith and\nHillard Morley—to discuss the creative process behind the collection\, the art of collaboration\nand the idea of the sustained short story: how individual stories can accumulate into a larger\nemotional and thematic architecture.\nThe evening will include readings from the collection\, Q&A\, and a book signing. Books will\nbe available to purchase on the night.\nPerfect for readers\, writers and anyone fascinated by the power and possibilities of the short\nstory form.\nhttps://www.nakedfigleafpress.com/figmentum/faultlines
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/fault-lines-25-unsettling-stories-by-5-island-writers-in-conversation-collaboration-and-the-sustained-short-story
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T210000
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SUMMARY:'The World of EH Shepard' talk by James Campbell
DESCRIPTION:James Campbell has been involved with the world of E H Shepard\, best known for his illustrations of the children’s classics Winnie-the-Pooh and The Wind in the Willows\, for more than 25 years\, and over that time has become increasingly knowledgeable about E H Shepard’s life and work.  His first book\, ‘Shepard’s War’\, was runner-up for Military History book of the year in 2015\, followed by ’The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh’ in 2017 which accompanied a worldwide exhibition celebrating the 90th anniversary of original publication.  In 2025 he published a joint biography of A A Milne and E H Shepard\, which was widely reviewed – even on BBC Radio 4’s flagship ’Today’ programme.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/the-world-of-eh-shepard-talk-by-james-campbell
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T210000
DTSTAMP:20260324T154923Z
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SUMMARY:'Why Women of a Certain Age Make The Best Characters' Kate Weston in conversation with Julia Tuffs and Amy Beashel
DESCRIPTION:Julia Tuffs and Amy Beashel are two very different authors writing in two very different genres with two very different female leads.\nWhat binds these fictional and non-fictional women?\nSimple: they’re middle aged and verging on mad.  \nIs it a coincidence that both authors wrote teen fiction before writing mid-life fiction? What makes middle-aged women such interesting characters? Are middle-aged women actually mad\, or is it that by the time they reach 45\, they’re no longer prepared to put up with the same old same old and are instead determined to bring about real-life change? \nThese and other questions will be posed by Kate Weston and then chewed over by all three authors with welcome contributions from the audience.  \nJULIA TUFFS\nHaving worked in TV for six years before re-training as a primary school teacher\, and via all compass points of London and the Isle of Wight\, Julia now lives in Teddington. She aims to write the kinds of books that will have people laughing out loud – and crying – on their commute. Her two ‘Hexed’ novels for young adults both won awards. Uproariously funny and deeply human\, her latest novel ’45 Things To Do Before You’re 45′ is an all-too relatable story of what it means to be alive and how much living we all still have to do. In the hope of re-discovering her sense of self\, the central character Charlie begins writing a list: 45 things to do before she’s 45. Eat an oyster\, Take up parkour\, Read War and Peace\, Take ecstasy\, Try stand-up comedy\, Go to a sex club. Determined to complete them all\, she embarks on a chaotic odyssey through her own spectacular midlife crisis\, challenging herself to become the person she wants to be. But what happens if we’re not that person? How do we learn to let them go? Or does something else have to give? \nAMY BEASHEL\nAmy lives in Shropshire with her husband and two kids. Her debut novel ‘The Sky is Mine’ was nominated for a CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021\, longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2021 and shortlisted for the Bristol Teen Book Award 2020. Incidentally\, she is also officially the fastest woman in the world on a space hopper. Her latest novel ‘Bad Manners’ is a fierce and addictive read about lust and power\, the love we want versus the love we take\, and the tinderbox secrets that hide so well in the heart of families: ‘A nuanced exploration of the deep rooted misogyny that underscores society and the effect it has on women and girls’. \nKATE WESTON\nLondon based author Kate is a former stand-up comedian. The author of four YA books\, as well as her adult comedy murder mysteries ‘You May Now Kill The Bride’ and ‘How to Make a Killing’. Her YA feminist thriller\, ‘Murder on a School Night’\, was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2024 and its sequel ‘Murder on a Summer Break’ was shortlisted for a CrimeFest award.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/why-women-of-a-certain-age-make-the-best-characters-kate-weston-in-conversation-with-julia-tuffs-and-amy-beashel
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260103T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260103T210000
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SUMMARY:An Evening Of Stories And Songs With JC Carroll Of Legendary Punk Group The Members
DESCRIPTION:Quitting his job as a bank clerk to become a member of the\, erm\, Members\, co-authoring their early hits Solitary Confinement and Sound Of The Suburbs\, JC’s career has followed a remarkable trajectory. As well as a life in music working with legends such as Graham Parker\, Johnny Thunders and film composer Michael Kamen\, he also set up the iconic London boutique ‘The Dispensary’ selling his own designs and becoming a gathering place for the early acid house scene. Described by Ian Hislop as ‘the TS Eliot of Punk’ JC now tours and records regularly as frontman of the Members and has recently published his brilliant autobiography ‘(Still) Annoying The Neighbours’.\nCome and join us as JC holds court with a mixture of chat\, readings and song followed by an audience Q&A.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/an-evening-of-stories-and-songs-with-jc-carroll-of-legendary-punk-group-the-members
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Music
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251126T210000
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SUMMARY:'Never Had a Dad: Adventures in Fatherlessness'\, Author talk by Georgie Codd
DESCRIPTION:Georgie Codd grew up without knowing her dad. But in 2018\, a stranger’s practical joke inspired her to embark on a weird\, one-off mission like no other. Aged 31\, she started advertising (or ‘dadvertising’) in newspapers and magazines\, on an international search for her perfect father figure. \nDescribed by the Times as a ‘dating quest with a difference’\, Codd’s latest book ‘Never Had a Dad’ (William Collins\, 2024) tells the remarkable story of what happened next\, and is already under option for a TV series. \nCome along for an unusual evening of twists\, turns\, daughters and dads in Codd’s first storytelling trip to the island. \n‘A strange\, touching but often very funny account of one woman’s search for a father figure’ – Daily Mail \n‘Georgie’s the type of person who gets very creative when she tries to solve a problem’ – This American Life \n‘A tale of fathers\, daughters and missing pieces’ – BBC World Service \n‘So interesting\, so funny\, so moving… I am raving about it to people’ – Katherine Angel\, ‘Daddy Issues’ \n‘What a wonderful idea and what a wonderful project… Everybody needs to get hold of a copy of this book’ – Jo Good\, BBC Radio London \n‘I was riveted… [Georgie’s] writing voice is completely extraordinary’ – Sophie Lewis\, ‘Enemy Feminisms’ \n‘An exploration of what family actually means\, delivered with enough humour to make you forget you’re learning something deep’ – Chelsey Flood\, Overthink Tank \n‘I’ll be very interested to hear how this goes’ – New Scientist \n‘I’m feeling a wee bit uncomfortable’ – Herald Scotland
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/never-had-a-dad-adventures-in-fatherlessness-author-talk-by-georgie-codd
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening With Larry Lamb (at Island Sailing Club)
DESCRIPTION:London\, Thursday 8th May 2025: Larry Lamb has today announced a UK book tour that sees him travel from Billericay in Essex to Barry Island in South Wales\, in support of his debut novel\, All Wrapped Up.\nThe extensive tour itinerary gives a nod to Larry’s much-loved alter-ego\, Mick Shipman\, from acclaimed sitcom Gavin & Stacey\, and will include festival appearances\, book signings and ‘audience with’ events across the UK.\nLarry’s novel\, All Wrapped Up is set amidst political turmoil on a Caribbean island. It follows the story of Killian Wilde\, the first assistant director\, who is determined to see his film through – if the chaos doesn’t consume them first. Between managing an impossible lead actor\, navigating power struggles on and off set\, and a crew member vanishing under mysterious circumstances\, the production is at risk of falling apart.\nBlending sharp dialogue\, rich behind-the-scenes detail\, and the grit of a top-notch crew\, All Wrapped Up is a compelling portrait of a non-blockbuster filmmaking under fire – where the real battle isn’t just on screen.\nInformed by his years of experience in film and television\, Larry Lamb gives an inside look at the industry; the trials\, tribulations\, and hard-won successes of producing a piece of cinema.\nLarry Lamb said: “For the past 17 years\, it’s been such an honour to play the ever-popular Mick Shipman\,\nGavin’s dad. Fans of the show often ask me what it’s like to work on a TV or film set – and I hope that my novel gives them a glimpse into that world.” \nLarry Lamb is a storyteller like no other. Some of my fondest memories of being on theset of Gavin and Stacey were listening to Larry tell incredible stories.” – James Corden \n“Hooray\, at last\, an insight into the unsung hero\, at the helm of making filming magic. This intriguing story illuminates the tightrope day-to-day tasks of a 1st assistant director and the crew\, on and off a film set – that has never been touched on before. Mr Lamb pulls no punches. It is speedy\, sexy and amusingly truthful. I loved it.” – Celia Imrie
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/an-evening-with-larry-lamb-at-island-sailing-club
LOCATION:Island Sailing Club\, 70 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Book Launch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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SUMMARY:Dickens And The Detectives SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Tickets for this event are now sold out\, please contact the store to be added to the reserved list\nJoin authors Angela Buckley and Lucinda Hawksley for a special event looking at Victorian detective stories\, from real-life mysteries to those created by Charles Dickens (Lucinda’s great great great grandfather). The talk will explore the legendary author’s fascination with detectives and their sleuthing adventures\, as well as the real-life investigators and crime cases that inspired both his fiction and journalism.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/dickens-and-the-detectives
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250821T180000
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SUMMARY:'THE LAST GREAT EVENT' Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:The 1970 Festival was a record-breaking event. It spanned five days and nights with an audience widely reported to have reached 600\,000. For the first time\, Ray Foulk delves into contemporary reports\, revealing the arguments that raged at both local and national level. His inside story concludes with the parliamentary battle to stop the Island event and the attempt to ban all open air festivals nationwide. \n“If you were one of the half a million music fans who made their way like raggle-taggle gypsies to the Isle of Wight 1970 then you will absolutely love this backstage look at a great moment in rock history.” Ray Connolly\,  Daily Mail
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/the-last-great-event-book-launch
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Book Launch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250714T183000
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SUMMARY:'Victory in Australia: the Remarkable Story of England's Greatest Ashes Triumph 1954-55'\, Author talk by Richard Whitehead
DESCRIPTION:The Ashes series of 1954–55 marked a watershed moment in the history of English cricket. Under the leadership of Len Hutton\, the national team’s first professional captain\, one of the greatest\ngroup of players ever to represent England won an Ashes series in Australia for the first time in more than 20 years. It is a feat that has been repeated only four times in more than 70 years since. But Hutton’s men had to overcome the additional obstacle of losing heavily in the first Test – only one England team has managed to win an overseas Ashes series after such a monumental setback. \nThe names of the cricketers who locked horns in 1954–55 resonate down the decades – Hutton’s team included Denis Compton\, Frank Tyson\, Brian Statham\, Trevor Bailey\, Godfrey Evans\, Peter May and Colin Cowdrey. Among their Australian opponents were Ray Lindwall\, Keith Miller\, Neil Harvey and Richie Benaud. In the 1950s\, these players were not just elite sportsmen\, they were household names. \nAn Ashes series for the ages is brought thrillingly to life in this momentous slice of sporting and social history. \nRichard Whitehead worked in newspapers for nearly 40 years\, spending 21 of them in a variety of senior roles at The Times\, including spells in the sport\, books and obituaries sections. He has been writing obituaries for Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack since 2012. His previous books include The Cup: a Pictorial Celebration of the World’s Greatest Football Tournament\, The Times on the Ashes and Warne in Wisden. \nMonday 14th July 6.30pm\nTickets £5 (refundable on the purchase of the book) \n‘Elegant and evocative … the definitive word on England’s most astonishing Ashes tour ever’ – Matthew Engel \n‘A wonderfully full-bodied account\, alert to every human and social as well as cricketing nuance’ – David Kynaston \n‘A masterpiece of research and narrative skill’ – Leo McKinstry \n‘An outstanding addition to cricket’s literature … Richard Whitehead marvellously recreates one of the great tours of the 20th century’ – Duncan Hamilton
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/victory-in-australia-the-remarkable-story-of-englands-greatest-ashes-triumph-1954-55-author-talk-by-richard-whitehead
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Book Launch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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SUMMARY:Pages\, Plots and Publishing- A Panel of Local Authors
DESCRIPTION:Katie Daysh is an author of queer historical fiction\, focusing on the lives of men in the 19th century Royal Navy. Her Age of Sail series follows the lives and careers of Hiram Nightingale and Arthur Courtney. The first book\, Leeward\, was a Times Historical Novel of the Year 2023 and was shortlisted for the 2024 HWA Debut Crown Awards. She was born on the Isle of Wight and lives there.\nMary Grand is a bestselling author of murder mysteries set in the present time but in the style of classic whodunits. These are set on the Isle of Wight where she lives and writes\, and include a series featuring amateur detective Susan Flynn. Mary’s writing career started with three self-published novels starting with Free to be Tegan\, set in Wales where Mary was born and grew up.\nKathryn Rossati is a poet and author of young adult and children’s books\, including her latest release\, Naturally Nic/k\, out through the independent publisher Book Guild. She is neurodivergent and has hypermobility spectrum disorder. She lives on the Isle of Wight and is often found daydreaming or receiving ‘constructive’ criticism from her boisterous parrot and chatterbox budgie.\nAnna Britton is the author of Shot in the Dark and Close to the Edge\, part of her traditionally published crime series starring Gabe Martin and Juliet Stern. She also self-publishes under the name Annie Bennet\, focusing on cosy romance and fantasy. Something New\, the first in the Isle of Doughnut series\, is her first self-published novel.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/pages-plots-and-publishing-a-panel-of-local-authors
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250704T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250704T210000
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SUMMARY:Figlet 4 Book Launch SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT\nThis edition explores the theme “Feast or Famine” — and the evening promises a rich serving of spoken word performances from some of the island’s most exciting voices\, plus live music—and a chance to get your hands on the brand-new edition hot off the press.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/figlet-4-book-launch
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Book Launch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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SUMMARY:'The Restless Coast' talk with author Roger Morgan-Grenville £5
DESCRIPTION:The island of Britain has over 10\,000 miles of coastline\, steeped in history and constantly shifting\, changing\, adapting and providing. The Restless Coast is a moving and beautiful account of a journey around it\, during which the author travels its length to discover its challenges and opportunities\, and to talk to the people trying to protect it. At once delightful travelogue and passionate defence\, The Restless Coast shines a powerful spotlight into the thin line that surrounds us\, and defines our status as islanders. \nOverarching the journey is the extraordinary natural history of the coastline\, together with the story of how man has imprinted himself on its very geology and shape for countless centuries. Into the account\, Roger Morgan-Grenville threads the modern challenges that the shoreline faces\, and the people who are trying to protect it. At once informative\, angry and funny\, The Restless Coast is a very personal love letter to our island edge.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/the-restless-coast-talk-with-author-roger-morgan-grenville-5
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Book Launch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250427T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250427T210000
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SUMMARY:An Evening In The Company Of Marnie Riches
DESCRIPTION:When Gill Swanley decides to take up gardening to fight a midlife malaise\, she never expected it to become quite such a dangerous hobby.\nPushing herself to ‘get out there’\, Gill picks herself up the secateurs and joins the Bromley Botanists. Here she finds a seven-strong group whose main agenda is how to win the coveted Golden Trowel for best community club of the year.\nBut when a dead body turns up in the community greenhouse\, they suddenly have more serious matters to consider than victory. They must uncover whether their arch-rivals\, Croydon\, are taking things to another level or whether someone more dangerous is targeting their rag tag group.\nCan they dig up the truth before someone else is left pushing up the daisies? \nMarnie Riches grew up on a rough estate in north Manchester. Exchanging the spires of nearby Strangeways prison for those of Cambridge University\, she gained a Masters in German & Dutch. She has been a punk\, a trainee rock star\, a pretend artist and professional fundraiser. Aside from literary pursuits\, gardening is her passion.\nMarnie’s award-winning crime-thriller debut\, The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die\, is ten years old this spring\, and in that decade she has become a bestselling contributor to the genre\, with four critically acclaimed series and hundreds of thousands of books sold in the UK alone. The Gardeners’ Club – a must-read for Richard Osman fans – may be Marnie’s twelfth murder mystery\, but it is her first foray into cosy crime…with a horticultural twist!\nWhen she isn’t writing about murder most foul\, Marnie teaches academic writing for the Royal Literary Fund. She has been a course tutor and supervisor for Cambridge University’s Masters in crime- and thriller-writing. She teaches crime-writing for New Writing North and has also taught the Faber Novel Writing Course. She pens historical romance under the pseudonym\, Maggie Campbell.\nwww.marnieriches.com
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/an-evening-in-the-company-of-marnie-riches
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Book Launch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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SUMMARY:'Wild Seas\, Wilder Cities' Book Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:Wild Seas\, Wilder Cities takes an upbeat look at the small changes that ordinary people are making which add up to create a healthier\, happier and more sustainable world. Many talented writers and poets have contributed and many different tales are told. The launch is an opportunity to mix with fellow readers\, authors and poets\, and to learn more about what’s happening on the Isle of Wight\, in the Solent and across the water.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/wild-seas-wilder-cities-book-launch-event
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Book Launch,Fundraiser
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250411T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250411T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening Of Conversation And Music With Ian A Anderson
DESCRIPTION:Ian A. Anderson – no\, not that one! – began his solo musical career in the mid 1960s\, heavily influenced by old country blues players\, before taking a left-swerve in the early ’70s into what nowadays gets called ‘psych folk’\, with a trio of songwriter/ guitarist albums for the pioneering and now highly collectable independent label Village Thing.\nHe eventually settled into a personal – and notably English – style\, drawing from traditional folk\, blues\, old-time and world roots musics\, making some dozen albums by the end of the 1980s with groups Hot Vultures (with Maggie Holland)\, the English Country Blues Band and Tiger Moth. Then after a break from live performances in the 1990s he returned to stages and recording this century\, with the trio Blue Blokes 3 (with PiL’s Lu Edmonds and 3 Mustaphas 3’s Ben Mandelson)\, the duo The False Beards (again with Mandelson)\, a re-union tour by Hot Vultures in 2016 and a very effective double-header partnership with Northumbrian traditional music master Alistair Anderson as Not The Anderson Twins.\nOver the years he’s appeared in multiple guises at most of the UK’s important folk/roots venues and festivals (from the very first Glastonbury to Cambridge\, Sidmouth\, Shrewsbury\, WOMAD and many more). Since 2017\, he’s been enjoying performing and recording solo again\, with repertoire and tales drawn from across those sixty years of experience.\nTwo recent well-received compilation CDs – Onwards! and Onwards Vol 2: A Crown Of Crows (on Ghosts From The Basement) – range over his entire recording career\, and all his early solo albums were re-issued as the 4-CD boxed set Please Re-adjust Your Time by Cherry Red in 2021.\nHe now lives in Cambridge\, from where he also produces and presents the long-running Podwireless podcast – covering “the world of folk\, roots music and associated weirdos.”\nIan received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Folk Alliance International in 2019\, the Gold Badge Award of the English Folk Dance & Song Society in 2015 and the Womex Award in 2010.\nHis long-awaited book ALIEN WATER: Six Decades Paddling In Unpopular Music is published by Ghosts From The Basement in 2025.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/an-evening-of-conversation-and-music-with-ian-a-anderson
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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SUMMARY:'A Victorian Christmas' with Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the holiday like a Victorian with authentic dishes and customs beloved by all\, from the working classes to the royal family. \nIn 1843\, while Dickens was inventing the Christmas ghost story\, a London civil servant commissioned the first Christmas card and Windsor Castle displayed artificial Christmas trees and served turkeys for Christmas dinner. During the next five years\, the first recipe for Christmas pudding appeared\, Christmas crackers debuted\, and a London newspaper showcased Christmas trees to the world. \nHawksley explores these customs and more so you can experience the season authentically to period. Feast on Roast Goose with Sage and Onion Stuffing\, Brussels Sprouts on Buttered Toast\, and Christmas Cake while sipping a Cratchit Christmas Twist or Smoking Bishop Punch. Craft Golden Walnuts\, Kissing Bunches\, and Pomanders. Play board games such as Balderdash and Pachisi or parlor games including Charades and Snapdragon. Take a Christmas swim or sing “Christmastide” by Christina Rossetti. Meticulously researched\, this festive collection will make your yuletide merry.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/a-victorian-christmas-with-lucinda-dickens-hawksley
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241119T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241119T210000
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SUMMARY:The Triple Crones Presents...Performance & Book Launch (new date 19th November)
DESCRIPTION:Ajeana\, Crone of Rural Spaces welcomes you to her Cronewood lairwith tales of big bad wolves and arachnophobic women. In her other guise\, Jean G-Owen is a writer and publisher at Naked Figleaf Press. Her poetry collection Bites of Love: Poems & Images was published in 2023. \nCass\, Crone of the Sea\, surges from the great sea swell with tales of oyster festivals and warnings to maidens. In her other guise\, Sandy Kealty had been writing and performing on IOW for over twenty years. She has published The Mermaid is Unimpressed and The Mermaid Rides Again. \nFlamenco\, Crone of Urban Spaces\, rises phoenix-like to bring colour\, carnival and comedy to the Cronedom. In her other guise\, Cheryl May writes comedy scripts published by Lazy Bee Scripts. She has recently published her debut poetry collection\, Not Just Desserts. \nHolly Medland Lees is a storyteller from IOW with a keen interest in medieval and local history. She loves stories of the sea and tales with a twist. She’ll be telling two tales of Middle Age wily women who both have a point to prove. \nTina Goode started her musical life in early childhood. In recent years she sings and plays with IOW folk trio Second Time Around. On rare occasions\, Tina enjoys solo performances\, and will be bringing her beautiful sounds to the Cronedom.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/the-triple-crones-presents-performance-book-launch
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Book Launch,Music
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241007T203000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED 'The Wihtwara Dynasty. The complete saga.' talk by Jan Harper Whale
DESCRIPTION:The Wihtwara Dynasty. The complete saga. The suppressed His-story of an entire race of people on the Isle of Wight\nThis is Her-story.\nAfter seven years of intense research\, amazing new evidence has come to light to offer a truer definition of our Ancestors:The Wihtwara. \n 
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/the-wihtwara-dynasty-the-complete-saga-talk-by-jan-harper-whale
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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SUMMARY:'Two Authors' Anna Britton and Sarah Lawton in discussion.
DESCRIPTION:Anna Britton \nAnna Britton lives on the Isle of Wight with her husband and their chronically clumsy Labrador. An avid reader\, she began writing around ten years ago and hadn’t stopped since. Anna works as a freelance editor and loves helping out other authors. When not filling her head with stories\, she enjoys baking (and eating) cakes and exploring rivers in her kayak.\nClose To The Edge is the second book featuring detectives DS Gabe Martin and DI Juliet Stern. Two detectives under fire. One missing student. No answers. Chaos breaks out as DS Gabe Martin leaves Southampton Crown Court. Gunshots ring out. She and DI Juliet Stern are hit. The culprit disappears without a trace. Despite her injuries\, Gabe is determined to work. She’s assigned to the search for missing art student Henry Garside. As she delves into his case\, it becomes clear nothing about the investigation is as it seems. Is Henry’s disappearance an isolated incident? Was the shooting a simple act of retribution – or is there some far bigger and more sinister at play? When Juliet asks for her help in the search for their shooter\, Gabe feels powerless to refuse\, even if it means meddling where she shouldn’t. Increasingly caught between her loyalty to Juliet and her job\, Gabe becomes dangerously close to crossing a line… \nSarah Lawton\nA Drowning Tide is Sarah Lawton’s debut crime novel\, set on the Isle of Wight where the author grew up and introducing protagonist Merry\, a reclusive fifty-something woman who finds solace in writing cryptic crosswords as a living and the pleasure of wild swimming. Merry’s life\, though\, is about to take a very different and unexpected path. When her neighbour\, Lucas Manning – son of her late best friend\, Julia – goes missing\, Merry finds herself caught up in the search for his whereabouts\, questioned by police and forming an unlikely alliance with a private investigator called Gareth to look for him. But what Merry doesn’t know is that finding Lucas will expose all her own deeply buried secrets\, resulting in mortal danger and a thrilling twist.\nAuthor Sarah Lawton is one of 3% of the population who are aphantasic\, and therefore unable to form mental images of real or imaginary people\, places or things. For Sarah\, her lack of visual imagination has drawn her to pursue a creative career and has been helpful to her writing rather than a hindrance. She seeks out real places to describe in her own words\, and her memories are visceral rather than visual\, relating to feelings\, sensations and smells\, which all contribute to the striking detail of her writing. Needing to write about somewhere she knew and still drawn to the water\, Sarah chose to set her debut crime novel on the island where she grew up\, where the scent of the sea is never far away and\, whilst picturesque\, has\, like most places\, its dark side\, too.\nThe novel is an unputdownable brainteaser\, and readers can follow Merry’s journey whilst puzzling over the cryptic clues throughout.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/two-authors-anna-britton-and-sarah-lawton-in-discussion
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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SUMMARY:'The Age Of Caravans- Tippu Tip' Film Screening and Talk by Film-Maker Joachim Puls
DESCRIPTION:Tippu Tip\, notorious to some\, intriguing to others\, was a Zanzibari Arab trader living in the turbulent and rapidly changing Africa of the late 19th century. \nHe was chiefly an ivory trader\, who pioneered for new sources through present-day Tanzania into the Congo basin. \nSlavery is part of his story\, because Arab traders of the time used slaves as porters and sold slaves through the market in Zanzibar to work locally in plantations and beyond in the Gulf and Persia. \nHe was a pioneer of discovery\, both in Arab terms and because this was the great period of European exploration in East and Central Africa: he assisted most of the famous explorers\, including Livingstone and Stanley\, when it served his interests. He can be seen as an Afro-Arab exponent of empire\, as his commercial ambitions could only be realized by means of Arab territorial control and colonization. \nHis colourful life culminated in his engagement as governor of a province in the ‘Congo Free State’ of the Belgian King Leopold\, and in his involvement in Stanley’s astonishing expedition to relieve Emin Pasha\, governor of the Egyptian southern province of Equatoria. \nUniquely among Arabs and Africans of this era\, Tippu Tip wrote an autobiography.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/the-age-of-caravans-tippu-tip-film-screening-and-talk-by-film-maker-joachim-puls
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Fim Screening
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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SUMMARY:'Letters To Margaret - Confessions To My Late Wife' Hunter Davies Author Talk ----- (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:At the end of almost every day of their fifty-five years of married life\, the publicity-shy author Margaret Forster would ask her naturally gregarious and outgoing husband Hunter Davies to describe to her the highlights of his working day spent in the worlds of journalism and publishing. In the six years that have elapsed since Margaret’s death\, Hunter has continued these conversations with his wife\, regaling her with accounts of the events and developments in his life – domestic\, social\, romantic\, book-related\, health-related and others – through a sequence of ‘Letters to Margaret’. Whether recounting adventures in online dating\, the pleasures and pitfalls of buying a new house by the seaside\, the trauma of major operations on his heart and gall bladder\, a chance encounter at a book-signing session that led to a new romantic attachment\, or a visit to A&E when he was supposed to be watching the World Cup final\, these twenty-three letters weave together strands of confession\, self-mockery\, anecdote and touching remembrance of married happiness with Margaret. \nLetters to Margaret reveals Hunter Davies raging happily against the dying of the light in his late eighties\, and seeking consolation for life’s frustrations and disappointments through a sustained conversation with the woman he shared his life with for more than half a century.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/letters-to-margaret-confessions-to-my-late-wife-hunter-davies-author-talk
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Book Launch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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SUMMARY:'The Story of 2-Tone' with author Daniel Rachel
DESCRIPTION:Author Daniel Rachel discusses his definitive book about a label and musical movement that shaped British culture. Developed in Coventry in the late 70’s\, 2 Tone was black and white: a multi-racial mix of British and Caribbean musicians singing about social issues\, racism\, class and gender struggles. One for all Rudies out there! \nWith book signing\, and DJ’s spinning your favourite ska\, rocksteady\, dub and reggae tunes. \nTickets available here The Story of Two Tone with author Daniel Rachel (littleboxoffice.com)
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/the-story-of-2-tone-with-author-daniel-rachel
LOCATION:Isle of Wight
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Music
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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SUMMARY:'The Isle of Wight: Women\, History\, Books and Places': talk with author Susanna Hoe at Ventnor Library
DESCRIPTION:A comprehensive\, fascinating and very readable history of the interesting women who have resided on the Isle of Wight. The Island is sometimes known as Dinosaur Isle.’ It has also been called ‘Ghost Island’\, and there are plenty of those\, and of witches burnt at the stake\, and smugglers – all aptly named ‘Outsiders’. \nNuns and philanthropists find their place\, as does a notable pioneer photographer and a now recognised marine engineer\, powerboat racers\, aviatrixes\, sailors\, those campaigning for women’s suffrage\, and a spy or two\, one of whom was nearly hanged. Come along to this talk to hear from the author Susanna Hoe about collating this history of IOW Women together. \nTickets from Ventnor Fringe The Isle of Wight: Women\, History\, Books and Places (littleboxoffice.com) \n 
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/the-isle-of-wight-women-history-books-and-places-talk-with-author-susanna-hoe-at-ventnor-library
LOCATION:Ventnor Library\, 142 High Street\, Ventnor\, Isle of Wight\, PO381LZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Armfield":MAILTO:paul@medinapublishing.com
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SUMMARY:Talk by Liz Barron: The MV Princess Victoria Disaster: The Isle of Wight Remembers
DESCRIPTION:The loss of the Stranraer/Larne car ferry the Princess Victoria in a storm-lashed Irish Sea more than 70 years ago has surprising resonance on the Isle of Wight today. The disaster–the worst in UK waters since the Second World War–claimed 133 lives. Among the lost was Sir Walter Smiles MP\, much loved grandfather of Bembridge resident Lady Sally Grylls who was 11 years old when the ferry foundered on 31st January 1953. Only 44 people survived the wreck–33 of them rescued by the Sir Samuel Kelly Lifeboat and her courageous crew from Donaghadee\, County Down. The ‘Kelly\, a Watson Class Lifeboat\, was built in Cowes in the Samuel White and Co. boatyard. Join us to hear the continuing story of an Island lifeboat built to last–and a cherished family member who died within sight of his own seaside home.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/talk-by-liz-baron-the-mv-princess-victoria-disaster-the-isle-of-wight-remembers
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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SUMMARY:'Travels with Maridadi: Harley-Davidson Adventures in Arabia' Talk by Bizzie Frost
DESCRIPTION:After a botched spinal operation left her partially paralysed aged forty-five\, Bizzie Frost found herself unable to enjoy the active lifestyle she loved in Saudi Arabia. That was remedied six years later when her airline captain husband\, Frosty\, proposed they buy a Harley-Davidson. An invitation to join friends on a 2\,500km ride to Oman was irresistible and they bought a customised Road King. They named her Maridadi\, meaning ‘beautiful’ in Swahili. \nTravels with Maridadi is an epic account of their adventures on Maridadi in Saudi Arabia\, a country rarely visited by outsiders during the thirty years that Bizzie called it home. Riding pillion with Frosty\, she travelled thousands of kilometres across the deserts and mountains of the Kingdom\, UAE\, Oman\, Jordan\, Syria and Lebanon. Her stories and photographs breathe life into the people and scenery\, and explain the differences between the cultures of these Middle Eastern countries. Above all\, they convey the freedom and healing power of motorcycling on the open road.
URL:https://medinabookshop.com/event/travels-with-maridadi-harley-davidson-adventures-in-saudi-arabia-talk-by-bizzie-frost
LOCATION:Medina Bookshop\, 50 High Street\, Cowes\, Isle of Wight\, PO31 7RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk
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