Thank you Barbara and Cherie for a very successly launch of ZigZag and the Magic Wood here at Burway Books. Cherie’s window display is AMAZING – if you missed the book launch do visit us, and wonder at Cherie’s amazing
JOANNA CANNON – IN CONVERSATION
JOANNA CANNON ‘Breaking & Mending’ in conversation with David Howard Thursday 28th November, 7.30pm at URC Hall, High Street, Church Stretton, SY6 6BY Tickets £5 from Burway Books Joanna Cannon is the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers, ‘The Trouble
MIKE PARKER – On the Red Hill
MIKE PARKER – On the Red Hill Illustrated Talk Thursday 26th September 7.30pm at URC Hall, High Street, Church Stretton, SY6 6BY Tickets £5 from Burway Books Meet Mike Parker, writer and broadcaster, who will be giving an illustrated talk
Our Book of the Week – The Offing
One summer following the Second World War, Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from a Co Durham pit village across the North East countryside to Robin Hood’s Bay. Robert is sixteen and the son of a miner. He stumbles
Book Club Next Meeting
This group meets at Burway Books at 2.30 – 4.00pm on the 4th Thursday of most months. We will be reviewing latest releases as well as classics. Space is limited PLEASE BOOK with Ros if you would like to attend.
Our Book of The Week – Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain
*The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd A beautiful, collectable gift edition of the masterpiece of Scottish nature writing. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane and with an afterword by Jeanette Winterson Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland.
Unravel the Mystery of Seashells and much more….
Our new Newsletter 63 is now available in store with information about books, author visits and much more. Here’s a taster:- First published in 1961 Shell Life on the Seashore; revised edition just published includes a handy fold-out guide to
Our Book of the Week
Poems and Paintings of Herefordshire and Neighbouring Marches Selected by Jonathan Lumby Following The Warlow Experiment it has been difficult to find an apt follow up. It was by chance a customer ordered ‘Poems and Paintings of Herefordshire and Neighbouring
Our Book of the Week – War Doctor by David Nott
For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993,
Our Book Of The Week – Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic by Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage – The UK’s new Poet Laureate’s latest collection Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic Over the course of several years, Simon Armitage has written hundreds of poems for various projects, commissions, collaborations and events, which stand outside of his mainstream