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
Book of the Week
Ben Crane – ‘Blood Ties’ Ben Crane writes with uncanny accuracy and lyrical precision about the intricacies of birds’ behaviour and their instincts. He has a ruthless eye for the minute details of natural processes – of plumage, the patterns
Our Book of the Week: UNDERLAND by ROBERT MACFARLANE
Underland by Robert Macfarlane Underland is an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory and the land itself.
Book Review 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.
Ben Aaronovitch – Lunchtime Talk and Book Signing
BEN AARONOVITCH ‘The October Man’ – A Rivers of London Novella Wednesday 19th June 1.00 —2.00pm at Burway Books, Church Stretton We are delighted to ANNOUNCE we will be one of the Independent bookshops to host international bestselling author Ben
Our Book of The Week
Love is Blind by William Boyd Scottish piano tuner extraodinaire Brodie Moncur relates the story of his life, fleeing a tyrannical clergyman father in Edinburgh for a new life in Paris, during which an encounter with an international pianist brings Brodie
Our Book of the Week – Fiona Davison’s, ‘The Hidden Horticulturists’
The book tells the previously-untold story of the remarkable young men who played a central role in the history of British horticulture and helped to shape the way we garden today. In 2012, whilst working at the Royal Horticultural Society’s
Our Book of the Week – Ali Smith’s Spring
The third instalment of the seasonal quartet of Ali Smith novels, popular with critics. Engages inventively with the status quo, with the blossoming and budding of nature reflecting the politics of hope. Ali Smith’s writing is joyous and witty. Spring
Our Book Of The Week RSPB Guide to Birdsong
This fascinating book on Birds and Birdsong arrived to-day. You know those infuriating times on a walk when you hear birdsong and cannot identify the bird. This guide will help you idetify the birdsong by sound – there’s a soundwave
Special Price: ‘Underland’ by Robert Macfarlane
Publication date: 2nd May 2019