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We are enormously grateful to Emma and Jenny for sparing their precious writing time with us on Thursday 6th December. It was a very enjoyable day, and Emma’s shortbread is superb. JENNY BLACKHURST Jenny Blackhurst grew up in Shropshire where

Meet Authors Emma Davies and Jenny Blackhurst Thursday 6th December, 11.00am—2.00pm at Burway Books Popular novelists Emma Davies and Jenny Blackhurst, who both now live in Shropshire, will be joining us on Thursday 6th December to chat to customers and

Tonight November 22nd, 7.30 – 9.00pm Venue: URC Church Hall, Church Stretton Tickets £8 to include light refreshments. Author Sue Prideaux will talk about her new book on the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the most enigmatic figures in philosophy,

Dr Peter Toghill had an entusiastic steady stream of ‘students of geology’ this morning. Geological samples were identified,  one was an outer rim of an ammonite, which he said was the best find brought in. Thank you everyone who came

Phil Rickman ‘in conversation’ at this year’s Church Stretton Arts Festival was a great success. Phil was nearly barred entry, once he persuaded the ‘dragons’ at the door that he indeed was the author, all went well. He spoke with

Talk by Dean Burnett Author of THE HAPPY BRAIN Wednesday June 20th at 7.30pm Venue: Church Stretton Library SY6 6DQ   Tickets £5 to include light refreshments We only have a few tickets left for this event From Burway Books

A large audience listened to Helen Pankhurst (granddaughter of Sylvia & great-granddaughter of Emmeline) speak about how women’s rights, amongst other things, have changed over the past 100 years. She welcomed questions throughout her talk, and spent some time afterwards

All who attended  Michael Brooks talk are apparently now Quantum Astrologers! In the above photograph Michael discusses everyday uses of imaginary numbers in engineering. Michael’s talk was fascinating and what a great audience we had. The study of animal migration

Very many thanks to Dave Edwards for taking time out of his busy schedule to visit us this morning to meet fans and sign copies of his book. If you were unable to get to the book signing, we do

And philosopher. Alex Langlands illustrated talk on *Craeft here in Church Stretton at the Methodist Church, was a meeting of friends old and new; his talk gave a refreshing way forward for us all. Alex demonstrated the amazing versatility of