A delightful afternoon with Phil, Carol and Fergus plus a REAL ghost! Fergus ate some of the dog biscuits (we provide these only for well behaved dogs) lodging one in his paw, he was a little uncomfortable for a short
All Things Remembered – Goldie
Last Saturday morning it was quite surreal driving through mist over Wenlock Edge to come out into the sunshine of Dudley! Martin Jones author of Zulu Dawn hosted a celebration book launch of Goldie – All Things Remembered. Thank you
Talk by Elisabeth Åsbrink, ‘1947 when now begins’
Elisabeth Åsbrink, ‘1947 when now begins’ Elisabeth’s talk was excellent and very infomative, her talk was inspiring and our audience were amazing too. Somewhere on the timeline, the war ends, while somewhere else, a new age begins — the one
Zig Zag: a roaring success
We were delighted to welcome author Barbara Townley and illustrator Cherie Jerrard (and Zig Zag!) to Burway Books for the launch of their first book ‘Zig Zag and the Giant Adventure’, the story of 6 year old Emily and her
John le Carré An Evening with George Smiley – Church Stretton School Theatre – 13th September
Church Stretton School Theatre event on Wednesday 13th September John le Carré’s performance was immaculate and his discussion with Jon Snow was immaculate as you’d expect from ‘George Smiley’ the Royal Festival Hall audience were enthralled, as were the audience
Client Earth – 3rd June 2017
Church Stretton turned out in strength for the talk and book signing by international environmental lawyer, James Thornton, and author, Martin Goodman. We were thrilled that they took time out of their incredibly busy schedule to visit us. We have
Virginia Moffatt: 26th October 2016
It was a pleasure to welcome Virginia Moffatt to talk about her book, Echo Hall, which she is plannning to publish via crowdfunding platform, Unbound (see end of article for details). Over tea and cakes she told us how the
Gulwali Passarlay – 20th April 2016
A few months ago Ros and Hilary heard Gulwali Passarlay speak at a bookseller’s conference: his book, ‘The Lightless Sky’, was due to be published soon and he was there to promote it. They were so moved by his story
Owen Sheers: 23rd June 2015
It was a great pleasure to welcome Owen Sheers for the launch of his latest novel, ‘I Saw A Man’. The audience packed Cardington Village Hall to hear Owen read extracts from the novel, after which he answered questions and
Hugh Cornwell: ‘Arnold Drive’ March 18th 2015
It was a pleasure to welcome iconic musician Hugh Cornwell to The Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, to talk about his latest novel, ‘Arnold Drive’. Hugh was the original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in the British rock band The