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Month: April 2019

Caer Caradoc Hill Fort to The Lake Beneath Our Feet

Celebrate Underland by Robert Macfarlane with experts Peter Toghill and Archie Miles Caer Caradoc Hill Fort to The Lake Beneath Our Feet Venue BURWAY BOOKS Saturday 11th May 11am to 3.30pm Guests Dr Peter Toghill, Author of ‘Geology of Shropshire’

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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

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Sunday morning: Notes from a bookseller

Good morning Burway Books – the first bestseller Yesterday a customer reminded me of my time as a volunteer bookseller in Shrewsbury’s SADA bookshop on College Hill. I worked one day a week, and just sold or ordered paperbacks for

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Calling All Keen Gardeners

Fiona Davison, ‘The Hidden Horticulturists’ Saturday 27th April 7.30pm URC Hall, High Street, Church Stretton, SY6 6BY Tickets £5 from Burway Books Tickets are still available for the talk tomorrow evening in Church Stretton by Fiona Davison, Head of Libraries

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Calling All Keen Gardeners

Hello #ShropshireHour.  Tickets are still available for the talk this Saturday in Church Stretton by Fiona Davison, Head of Libraries and Exhibitions at the RHS Fiona Davison, ‘The Hidden Horticulturists’

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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

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Sunday morning: Notes from a bookseller

On reading The Hidden Horticulturalists it reminded me of old Bill and Mr Edwards – who lived in the village where I grew up- at Eastertide . Retired dairyman Bill walked to the farm with his empty hand churn swinging

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Sunday morning: Notes from a bookseller

A dilemma I face before every Bank Holiday – do I or a fellow bookseller forgo an extra day of reading and open the bookshop for readers? – Answers on a postcard please. A book is not just for Christmas,

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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

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Sunday morning: Notes from a bookseller

Good morning. This week we had snow, sun, hail and all else in between – and that’s just the weather! All the turmoil of this week reminded me of an incident long ago:- “You should always POST both sides of

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