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
Helen Pankhurst’s Talk 6th April 2018
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
Michael Brooks Talk March 14th 2018
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
Dave Edwards at Burway Books
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
ALEX LANGLANDS Archaeologist, Historian, Writer, Broadcaster
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
All of a Winter’s Night by Phil Rickman
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