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
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
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
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
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
We were once again delighted to welcome John Challis to Burway Books. John was here to sign copies of his new novel, ‘Reggie: In The Frame’, which follows on from the success of ‘Reggie: A Stag at Bay’. Lots of
Yet another excuse for cake: the annual nationwide campaign to celebrate books and bookshops! This year’s event saw the launch of a Tracey Emin designed ‘Books Are My Bag’ canvas bag. There was ONE PRINT RUN ONLY of the Tracey
On 20th September 1974 Ros Ephraim founded Burway Books in Church Stretton, in the little shop at No10 Beaumont Road, which the laundrette had recently vacated (booksellers Heather and Natasha were not yet born, whilst Hilary sat her ‘O’ Levels
Over 100 people celebrated the launch of Beneath Safer Skies (published by Merlin Unwin Books), with Anthea Toft atCardington Village Hall, a memoir of life as a child evacuee. We enjoyed a glass of wine and light refreshments whilst we
We were absolutely delighted to welcome Samantha Grey and Emma Lister, author and illustrator of Tales of Middle Farm: Mabel’s Surprise to Church Stretton today. Mabel’s Surprise is a true story written for pre-school children based on the experiences of