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SUMMARY:Ryedale Festival: Pre-Concert Conversation with Edward Dusinberre
DESCRIPTION:Ryedale Festival: Pre-concert conversation with Edward Dusinberre\n6.45–7.15pm | Pickering Book Tree\nEdward Dusinberre\, first violinist of the Takács Quartet\, joins us to discuss his writing as well as his music-making. Warm\, insightful and often very funny\, his two acclaimed books — Beethoven for a Later Age and Distant Melodies — offer a rare glimpse into the pressures\, friendships and musical adventures of one of the world’s great ensembles. A fascinating introduction before hearing the Quartet perform.\n  \nTickets: £5\nBook online at ryedalefestival.com\n(direct link to the pre-event conversation here)\nDoors will be open from 6.30pm for a prompt start at 6.45pm. The event will be held in our atmospheric upstairs event space. \nThe bookshop will remain open for browsing following the event\, and there will pre-signed copies of both of Edward’s books available to purchase while stocks last. \n  \nRyedale Festival 2026 Season Launch Concert: Takács Quartet\n8pm | Church of St Peter and St Paul\, Pickering\nHaydn – Quartet in G minor op.74 No.3 The Rider\nBeethoven – Quartet in E-flat major op.74 The Harp\nDebussy – Quartet in G minor \nJoin us as we open the 2026 season with the Takács Quartet\, whose five-decade journey from Budapest to the major stages of the world has made them one of the most revered ensembles of the past century. As BBC Music Magazine recently put it\, ‘you will not hear better string quartet playing anywhere in the world today’. \nTheir programme moves from the galloping energy of Haydn’s Rider Quartet to the glowing serenity of Beethoven’s Harp Quartet\, before closing with an impressionist masterpiece by Debussy. An unmissable night for music-lovers across Yorkshire and a memorable way to launch the Festival’s 2026 season. \nClassical music doesn’t get more life-enhancing than this — The Guardian \nThe undisputed greatest string quartet in the world — The Daily Telegraph\n  \nTickets: £38 · £32 · £22 · £5 (Under 25s)\nBook online at ryedalefestival.com\n(direct link to the launch concert here)\nThe full programme for the 2026 Ryedale Festival will be announced after the concert. Festival dates Friday 10th July – Sunday 26th July 2026
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/edward-dusinberre/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Guest Interviewer,Meet the Author,Memoir,Music,Non Fiction,Ryedale Festival
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SUMMARY:Isabelle Broom in conversation with Kate Gray
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to welcome Isabelle Broom to Pickering Book Tree to celebrate the publication of her latest novel The French Guesthouse\, on the day of its release! \nIsabelle’s story is a joy to read with an unforgettable cast of characters\, all of whom contrive to bring their fears and strengths together after years of uncertainty and distrust to create a new\, positive future. \nAcclaimed author Kate Gray will be in conversation with Isabelle to discuss the book and her writing\, and Isabelle will read an extract from the story to complement the discussion. There will also be time for audience questions and a chance to have copies of both author’s books signed. \nIsabelle and Kate will bring a hint of warmer\, sun-drenched climes to brighten an autumnal Yorkshire evening. If you love heartwarming\, intelligently written romance stories then this event is for you. \nThis event is free to attend\, but booking is essential. The shop door will be open from 7pm\, and complementary drinks will be available before the event starts. We hope to see you there! \n  \nAbout the Book\nSometimes the only way to move forward and rebuild your life is to turn and face the dreaded past you have long tried to hide from. When Fliss loses everything – her beloved hotel ravaged by fire and fiancé exposed as a cheat – she receives further devastating news: her estranged mother has died. A problematic relationship indeed\, they had not spoken in over a decade\, Fliss preferring to stay away for the sake of her own sanity. \nSummoned to a dilapidated guesthouse in France for the reading of the will\, Fliss is stunned to discover she has been left all her mother’s possessions. The inheritance\, however\, comes at a price – both literal and emotional. Sharing the house is Etienne\, her mother’s grief-stricken\, wine-soaked partner\, and his enigmatic nephew\, Benoit. \nAs Fliss begins restoring the guesthouse\, she unearths long-buried secrets about her mother\, their past and the true cost of her long absence. But in order to move forward\, cure her guilt and claim the love and happiness she’s never thought she deserves\, Fliss must first tussle with the hardest question of all: is she capable of forgiveness? \n  \nAbout the Authors\nIsabelle Broom was born in Cambridge nine days before the 1980s began and studied Media Arts and Journalism at university in London before a 15-year stint at Heat magazine\, where she became the Book Reviews Editor. She’s now a freelance reviewer and editor alongside working as an author. The French Guesthouse is her twelfth novel. \nKate Gray is the author of eight novels published internationally. The Honeymoon was her debut psychological thriller\, which was followed by The Summer Party. She also writes uplifting fiction using the pseudonym Katy Colins. Before becoming a full-time author\, Kate worked in public relations and was a freelance journalist.
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/the-french-guesthouse/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Fiction,Guest Interviewer,In Conversation With,Meet the Author,Romance
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