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SUMMARY:Amanda Huggins
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of storytelling and romance as we chat to award-winning author\, Amanda Huggins about her new novella\, The Blue of You. \nThe perfect read in the run-up to Christmas\, The Blue of You captures the experiences of small town youth and the conflicted feelings that wait for those who choose to return. Set against the backdrop of our very recognisable north-east coastline\, Amanda’s novella is a bitter-sweet and relatable story of one woman’s grief\, her loves and the place she calls home. \n  \nAbout the Book\nEvery Christmas Eve\, Janey Shaw is reminded of the tragic death of her schoolfriend\, Alice\, and the untidy ending of her relationship with Rory Brook\, her first love. When Janey leaves London to return to her hometown on the North East Coast of England\, the ghosts of her unresolved past lie in wait. \nThere\, Janey meets a coble fisherman\, Tom Inglewood\, and admires his ambitions to preserve the traditional way of life in their community and to stop second home owners from painting over the town’s heritage. Can she start to build a new life and finally paint over her own past? Or will she have to confront her ghosts as Christmas draws closer? \n  \nAbout the Author\nAmanda Huggins is the author of the award-winning novellas All Our Squandered Beauty and Crossing the Lines\, as well as seven collections of short stories and poetry. Her latest novella\, The Blue of You\, was released by Northodox Press in October.  Amongst others\, her work has also been published by Harper’s Bazaar\, Mslexia\, The Telegraph and the Guardian. Three of her short stories have been broadcast on BBC radio. \nShe has won numerous awards\, including three Saboteur Awards for fiction and poetry\, the Colm Toibin International Short Story Award\, the H E Bates Short Story Prize and the BGTW New Travel Writer of the Year. \nAmanda grew up on the North Yorkshire coast and has strong family connections to the North York Moors area. She now lives near Leeds where she works as a freelance editor.
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/amanda-huggins/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Fiction,In Conversation With,Literary Fiction,Meet the Author
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SUMMARY:Gin and Books Evening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the perfect combination on a Friday evening in December! \nBecause last year’s festive gin and books event was so much fun\, we’ve summoned a delicious range of distilled treats for a return of Winter Spirits in the Book Tree… \na friendly haunting among the old oak beams\, where we’ll meet:\n🕵️‍♂️ The Ghost of Characters Past\n🎄 Winter Spirits (make great presents!)\n📚 The Ghost of Christmas Books Yet to be Read \nAt the event\, enjoy a selection of literary cocktails from the pop-up bar and soak up the festive atmosphere in the cosy company of a room full of books and booklovers! The shop will be open for browsing if you’re looking for the perfect gift or to find your next read\, bookish socialising\, and possibly a very relaxed and completely optional game or activity (TBC). \nThe bookshop will be open from 7pm\, when the bar will also open. \nTickets are free and guarantee entry to the event. While we will be able to accept walk-ins on the night\, space in the shop is limited and priority will be given to those who have booked in advance.
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/winter-spirits/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Bookish Socialising,Food and Drink,Gin and Books,Late Night Bookshop
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SUMMARY:Toby Virgo & Carter the Cabman
DESCRIPTION:‘Tis the Dark Time of the Year…\nbut don’t worry\, Jeremiah Carter is here 🎩 \nWe’re delighted to welcome Toby Virgo and Carter the Cabman back for a special seasonal event in the Book Tree. \nHear extracts from the new Carter the Cabman story\, The Dead Who Bury Us\, and enjoy a warming mulled wine while you soak up the atmosphere. Toby will also share tales and anecdotes from Victorian London’s strange obsession with Death\, gleaned from his extensive research of the period. \nThe Dead Who Bury Us is the third in the series of beautifully produced pamphlets set in the world and life of Carter the Cabman. Like the full length novel they accompany\, each short story is complete with stunning illustrations together with immersive narration rich with historical detail evoking the streets of Victorian London and the realities of life for people of the time. \n  \nAbout the Book\nRead about the story below\, and watch the trailer on YouTube (here’s the link) for a taste of what to expect… \nThe Dead Who Bury Us is set on All Hallows’ Eve\, 1888 and follows hansom cab driver Jeremiah Carter as he works the rain-lashed streets of Victorian London on the night when the veil between the living and the dead is said to be at its thinnest. \nVisiting a small churchyard in the dead of night\, Carter quickly discovers he is not alone. But in a world when men and women will stoop to almost any depths to survive another day in the Abyss\, justice can be served in the strangest of ways. \n  \nEvent Details\nThis event will start at 5pm\, and the shop door will be open from 4.30 (we’ll close as usual at 4pm to set up). \nTickets are free and guarantee entry to the event. There’ll be complementary mulled wine on arrival. \nWe look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/toby-virgo/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Fiction,Historical Fiction,Meet the Author
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