Out & About June 2017

ARE YOU A LOCAL AUTHOR? Would you like the opportunity to promote your book in Finding Love on a Farm Trudy Smith

JUNE AUTHOR EVENTS

June 15th: A Secret Sisterhood: The Hidden Friendships of Austen, Bronte, Eliot & Woolf Using (some previously unpublished) letters and diaries Emily Midorikawa & Emma Claire Sweeney ressurect four literary collaborations, which were sometimes illicit, scandalous and volatile. Tickets £6

All’swell that endswell. From thebeginningwe know thatTrudySmith has an amazingdaughter and apassion for life. Remembering thismakes it easier to readof the trials, injustices and abuses shewent through inher life. Andyetmypast still weighedheavily and draggedmedown… andkeptme there, because itwasnever far away.

West Berkshire, North Hampshire & East Wiltshire

(includes a glass of wine and £5 off the book) 7.30pm in Hungerford Town Hall

From £225 + vat we will have an advertorial space available next to the Book Page where you can tell your story. If you would like more information please contact Abigail 01635 886612 abigail.reddin@newburynews.co.uk One advertorial position per month Please note we do not review the book Subject to availability

Smith allows the reader tomeanderwithher through her life against abackdropof theSouthAfricanveldwith colourful imagery anddescriptiveprowess.We allhave somuch to learn,notonly fromourownpast,but from the livesofothers.To take comfort and strength from the success andhappinessof thosewhohave struggled and won.Herdebutnovel is a reflective lookbackoverher life inSouthAfrica. It still resonates todayon apersonal and global level.There is something for everyone to take away fromSmith’sdebutnovel.

June 20th: An Otter’s Tale ‘Life of a Chalkstream’ author, Simon Cooper, interweaves the personal story of the female Otter, Kuschta, with the natural history of the Otter in the British Isles. Tickets £5 (includes a glass of wine and £3 off the book on the night) 7.30pm Hungerford Bookshop

“I lived in Newbury for about ten years and thoroughly enjoyed walking in the countryside and along the river. I was so fascinated that it went through the town and couldn’t resist feeding the swans and ducks. Retirement came around suddenly, and it was then that I decided to gather all my thoughts I’d stored for a lifetime and write my memoirs.”

June 30th: A New Map of Love Abi Oliver talks about her novel - a beguiling, warm- hearted story of country antique dealer George Baxter’s search for love. Perfect for fans of ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’. Tickets £5 (includes a glass of wine and £3 off the book on the night) 7.30pm in the Bookshop.

Biography: Trudy Smith was born in Pretoria and lived the majority of her life in South Africa. In this, her first novel of a trilogy, Smith paints a portraitof life inSouthAfrica in the1970s.As readerswe canpicture the landscapeandalmosthear thewildlifeasweare transportedback to a different time and place, into Trudy’s childhood and early life. Now living in London, Smith is retired from a career in the cosmetic industry, and has time to reflect on a life filledwithuncertainty and self-doubt. There is something for everyone to take away from this thought-provokingand evocativedebutnovel. 186pages, ISBN978-3-99048-805-8 £13.30 Trudy’sbook ‘FindingLoveonaFarm’ isavailable fromAmazonandwww.novum-publishers.co.uk

For more information visit www.hungerfordbookshop.co.uk or to book tickets call 01488 683480

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