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SEPTEMBER EVENTS
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POETRY AFLOAT
Sept 8: Arts for Hungerford presents an
Open Mic Night aboard The Rose of Hungerford
with guest poet Steve Wallis.
Steve will be reading from his book ‘Along the Way: Poems from
the Kennet and Avon Canal’ before it is the turn of the audience.
Bring a bottle and two poems to read aloud.
Tickets £7. 7.00-9.00pm
James Hamilton - Gainsborough: A Portrait
In an exhilerating new biography that was Radio 4 Book of the
Week, Hamilton reveals Gainsborough in his many contexts: the
easy-going Suffolk lad, the rake-on-the-make, a society portrait
painter, and the charming friend of George III. The author is
speaking as part of Hungerford’s Visual Arts Trail (21-30 Sept).
To buy tickets call 01488 683480 or go to ArtsForHungerford.com
Hungerford Corn Exchange Tickets £6. 7.30pm
Declan Murphy & Ami Rao - Centaur
Sept 12: Declan Murphy became one of the most brilliant
jockeys of his generation before his world came crashing down
at the final hurdle of a race. For 23 years Declan has been unable
to tell his remarkable story. Now in an extraordinary collaboration
with AMI RAO they talk to LIS ALLEN about his incredible story,
and the book that became a Sunday Times bestseller.
Hungerford Town Hall Tickets £6. 7.30pm
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West Berkshire, North Hampshire & East Wiltshire
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.
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.
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
Finding Love on a Farm
Trudy Smith
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“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.”
Trudy’sbook ‘FindingLoveonaFarm’isavailable
fromAmazonandwww