The Bookshop presents…

Friday 25th June, 7.30pm at The Old Swan, Kibworth

…Leicester author Maxine Linnell and her recently-launched book Vintage. Two 16-year olds swap places, but one lives in 2010, and the other in 1962.Tickets £3/£2 concessions (redeemable against book purchases on the night) For more information, visit www.thevirtualbookshop.co.uk or telephone Debbie on 0116 2791121

Nottingham Crime Reader’s Day

Saturday 12th June, 10am – 4pm

Crime Reader’s Day

Venue: Nottingham Central Library

Join us for our annual reader’s day devoted especially to readers and lovers of crime fiction, including talks by well-known crime writers, discussions and activities.

Authors Rod Madocks, Stephen Booth and Martin Edwards will be joining us.

All day tickets cost £5.00 (£4.00 concessions), half day tickets also available for £3.00 (£2.50 concessions). Tickets available from Nottingham Central Library Ground Floor Helpdesk – 0115 9152824.

For programme details, please contact Jane Brierley on 0115 915 2813 or email jane.brierley@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.

Murder by the Book

Saturday 12 June: 10am-4.00pm
Murder by the Book: a readers’ day for lovers of crime fiction
Speakers include Stephen Booth, best selling author of Derbyshire crime fiction series; Rod Madocks on true crime and crime fiction, author of No Way to Say Goodbye; Martin Edwards, with Victorian murder mystery.
Tickets: £5/£4 or £3/£2 for half day tickets
Info: jane.brierley@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Maxine Linnell Book launch

**** Vintage Book Launch – 13th May****
Leicester author, Maxine Linnell’s first book, Vintage, published by Five Leaves takes place in 1962 and 2010. Holly and Marilyn are the same age in the same house in Leicester, but live in totally different times. What happens when they swap lives in a freak accident?
The book launches at Leicester Writers’ Club, Adult Ed College, Wellington Street, Leicester at 7pm. If you’d like to attend please contact bookdoctor@leicester.gov.uk

Bryan Talbot

Bryan Talbot coming to Leicester Central Lending Library, Thurs 6th May 7:00pm. ‘Grandville’ & the Anthropomorphic Tradition’

Mike Carey

Talk by Mike Carey (comic writer & supernatural detective novelist)
Wed 14th April, 4pm – 5.30pm, Students Union: DeMontfort University

The Medieval Murderers

Tuesday 23rd March
Deadly Dialogues: The Medieval Murderers
2pm, Nottingham Central Library

Authors Karen Maitland and Philip Gooden pay a visit to discuss their work including their latest venture with The Medieval Murderers. A group within the Crime Writers’ Association who promise mayhem, murder and medieval magic. Both Karen Maitland and Philip Gooden have contributed to a joint Medieval Murderers novel, The Sacred Stone, together with the other medieval crime writers. The book will be published in July 2010.

Tickets cost £2.50/£1.50 concessions. Tickets available from the helpdesk, Nottingham Central Library, 0115 915 2824. For further details, please contact Jane Brierley on 0115 915 2813 or email jane.brierley@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

The Murder Squad

Wednesday 17th March
Deadly Dialogues: The Murder Squad
2pm, Nottingham Central Library

Leading crime authors Cath Staincliffe and Margaret Murphy in conversation about their work. They are members of the Murder Squad – a collective of six crime writers from the North of England.

Cath Staincliffe is the author of the acclaimed Sal Kilkenny mysteries and also a scriptwriter and creator of ITV’s hit police series, Blue Murder, featuring DCI Janine Lewis, played by Caroline Quentin. Margaret Murphy is the author of ten internationally acclaimed psychological thrillers. After a string of stand-alone novels, Margaret recently began her first series with The Dispossessed and Now You See Me. Her work has been shortlisted for the First Blood Award and for the Crime Writers’ Association Dagger in the Library. Visit www.murdersquad.co.uk for more information.

Tickets cost £2.50 (£1.50 concessions). A joint ticket for this and the 23rd March event costs £4.00/ £2.00 concessions

Tickets available from the helpdesk, Nottingham Central Library, 0115 915 2824.
For further details, please contact Jane Brierley on 0115 915 2813 or email jane.brierley@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Tolkien’s Gedling

Saturday 10th March
A talk by author Andrew H Morton ‘Tolkien’s Gedling 1914’
2pm, Nottingham Central Library.
Andrew Morton talks about his book Tolkien’s Gedling 1914, which looks at Tolkien’s connection with Gedling and the farm owned by his aunt, Jane Neave.
This is a FREE event and tickets are available from the Ground Floor Help Desk – 0115 915 2824. For more information contact Jane Brierley on 0115 915 2813 or email jane.brierley@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Bonnie Greer

Monday 8th March
Off the Page: Bonnie Greer on ‘Entropy’
2pm, Nottingham Central Library

The Off the Page season kicks off with an informal opportunity to meet Bonnie Greer. Bonnie Greer has been living in Britain since the late 1980s. She is the author of two novels: “Hanging by Her Teeth” and “Entropy” and has written radio plays for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. A regular panellist on Newsnight Review, she was a panel member on the Question Time edition which also featured Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party. An occasional writer for The Guardian, New Statesman, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Times, Time Out, RED and Marie Claire, Greer has won numerous prizes for her work including a Verity Bargate Award for Best New Play. She is also on the board of the British Museum, Serpentine Gallery, RADA and Franco-British Council. Bonnie will read from her latest books “Entropy” and “Obama Music” and discuss the differences between writing fact and fiction, with a Q and A followed by book signing.

TICKETS: £3.50/£3 concessions. Advanced booking is recommended. Tickets can be purchased from Nottingham Central Library Help Desk – 0115 915 2824 or email jane.brierley@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

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