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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Lee Child
DESCRIPTION:Best-selling author Lee Child returns to the town where he penned the first three novels in his internationally renowned ‘Jack Reacher’ thriller series. \nLee will talk with local debut author Rachel Canwell (Paper Sisters) about his life and work – and what’s in store for his hero now he’s no longer wielding the pen. \nLee’s talk will be followed by a book-signing session. Valerie Laycock from the Book Lounge will have a selection of books available for purchase but feel free to bring a favourite book from home (just one each\, though\, please). \nPlease note expect this event to be a sell-out. Passholders should book their free ticket to ensure entry as we cannot admit people on the door if the venue is full! If you have booked a ticket and find you cannot attend\, please let us know so we can release a ticket to someone on the waiting list. \nTickets\nAdults £15\nMembers £13.50\nAge 14-18 £5\nPassholders FREE \nBook online → \nDoors open at 6.45pm. Pop-up bar. \n\nThis event is part of the Illuminate Festival. Click to view the full programme.
URL:https://www.kirkbylonsdale.co.uk/event/in-conversation-with-lee-child/
LOCATION:St Mary’s Church\, Church Street\, Kirkby Lonsdale\, LA6 2AX
CATEGORIES:Books,Illuminate Festival,Speakers,Talks
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SUMMARY:Gothic & Ghostly Tales
DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for ‘Gothic and Ghostly tales’ with local author Jean Briggs at this seasonal event. Jean’s new book is ‘The Prisoner of Raven’s Gaze Hall’\, a brooding\, atmospheric tale set in a remote and forbidding country house. We’ll also be enjoying hot drinks and mince pies! \nTickets available now from the library\, £2 each.
URL:https://www.kirkbylonsdale.co.uk/event/gothic-ghostly-tales/
LOCATION:Kirkby Lonsdale Library\, Chapel Lane\, Kirkby Lonsdale\, LA6 2AL
CATEGORIES:Books,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251008T193000
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DTSTAMP:20260530T161816
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SUMMARY:Talk: From Setting to Story
DESCRIPTION:with local author Jennifer Burkinshaw\nKirkby Lonsdale WI is delighted to welcome Jennifer to talk to us about how she wrote her latest novel\, Happiness Seeker\, which is set around Morecambe Bay. \nShe’ll also be sharing tips on how we can harness our own creativity\, if we think we too would like to write. \nJennifer Burkinshaw is a local author\, who after teaching English and Drama for over 20 years felt drawn to writing. After completing her MA in Creative Writing\, she published her first novel Igloo which won the grand prize at Eyelands International Book Award. Happiness Seeker\, is her second novel\, and is set around Grange-over-Sands and is a powerful story of love and hope in the face of darkest danger. \nWe’d love you to join us! \nOur meetings are open to WI members (no charge) and also guests (including gentlemen) for a small charge of £5. No need to book. Hope to see you there!
URL:https://www.kirkbylonsdale.co.uk/event/talk-from-setting-to-story/
LOCATION:Lunesdale Hall\, Bective Road\, Kirkby Lonsdale\, LA6 2BG
CATEGORIES:Books,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250808T190000
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SUMMARY:Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbott: Wild Folk
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning author and artist\, Jackie Morris\, and Stained Glass Artist and Illustrator\, Tamsin Abbott\, have announced a one-night-only appearance in Kirkby Lonsdale. \nAt the event on Friday 8 August at the Methodist Church\, Kirkby Lonsdale\, these two highly-acclaimed artists will talk about their new book Wild Folk\, a beautifully illustrated sequence of seven tales\, marking their first book-length collaboration. Fresh from their sell-out appearances in the south of England\, this is their only live event in the North. \nValerie Laycock\, owner of The Book Lounge who is organising the event\, says: “We’re delighted to welcome both Jackie and Tamsin to Kirkby Lonsdale for this truly special event.  We’ve long been fans of their work\, which is not only inspired by the nature of the world around them\, but the world of myths\, fairytales and our ancient connections to the landscape.  Few can communicate the magic found in nature and everyday encounters in the way that they do.  They are both outstanding artists and we cannot wait to host them at St Mary’s Church.” \nJackie Morris\, an author and artist\, is known for her evocative language and illustrations that celebrate nature and storytelling. She has written and illustrated over 70 books\, including beloved classics such as The Snow Leopard\, The Ice Bear\, Song of the Golden Hare\, Tell Me a Dragon\, The Wild Swans and The Unwinding. In 2017 the internationally-acclaimed The Lost Words\, Jackie’s collaboration with Robert Macfarlane\, was released.  The book\, which aims to restore nature-based words to children’s vocabulary\, has been praised as a “cultural phenomenon” and an “instant classic”.  It won the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year 2018\, the Hay Festival Book of the Year 2017\, and the BAMB Most Beautiful Book Of The Year Award 2017. Following the publication of The Lost Spells in 2020. Jackie Morris has appeared\, painting live\, at Spell Song Concerts at venues including The Royal Festival Hall\, The Royal Albert Hall\, the International Hay Festival and The Natural History Museum. \nTamsin Abbott has been creating painted stained glass panels from her Herefordshire home for over 20 years.  The whole of her adult life has been shaped by her determination to live in the countryside and to discover its ancient magic. Her work\, inspired by the British landscape\, folklore and fairytale\, is created using mostly glass from the last remaining manufacturer of mouth-blown sheet glass in the United Kingdom. Tamsin is hugely influenced by the orchards\, the hills\, the woods and all the plants\, birds and animals that grow and live around her home; as well as the world of myths\, fairytales and our ancient connections to the landscape.  Tamsin is a member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters and has exhibited with them as well the Museum of British Folklore\, the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic\, and many other UK galleries. Wild Folk is her first book as a stained glass illustrator. \nWild Folk comprises seven richly-illustrated fables of transformation and power\, summoned from the ancient stones beneath our feet and transformed by word and image into portals between past and future. These tales from the stones are neither new nor old. They are full of ‘wild folk’\, shape-shifting spirits that carry the energy that connects all things. You will meet selkies and silver trout and the black fox\, as big as a wolf and so fast and cunning she drives the lord of the manor to madness and oblivion; the woman of flowers who is happier living as an owl; the boy who learns to feel the songs and stories of trees through his skin; Wayland\, the smith who can hammer metal to such airy thinness he makes his own wings; and the great white raven\, a bird so rare it awakens the king who sleeps beneath the stones of the wild west cliffs of Wales. This book brings together the words of Jackie Morris and the stained-glass paintings of Tamsin Abbott\, but the stories come from both\, a true collaboration born out of friendship and hope. These are tales to make you see\, listen and most of all feel the wild magic that links stone\, tree\, fox and star. \nJackie Morris says: “It is very special to be able to bring Wild Folk to Cumbria\, a county of such stunning nature as well as a rich tapestry of folklore.  Creating a book with such a close friend has been a wonderful and profound process. This is a book made to be looked at and held and we hope it inspires and moves all who read it.” \nTamsin Abbott adds: “This book is born out of friendship and faith; a conviction that we could make something very special together born out of trust\, excitement and a little madness. It was a fascinating creative process – the words came in beautiful strings from Jackie’s pen like dark pearls\, each string a sentence with which I bedecked my mind with images.  It really has been a joy and we cannot wait to share it with everyone at the event.” \nTickets\nBook & Ticket £25.00\nTicket Only £8.00 \n(Books purchased on the night will be at a 10% discount\, normal retail price is £25). Doors open at 6.30pm. \nBooking\nBook online →
URL:https://www.kirkbylonsdale.co.uk/event/jackie-morris-and-tamsin-abbott-wild-folk/
LOCATION:Kirkby Lonsdale Methodist Church\, Queen's Square\, Kirkby Lonsdale\, LA6 2AZ
CATEGORIES:Books,Talks
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SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Stephanie Selby
DESCRIPTION:Local author Stephanie Selby has recently published her first book for young readers. She’ll be giving a reading from the book and chatting about the characters at the Book Lounge in Kirkby Lonsdale on Saturday\, 26 July at 2pm. This will be lots of fun for children\, the book is aimed at ages 7 and up\, but all ages will enjoy listening to the story. \nWitchdaft\nBest friends and retired witches\, May and Aud\, and their coven of knitting nannas are being terrorised by juvenile vandals. It is only when May’s beloved familiar\, Marshall the pig\, is held hog-stage that the troublemakers must be served their just desserts! \nEverybody welcome\, no need to book\, just turn up.
URL:https://www.kirkbylonsdale.co.uk/event/meet-the-author-stephanie-selby/
LOCATION:The Book Lounge\, 41 Main Street\, Kirkby Lonsdale\, LA6 2AH
CATEGORIES:Books
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SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Lisa Nicholas
DESCRIPTION:Author of the Mila Kiss series\nLocal author Lisa Nicholas will be signing copies of her second book in the Mila Kiss Series “Mother Rebel Misfit Sleuth” at the Book Lounge in Kirkby Lonsdale on Saturday\, 28 June at 2pm. \nLisa had the launch for her first book in the series at the shop in March and we’re looking forward to learning more about her latest book and maybe get a few hints about book 3. \nMother Rebel Misfit Sleuth\n \nIn a world of lies\, who will fight for the truth? \nMila Kiss has faced countless battles\, but nothing could prepare her for the fight ahead. When Jo\, a desperate mother\, pleads for her help\, Mila uncovers a shocking conspiracy targeting vulnerable women. Framed for crimes they didn’t commit\, these mothers lose everything – their freedom\, their futures\, and most heartbreakingly\, their children. \nTeaming up with her aristocratic boyfriend\, Lord Fabien Knutsworth\, Mila follows a trail of deceit leading to the doorsteps of some very dangerous people. As the investigation deepens\, Mila unearths a sinister operation where wealth and influence trump justice… \nWith time running out and danger closing in\, Mila must rely on every ounce of her determination and cunning to unravel the scheme before another family is torn apart. \nIn this gripping second instalment of the Mila Kiss series\, justice hangs by a thread\, and one wrong move could cost everything. \nNo need to book and everybody is welcome. \nLisa Nicholas\nLisa Nicholas is the author of Sister\, Liar\, Suspect\, Sleuth – a cozy crime novel with a dark edge. She lives with her husband Steve and two big\, daft dogs in a rural hamlet in Lancashire. Other than curling up in front of the fire with a good book\, she enjoys long walks\, yoga\, and travelling to warmer climates. \nWebsite
URL:https://www.kirkbylonsdale.co.uk/event/meet-the-author-lisa-nicholas/
LOCATION:The Book Lounge\, 41 Main Street\, Kirkby Lonsdale\, LA6 2AH
CATEGORIES:Books
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SUMMARY:Books Fizz Evening
DESCRIPTION:Come along for a wonderful evening of all things book-related! \nWe will have local authors talking about their latest books\, a fabulous second-hand book stall and a fun quiz featuring for the first time…Book Bingo! \nAnd all helped along by a drop of Fizz! \nPrice\n £10.00 Includes Glass of Fizz \nTickets\nBook online
URL:https://www.kirkbylonsdale.co.uk/event/books-fizz-evening/
LOCATION:Lunesdale Hall\, Bective Road\, Kirkby Lonsdale\, LA6 2BG
CATEGORIES:Books,Social,Talks
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