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This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday, 29th June from 19:00-20:00 online via Zoom. £9.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. This month, we are reading Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov! The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can purchase a ticket and book here.

If you already own a copy of the book, you can purchase a ticket without the book for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here.

For those unable to afford a book or ticket at present, we have a limited amount of complimentary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.live or call 07597365380.

One of our booksellers will lead the book club, and the group will be split up into smaller groups in breakout rooms to discuss the questions. A Zoom link will be emailed to ticketholders one week prior to the event starting.

We always ask that you could be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it.

Please get in touch if you have any questions!

This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday 27th July from 2pm-3pm in store. £9.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. This month, we are reading Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov! The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can purchase a ticket and book here.

If you already own a copy of the book, you can purchase a ticket without the book for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here. 

For those unable to afford a book or ticket at present, we have a limited amount of complimentary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.live or call 07597365380.

One of our booksellers will lead the book club, and the group will be split up into smaller groups to discuss the questions.

We always ask that you could be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it.

Please get in touch if you have any questions!

This session of The Book Club will take place on Wednesday, 26th July from 5:45pm-7:15pm in store, for a 6pm start. £9.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. This month, we are reading Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov! The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can buy a book and ticket here.

If you already own a copy of the book, you can purchase a ticket without the book for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here.

For those unable to afford a book or ticket at present, we have a limited amount of complimentary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.live or call 07597365380.

One of our booksellers will lead the book club, and the group will be split up into smaller groups to discuss the questions.

We always ask that you could be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it.

Please get in touch if you have any questions!

We’re incredibly excited to announce that we’ll be hosting Mike Gayle to discuss his brand new novel A Song of Me & You, with author Caroline Hulse, on Monday 10th July. Set in Manchester with a delicate blend of realism and whimsy, this will be a brilliant evening full of deep discussion.

This event will take place in store at House of Books & Friends, from 6:30-7:30pm. Doors will open at 6:00 for a 6:30 start.

Click here to buy a ticket only: £5

Click here to buy a book and ticket: £16.99

About the book

Helen and Ben parted as heartbroken 18-year-olds and went their very separate ways. Twenty years later, mother-of-two-teenagers Helen is still in Manchester, a part-time primary teacher, stunned by the behaviour of her love-rat husband. In an old T shirt and scruffy jeans, she feels at the lowest point in her life. And suddenly, impossibly, Ben is standing on her doorstep. Tired maybe, lonely even, but clearly still the world-famous, LA-based multi-millionaire rockstar he has become.

Can you ever go back?

For Helen and Ben, so much has happened in the years between. But just to sit in the kitchen for a while and talk – that would be nice. Before the world comes crashing in. Friendship, love, heartache and hope collide in this unforgettable emotional journey, from the author of Half A World Away.

About the author

Mike Gayle was born and raised in Birmingham. After graduating from Salford University with a degree in Sociology, he moved to London to pursue a career in journalism and worked as a features editor and agony uncle. ‘A Song of Me and You’ will be his 19th novel.

About Caroline Hulse

Caroline Hulse lives in Manchester with her husband and a small controlling dog. She is the author of All the Fun of the Fair, Like a House on Fire and The Adults. Her books have been published in fourteen languages and optioned for television.

Join us for an exciting evening with debut novelist Rose Wilding, author of new thriller Speak of the Devil! Rose is no stranger to Manchester as she studied under Jeanette Winterson at the University of Manchester. Our bookseller, Leah, said about the book: ‘A fast paced thriller crime set in 90s Newcastle, the book has characters you’ll love, you’ll hate and you’ll love to hate. It left me guessing until the final chapter.’

As if the debut was not exciting enough, the first 15 people who buy a book and ticket will receive a free Speak of the Devil tote bag! Taking place in store at House of Books & Friends on Monday, 26th June from 6:30-7:30pm, buy tickets below to be in with a chance of getting some free merch – take a peek below.

Buy a book and ticket for £14.99

Buy a ticket only (redeemable against a copy of the book on the evening) for £5

There are a limited amount of tickets available for those unable to afford one at present. To be considered, please contact the store directly on bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.live or call 07597365380.

About the book

Seven women stand in shock in a seedy hotel room; a man’s severed head sits in the centre of the floor. Each of the women – the wife, the teenager, the ex, the journalist, the colleague, the friend, and the woman who raised him – has a very good reason to have done it, yet each swears she didn’t. In order to protect each other, they must figure out who did.

Against the ticking clock of a murder investigation, each woman’s secret is brought to light as the connections between them converge to reveal a killer.

A beautifully written debut thriller about love, loyalty, and manipulation, Speak of the Devil explores the roles in which women are cast in the lives of terrible men . . . and the fallout when they refuse to stay silent for one moment longer.

About the author

Rose Wilding is a crime writer from Newcastle upon Tyne. She studied Creative Writing at the University of Manchester. When not murdering fictional people, she can usually be found drinking coffee, reading feminist sci-fi, or posting more pictures than anyone needs of her two chihuahuas on Instagram. Speak of the Devil is her debut novel.

This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday, 29th June from 19:00-20:00 online via Zoom. £9.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. This month, we are reading The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers! The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can purchase a ticket and book here.

If you already own a copy of the book, you can purchase a ticket without the book for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here.

For those unable to afford a book or ticket at present, we have a limited amount of complimentary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.live or call 07597365380.

One of our booksellers will lead the book club, and the group will be split up into smaller groups in breakout rooms to discuss the questions. A Zoom link will be emailed to ticketholders one week prior to the event starting.

We always ask that you could be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it.

Please get in touch if you have any questions!

 

This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday 29th June from 2pm-3pm in store. £8.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. This month, we are reading The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers! The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can purchase a ticket and book here.

If you already own a copy of the book, you can purchase a ticket without the book for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here. 

For those unable to afford a book or ticket at present, we have a limited amount of complimentary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.live or call 07597365380.

One of our booksellers will lead the book club, and the group will be split up into smaller groups to discuss the questions.

We always ask that you could be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it.

Please get in touch if you have any questions!

This session of The Book Club will take place on Wednesday, 28th June from 5:45pm-7:15pm in store, for a 6pm start. £8.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. This month, we are reading The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers! The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can buy a book and ticket here.

If you already own a copy of the book, you can purchase a ticket without the book for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here.

For those unable to afford a book or ticket at present, we have a limited amount of complimentary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.live or call 07597365380.

One of our booksellers will lead the book club, and the group will be split up into smaller groups to discuss the questions.

We always ask that you could be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it.

Please get in touch if you have any questions!

We’re incredibly excited to announce that we’ll be hosting Nazir Afzal to discuss The Race to the Top on Friday 16th June, an evening that promises to shine a light on the injustice of structural racism and offer a blueprint for future change.

This event will take place in store at House of Books & Friends, from 5:30-6:30pm. Doors will open at 5pm for a 5:30 start.

Event ticket only: £5

Book and ticket: £9.99

About The Race to the Top

Have you ever wondered why, as Britain becomes more diverse, so many of our leaders come from the same narrow pool? Can it be acceptable in 2023 that there are no ethnic minority chief constables, only one CEO in the top 50 NHS Trusts and no permanent secretaries in the civil service?

Nazir Afzal knows what it’s like to break the glass ceiling, challenge prejudice and shake up predominantly white institutions. Born in Birmingham to first generation Pakistani immigrants, he was the first Muslim to be appointed as a Chief Crown Prosecutor and the most senior Muslim lawyer in the Crown Prosecution Service.

Containing interviews with leaders across all sectors, Nazir provides the most detailed examination to date of the prejudice holding our leading institutions and industries back. In doing so it forcefully confronts stale leadership orthodoxies and argues that power in Britain does not have to look exactly the same as it always has done.

We’re thrilled to announce Jonathan Whitelaw, author of The Bingo Hall Detectives, will be joined by author Chris McDonald, to discuss the second book of the series The Village Hall Vendetta! Chatting all things cosy crime, this event will take place in store at House of Books & Friends from 6:30pm-7:30pm on Wednesday, 21st June.

About The Village Hall Vendetta

There’s a fine art to murder…

Hal Mulberry has long dreamt of owning the iconic painting, Buttermere at Dawn. And now the entrepreneur has got his hands on it, he’s determined to bring it back to the Lakes where it belongs and put it on show, turning Penrith Village Hall into a cultural hotspot – with the painting at its heart.

Journalist Jason Brazel is delighted to get the exclusive. Even if his mother in law, Amita, thinks he’s making a fuss about an ugly piece of modern art. But when Amita uncovers a theory that the painting is cursed, she wonders just what Hal is bringing to their door: hex, hoax or dirty-deal?

While the great and the good gather for the unveiling, someone’s got murder on their mind. And it’s up to Jason and Amita to find who is trying to put people out of the picture … permanently.

About Jonathan Whitelaw

Jonathan Whitelaw is a writer, award-winning journalist and broadcaster. After working on the frontline of Scottish politics, he moved into journalism, covering everything from sports to music to radioactive waste – and everything in between. He’s also a regular reviewer, panellist and commentator.

About Chris McDonald

Chris McDonald grew up in Northern Ireland before settling in Manchester via Lancaster and London. He is the author the DI Erika Piper series A Wash of Black, Whispers In The Dark and Roses for the Dead. He has also recently dabbled in writing cosy crimes, in the shape of The Stonebridge Mysteries, as a remedy for the darkness.

Tickets

Click here to buy a ticket and a copy of the book for £8.99

Click here to buy a ticket only for £5 (which can be redeemed against a copy of the book on the evening)

There are a limited amount of tickets available for those unable to afford one at present. To be considered, please contact the store directly on bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.live or call 07597365380.