Tag: Non-fiction
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10th Sept 2024 – God Is An Octopus by Ben Goldsmith
Struggling to comprehend the shocking death of his teenage daughter, Ben Goldsmith finds solace in nature by immersing himself in plans to rewild his farm. In July 2019, Ben Goldsmith lost his fifteen-year-old daughter, Iris, in an accident on their family farm in Somerset. Iris’s death left her family reeling. Grasping for answers, Ben threw…
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14th May 2024 – Hagitude by Sharon Blackie
‘There can be a perverse pleasure, as well as a sense of rightness and beauty, in insisting on flowering just when the world expects you to become quiet and diminish.’ What is Hagitude? It means being at ease with the unique power women embody in the second half of their life. It means having a…
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8pm, 14th Sep 2021 – Black and British: A short, essential history by David Olusoga
A short, essential introduction to Black British history by award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga.
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8pm, 9th April – Sonic Youth Slept On My Floor by Dave Haslam *AUTHOR IN ATTENDANCE*
Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor is writer and DJ Dave Haslam’s wonderfully evocative memoir. A lively, revelatory and gloriously well-written memoir of Dave Haslam’s life and work in some of the most interesting corners of contemporary culture. It’s a masterful insider account of life at the Hacienda, the rise of Madchester and the birth of…
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8pm, 11th June – This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
Adam Kay is an award-winning comedian and writer for TV and film. He previously worked for many years as a junior doctor. His first book ‘This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor’ was an instant Sunday Times number one bestseller and has sold over a million copies. It has been translated…
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8pm, 10th September – Educated by Tara Westover
Recommended by Barack Obama, Antony Beevor, India Knight, Blake Morrison and Nina Stibbe. Shortlisted for the 2018 BAMB Readers’ Awards. Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn’t exist. She hadn’t been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because…
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8pm, 8th October – Factfulness by Hans Rosling
The perfect Christmas gift: a message of hope for our troubled times. Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends – why the world’s population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty…
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