AUTHOR EVENT: TIM MARSHALL

Blog · Posted March 23, 2018

Many of you may be familiar with Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall, published to huge acclaim a few years ago… “Quite simply, one of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine: reading it is like having a light shone on your understanding… Marshall is clear-headed, lucid and possessed of an almost uncanny ability to make the broad picture …

Many of you may be familiar with Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall, published to huge acclaim a few years ago… “Quite simply, one of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine: reading it is like having a light shone on your understanding… Marshall is clear-headed, lucid and possessed of an almost uncanny ability to make the broad picture …

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AJ Pearce

Blog · Posted March 15, 2018

We are often asked to recommend books to cheer up friends and family – the response, quite often, is to reach for Nancy Mitford, but now we have another contender, Dear Mrs Bird. Better still, its author, A J Pearce, is coming to Mainstreet on Wed 25th April. ‘Dear Mrs Bird is an adorable novel, charming, funny, and uplifting; a …

We are often asked to recommend books to cheer up friends and family – the response, quite often, is to reach for Nancy Mitford, but now we have another contender, Dear Mrs Bird. Better still, its author, A J Pearce, is coming to Mainstreet on Wed 25th April. ‘Dear Mrs Bird is an adorable novel, charming, funny, and uplifting; a …

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AUTHOR EVENT: AJ PEARCE

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We are often asked to recommend books to cheer up friends and family – the response, quite often, is to reach for Nancy Mitford, but now we have another contender, Dear Mrs Bird. Better still, its author, A J Pearce, is coming to Mainstreet on Wed 25th April. ‘Dear Mrs Bird is an adorable novel, charming, funny, and uplifting; a …

We are often asked to recommend books to cheer up friends and family – the response, quite often, is to reach for Nancy Mitford, but now we have another contender, Dear Mrs Bird. Better still, its author, A J Pearce, is coming to Mainstreet on Wed 25th April. ‘Dear Mrs Bird is an adorable novel, charming, funny, and uplifting; a …

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Tara Westover

Blog · Posted March 7, 2018

We’re very excited to announce that Tara Westover will be joining us at Mainstreet on Thurs 19th April to talk about her remarkable memoir, Educated. It’s a book we first heard about back in September and is, without doubt, going to be one of the biggest books of 2018. Tara Westover grew up in Idaho, preparing for the End of …

We’re very excited to announce that Tara Westover will be joining us at Mainstreet on Thurs 19th April to talk about her remarkable memoir, Educated. It’s a book we first heard about back in September and is, without doubt, going to be one of the biggest books of 2018. Tara Westover grew up in Idaho, preparing for the End of …

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AUTHOR EVENT: TARA WESTOVER

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We’re very excited to announce that Tara Westover will be joining us at Mainstreet on Thurs 19th April to talk about her remarkable memoir, Educated. It’s a book we first heard about back in September and is, without doubt, going to be one of the biggest books of 2018. Tara Westover grew up in Idaho, preparing for the End of …

We’re very excited to announce that Tara Westover will be joining us at Mainstreet on Thurs 19th April to talk about her remarkable memoir, Educated. It’s a book we first heard about back in September and is, without doubt, going to be one of the biggest books of 2018. Tara Westover grew up in Idaho, preparing for the End of …

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Diana Henry

Blog · Posted March 3, 2018

Join us on Thurs 5th April to hear award winning, much loved food writer, Diana Henry, in conversation with Stuart Kelly. “The idea for How To Eat a Peach came to me years ago… At a restaurant in Italy, the diners at the next table didn’t have a fancy dessert,they just had a bowl of peaches and a bottle of …

Join us on Thurs 5th April to hear award winning, much loved food writer, Diana Henry, in conversation with Stuart Kelly. “The idea for How To Eat a Peach came to me years ago… At a restaurant in Italy, the diners at the next table didn’t have a fancy dessert,they just had a bowl of peaches and a bottle of …

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AUTHOR EVENT: DIANA HENRY

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Join us on Thurs 5th April to hear award winning, much loved food writer, Diana Henry, in conversation with Stuart Kelly. “The idea for How To Eat a Peach came to me years ago… At a restaurant in Italy, the diners at the next table didn’t have a fancy dessert,they just had a bowl of peaches and a bottle of …

Join us on Thurs 5th April to hear award winning, much loved food writer, Diana Henry, in conversation with Stuart Kelly. “The idea for How To Eat a Peach came to me years ago… At a restaurant in Italy, the diners at the next table didn’t have a fancy dessert,they just had a bowl of peaches and a bottle of …

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Graham Robb

Blog · Posted February 11, 2018

We are delighted to announce that historian, Graham Robb will be with us on Thurs 29th March to talk about his new book, The Debatable Land – a subject very close to home… As all Borderers know, the debatable land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland and England. At the height of its notoriety, it was …

We are delighted to announce that historian, Graham Robb will be with us on Thurs 29th March to talk about his new book, The Debatable Land – a subject very close to home… As all Borderers know, the debatable land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland and England. At the height of its notoriety, it was …

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Sally Magnusson

Blog · Posted February 2, 2018

We were fortunate to host Sally Magnusson at Mainstreet to launch her very moving memoir, Where Memories Go, so it is with great pleasure that we welcome her back to talk about her first novel, The Sealwoman’s Gift. Set in Iceland and Algiers in the 17th century, The Sealwoman’s Gift reimagines the true story of a pirate raid on one …

We were fortunate to host Sally Magnusson at Mainstreet to launch her very moving memoir, Where Memories Go, so it is with great pleasure that we welcome her back to talk about her first novel, The Sealwoman’s Gift. Set in Iceland and Algiers in the 17th century, The Sealwoman’s Gift reimagines the true story of a pirate raid on one …

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AUTHOR EVENT: SALLY MAGNUSSON

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We were fortunate to host Sally Magnusson at Mainstreet to launch her very moving memoir, Where Memories Go, so it is with great pleasure that we welcome her back to talk about her first novel, The Sealwoman’s Gift. Set in Iceland and Algiers in the 17th century, The Sealwoman’s Gift reimagines the true story of a pirate raid on one …

We were fortunate to host Sally Magnusson at Mainstreet to launch her very moving memoir, Where Memories Go, so it is with great pleasure that we welcome her back to talk about her first novel, The Sealwoman’s Gift. Set in Iceland and Algiers in the 17th century, The Sealwoman’s Gift reimagines the true story of a pirate raid on one …

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