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2 Feb 2010 at 6.30pm 


Peter Carey, Parrot and Olivier in America – Reading, talk and Q&A
Tickets: Free
Foyles, Charing Cross Road
email events@foyles.co.uk
Tuesday 2 February,
Peter Carey, Parrot and Olivier in America – Reading, talk and Q&A
Meet Peter Carey, twice winner of the Man Booker Prize, at his only UK appearance to discuss his eleventh novel, Parrot and Olivier in America, on the

3 Feb 2010 at 6.30pm 


Northern Soul Revival - Book Launch and Signing
Tickets: £2 (redeemable against the cost of the book on the night)
Waterstones
24-26 Orchard Square
Sheffield
S1 2FB

Tel: 0114 272 8971
The official launch of the debut novel from Yorkshire author Claire Moss. Northern Soul Revival is a funny, well-written coming of age story set in Sheffield, Leeds and Hobart, Tasmania. Meet the author, hear an extract and have your copy signed.

4 Feb 2010 at 7pm 


The O of Home; Bethnal Green
Tickets: £3
Eastside Books, 166 Brick Lane, London E1 6RU
0207 2470216

TRANSPORT: Equidistant from Bethnal Green, Liverpool Street and Aldgate East tubes

lit@nquentinwoolf.co.uk

In her new book, The O of Home, Jennifer Kavanagh explores our outer and inner identities. Home is more than just four walls or the country we were born in. Beyond locked doors, legal addresses, or a nation with rigid

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13 Feb 2010 at 12am-4pm 


Percy Jackson Day in the Children’s Department at Foyles
Tickets: Free
Gallery at Foyles, Charing Cross Road
Email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.
Saturday 13 February, 12.00 - 4.00pm
Percy Jackson Day in the Children’s Department at Foyles - participatory event
An afternoon of fun for ages 7-12 to celebrate the film release of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. Activities include

13 Feb 2010 at 2-5 


SCRIPTS FOR SCREEN a free introductory workshop on writing for film and tv
Tickets: free
The Arts Organisation
3-21 Station Street
Nottingham
NG2 3AJ
(just by the train station!)


Ever wanted to write stories for film and tv and not been sure where to start? This class will introduce you to some of the basics. We'll do fun exercises individually and as a group, and find out together how to go about creating stories that

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19 Feb 2010 at 730pm 


Clare Sambrook - reading and Q&A, Brewery Arts Centre
Tickets: £2, 10% off book purchases
The Brewery Arts Centre, Highgate, Kendal
The Brewery, supported by the Friends of the Brewery, presents

Clare Sambrook

Clare Sambrook's debut novel became, in America, an Amazon Breakout Book, a Booksense Pick and a New York Times Editor's Choice. In 2006 Hide and

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22 Feb 2010 at 630/7pm 


Foyles Literary Supper with Joanna Trollope OBE
Tickets: £40, includes three course meal.
St Pancras Grand restaurant, St Pancras International
Monday 22 February, 6.30pm for 7.00pm start
Foyles Literary Supper with Joanna Trollope OBE - Event/ Reading
Dine and discuss in one of London's most treasured buildings as Joanna Trollope introduces her new novel, The Other Family, at th

23 Feb 2010 at 630pm 


Faber Independent Thinking @ Foyles
Tickets: Free
The Gallery, Foyles, Charing Cross Road
Tuesday 23 February, 6.30pm
Faber Independent Thinking Series 1/5
Robin Dunbar - How Many Friends Does One Person Need? - Discussion/ Q&A
Oxford Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology Robin Dunbar explains how the distant past underpins o

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27 Feb 2010 at 10am - 4pm 


Getting from A to B: Plot
Tickets: £50
Northlight Arts Studios
Valley Road
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire HX7 7BZ

To book, tel Don Myers on 01422 843519
or for more details call Rachel Connor on 07732 974752
wordplaycoaching@yahoo.co.uk
A fiction workshop, with Rachel Connor of Wordplay.
A journey requires a compass of some sort, at least a general sense of where we’re going. Some prefer just to set off, enjoy the scenery and see where the road takes them. Others plan the rou

27 Feb 2010 at 11am-5pm 


Harvill Secker International Writing Day headlined by A S Byatt
Tickets: £18/15 includes goody bag w signed Eco novel
The Gallery
Foyles
Charing Cross Road
Saturday 27 February, 11.00am – 5.00pm

To mark the publishing house’s 100th birthday, Harvill Secker celebrate the breadth and diversity of contemporary international writing. Including appearances by AS Byatt and Manuel Rivas. The schedule

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