Word Weeks (Havering) - authors wanted

4th-16th October

We are finalising our Word Weeks programme (4-16th October) and are looking for additional authors and events. Something unusual, fun and wacky would be great! We are also seeking more traditional events. We can put authors into schools, reading groups or large events linked with our shopping centres in Romford. We have had sellout events with Jo Brand, Ann Widdecombe and Chris Ryan - and we have Edwina Currie and Martin Bell confirmed for this year's Word Weeks.

Would love to hear from you!

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Edwina Currie at Rainham Library

7th October 2010

Former politician, author and TV personality Edwina Currie, will be visiting Rainham Library to talk about her life, career and her books.

Edwina served in Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Government in the late 1980's and for John Major in the 90's.

As well as being a well known politician, she is also a successful author of 10 books. Probably her most famous of those books, being 'Her Diaries 1987-1992'.

In recent years she has also done a lot of television work, including 'Hell's Kitchen', 'Celebrity Mastermind' and 'Celebrity Wife Swap'.

Please come and join us for what promises a really interesting and entertaining evening.

Tickets £5.00
Time 7.30pm
Location Rainham Library

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Tess Gerritsen at Rainham Library

19th August 2010

Rainham Library is proud to present bestselling crime author Tess Gerritsen. She we will be talking about her life and career as one of the world's most successful crime writers, as well as reading from and signing copies of her new book.

One of only 8 locations that Tess Gerritsen will be visiting on her UK tour.

Tickets £5.00
Time 7.30pm
Location Rainham Library

Contact david.dennison@havering.gov.uk

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Author events available with Dinah Capparucci

Dinah Capparucci is the author of the brilliant Warning! series, published by Scholastic Children's Books, and is available for events with mixed audiences aged 7+.

Dinah's events are hilarious (she was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2008) and informative - best suited to audiences of 30-40 children.

If you are interested in an event with Dinah and want to find out more information about her and her books, contact Catherine on calport@scholastic.co.uk

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Author available: Danny Danziger, "We Are Soldiers"

September and October 2010

Danny Danziger is a celebrated interviewer and the author of 11 non-fiction titles. His previous Little, Brown book, The Year 1000, sold almost 130,000 copies. His long-running Sunday Times column 'Best of Times, Worst of Times' is the recipient of many award and accolades. When writing We Are Soldiers Danziger interviewed hundreds of soldiers in the British Army of all ranks, divisions and seniority, to uncover the reasons why men and women choose to be soldiers in the 21st century, giving a unique insight into the reality of modern warfare and what it means to fight for your country.

Contact: kirsteen.astor@littlebrown.co.uk

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Author available: Lindsay Clarke, The Water Theatre

September and October 2010

Lindsay Clarke is available to talk about his new book, The Water Theatre, "a powerful story of loyalty and loss, of betrayal and reconciliation." This is his first literary novel after the Chymical Wedding, winner of the Whitbread Award for Fiction in 1989.

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Author Available: Anthony Clavane, Promised Land

August and September 2010

Anthony Clavane is available to talk about his new book, Promised Land.

A fascinating journey into the dark heart of the ill-fated Leeds United football club in the tradition of 'The Damned United'.

Contact fmurphy@randomhouse.co.uk

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Author available: Jeremy Lewis, Shades of Greene

15th May - 15th October

Jeremy Lewis is available to talk about his new book, Shades of Greene.

A remarkable group portrait of one English family - the famed, intriguing and pioneering Greenes.

Contact fmurphy@randomhouse.co.uk

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Author available: Julian Hanshaw, The Art of Pho

15th July - 15th October

Julian Hanshaw is available to talk about The Art of Pho.

Inspired by the food of Vietnam, The Art of Pho is a remarkable debut by the winner of the 2008 Cape/Observer graphic novel competition.

Contact fmurphy@randomhouse.co.uk

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Author available: Jiang Jiehong, Red

15th May - 15th October

Jiang Jiehong is available to talk about Red.

A breathtaking, thrilling and beautifully produced collection which uncovers the art and graphics of The Cultural Revolution.

Contact fmurphy@randomhouse.co.uk

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Author available: Adam O'Riordan, 'In The Flesh' (London)

20/05/10 - 31/12/10

Poet Adam O'Riordan is available to talk about his new collection (London only).

Confident, seductive and assured, this collection is an enthralling introduction to one of our most exciting new poets.

Adam O'Riordan was born in Manchester in 1982, and educated at Oxford and London University, where he was awarded the inaugural Peters, Fraser and Dunlop poetry prize. In 2008 he was awarded an Eric Gregory Award and was Poet-in-Residence at the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere. He lives in London.

Contact fmurphy@randomhouse.co.uk

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Author available: Penny Rudge, Foolish Lessons in Life and Love

All 2010

Penny Rudge is available for small and medium-sized readings.

A synopsis of Foolish Lessons in life and Love

23 year-old Taras Krohe is wedged between the two women in his life: his Russian girlfriend, Katya, who is struggling to fund her way through college; and his overbearing Bukovinian mother. He is devoted to both women in different ways but then Katya leaves him for a ponytailed aesthete - and his mother, he realises, he will never be able to escape.

Ten years after an ominous scholarship took him to a top-ranking public school, the big-boned and loveable Taras and his mother now live in a small South London flat. Taras's father died, shortly before he was born, and Mrs. Krohe went on to inherit a curious benefactress in the form of Mrs. Bartlett.

But then Mrs. Bartlett passed away and her unnerving relatives arrived at the door. With eviction looming, the terminally easy-going Taras is forced to show his mother that he is a man, and uncover the secret behind his family's descent into disaster. But she has other ideas for her little pourchi: she is determined to wrestle him away from the dangerous influences his search reveals. And it is by no means certain who will come out on top . . .

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