Reading Agency calendar entries: London

Jim Keeble available for author events

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:55:41 +0000

Jim Keeble is an acclaimed novelist and scriptwriter. He is currently working on the BBC series Silent Witness. His new novel The Happy Numbers of Julius Miles is about the impossibility of being a modern dad and the pressure of the 'have-it-all' society.
For more information about this book, you can click on:
http://www.almabooks.com/the-happy-numbers-of-julius-miles-p-387-book.html
To set up an event with Jim please contact eminervini@almabooks.com

Danny Miller available for events

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:54:00 +0000

The second book in the Vince Treadwell series, The Gilded Edge follows the straight-laced yet ambitious and handsome Detective Vince Treadwell. He is sent to investigate the seemingly unrelated murders of a playboy aristocrat from Belgravia and a young black nurse from the wrong side of town. We follow Treadwell to the illegal drinking dens of Notting Hill run by self-styled Black Power leader, Michael X; the nightclubs of Soho owned by the legendary gangster, Billy Hill; and the exclusive gaming tables of the Montcler Club in Berkeley Square, where the blue-bloods and power players of England gamble thousands on their turn of a card. But as Vince Treadwell digs deeper he finds himself not only embroiled with a beautiful society girl, Isabel Saxmore-Blaine, but a world of espionage and corruption where the underworld mixes easily with the aristocracy, and no one is innocent.

jamie@constablerobinson.com

DJ Taylor available for events

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:48:12 +0000

Autumn 1933, and for once struggling writer James Ross seems to have fallen on his feet. Not only has the Labour Exchange fixed him up with a day-job collecting rents in Soho, but friendly Mr Samuelson is employing him front-of-house in the Toreador nightclub. Even his melancholy love-life is looking up, thanks to a chance encounter with the alluring Gladys, enigmatic inhabitant of the Meard Street second-floor back.
On the other hand, Soho looks an increasingly dangerous place in which to be at large. Not only are the Mosley's Blackshirts on the prowl, but somebody is raiding the dirty bookshops and smashing nightclub windows in a quest for moral decency. Fetched up in a police cell in West End Central after and unfortunate incident outside the Toreador, and coerced into undercover work by the mysterious Inspector Haversham, James finds himself infiltrating the Blackshirt's Chelsea HQ.

Contact jamie@constablerobinson.com

James Craig available for events

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:23:21 +0000

Jake Haggar, barely six years old has been kidnapped by his father who is threatening to sell the boy to a child trafficking ring. Carlyle has to get him back. It's not his case but it is his problem- it was his fault Jake was taken in the first place.
Meanwhile, Carlyle has his own caseload to deal with including the murder of Agatha Mills. Her husband, Henry has been arrested for her murder but his explanation is so outlandish that Carlyle wonders if it may just be true. Agatha is the sister of William Pettigrew, a priest killed in Chile during the fascist coup in 1973 and after 30 years of campaigning, and was about to see his killer brought to justice.

Carlyle is also asked to help television reporter Rosanna Snowdon, who fears she is being stalked by a demented fan.

Contact: jamie@constablerobinson.com

Celebrate LGBT History Month in Havering

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:05:39 +0000

Havering Libraries celebrate LGB History Month 2012

Catherine Hall - Author Talk
Catherine Hall's first novel was Days of Grace, Catherine was selected by Waterstone's as one of their 10 'New Voices' and by Amazon as one of their 'Rising Stars'.
'The Proof of Love', published in 2011, won The Green Carnation Prize for LGBT writing,
Come along and contribute ideas for more library events for the LGB community.

Monday 13th February at Romford Library
7pm -8pm, Meeting Room,
Romford Library, St Edwards Way, Romford RM1 3AR
FREE EVENT, Everybody welcome.
For more information, please email: jacky.logan@havering.gov.uk or call the library on 01708 432389

An evening with Heather Peace

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:08:39 +0000

Heather Peace talks about her novel All To Play For. It's time to tell our story, starting when my new friends and colleagues-to-be were all as fresh, young and wet behind the ears as I was myself. When our hearts were open, and our integrity was still intact.
Rhiannon dreams of joining the largest broadcaster in the world: the BBC. And so begins a life of highs, lows, and absurd experiences for five ambitious young people, all keen to make it in the increasingly commercial world of television.
http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Leisure_and_Culture/Libraries/Library_facilities_incl_location_opening_hours/118251_Author_and_literary_events.asp

Hallie Rubenhold -The art of writing and researching historical fiction.

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:36:03 +0000

Hallie Rubenhold -The art of writing and researching historical fiction.

Chipping Barnet Library
Wednesday 25th January 2012
6:30pm-7:30pm

Hallie Rubenhold is a historian and broadcaster and an authority on British 18th-century social history. She has written two works of non-fiction to critical acclaim: 'The Covent Garden Ladies' and 'Lady Worsley's Whim'.

Hallie will be talking about her new book 'Mistress of my Fate', the first book in her new fictional series, and the art of writing and researching historical fiction.

This is a free event - please contact Chipping Barnet Library to reserve your seat on 020 8359 4040 or email chipping.barnet.library@barnet.gov.uk.

Transport details

Bus: 234, 326, 384

Tube: High Barnet (Northern line)

Map:http://g.co/maps/t9wpm

Event with Lesley Pearse

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:43:10 +0000

Came along to Blackheath Library to meet the bestselling author Lesley Pearse, who will be talking about her latest novel'the promise'. There will be light refreshments and book signing. Free please ring 0208-858-1131

Monday 23rd January 2012 7-8 pm

Brilliance by Anthony McCarten

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:40:24 +0000

Brilliance deals with the life of the inventor Thomas Alva Edison, who - short of money - is captivated by the charismatic figure of J.P. Morgan, the 'world's banker'. He accepts Morgan's offer of almost unlimited cash in return for helping him change the way the world does business. In the process, Edison sees himself descend from being a godlike inventor of electric light to being complicit in the invention of the electric chair. This book is very topical and chimes in with the Wall Street and St Paul's anti-capitalist 'occupy movement'.

Email Elisabetta Minervini (eminervini@almabooks.com) if you are interested in proofs for your reading group (Only 8 sets of 5 available) or if you would like Anthony to visit your library.

Continue reading here - http://www.almabooks.com/brilliance-p-385-book.html

An evening with Heather Peace

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:01:17 +0000

Heather peace reads from her novel All to Play For: It's time to tell our story, starting when my new friends and colleagues-to-be were all as fresh, young and wet behind the ears as I was myself. When our hearts were open, and our integrity was still intact.
A story of artistic expression vs corporate gain, of how some people make a drama out of a crisis, and others a crisis out of a drama.

http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Leisure_and_Culture/Libraries/Library_facilities_incl_location_opening_hours/118251_Author_and_literary_events.asp

Joseph Heller's Catch 22

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:36:26 +0000

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Catch 22 with our open reading group. Reading Joseph Heller's classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage. Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he has never even met keep trying to kill him. Joseph Heller's bestselling novel is a hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one mans efforts to survive it. Come and share your views and favourite passages in this informal group. Copies of the book are available for loan.

Places are limited so booking is essential. Contact Shepherds Bush library Customer Services Desk, phone 020 8753 3842 or email Library_Events@lbhf.gov.uk. www.lbhf.gov.uk/libraries

Authors wanted for Cultural Olympiad

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:26:08 +0000

As part of the cultural Olympiad we are looking for authors willing to come along to give a talk. As we are an olympic borough this will be an exciting opportunity to promote reading for pleasure. We do have a budget available

Craig Taylor available for events

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:15:31 +0000

Londoners is an extraordinary group portrait of London today. This is no guide book to the sights of London. This is about the people, not the places and these are their stories, as witnessed by Canadian Craig Taylor, an acclaimed journalist, playwright and writer who became fascinated by the question 'what kind of person ended up in London'.

Craig is available for features and interviews and can talk about the importance of oral history, London's markets and riots

Matthew Sweet

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:42:01 +0000

Matthew Sweet, author, journalist and BBC broadcaster will be talking about 'The West End Front: The wartime secrets of London's grand hotels' at Mayfair Library, 6pm. A revealing, witty and scandalous snapshot of how the other half lived. Free but please book by contacting Katrina Blench.
kblench@westminster.gov.uk

Craig Taylor - The Londoners

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:14:26 +0000

Craig Taylor will be talking about his new book The Londoners - the days and nights of London now. Perspectives from the people of London. From the woman who is the voice of London Underground to the director of a Bethnal Green funeral parlour, and many inbetween. Craig has painted a vivid, epic and wholly fresh portrait of 21st century London.

Join us at Chipping Barnet Library on Saturday 19th November at 2.30pm
Please phone 020 8359 4040 or email ruth.newman@barnet.gov.uk to book your free place.