Lesley Pearse at Norton Canes Library

30th September 2010

Bestselling author, Lesley Pearse, will be at Norton Canes Library speaking about her life and writing on Thursday 30th September at 7.30pm.

Tickets are £3 for library members or £4 for non-library members. For tickets please contact Norton Canes Library Tel 01543 279592

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Authors wanted for Birmingham Book Festival

October 2010

Birmingham Libraries are one of the sponsors of Birmingham Book Festival which takes place each October. During the Festival, we organise a 'Fringe Festival'- which complements the main Festival programme. The main aim of the Fringe is to broaden people's reading experiences and highlight what libraries have to offer. Events are based in the Central Library (either in the Library Theatre or in the Library Foyer) and audiences have ranged between 30 - 100.

If publishers have an author they would like to put forward, please contact Nikki Bi nikki.bi@birmingham.gov.uk

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Older Author Wanted for "Full of Life" Event in Dudley

1 - 8 October 2010

To celebrate the contribution older people have made to society we would like to invite an author to Dudley who projects a positive image of older people and their achievements. The event will be extensively promoted through our partner AgeUK.

Contact hilary.riley@dudley.gov.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: 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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