From the Isles of Scilly to the Scottish Highlands, James Fox travels the length of Britain to seek out the countryβs last great craftspeople.
James Fox will be at Books on Tyne festival on Wed 26 Nov at 2pm, Newcastle City Library.
Tickets: www.tiny.cc/booksontyne2025
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Guardian football journalist Jonathan Wilson will be joined by Professor Brian Ward to discuss his new history of the World Cup on Friday 28 November at Newcastle City Library. Tickets available at www.tiny.cc/booksontyne2025
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Brochure: www.tiny.cc/booksontynebrochure2025
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π βSarah Hall is a writer bold and talented enough to pull off a novel in which the main character is the wind itself. . . Helm, which was 20 years in the making, will sweep you off your feet.β Independent
Join Sarah Hall on Sat 29 Nov | 11am | City Library
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YouTube video by Vintage Books
Craftland: A journey Through Britainβs Lost Arts and Vanishing Trades
Join us for a journey through Britain's lost arts and vanishing trades. Dr James Fox will be in conversation with Opt Indie Books on Wednesday 26 November, 2pm at Newcastle City Library.
Tickets at www.tiny.cc/booksontyne2025 or in person at any Newcastle Library.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv97...
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Newcastle Noir 2025
Newcastle Noir International Crime Writing Festival at Newcastle City Library
We're thrilled to announce that tickets for Newcastle Noir 2025 are now on sale! www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025
The crime fiction festival will be held 5 - 6 December at Newcastle City Library. We hope you can join us to celebrate another festival of deliciously dark criminal delights in the Toon!
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Books on Tyne 2025: The Newcastle Book Festival
Newcastle Libraries and The Lit & Phil present Books on Tyne 2025
Tickets on sale now! π Newcastle Libraries and The Lit & Phil have come together for the 13th year to present Books on Tyne 2025, Saturday 22nd November to Saturday 29th November. Get your tickets now at www.tiny.cc/booksontyne2025 or in person at Lit & Phil or Newcastle Libraries.
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Book Launch - Newcastle Prison A History: 1828 - 1925
Join the authors to celebrate the launch of the new book Newcastle Prison A History: 1828 - 1925.
Join us for the book launch of Newcastle Prison A History: 1828 - 1925 at Newcastle City Library on Thursday 21 August, 6:30pm. Tickets are free but must be booked via Eventbrite using the link below.
www.tiny.cc/newcastleprisonbooklaunch
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Newcastle Prison A History out now! This book invites you to explore hidden stories and rare images from the lives of those incarcerated, and the staff, who lived and worked within its walls. Get it at Newcastle City Library, all good bookstores and online www.newcastle.gov.uk/NLTyneBridgePublishing
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Author of Inverting the Pyramid, Angels with Dirty Faces, The Names Heard Long Ago and Two Brothers. Editor of the Blizzard. Journalist for the Guardian. Co-host of It Was What It Was: the Football History Podcast.
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