Out & About September 2017

ARE YOU A LOCAL AUTHOR? Would you like the opportunity to promote your book in Finding Love on a Farm Trudy Smith

SEPTEMBER EVENTS

POETRY AFLOAT Sept 8: Arts for Hungerford presents an Open Mic Night aboard The Rose of Hungerford with guest poet Steve Wallis . Steve will be reading from his book ‘Along the Way: Poems from the Kennet and Avon Canal’ before it is the turn of the audience. Bring a bottle and two poems to read aloud. Tickets £7. 7.00-9.00pm

All’swell that endswell. From thebeginningwe know thatTrudySmith has an amazingdaughter and apassion for life. Remembering thismakes it easier to readof the trials, injustices and abuses shewent through inher life. Andyetmypast still weighedheavily and draggedmedown… andkeptme there, because itwasnever far away.

West Berkshire, North Hampshire & East Wiltshire

From £225 + vat we will have an advertorial space available next to the Book Page where you can tell your story. If you would like more information please contact Abigail 01635 886612 abigail.reddin@newburynews.co.uk One advertorial position per month Please note we do not review the book Subject to availability

Declan Murphy & Ami Rao - Centaur Sept 12: Declan Murphy became one of the most brilliant jockeys of his generation before his world came crashing down at the final hurdle of a race. For 23 years Declan has been unable to tell his remarkable story. Now in an extraordinary collaboration with AMI RAO they talk to LIS ALLEN about his incredible story, and the book that became a Sunday Times bestseller. Hungerford Town Hall Tickets £6. 7.30pm

Smith allows the reader tomeanderwithher through her life against abackdropof theSouthAfricanveldwith colourful imagery anddescriptiveprowess.We allhave somuch to learn,notonly fromourownpast,but from the livesofothers.To take comfort and strength from the success andhappinessof thosewhohave struggled and won.Herdebutnovel is a reflective lookbackoverher life inSouthAfrica. It still resonates todayon apersonal and global level.There is something for everyone to take away fromSmith’sdebutnovel.

“I lived in Newbury for about ten years and thoroughly enjoyed walking in the countryside and along the river. I was so fascinated that it went through the town and couldn’t resist feeding the swans and ducks. Retirement came around suddenly, and it was then that I decided to gather all my thoughts I’d stored for a lifetime and write my memoirs.”

James Hamilton - Gainsborough: A Portrait In an exhilerating new biography that was Radio 4 Book of the Week, Hamilton reveals Gainsborough in his many contexts: the easy-going Suffolk lad, the rake-on-the-make, a society portrait painter, and the charming friend of George III. The author is speaking as part of Hungerford’s Visual Arts Trail (21-30 Sept). To buy tickets call 01488 683480 or go to ArtsForHungerford.com Hungerford Corn Exchange Tickets £6. 7.30pm

Biography: Trudy Smith was born in Pretoria and lived the majority of her life in South Africa. In this, her first novel of a trilogy, Smith paints a portraitof life inSouthAfrica in the1970s.As readerswe canpicture the landscapeandalmosthear thewildlifeasweare transportedback to a different time and place, into Trudy’s childhood and early life. Now living in London, Smith is retired from a career in the cosmetic industry, and has time to reflect on a life filledwithuncertainty and self-doubt. There is something for everyone to take away from this thought-provokingand evocativedebutnovel. 186pages, ISBN978-3-99048-805-8 £13.30 Trudy’sbook ‘FindingLoveonaFarm’ isavailable fromAmazonandwww.novum-publishers.co.uk

For more information visit www.hungerfordbookshop.co.uk or to book tickets call 01488 683480

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