Thankyou to Mostly Books events for today’s post …

Thursday 17^th August, 7pm, Mostly Books

Boozy Books: Italy

Each ticket includes three Italian wines selected by Jill Carver from Added Ingredients and one paperback book from a selection of books set in Italy or written by Italian authors.

Tickets: https://mostly-books.co.uk/product/boozy-books-italy-thursday-17th-august-7pm/

Saturday 16^th September, 7pm, St Nicolas’ Church

An Evening with Robin Ince

Robin Ince, co-presenter of BBC Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage, will be discussing his latest book, Bibliomaniac, which explores his lifelong love of books.

Tickets: https://mostly-books.co.uk/product/an-evening-with-robin-ince-bibliomaniac-book-included/

Thursday 12^th October, 6pm, St Helen and St Katharine

Robin Stevens: The Body in the Blitz

Join Robin Stevens for an evening celebrating the publication of her latest book, The Body in the Blitz. The Body in the Blitz is the second mystery in the Ministry of Unladylike Activity series.

Tickets: https://mostly-books.co.uk/product/the-body-in-the-blitz-robin-stevens-single-ticket-and-one-book

Monday 16^th October, 7.30pm, New Theatre Oxford

Unruly: in conversation with David Mitchell about his new book

Join Abingdon School’s very own David Mitchell for a conversation about his new book, Unruly  – A History of England’s Kings and Queens.

Tickets: https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/unruly-in-conversation-with-david-mitchell-about-his-new-book/new-theatre-oxford/

The crowd at Abingdon Library fell silent as Cara Hunter, the acclaimed crime writer, prepared to answer questions. The event was overbooked, with many people on the waiting list. Abingdon Library regularly hosts talks with authors of both fiction and non-fiction writings and this was one of the most popular.

Cara answered questions on writing a crime novel and how her new novel, Murder in the Family, differed from her previous successful series of novels featuring DI Adam Fawley. The DI Fawley novels are based in Oxford, and have sold over a million copies. Murder in the Family has a much larger stage and is based on a true crime TV series where experts discuss a twenty-year-old unsolved murder that gripped the nation. The experts antagonism towards each other increases, as the net tightens, and one of them becomes a suspect. It is written in multi-media styles including TV script, discussion forums, press reports etc.

Murder in the Family will be out on 20th July 2023. Pre-publication copies sold out at the library.

Thank you to Aileen from Mostly Books for a preview of some of their upcoming events.

On Monday, June 19th, children’s graphic novelist John Patrick Green will sign books at Mostly Books. Green is the creator of the InvestiGators series, which follows the adventures of two young detectives. The signing is free, but registration is required. Register here: https://forms.gle/HZXP9yeFzp1jqxLu7

Thursday 22nd June, 7pm, Amey Theatre

Discover Barrington Stoke

On Thursday, June 22nd, Barrington Stoke will be presenting a talk, and Q&A. Barrington Stoke is a publisher of dyslexia-friendly books for children. The talk will cover how Barrington Stoke books are designed to make reading easier for children with dyslexia. Tickets are £2. This evening is kindly supported by Abingdon School in Partnership and is targeted at ages 7-14.
Tickets: https://www.abingdon.org.uk/sports-and-leisure/performance/mostly-books-presents-discover-barrington-stoke-every-child-can-be-a-reader/

On Saturday, June 24th, Suzie Fletcher, the resident leather expert on the BBC show The Repair Shop, will be speaking. Suzie will discuss her new book, The Sun Over the Mountains, which tells the story of her life and journey to becoming a successful leatherworker. Tickets are £8 or £16 for a ticket and a copy of the book (book RRP £20).
Tickets: https://mostly-books.co.uk/product/an-evening-with-the-repair-shops-suzie-fletcher-book-with-ticket/

On Thursday, July 6th, author and actress Ruth Jones will hold a cream tea and talk to celebrate the paperback publication of her new novel, Love Untold. Tickets include a cream tea and a copy of the book. (RRP £9.99).
Address: The Barn, Christ Church, Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PL
Tickets: https://mostly-books.co.uk/product/a-cream-tea-with-ruth-jones/

The Postbox topper on the Market Place has been changed to celebrate World Book Day on 2nd March 2023. As Abingdon has three bookshops, it is well placed to support children in choosing and owning a book.

Mostly Books is among 59 bookshops nominated to become Independent Bookshop of the Year.

The Bookstore has been serving customers for nearly twenty-five years in Abingdon – since November 1998. I see they have, local author, Steve King’s book, ‘Now I grow Oranges’, in the window.

World Book Day primarily aims to encourage children to read books, but there is nothing to stop adults from getting a new book on World Book Day. There are £1 books available, especially for World Book Day.

There is also W H Smith.