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Urmston Bookshop presents Anne Youngson

Wednesday 6th June

                                                               7pm                                                                       

 

Tickets cost £3.00; this includes a glass of wine and is redeemable against the cost of a book on the evening.

Anne’s debut novel is a beautiful, affecting novel of late love by an extraordinary new writer.

 

The Observer Promising first-time British novelists 2018: ‘A novel about self-discovery and second chance’ Insightful, emotionally acute and absorbing’

Daily Express: ‘Meet Me at the Museum starts so quiet and small like a bud tightly closed against the winter then it unfurls into something so alive and truly beautiful’.

To book tickets: call into the shop, phone 0161 747 7442, or

email books@urmston-bookshop.co.uk

 

Classic Film Night

      We are showing the classic film Dark Passage

          starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall


Tuesday 15th May 2018

Tickets cost £7; This includes popcorn and ice-cream during the interval

Tel: 0161 747 7442

email: books@urmston-bookshop.co.uk

Sharon Bolton, Crime Author, at Urmston Bookshop

We are thrilled to announce that bestselling northern crime author, Sharon Bolton, will be appearing exclusively at Urmston Bookshop

 

Meet Sharon Bolton, author of the Lacey Flint crime thriller series.
She has also written a number of standalone novels, one of which, Sacrifice, has been made into a film.
Her latest book The Craftsman is set in Lancashire and delves into the stories and legends of the Pendle witches.

 

A gripping storyteller – Peter James

Bolton’s latest gripper, suffused with menace – The Times

 

Tickets cost £3.00; this includes a glass of wine and can be redeemed against the cost of a book on the evening.

Book early for this exciting and highly anticipated event by calling in, phoning us, or sending an email to reserve your tickets.

 

Contact us – Urmston Bookshop, 72 Flixton Road, Urmston, M41 5AB
Email: books@urmston-bookshop.co.uk
Phone: 0161 747 7442
www.urmston-bookshop.co.uk

Meet Young Adult Author Tom Bridge

 

Tom Bridge is Bolton born and bred and as such has a grounded and straight forward outlook on life.

Being a Gemini, however, means that Tom has an open and creative mind and hence the ability to write great stories.

The survivor of a stroke, part of Tom’s recovery has been creating the Grange Girls’ world and hopes that this first story in a series of mysteries will be an enjoyable read.

Although much widely travelled, Tom now lives in Manchester with his partner.

 

 

The Mystery of Gogarth Abbey

Kimberley and her friends were so excited. They were going on a school trip and staying at Gogarth Abbey in Llandudno for a whole week. The abbey was a very old and spooky place and all was not as it seemed, as the girls soon discovered. Investigations revealed a mystery which had lain dormant for many years…

 

Tuesday 20th March 2018
7.00pm

Tickets cost £3.00; this includes a glass of wine and is redeemable against the cost of a book on the evening.

To book tickets: call into the shop, phone 0161 747 7442, or

email books@urmston-bookshop.co.uk

 

Meet Sunday Times Best-Selling Authors Joseph Knox And Luca Veste

                                                                                                               

Meet Joseph Knox as he releases his highly anticipated second novel, The Smiling Man.
His first book, Sirens – ‘a firecracker of a first novel’, has been described as a ‘satisfyingly seamy slice of noir’ by The Guardian,where ‘Knox presents the city [of Manchester] as pungently and uncompromisingly as Ian Rankin does Edinburgh.’ The Timessays that Sirens ‘jumps straight into the top league of English noir’.

Joseph Knox owns Manchester and paints it in all its grimy colours‘ – Val McDermid

Meet Luca Veste, whose first standalone novel, The Bone Keeper, follows the hugely successful Murphy & Rossi crime thriller series, investigating major crimes in the city of Liverpool.
The Bone Keeper, ‘a dark and brilliant thriller from a writer who just gets better and better’ (Mark Billingham) has been described as ‘seriously creepy with a killer twist’ (Mark Edwards)

Luca Veste is ‘darkly impressive’ – The Times

 

Tickets cost £3.00; this includes a glass of wine and can be redeemed against the cost of a book on the evening.

Book early for this exciting and highly anticipated event by calling in, phoning us on 0161 747 7442, or sending an email  – books@urmston-bookshop.co.uk