All info below courtesy of October Books:
We Can Learn to…make vegan & plant-based desserts
Saturday 8th June, 11am – 12.30pm
On Saturday 8th June, 11am – 12.30pm, join Lucy Parr Cordon Bleu trained cook as she creates plant-based and allergy-friendly recipes, specifically avoiding milk, eggs, nuts and sesame seeds. Lucy has over 800 recipes on her website Lucy’s Friendly Foods and her book The Friendly Baker has recently been published.
‘Many of my recipes are also suitable for a soya free and/or gluten free diet and I offer suggestions on how to substitute ingredients to make the recipes ‘ friendly’ for you’.
Lucy will be demonstrating delicious and dinner party worthy desserts for you to taste, that are easy but also look great.
The cost of the ticket goes towards helping to support your local independent bookshop and community space and means we can continue to run events like this.
Tickets £5, book your tickets here
In Conversation with Romilly Morgan
Monday 17th June, 7pm
Celebrating Independent Bookshop Week – 15th – 22nd June!
As Southampton’s main independent bookshop we are excited to be joined by Brazen Books founder Romilly Morgan on Monday 17th June for a discussion around independent booksellers and fiction in translation.
Book your tickets for this event here, only £3!
Brazen will be publishing Japanese bestseller The Bookshop Woman, which will be out on Thursday 6th June!
Support your local Indie Bookshop by pre-ordering The Bookshop Woman through us at the shop, just drop us a line here or order for home delivery.
#IndieBookshopWeek
The Bookshop Band – EMERGE, RETURN tour Wednesday 24th July, arrive 6.45pm, 7pm start
Join us for an intimate and magical concert with The Bookshop Band, celebrating the release of their 14th studio album, Emerge, Return, produced by legendary musician Pete Townshend.
The band formed out of a collaboration between award-winning songwriters and their local bookshop, writing songs inspired by the books of visiting authors. On first hearing their music after the band’s first US tour, Pete Townshend wrote, “I am enchanted, such variation and delicacy… such latent power. It reminded me of my days listening to Sandy Denny and Fairport (Convention) and The Incredible String Band… – a great discovery and inspiration”, and offered to produce their next album.
Between them Beth Porter and Ben Please bring the books to the stage along with a multitude of instruments, to create a cinematic sound that draws the audience in, at once touching and mesmerising, heart wrenching and funny. No previous knowledge of the books is required as the band guide the audience through the stories behind each song’s inspiration. The concert will feature songs from the album, inspired by authors including Margaret Atwood, Philip Pullman and Robert Macfarlane among others, and you’ll leave enchanted with new melodies and stories, plus a few new book recommendations of your own.
Tickets £15, available via Lemon Booking or Eventbrite.
