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Monday 4 December 2017

News and Events, December 2017

Winchelsea Literary Society:

Our programme of meetings for 2018 can be found on the right of this page. Our last meeting of 2017 is on Friday 8 December when John Davison, who has entertained and enlightened us on several previous occasions, will be speaking on "Jane Austen".

The Book Group has completed its tenth year, and has discussed over 100 books. The members' choices for 2018 will be made at the last 2017 meeting, on Monday 11 December. It has been proposed that we should adopt the title of "Robert Hargreaves Book Group" as a tribute to our late distinguished founder.

Rye Bookshop: 


Sally Aviss will be signing copies of her fiction books on Saturday 9 December 10am-3pm, the bookshop will also be open until 7pm that day so join Camilla and her colleagues for a mince pie and a glass of bubbly. Here is a link to Sally Aviss's web site: CLICK HERE

At 2 pm on Sunday 10 December local author Anwesha Arya will be reading a chapter from her children's book "The Riddle of Rye" (Subject to confirmation; phone Bookshop 01797 227442)

On Saturday 20 January 2018 Guy Fraser-Sampson will be signing copies of his books, including his latest novel 'A Death in the Night'.(See below)

Guy Fraser-Sampson: (Thanks to Guy for the following)


'A Death In The Night', the fourth volume of the Hampstead Murders, is now available everywhere. Please support your local bookshop by asking for it there rather than buying it online.
As with its predecessors, it is refreshingly 'different' from the standard fare of modern crime fiction, featuring a team of likeable detectives as their professional and private lives progress from book to book.
Described recently on BBC radio as 'the next Morse', this is a series of contemporary stories yet written in the spirit of the Golden Age and set against the wonderful background of London's most picturesque 'village'.
This new volume has been generously endorsed by crime writers Leigh Russell and Dolores Gordon-Smith. Previous volumes in the series have drawn praise from Christopher Brookmyre, Christopher Fowler, and Ruth Dugdall.

A quick look forward to 2018. For those readers who live in London, I will be speaking at the University Women's Club on the evening of 18 January. This is a ticketed event, with optional dinner afterwards. Please email events@uwc-london.com for details.
For those who live in Kent or East Sussex, I will be hosting a launch event for 'A Death In The Night' at The Rye Bookshop at 3pm on Saturday 20 January. Please come along for some pleasant company, invigorating conversation, a glass of prosecco, and a signed copy.
Other expected engagements next year will include Broadway (to speak about my Mapp and Lucia novels) and probably also Hay, Deal, Felixstowe, and various others. There will be an update as these firm up in the next of these occasional posts.
Finally may I thanks everyone who has bought my books and has taken the trouble to recommend them to others (whether in person or on social media) or to post reviews of them. It really does make a difference and your support is much appreciated.
GF-S 

Marion Molteno: Here is a link to the website of our popular March 2017 speaker with, inter alia, excerpts from her recent work, "Tales I tell my Grandchildren"  CLICK HERE