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SUMMARY:An Evening with Clare Balding
DESCRIPTION:Join much-loved broadcaster and award-winning author Clare Balding for an evening discussing her extraordinary life and career as we celebrate the paperback publication of her debut novel Pastures New. \nFrom the courts of Wimbledon to Buckingham Palace to the Traitors Castle\, Clare is known to millions on screen for her warmth and wit. Now she brings the same humour and insight to her fiction. Pastures New is a funny and heartwarming novel that captures Clare’s deep affection for the countryside and the people she meets\, which listeners of her BBC Radio 4 series Ramblings are bound to enjoy. A lifelong lover of animals\, she also seeks to shine a light on the role they play in our lives through her writing and other projects\, which will see her adding an entrepreneurial string to her bow this year. \nPastures New\nAlex has perfected the art of dodging responsibility during her almost 40 years – until an unexpected letter turns her life upside down.\nShe’s inherited a crumbling sheep farm in wildest\, wettest Wales. This was not her life plan. Not at all.\n\nNow\, her closest companion is a stubborn Welsh terrier\, she’s speed-reading The Idiot’s Guide to Farming\, and her arrival has set the village gossip mill spinning. With the farm near collapse\, Alex sets out to uncover the truth behind her mysterious inheritance.\n\nClare Balding grew up in the countryside surrounded by horses and dogs\, and reading everything from Jilly Cooper to Henry James. Her autobiography\, My Animals and Other Family\, won the National Book Award for Autobiography of the Year. A keen rider\, she competed as an amateur flat jockey during her teenage years\, winning Champion Lady Rider in 1990. After an English Literature degree at Cambridge\, she became a journalist. Alongside her award-winning sports broadcasting and coverage of major Royal events\, Clare hosts her much-loved Ramblings series on Radio 4\, taking her across the British Isles exploring its landscape and its storytelling. A passionate campaigner for equality and women’s sport\, Clare was awarded a CBE for her services to Sport and Charity in 2022\, which she was honoured to receive at Buckingham Palace. \n***\nFriday 25 September | 7.00 pm\nSt Cyres School Auditorium\, Sully Road\, Penarth\, CF64 2XP\nTickets: £20.00 including a signed copy of Pastures New (RRP £9.99 paperback)* / £15.00 Event Only** / £5.00 Student Ticket / £5.00 Inclusive Ticket \n*Any book not collected at the event will be held in Griffin Books for three months after the date of the event.\n**There are a limited number of Event Only\, Student and Inclusive tickets available. 
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/an-evening-with-clare-balding/
LOCATION:St Cyres School\, Lavernock Road\, Penarth\, St Cyres School\, Lavernock Road\, Penarth
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Charlie Higson: King Zero
DESCRIPTION:Bond is back in a new novel from bestselling author Charlie Higson\, creator of The Fast Show and the Young Bond books. Charlie is the go to figure to comment on James Bond news\, and this is his version of what modern day Bond looks like.  Join us at Penarth Pier for an unforgettable evening to celebrate the publication of King Zero. \nHe’s read every Fleming novel and understands what people want from Bond – ingenious gadgets\, mysterious and terrible villains and world – threatening conspiracies – and has imagined every element in the modern day. The result is a blockbusting\, cinematic\, jet setting read with the theme of power at its heart.\n\nKing Zero:  It starts with a murdered agent in the Saudi desert. Only a traitor could have known enough to bring him down. But even James Bond can’t guess at the secret that was worth killing him to keep. As Bond follows the trail across the globe\, he doesn’t realise the countdown has already begun. And hiding in the shadows is a man with more power than Bond could ever have imagined. Prepare for a villain unlike any before. Prepare for KING ZERO.\n\nCharlie Higson is a comedian and actor who is co-creator and star of the hugely successful comedy series The Fast Show. He is the author of the bestselling Young Bond books and the incredibly successful horror series The Enemy\, as well as five adult crime thrillers. Charlie fell in love with Bond aged 7 when he saw Thunderball in the cinema and knows Bond inside and out — not only are the Young Bond books the most commercially successful Bond novels since Ian Fleming\, he’s been sent overseas by the BBC to stay at Fleming’s Jamaica estate\, commissioned to write a James Bond novella to coincide with the coronation of King Charles\, and is often interviewed by the media when Bond film news crops up. \n\nSunday 4 October | 7.00 pm\nPenarth Pier Pavilion\, The Esplanade\, CF64 3AU\nTickets:  £28.00 including a signed hardback copy of King Zero (RRP £22.00)* / £12.00 Event Only** / £5.00 Student Ticket / £5.00 Inclusive Ticket \n*Any book not collected at the event will be held in Griffin Books for three months after the date of the event.\n**There are a limited number of Event Only\, Student and Inclusive tickets available.
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/charlie-higson-king-zero/
LOCATION:Penarth  Pier Pavilion\, Penarth  Pier Pavilion
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Ann Cleeves: The Dying Light
DESCRIPTION:An event with crime fiction royalty Ann Cleeves is always cause for excitement here at Griffin Books. \nThis autumn\, Ann celebrates 40 years as a published author with the release of her 40th novel\, The Dying Light – a dark new mystery marking the return of Detective Matthew Venn. \nJoin us at Penarth Pier Pavilion for a special afternoon celebrating four decades of unforgettable crime fiction with Ann Cleeves.\n\nThe Dying Light:\nDetective Matthew Venn is called in to investigate a puzzling death. The body of a young woman has been found in the swimming pool of a luxurious holiday home in North Devon\, and her best friend is missing. \nThe property\, Tide House\, belongs to Paul Armstrong – a rising political star; a fact that quickly draws intense media scrutiny. As a scorching heat wave rages and further tragedy strikes\, Venn and his team begin questioning a community brimming with secrets. The dead woman and her friend had been spotted at a nearby music festival the day before\, an event which brought locals and outsiders together. Some of whom may have been more connected with the Armstrongs than first thought. \nCaught between a powerful family’s secrets and a powder keg of local tensions\, Venn must navigate a treacherous path. Knowing that the real answers lie not in what people say\, but in the silence that they keep . . .\n\nAnn Cleeves is the author of 40 critically acclaimed novels\, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing\, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope\, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn\, who can be found on television in ITV’s Vera\, BBC One’s Shetland and ITV’s The Long Call respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations\, capturing the minds of millions worldwide. Ann worked as a probation officer\, bird observatory cook and auxiliary coastguard before she started writing. She also spends her time advocating for reading to improve health and wellbeing and supporting access to books. In 2021\, her Reading for Wellbeing project launched with local authorities across the North East. In 2022\, she was awarded an OBE for her services to reading and libraries\n\nTuesday 6 October | 2.00 pm\nPenarth Pier Pavilion\, The Esplanade\, CF64 3AU\nTickets:  £28.00 including a signed hardback copy of The Dying Light (RRP £22.00)* / £12.00 Event Only** / £5.00 Student Ticket / £5.00 Inclusive Ticket \n*Any book not collected at the event will be held in Griffin Books for three months after the date of the event.\n**There are a limited number of Event Only\, Student and Inclusive tickets available.
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/ann-cleeves-the-dying-light/
LOCATION:Penarth Pier Pavilion\, Penarth Pier Pavilion
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Griffin Books Presents... Russell T Davies
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a very special evening in the company of Russell T Davies\, the award-winning creator of some of Britain’s most influential TV dramas. In his new memoir\, The Queerest of Folk: A life in television\, Russell takes us on a whistle-stop tour through a dazzling 40-year career\, from his early days working on children’s shows and soaps through to the giddy heights of relaunching Doctor Who and bringing queer relationships onto the mainstream screen. \nThe Queerest of Folk is an outspoken and passionate manifesto for British TV and celebrates the unique power it has to draw us together in an increasingly fragmented world. Expect an evening full of behind-the-scenes anecdotes and new revelations as Britain’s foremost TV writer and showrunner takes us into the rooms where it all happened; from the spark of an idea and the day-to-day business of meetings\, to the creative arguments and the scenes that changed television forever.\nRussell T Davies is one of the UK’s foremost writers of television drama\, creating groundbreaking shows such as Queer As Folk\, Bob & Rose\, Casanova\, Cucumber\, The Second Coming\, A Very English Scandal\, Torchwood\, It’s A Sin and most recently Tip Toe\, starring Alan Cumming and David Morrissey. He has been Head Writer and Executive Producer of Doctor Who since it returned to the BBC in 2005 and has written many of the new series’ most memorable episodes. He was awarded an OBE in 2008 for services to drama. He divides his time between Cardiff and Manchester. \nBook tickets early\, this is going to be a night you don’t want to miss! \n***\nMonday 12 October | 7.30 pm\nMemo Arts Centre Barry\, Gladstone Rd\, Barry CF62 8NA\nTickets: £40.00 including a signed copy of The Queerest of Folk (RRP £25.00 hardback)* / £60 Couples Ticket including one signed copy of The Queerest of Folk* / £20.00 Event Only** / £10.00 Student Ticket** / £10.00 Inclusive Ticket** \n*Any book not collected at the event will be held at Griffin Books for three months after the date of the event.\n**There are a limited number of Event Only\, Student and Inclusive tickets available.  \nThis event is organised by Griffin Books\, Penarth’s award-winning independent bookshop. To find out more about our shop and browse our upcoming events\, visit: griffinbooks.co.uk
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/griffin-books-presents-russell-t-davies/
LOCATION:Barry Memo Arts Centre\, Barry Memo Arts Centre
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Featured Events
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SUMMARY:The Paper Girl with Caryl Lewis
DESCRIPTION:An invitation to celebrate your strength and find your true self.\n\nJoin multi-award-winning Welsh author Caryl Lewis for a magical interactive origami storytime celebrating the release of her gorgeous new children’s book\, The Paper Girl. \nCaryl will share the story of her journey as an author\, playwright and screenwriter before reading from The Paper Girl\, a powerful feminist fable that encourages young readers to embrace who they truly are. Inspired by the story\, you’ll create your own origami flowers\, stars\, animals and more to take home. \nThis event is aimed at young readers aged 4-8. \nThe Paper Girl:\n\nThis is the story of a girl made from paper\, who is bright and kind and eager to please. \nWhen she is told she should be beautiful\, she folds herself into a flower; when she is told she should be clever\, she folds herself into a fox; when she is told she should be a ‘shining example to others’\, she folds herself into a star. \nBut nothing she does is ever quite enough – until she does something truly beautiful\, clever and shiningly wonderful. She says\, ‘No.’  \nSo unfolds this modern fairy tale….\n\nThe Paper Girl is a spellbinding keepsake book about learning to say ‘no’ and the transformative beauty of becoming who you truly are\, brought to life with exquisite papercut artwork by début illustrator Kanako Abe. \nCaryl Lewis is a multi-award-winning Welsh novelist\, children’s writer\, playwright and screenwriter. Her breakthrough novel Martha\, Jac a Sianco is widely regarded as a modern classic of Welsh literature and sits on the Welsh curriculum. The film adaptation – with a screenplay by Caryl herself – went on to win six BAFTAs and the Spirit of the Festival Award at the Celtic Media Festival. Her other screenwriting work includes credits on BBC/S4C thrillers Hinterland and Hidden. In 2022\, her first works in English were published. First came her adult novel Drift\, which was named Waterstones Welsh Book of the Year and later scooped the prestigious Wales Book of the Year Award – with Caryl making history as the first author to win this coveted award in both languages. Next came her children’s novel\, Seed and a picture book illustrated by Carmen Saldana\, The Boy Who Dreamed Dragons. Her work has been published in multiple languages around the world. \nPLEASE NOTE: This is not a drop-off event\, parents and guardians must stay throughout to supervise their child/ren. \n***\nSunday 18 October  | 11.00 am – 12.00 noon\nGriffin Books\, 9A Windsor Road\, Penarth\, CF64 1JB*\nTickets: £15.00 including a SIGNED hardback copy of The Paper Girl (RRP £14.99)** / Sibling Ticket (without a book): £5.00 / Adult Ticket: £2.00 \n*IMPORTANT: Please be aware that the toilet at Griffin Books can only be accessed via three steps and so is not accessible for wheelchair users or people with mobility issues. Please contact us on info@griffinbooks.co.uk if this would prohibit you from attending. \n**Any book not collected at the event will be held in Griffin Books for three months after the date of the event.
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/the-paper-girl-with-caryl-lewis/
LOCATION:Griffin Books\, Griffin Books
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Jodi Picoult: Hollow Bones
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to welcome bestselling author Jodi Picoult to Penarth as part of the UK tour for her gripping new book\, Hollow Bones. \nA compelling and emotionally rich new novel\, Hollow Bones explores the lies we tell ourselves as we write the narratives of our lives\, the plans we make to protect ourselves in our darkest moments\, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters. \nJoin us at Penarth Pier Pavilion for a wonderful afternoon in the company of one of the world’s best-loved storytellers\, as Jodi discusses her powerful new book.\n\nHollow Bones:\nOn September 11th\, 2001\, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old\, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home. Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn’t have loved her more\, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters. \nNow an adult\, she runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness\, mapping out ways to save lives during storms\, epidemics\, and airplane crashes. She and her husband\, Jesse—a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis—have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world. \nBut then the unexpected upends their new marriage\, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew.\n\nJodi Picoult is the bestselling author of 30 novels\, with 60 million copies sold worldwide. She has had 17 Sunday Times number one bestsellers. Five novels have been made into movies and Between The Lines (co-written with daughter Samantha van Leer) has been adapted as a musical. She is the recipient of multiple awards\, including the New England Bookseller Award for Fiction\, the Alex Award from the YA Library Services Association\, and the NH Literary Award for Outstanding Literary Merit. She is also the co-librettist for the musicals BREATHE and THE BOOK THIEF. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.\n\n***\nWednesday 4 November | 2.00 pm\nPenarth Pier Pavilion\, The Esplanade\, CF64 3AU\nTickets:  £28.00 including a signed hardback copy of Hollow Bones (RRP £22.00)* / £12.00 Event Only** / £5.00 Student Ticket / £5.00 Inclusive Ticket \n*Any book not collected at the event will be held in Griffin Books for three months after the date of the event.\n**There are a limited number of Event Only\, Student and Inclusive tickets available.
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/jodi-picoult-hollow-bones/
LOCATION:Penarth  Pier Pavilion\, Penarth  Pier Pavilion
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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