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SUMMARY:Meg Mason: Sophie\, Standing There
DESCRIPTION:From the award-winning\, bestselling author of Sorrow and Bliss comes an achingly tender\, poignant\, funny and bittersweet new novel. Hilariously candid and raw\, Sophie\, Standing There by Meg Mason is a bittersweet story of love\, loneliness and finding connection in the most unlikely of places. \nWe’re delighted to welcome Sydney-based author Meg to Penarth as part of the UK tour for Sophie\, Standing There.  \nSophie\, Standing There:\nSophie Pattison is a lovely person – warm\, kind\, relentlessly positive. She’s cherished by her brother Laurie\, adored by her best friend Emma and valued by her colleagues. Sometimes\, it’s true\, one day in her life can feel like the entire month of January. It’s also true she can go an entire day without speaking. But she’s fine really. She spends her time alone reading\, finding comfort in the pages of the books she devours.\nUntil one day she stumbles upon an author she hasn’t read in years. Her books\, interviews and podcasts soon become a lifeline; every word is a solace\, company she hasn’t felt in so long. It’s almost like love. A lot like love. And Sophie would love to meet the author\, although she never will obviously. In a way\, thank goodness\, because that would change everything. Sophie’s entire life. Wouldn’t it?\n\nMeg Mason is the author of You Be Mother and Sorrow and Bliss\, which became an international bestseller after it was published in 2021. Winner of the British Book Industry Book of the Year\, and shortlisted for the Women’s Prize\, it has since been translated into twenty-five languages. Her first career was in journalism\, beginning at The Times and later writing for Vogue\, Elle\, GQ\, and humour for the New Yorker’s Daily Shouts. Born in New Zealand\, she lives in Sydney with her husband and two daughters. \n***\nWednesday 9 September | 7.30 pm\nThe Glamorganshire Golf Club\, Lavernock Road\, Penarth\nTickets: £25.00 including a SIGNED copy of Sophie\, Standing There (RRP £20.00 hardback)** / £10.00 Event Only*** / £5.00 Student Ticket / £5.00 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\, Inclusive and Student tickets available.
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/meg-mason-sophie-standing-there/
LOCATION:Glamorganshire Golf Club\, Lavernock Road\, Penarth\, Glamorganshire Golf Club\, Lavernock Road\, Penarth
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Joanna Miller: The Eights
DESCRIPTION:Joanna Miller’s acclaimed debut historical novel\, The Eights\, follows the unlikely friendship of four women in Oxford’s first female class in 1920. It is a captivating story of sisterhood\, self-determination\, courage\, and what it means to come of age in a world that is forever changed. \nWe’re delighted to welcome Joanna to Penarth to talk about The Eights as part of her UK paperback tour. Join us for what promises to be a fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable evening. \nThe Eights:\nThey knew they were changing history. \nThey didn’t know they would change each other. \nOxford\, 1920. For the first time in its 1000-year history\, the world’s most famous university has admitted female students. Giddy with dreams of equality\, education and emancipation\, four young women move into neighbouring rooms on Corridor Eight. They have come here from all walks of life\, and they are thrown into an unlikely\, life-affirming friendship. \nDora was never meant to go to university\, but\, after losing both her brother and her fiancé on the battlefield\, has arrived in their place. Beatrice\, politically-minded daughter of a famous suffragette\, sees Oxford as a chance to make her own way – and her own friends – for the first time. Socialite Otto fills her room with extravagant luxuries but fears they won’t be enough to distract her from her memories of the war years. And quiet\, clever\, Marianne\, the daughter of a village vicar\, arrives bearing a secret she must hide from everyone – even The Eights – if she is to succeed. \nBut Oxford’s dreaming spires cast a dark shadow: in 1920\, misogyny is still rife\, influenza is still a threat\, and the ghosts of the Great War are still very real indeed. And as the group navigate this tumultuous moment in time\, their friendship will become more important than ever.\n\nJoanna Miller has always loved stories – even from an early age\, when the Headteacher complained to her parents that she had read all the books in the school library. Joanna went on to study English at Exeter College\, Oxford and later returned to the University to train as a teacher. After ten years in education\, she set up an award-winning poetry gift business. During this time\, she wrote thousands of poems to order and her rhyming verse was filmed twice by the BBC. Unable to resist the lure of the classroom\, Joanna recently returned to Oxford University to study creative writing. The Eights is her first novel.\n\nThis event is part of our new Griffin Books After Hours series of talks\, interviews and discussions. \n***\nWednesday 15 July | 7.30 pm\nGlamorganshire Golf Club\, Lavernock Rd\, Penarth CF64 5UP\nTickets: £15.00 including a SIGNED copy of The Eights (RRP: £9.99)** / £8.00 Event Only*** / £5.00 Student Ticket / £5.00 Inclusive Ticket \n  \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 is a limited number of Event Only\, Inclusive and Student tickets available.
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/joanna-miller-the-eights/
LOCATION:Glamorganshire Golf Club\, Lavernock Road\, Penarth\, Glamorganshire Golf Club\, Lavernock Road\, Penarth
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