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SUMMARY:Jane Fraser: Weights and Measures (GRIFFIN BOOKS AFTER HOURS)
DESCRIPTION:Step into a world of richly drawn characters\, quiet suspense\, and beautifully observed human drama as author Jane Fraser joins us to discuss her new novel Weights and Measures — an unhurried\, evocative story set in a working-class suburb of Swansea during the early days of the Second World War. \nWeights and Measures follows an outwardly ordinary family whose inner lives brim with fear\, passion\, and hope. Caught in the strange stillness of the ‘phoney war’\, the Froom family move through their days in a state of suspended animation\, clinging to secrets and private longings. But when the true devastation of war finally arrives\, nothing remains untouched. Lives are shattered\, futures are reshaped\, and yet — amid the wreckage — a fragile glimmer of hope begins to emerge. \nJane Fraser is a writer rooted deeply in the landscapes and histories that shape her fiction. Drawing inspiration from the rich cultural tapestry of Swansea and the lives of ordinary people enduring extraordinary times\, she brings a keen observational eye and an intimate emotional depth to her storytelling. Her work explores family\, identity\, and resilience\, capturing the quiet details that illuminate even the darkest chapters of history. \nThis event is part of our new Griffin Books After Hours series of talks\, interviews and discussions\, which will take place in our newly expanded shop. \n***\nThursday 26 March | 7.30 pm\nGriffin Books\, 9-9A Windsor Road\, Penarth\, CF64 1JB*\nTickets: £18.00 including a SIGNED copy of Weights and Measures (RRP: £12.99)** / £8.00 Event Only*** / £5.00 Student Ticket / £5.00 Inclusive Ticket \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.\n***There is a limited number of Event Only\, Inclusive and Student tickets available.
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/jane-fraser-weights-and-measures-griffin-books-after-hours/
LOCATION:Griffin Books\, Griffin Books
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Peter Finch: The Literary Business (GRIFFIN BOOKS AFTER HOURS)
DESCRIPTION:Step behind the scenes of Wales’s literary world with one of its most iconic figures. Peter Finch – poet\, writer\, performer\, and literary entrepreneur – will be talking to fellow author John Osmond about his new book\, The Literary Business. \nWhether you are a writer seeking guidance\, a literature enthusiast hungry for insider stories\, or simply someone who loves a brilliant literary raconteur\, an evening with Peter Finch promises to entertain\, enlighten\, and inspire. \nFor over fifty years\, Finch has shaped and chronicled the literary life of Cardiff and beyond. From pioneering the UK’s small press revolution in the 60s and 70s with Second Aeon\, to championing performance poetry in Wales during the 1980s\, to running Cardiff’s Oriel Bookshop\, and later leading Literature Wales\, Finch has been at the forefront of literary innovation. He has edited periodicals\, organised events\, worked as a literary agent and publisher\, and published acclaimed books on Cardiff\, the Valleys\, and the roots of rock music. \nIn his new book\, The Literary Business\, Finch draws on his unparalleled experience to offer a no-holds-barred personal history of the literary world. This book is for writers\, academics\, critics\, and anyone fascinated by the cut and thrust of publishing and poetry. From navigating the “Poetry Wars” of the 70s to understanding the challenges of supporting writers and writing today\, Finch delivers insights\, anecdotes\, and reflections with his trademark verve and iconoclasm. \nFew others in Wales know the business and how we got here like Finch does. And few others will have been capable of reporting back in such an entertaining fashion. Peter will be talking about the book\, answering questions\, offering advice and performing a poem or two. An evening not to be missed. \nPeter Finch is first and foremost a poet. His Collected Poems\, published in two 500-page volumes in 2022\, showcase decades of experimentation\, discovery\, and performance. Critics have hailed him as “probably the greatest living performer in poetry that we’ve got” (Chris McCabe\, National Poetry Librarian\, Southbank) and “one of the most influential literary figures in Wales of the last sixty years” (Gary Raymond). \nThis event is part of our new Griffin Books After Hours series of talks\, interviews and discussions\, which will take place in our newly expanded shop. \n***\nThursday 5 March | 7.30 pm\nGriffin Books\, 9A Windsor Road\, Penarth\, CF64 1JB*\nTickets: £25.00 including a SIGNED hardback copy of The Literary Business (RRP £20.00)* / £8.00 Event Only** / £5.00 Student Ticket / £5.00 Inclusive Ticket \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.\n**There are a limited number of Event Only\, Inclusive and Student tickets available.
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/peter-finch-the-literary-business-griffin-books-after-hours/
LOCATION:Griffin Books\, Griffin Books
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Rhian Siôn: Gyda'n Gilydd (GRIFFIN BOOKS AFTER HOURS)
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to be hosting the launch event for local author Rhian Siôn’s debut novel\, Gyda’n Gilydd. Rhian will be in conversation with BBC Radio Cymru 2 presenter and singer\, Lisa Angharad. Join us for the perfect bookish evening. This is a Welsh-language event. \nGyda’n Gilydd\nMae Alys a Saffi yn ffrindiau gore oes ond ers i Alys gael babi\, does ganddyn nhw ddim llawer yn gyffredin. Ond pan ddaw Elina\, mam newydd arall i’w bywydau’n annisgwyl\, mae’r tair yn sylweddoli bod heriau bywyd yn haws wrth iddyn nhw eu wynebu gyda’i gilydd. Stori dwymgalon am chwaeroliaeth a’r angen am gymuned i fagu babi. \nAlys and Saffi have been lifelong friends\, but since Alys had a baby\, they don’t have much in common. But when Elina\, another new mother\, unexpectedly enters their lives\, the three realise that life’s challenges are easier to face together. A heartfelt story about sisterhood and the need for a community to raise a baby. \nRhian Sion\nMae Rhian Siôn yn awdur ac athrawes sy’n angerddol am adrodd streon. Gyda gradd yn y Gymraeg mae Rhian wedi ysbrydoli meddyliau ifanc drwy ysgrifennu i blant\, ei gwaith fel ymarferydd creadigol\, ac fel athrawes. Bellach\, mae’n dod a’i llais unigryw i ffuglen i oedolion gyda’i nofel gyntaf\, gan gyfuno ei diddordeb mewn llenyddiaeth gyfoes a’i phrofiad fel mam. Pan nad yw’n ysgrifennu\, mae’n mwynhau bywyd ym Mhenarth gyda’i gŵr a’i dau fab ifanc\, gan dynnu ysbrydoliaeth o’r byd bywiog o’i chwmpas. \nRhian Siôn is a writer and teacher with a passion for storytelling. With a degree in Welsh\, she has inspired young minds through her children’s writing\, her work as a creative practitioner\, and her experience as a teacher. She now brings her unique voice to adult fiction with her debut novel\, blending her interest in contemporary literature with her experiences of motherhood. When she’s not writing\, she enjoys life in Penarth with her husband and two young sons\, drawing inspiration from the vibrant world around her. \nThis event is part of our new Griffin Books After Hours series of talks\, interviews and discussions\, which will take place in our newly expanded shop. \n***\nThursday 26 February | 7.30 pm\nGriffin Books\, 9-9A Windsor Road\, Penarth\, CF64 1JB*\nTickets: £15.00 including a SIGNED copy of Gyda’n Gilydd (RRP: £9.99)** / £8.00 Event Only*** / £5.00 Student Ticket / £5.00 Inclusive Ticket \nAll tickets include a glass of bubbly (or non-alcoholic alternative) on arrival. \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.\n***There is a limited number of Event Only\, Inclusive and Student tickets available.
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/rhian-sion-gydan-gilydd-griffin-books-after-hours/
LOCATION:Griffin Books\, Griffin Books
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:VIP Preview Party - Clare Mackintosh: 'It's Not What You Think'
DESCRIPTION:Are you ready for something a little bit different? We’re beyond excited to be hosting an exclusive VIP Preview Party for Clare Mackintosh’s hotly anticipated new book\, It’s Not What You Think. Join us in the shop for an intimate gathering in the company of one of the UK’s favourite crime writers as she introduces her twisty new thriller. \nWhat to expect \n– a drink and nibbles on arrival\n– themed merchandise and goodies\n– fun games to get the party going\n– plenty of time to mingle and chat with Clare \nAll VIP guests will also receive a SIGNED and dedicated copy of It’s Not What You Think when it’s published on Thursday 26 March. \nClare says: “My schedule around publication is always so busy that I’m often dashing off from events as soon as the signing queue has finished\, so I’m looking forward to having time to chat to readers properly at these special parties. Given my love of plot twists\, I am of course planning a few surprises for our VIP guests…”  \nThis is just one of two pre-order parties Clare will be hosting ahead of the book’s release\, and the only one taking place in Wales! Make sure you grab your ticket early\, as spaces are strictly limited. \nIt’s Not What You Think: \nYOU THINK YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE\nNadeeka is certain Jamie is having an affair. She knows the tell-tale signs. She’s been here before. \nYOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUST\nWhen Jamie claims to be at work late\, she knows he’s lying. He’s with another woman\, and she’s determined to catch him in the act. \nYOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS\nBut when Nadeeka arrives home to confront him\, Jamie can’t explain himself. The house has become a crime scene… Jamie is dead. \nIT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK… \nCLARE MACKINTOSH is a former police officer and a bestselling crime author. Her books have sold more than three million copies\, been optioned for television and translated into 40 languages. She appears regularly at literary festivals and bookshop events across the UK\nand beyond. \n*** \nPraise for It’s Not What You Think: \n‘I always see the twists coming – but not this time’ – LEE CHILD \n‘A nail-biter of a thriller’ – SHARI LAPENA \n‘An extraordinarily clever plot\, this was one of my favourite books of the year’ – ANDREA MARA \n‘Clare Mackintosh has done it again with another unguessable twist’ – ERIN KELLY \n‘The book everyone will be talking about … more twists and turns than an episode of Line of Duty’ – C.L. TAYLOR \n***\nMonday 23 February  | 7.30 pm\nGriffin Books\, 9-9A Windsor Road\, Penarth\, CF64 1JB*\nTickets: £25.00 – Tickets include a SIGNED and personally dedicated copy of It’s Not What You Think (RRP £16.99 hardback)*\, a drink and nibbles on arrival\, plus themed merchandise. \n*Copies of It’s Not What You Think will be available to collect from publication day on 26 March. If you’re not able to collect your copy from the shop we can post it to your home address for no extra charge. Please add the Postage option when booking and provide your address when prompted. \nIMPORTANT ACCESS INFORMATION: 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.
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/vip-preview-party-clare-mackintosh-its-not-what-you-think/
LOCATION:Griffin Books\, Griffin Books
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Brigid Lowe: The Bloody Branch (GRIFFIN BOOKS AFTER HOURS)
DESCRIPTION:Immerse yourself in a richly imagined world of myth\, magic\, and feminist storytelling with author Brigid Lowe\, as she discusses her new book The Bloody Branch\, a dark\, eco-gothic retelling of the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogion. \nThe Bloody Branch reimagines the stories of Blodeuwedd\, Arianrhod\, and Goewin through a fierce feminist and ecological lens\, bringing Wales’s national myths to life in a narrative charged with magic\, danger\, and ancient power. \nAs darkness spreads across the kingdom under the cruel ambition of the magician Gwydion\, three women must unite and unleash their most uncanny strengths to defend the land that binds them. Vital\, visceral and richly atmospheric\, Lowe’s novel is a story of desire\, revenge\, nature and female resilience\, casting an ancient light on themes that feel urgent and resonant today.\n\nBrigid Lowe grew up in a remote Welsh-speaking community on Ynys Môn with her Irish immigrant parents and younger sister. She now lives with her children in Yr Hen Ogledd — The Old North — once part of a shared Cumbric nation with Wales. She studied literature at Bangor\, completed her doctorate at Oxford\, and later taught at Sheffield and Cambridge Universities\, publishing widely on the art of fiction. Brigid descends from travellers\, circus performers\, mill workers and gallowglass warriors. She photographs flowers\, forages\, climbs pinnacles\, and swims in ice-cold waters\, caves and bottomless pools — a life steeped in the landscape that informs her fiction. \nThis event is part of our new Griffin Books After Hours series of talks\, interviews and discussions\, which will take place in our newly expanded shop. \n***\nWednesday 11 February  | 7.30 pm\nGriffin Books\, 9A Windsor Road\, Penarth\, CF64 1JB*\nTickets: £20.00 including a SIGNED hardback copy of The Bloody Branch (RRP £16.99)** / £8.00 Event Only*** / £5.00 Student Ticket / £5.00 Inclusive Ticket \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.\n***There are a limited number of Event Only\, Inclusive and Student tickets available.
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/brigid-lowe-the-bloody-branch-griffin-books-after-hours/
LOCATION:Griffin Books\, Griffin Books
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Oliver Bullough: Everybody Loves Our Dollars (GRIFFIN BOOKS AFTER HOURS)
DESCRIPTION:Spend an evening in the company of one of Britain’s leading investigative journalists Oliver Bullough as he discusses his latest book\, Everybody Loves Our Dollars: How Money Laundering Won – a wildly entertaining exposé of the dark financial secrets at the heart of the global economy. \nThis event is part of our new Griffin Books After Hours series of talks\, interviews and discussions\, which will take place in our newly expanded shop.\n\nEverybody Loves Our Dollars: How Money Laundering Won: \nWithout the existence of money laundering\, few crimes of acquisition would be worth the trouble. South America’s drug cartels would be stranded without it\, as would Nigerian kleptocrats\, Afghan terrorists\, American tax evaders\, and a whole bestiary of human (and animal) traffickers the world over. And yet\, estimates of the dirty portion of world GDP have held steady at 2–5% for decades. All efforts at legislation\, diplomacy\, prosecution\, and compliance have been a complete flop. It’s not a lack of will to stamp it out -it’s a lack of insight. \nIn Everybody Loves Our Dollars\, Bullough takes readers on a perspective-altering adventure through the flipside of the global economy\, revealing why the system works so well for those who exploit it and why it’s time for that to change. \nOliver Bullough is the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Butler to the World and Moneyland\, as well as two acclaimed books about the former Soviet Union: The Last Man in Russia and Let Our Fame Be Great. His journalism appears regularly in The Guardian\, The New York Times\, and GQ. \n***\nMonday 26 January | 7.30 pm\nGriffin Books\, 9–9A Windsor Road\, Penarth\, CF64 1JB*\nTickets: £30.00 including a SIGNED copy of Everybody Loves Our Dollars (Hardback RRP £25.00)** / £8.00 Event Only*** / £5.00 Student Ticket / £5.00 Inclusive Ticket \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 at info@griffinbooks.co.uk if this would prohibit you from attending. \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\, Inclusive and Student tickets available.
URL:https://www.penarthtowncouncil.gov.uk/event/oliver-bullough-everybody-loves-our-dollars-griffin-books-after-hours/
LOCATION:Griffin Books\, Griffin Books
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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