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SUMMARY:Chris Lloyd: The Art of Occupation
DESCRIPTION:The wonderful Chris Lloyd returns with a brand new book in his award-winning Occupation series! \nLocal Penarth author Chris Lloyd is a good friend of the shop and we’re delighted to be hosting an event to celebrate the release of The Art of Occupation\, the fourth book in his Occupation series featuring Eddie Giral\, a French police detective working in Paris under Nazi rule.\n\nThe Art of Occupation:\nIn the city of light\, some deals are only made in the shadows. When a corrupt art dealer is killed\, Detective Eddie Giral descends into an underground world of stolen paintings\, forged identities\, and whispered deals with Nazi Occupiers. As Eddie discovers links to a wealthy Jewish family’s missing collection\, the trail leads him to Paris’s Jeu de Paume\, where looted masterpieces have vanished – and where guarded curator Rose Valland gives nothing away. But in Eddie’s efforts to win her trust he forgets – can he trust her? With Parisians turning against their neighbours to survive\, and the different factions of the city’s Occupiers entangling Eddie in their power struggles\, the answers he needs lie in the museum’s most secretive collection… \nChris Lloyd: After graduating in Spanish and French\, Chris Lloyd lived in Catalonia\, where he worked in educational publishing and as a travel writer. He writes the Occupation series\, set in the Second World War\, featuring Eddie Giral\, a French police detective in Paris under Nazi rule.\nThe first book in the series\, The Unwanted Dead\, won the HWA Gold Crown Award for best historical novel of the year\, was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award and was Waterstone’s Welsh Book of the Month. The second\, Paris Requiem\, was a Sunday Times Best Historical Fiction Book of 2023. Published in August 2024\, the third in the series\, Banquet of Beggars\, was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award. He has also written a trilogy set in present-day Girona\, in Catalonia\, featuring Elisenda Domènech\, a police officer in the devolved Catalan police force. Chris is a member of Crime Cymru\, a co-operative of crime fiction writers with a connection to Wales\, and was part of the team that brought the country’s first international crime fiction festival to Aberystwyth\, in 2023. \n***\nThursday 21 May | 7.30 pm\nGriffin Books\, 9A Windsor Road\, Penarth\, CF64 1JB*\nTickets: £28.00 including a SIGNED copy of The Art of Occupation (RRP £25.00)** / £8.00 Event Only*** / £5.00 Student / £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/chris-lloyd-the-art-of-occupation/
LOCATION:Griffin Books\, Griffin Books
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Claudine Boulstridge: Family
DESCRIPTION:Step into a world of flavour\, balance and home-cooked meals with British-French chef and mother-of-three Claudine Boulstridge\, as she talks about her debut cookbook\, Family: Simple\, healthy recipes for everyone. \nClaudine is passionate about family food; she wants to show everyone how to transform everyday meals into flavour-forward\, vibrant and healthy home-cooked dishes you and your children will love at any age. Packed with tempting and creative recipes and practical ideas for a balanced\, varied diet\, Family will make mealtimes more delicious and help you to nourish adventurous eaters at the same time. \nClaudine will be talking about the book\, sharing stories about her background as a chef and taste tester for Yotam Ottolenghi (she has tested the recipes in all of his books!)\, and provide culinary solutions for health-conscious\, time-pressed families.\n\nFamily:\nFrom mini crustless quiches to rainbow sandwiches and healthy ‘Big Mac’ burgers to chocolate fridge cake\, Family features simple\, nutritious and time-efficient recipes that fit seamlessly into busy lives. From tips on cooking with your children to making homemade snacks and treats\, this book is your go-to guide for healthy\, flavoursome\, stress-free family meals. \nClaudine Boulstridge is a French-British chef\, recipe creator and tester for Ottolenghi – she has tested the recipes in all of his books and Guardian\, New York Times and Waitrose & Partners Food Magazine articles. After graduating from The University of Southampton with a degree in European Studies\, she studied at Leiths School of Food – going on to teach a variety of popular cookery classes at Divertimenti and Cookery School at Little Portland Street in London. Claudine has created\, tested\, styled and photographed recipes for companies like Ocado\, Lindt\, Crazy Jacks\, Biotiful Kefir and Bart. She also teaches online workshops and has spoken on BBC radio and The Parent Scoop podcast. \n***\nThursday 4 June | 7.30 pm\nGriffin Books\, 9A Windsor Road\, Penarth\, CF64 1JB*\nTickets: £30.00 including a SIGNED copy of Family** / £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/claudine-boulstridge-family/
LOCATION:Griffin Books\, Griffin Books
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\, which will take place in our newly expanded shop. \n***\nWednesday 15 July | 7.30 pm\nGriffin Books\, 9-9A Windsor Road\, Penarth\, CF64 1JB*\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*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/joanna-miller-the-eights/
LOCATION:Griffin Books\, Griffin Books
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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