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The Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor
Forest of Dean author Andrew Taylor will be appearing at Rossiter Books to read from his new thriller Anatomy of Ghosts. Andrew Taylor was the recipient of a Diamond Dagger award in 2009 for sustained excellence in crime writing, and had a previous book The American Boy selected as a Richard and Judy pick.
1786, Jerusalem College Cambridge. The ghost of Sylvia Whichcote is rumoured to be haunting Jerusalem since disturbed fellow-commoner, Frank Oldershaw, claims to have seen the dead woman prowling the grounds. Desperate to salvage her son's reputation, Lady Anne Oldershaw employs John Holdsworth, author of The Anatomy of Ghosts - a stinging account of why ghosts are mere delusion - to investigate. But his arrival in Cambridge disrupts an uneasy status quo as he glimpses a world of privilege and abuse, where the sinister Holy Ghost Club governs life at Jerusalem more effectively than the Master, Dr Carbury, ever could. And when Holdsworth finds himself haunted - not only by the ghost of his dead wife, Maria, but also Elinor, the very-much-alive Master's wife - his fate is sealed. He must find Sylvia's murderer or the hauntings will continue. And not one of them will leave the claustrophobic confines of Jerusalem unchanged.
(Description courtesy of Michael Joseph)
Letts Rip by Quentin Letts
Come and join us for an evening of laughter and entertainment as we hear Quentin Letts talk about his newly released book, Letts Rip.
Throughout the New Labour years - that decade of deceit, that era of wretched wriggle - the "Daily Mail"'s Quentin Letts has maintained a lonely, vehement vigil. Like a lone clay pigeon shot squinting through his sights at a sky black with targets, he has fired his daily bullets at the poseurs and pooh-bahs of British public life. John Prescott? Bang! Alan Sugar? Bang Bang! Peter Mandelson, Harriet Harman, and the Commons Speaker Letts nicknamed 'Gorbals Mick'? Bullseyes - every single one. In this collection of anguished and often snortingly funny political sketches and journalism, Letts lets off more steam than a Chinese laundry. The modern Establishment won't like it. They tried to gag him. Smear him. Even tried to get him fired. Quentin Letts: The man they could not silence.
(Description courtesy of Constable Books)
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Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
We are delighted to welcome Francis Spufford who will be giving a talk and signing his new book Red Plenty.
The Soviet Union was founded on a fairytale. It was built on 20th-century magic called 'the planned economy', which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that the penny-pinching lands of capitalism could never match. And just for a little while, in the heady years of the late 1950s, the magic seemed to be working. "Red Plenty" is about that moment in history, and how it came, and how it went away; about the brief era when, under the rash leadership of Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Union looked forward to a future of rich communists and envious capitalists, when Moscow would out-glitter Manhattan, every Lada would be better engineered than a Porsche and sputniks would lead the way to the stars. And it's about the scientists who did their genuinely brilliant best to make the dream come true, to give the tyranny its happy ending.
(Description courtesy of Faber & Faber)
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The Naked Guide to Cider
James Russell & Richard Jones will be coming to Rossiter Books to give an illustrated talk on their new book The Naked Guide to Cider.
The Naked Guide to Cider is a book for people who enjoy drinking cider or perry and want to try making a barrel or exploring the delights of Cider Country.
The Naked Guide to Cider will introduce cider lovers to the history and culture of their favourite tipple, and demonstrate, in vivid detail and with clear step-by-step instructions, how to make their own cider. At the same time it will help people to explore cider country, showing where they can stay and where they can drink, buy or learn about cider.
We will of course be offering customers a suitable glass of refreshment during the talk!
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Decline & Fall by Chris Mullin
The sequel to Chris Mullin's highly acclaimed first volume of diaries, A View From the Foothills, widely regarded as the best insider account of the Blair government.
On the back benches but still in the thick of it, Decline & Fall runs from Chris Mullin's sacking as a minister by Tony ('The Man') Blair in 2005 to the fall of New Labour in May 2010. Here is politics as it really is: entertaining encounters with constituents and conspirators, tantalising glimpses behind the scenes at the courts of Blair and Brown, all set against the background of the global financial crisis and the Great Expenses Meltdown.
Every bit as funny and insightful as A View From the Foothills, the Mullin diaries provide a refreshingly irreverent and humane snapshot of life in the Westminster village.
Past Events
The Garden in the Clouds by Antony Woodward
Friday 18th June at Rossiter Books.
The Bones of Avalon by Phil Rickman
Saturday 3rd July at the Phoenix Theatre
Return to the Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater
Venue - Phoenix Theatre
Thursday 15th July at the Phoenix Theatre
A capacity crowd turned out for a very entertaining midday signing.
The Botticelli Secret by Marina Fiorato
Marina Fiorato, author of the bestseller The Glassblower of Murano talked about her new book The Botticelli Secret .
Thursday 29th July at Rossiter Books
The Killing Place by Tess Gerritsen
Bestselling author Tess Gerritsen entertained a large crowd at Bishopswood House with a very entertaining talk.
Friday 20th August at Bishopswood House
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