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News From Local Authors

greedolpNew into stock is "Memories of Dolphin: the life of a climber remembered". Compiled and edited by Hebden Bridge-based Tom Greenwood, it commemorates the great Baildon climber Arthur Dolphin who died tragically young in the Alps in 1953. The book costs £11.99, which includes a DVD of black and white footage showing Dolphin in action in the Lake District in 1950 and 1951. Part of the film will be shown at the launch.

Falling through Clouds - Anna Chilvers (£7.99)

From a Hebden Bridge author, the story of a young man plagued with nightmares after being held hostage in Iraq and his relationship with 22-year-old student Kat as they summer in Cornwall. "Anna's prose is razor sharp, her dialogue pitch perfect. This, her fine first novel, weaves a tale that moves effortlessly through light and darkness. It's a serious page turner, moving, witty and thoroughly engrossing." - Lesley Glaister. The book was launched at the Trades Club on Saturday 9th January.

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Local Events

Book Launch: Gaza Beneath the Bombs by Sharyn Lock
Saturday 6th February, 9.00pm at Trades Club, Hebden Bridge
All welcome, Arabic food and DJ Madam Muffin

An Afternoon with Anne Lister and friends
Sunday 7th February, 2.30 - 5.15pm at Hebden Bridge Library
click here for more information

Cracking On: poems on ageing by older women
Friday 12th February 19.00 – 20.30 Hebden Bridge Library
Pamela Coren, Joy Howard,  Meg Peacocke and Gina Shaw will read from this anthology which explores all aspects of ageing, from losing parents to confronting the inevitability of our own deaths. Here are poets facing up to life, with a recognition of its transience, absurdities, triumphs and disasters, in the spirit of taking it on the chin.
The book costs £10.00 and is available from The Book Case

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Last Month's Bestsellers

A new year and a change of pattern. Last month The Book Case unusually had a history book at second place, and five novels, one by a local author. Peter Thomas’s local history rose back to the top, and three other books, including a bestselling walking book, had local connections. The other one was an entertaining travel book cum spiritual autobiography.



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Newsletter

Dear Book Case customer or friend,

A reminder that from Monday 1st February, National Book Tokens Gift Cards replaced the traditional paper Book Tokens, but the paper tokens already in circulation will remain valid for exchange.  
We've now restocked with loads of good quality bargain books alongside all the new ones - you'll find them on and under our centre table.  
We also have some brilliant new cards in, including some lovely bright ones from Victoria Macleod who did the pictures for the Earth Pathways diary. And some striking new ecofriendly ones are on their way, as is a gorgeous selection of cards and stationery featuring Charley Harper's bright quirky birds and animals. And if you want unusual Valentine cards, look no further!  
We still have a few of Geoff Boswell's Hebden Bridge calendar left. It's the last year he's doing it, so get one while you can! It's become quite an institution over the years and we'll all miss it in its current incarnation.  
Apologies for missing the paperback version of Sarah Waters' Little Stranger which came out in January unannounced by our suppliers. It's now in stock and we've made it Fiction Book of the Month to compensate.  
Hurrah for smaller publishers who keep republishing good books from decades and centuries gone by! We keep looking out for ones you might like. But we were a bit startled to see a picture of Ted Hughes as Heathcliff on the cover of a forthcoming new edition of Wuthering Heights. We have both pictures on display in the shop!  
And on the subject of small presses, Bertram Books of Norwich have launched a new bargain classics imprint Samphire Press, for independent booksellers, and we're selling them at £2.00. If you like them, we'll stock more.  
Our readers' opinions board is coming back to life - people report enjoying Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love, Rudyard Kipling's Kim, Tove Jansson's True Deceiver, Stephen King's The Stand, James Robertson's Testament of Gideon Mack and Frances Spalding's John Piper, Myfanwy Piper: Lives in Art. Not being enjoyed is Annie Proulx's Accordion Crimes, reported to be depressing.

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Current featured books

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We highlight every month books we think are of particular interest: from adult fiction and non-fiction, a children's book and a CD.

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Books of Local Interest

helmwhatWhat Brass Bands Did For Me - Chris Helme (£12.99)
Chris Helme is a retired police officer living in Brighouse and has been associated with brass bands for 50 years; he edits The Conductor magazine and also writes for The British Bandsman. This new book celebrates the world of brass bands and remembers the unforgettable characters - performers, composers and arrangers - that live on through their music. It's a record of life in the mill towns as it once was and a triumphant celebration of the brass band community of today, with over 100 previously unpublished archive photographs from private collections.

 

New Titles February 2010

FICTION

HARDBACK

The Long Song - Andrea Levy

The story of July, born on a Jamaican sugarcane plantation in the nineteenth century. From the author of "Small Island". (£16.99 at The Book Case)

The Pregnant Widow - Martin Amis

The death of the contemporary forms of social order in the 1960s ought to gladden rather than trouble the soul. Yet what is frightening is that what the departing world leaves behind it is not an heir but a pregnant widow. A tragicomedy of manners. (£16.99 at The Book Case)

PAPERBACK

Little Stranger - Sarah Waters

A chilling ghost story set in a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire. A doctor is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall, home to the Ayres family for over two centuries. Already out. (£7.99)

We are All Made of Glue - Marina Lewycka

Georgie Sinclair's life is coming unstuck. Her husband's left her. Her son's obsessed with the End of the World. And now her elderly neighbour Mrs Shapiro has decided they are related. Or so the hospital informs her when Mrs Shapiro has an accident and names Georgie next of kin. (£7.99)

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - Alexander McCall Smith

Even Mma Ramotswe and her assistant Mma Makutsi agree that there are things that men know and ladies do not, and vice versa. One thing lady detectives know very little about is football. Mma Ramotswe ventures into new territory, drinks tea in unfamiliar kitchens and learns to trust in the observational powers of small boys. (£7.99)

The Winner Stands Alone - Paulo Coelho

Set during the Cannes International Film Festival. The wife of a wealthy Russian businessman left him two years ago and he is insanely jealous, especially as she is now remarried to a famous fashion designer. (£7.99)

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