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Local Events

Local author Anna Chilvers will be reading from her novel Falling Through Clouds at Hebden Bridge Library on Friday 5th March at 7.30 and again in the Bluemoose Showcase at The Huddersfield Literature Festival on Thursday 11th March at 4.00pm.

Locally-based poet Simon Rennie will be having his Hebden Bridge launch of his first collection of poems, Little Machines, on Thursday 11th March from 8pm onwards, upstairs at the Hole in t'Wall (just by the old Packhorse Bridge) and reading with him is another fantastic poet from Hebden Bridge, John Siddique.

News Update

The new edition of Herstoria - "the history magazine that puts woman in her place" - is now in, with a special feature on Anne Lister of Shibden Hall including articles by Jill Liddington and Alison Oram, and a new Anne Lister Walk. Jill Liddington will lead a guided walk following this route on Sunday 16th May meeting 11am. You need to book for this by calling Julie Swift on 01422 393273.

Promotion

Totally Locally Fiver Fest Fortnight from 26th February to 14th March. "If every adult in Calderdale spent just £5 per week extra in our local shops & businesses it would mean an extra £40 million a year going into our local economy!" For the duration of the event, The Book Case will be offering for £5 each (and offering you the opportunity to brush up your local history at the same time):

Hebden Bridge: a short history of the area by Peter Thomas
Gold Pieces by Phyllis Bentley
Ned Carver in Danger by Phyllis Bentley
The Adventures of Tom Leigh by Phyllis Bentley

Last Month's Bestsellers

The Calder Valley factor made itself felt again at The Book Case, with two books of local interest and four more by local authors. In addition, two books looking at present-day society, one wry and humorous and the other scientific, were popular, and a ghostly novel and love poems made up the remainder.

Local Interest

Identity Parade: New British and Irish Poets - ed. Roddy Lumsden

Hebden Bridge-based poet Sarah Corbett is represented in this new anthology from

Bloodaxe - the first to comprehensively represent the generation of poets who have

emerged since the mid-1990s.

£12.00

Identity Parade: New British and Irish Poets - ed. Roddy Lumsden (£12.00)
Old Town-based poet Sarah Corbett is represented in this new anthology from Bloodaxe - the first that comprehensively represents the generation of poets who have emerged since the mid-1990s.

Weird Calderdale - Paul Weatherhead (£8.50)
Back in stock, an expanded and updated edition of this collection of strange local legends.

The Pennine Way - Paddy Dillon (£12.95)
The Pennine Way was the first long-distance path to be created in Britain, back in 1965. It traverses the 'backbone of England', striving to stay high on the moors, yet dropping down to delightful little towns and villages each evening. It has always been a popular trail, rightly regarded as a challenge, running higher and wilder than any other National Trail. This title presents detailed description of the official route, with variants. It is illustrated with photographs throughout the seasons and OS map extracts with full information about accommodation, public transport and other facilities available en route.

World Book Day

This year’s World Book Day falls on Thursday 4th March, and the theme is 'Read to a Million Kids'. This year’s 11 £1 books are in stock.

Local Authors News

Phyllis Bentley Society? There are moves to set up a society to promote the work of the late, great Halifax author Phyllis Bentley. Read about it here and see her children's books which we've reprinted under our Royd Press imprint here. Please contact us if you're interested to know more.

Savage Gods, Silver Ghosts: In the Wild with Ted Hughes - Ehor Boyanowsky (£19.95)
Ehor Boyanowsky became friends with Ted Hughes through their shared passion for fishing, and this is a portrait of Ted Hughes the outdoorsman via their joint fishing expeditions in British Columbia.

Gaza: Beneath the Bombs - Sharyn Lock; Sarah Irving (£12.99)
Hebden Bridge-based Sharyn Lock's eyewitness account brings home the horror of life in Gaza beneath the bombs. Sharyn went to the Gaza strip with the Free Gaza Movement, thinking the greatest danger she faced was making it past the Israeli sea blockade in a fishing boat, but soon after her arrival Israel attacked Gaza's 1.5 million inhabitants by land, air and sea. With others from the International Solidarity Movement, Sharyn volunteered with Palestinian ambulances, assisting them as they faced overwhelming civilian casualties.

Current featured books

Adult fiction: Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel (£8.99). 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009.

Adult Non-fiction: Do They Think You're Stupid?: 100 Ways of Spotting Spin and Nonsense from the Media, Celebrities and Politicians - Julian Baggini (£8.99). Aka "The Duck that Won the Lottery", another entertaining selection of examples of bad argument.

Children: Lord Sunday by Garth Nix (£5.99). In this seventh and last book of "The Keys to the Kingdom", the mysteries of the House, the Architect, the Trustees, the Keys and the Will are revealed, and the fate of Arthur, our Earth, and the entire Universe is finally decided. Ages 8 -12yrs+

CD: Secret Songs of Birds: The Hidden Beauty of Birdsong Revealed (£9.99). Many songbirds, such as the Skylark, Icterine Warbler and Grey Fantail produce songs that astound us with their complexity and speed of delivery. Though these songs never fail to impress, it is almost impossible for the human ear to distinguish the wealth of hidden notes and surprising melodies that make up these remarkable compositions. On this disc original recordings are played alongside digitally mastered versions where the natural speed has been specifically altered to reveal the subtle intricacy of each song in its full splendour.

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