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  • Dangerous (Fictional) Women of the 2WW
    Dangerous (Fictional) Women of the 2WW
    Wed, Jan 29
    East Grinstead
    Jan 29, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    Jan 29, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    In the second War women played their part: the SOE, Bletchley Park and the hospitals. Bestselling novelists Lizy Buchan and Isabelle Grey (V B Grey) have researched these women, met their families, imagined their lives. Join us for stories of Dangerous Women – how we read them, how we write them.
  • Bird Tales
    Bird Tales
    Wed, Feb 12
    East Grinstead
    Feb 12, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    Feb 12, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    An evening of folk tales and stories around Britain's Best Loved Birds. Dawn Casey (illustrator) and Lucinda Warner (illustrator) bring the RSPB Bird Tales to the Bookshop just in time for the Birds to start nesting on Valentine's Day.
  • Grey Partridges on the South Downs, an evening with Roger Morgan-Grenville
    Grey Partridges on the South Downs, an evening with Roger Morgan-Grenville
    Wed, Mar 19
    East Grinstead
    Mar 19, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:20 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    Mar 19, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:20 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    Roger Morgan-Grenville, nature writer and countryside campaigner, joins us to talk about the recent return of Grey Partridges in Sussex and the benefits that brought in turn for food production and conservation.
  •  An April Walk with John Pye
     An April Walk with John Pye
    Fri, Apr 04
    East Grinstead
    Apr 04, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    Apr 04, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    Join John for a walk through East Grinstead. Learn something new and laugh a lot. The evening finishes with a drink in The Bookshop.
  • Jaqueline Wilson in conversation
    Jaqueline Wilson in conversation
    Wed, Apr 30
    East Grinstead
    Apr 30, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    Apr 30, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    'Think Again' is Jacqueline Wilson's first adult novel. To celebrate the paperback publication Jacqueline will be in conversation with Bookseller Helen Scott to talk about all things children's literature, and Jaqueline's life in books.
  • A Literary Lunch with Adam Nicolson
    A Literary Lunch with Adam Nicolson
    Wed, May 07
    East Grinstead
    May 07, 2025, 12:45 PM – 2:30 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    May 07, 2025, 12:45 PM – 2:30 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    Adam Nicolson joins us for a delicious lunch at Aqua Restaurant (just next to The Bookshop). He will speak and answer questions after the main course, and will be happy to personalise your special edition hardback copy of "Bird School' (included in the ticket price as is your two course lunch).
  • VE DAY A Celebration in Words and Music
    VE DAY A Celebration in Words and Music
    Thu, May 08
    East Grinstead
    May 08, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    May 08, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    Come and join John for his own unique historical look at East Grinstead during the War, interspersed with songs from Noelle Vaughn.
  •  A May Walk with John Pye
     A May Walk with John Pye
    Fri, May 16
    East Grinstead
    May 16, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    May 16, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    East Grinstead, 22 High St, East Grinstead RH19 3AW, UK
    Join John for a walk through East Grinstead. Learn something new and laugh a lot. The evening finishes with a drink in The Bookshop.
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