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Dr Ian Mortimer is best known as the Sunday Times-bestselling author of the four Time Traveller's Guides:
His latest book is the extraordinary story of England told through one ordinary house on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon. Tracing daily life from the coming of the Saxons to the present day.
Join Ian at The East Gate Bookshop
On: Wednesday 23rd September
Tickets £3.00 each available from the East Gate Bookshop
or online here
Doors open at 7:15 pm for a 7:30 pm start.
Through the windows of an Ordinary House: A History of England
When the Sky Falls is a global cultural history of shooting stars spanning from the prehistoric to the present day, and exploring beliefs, superstitions, and the relationship between humanity and meteors throughout time.
Join Jade at The East Gate Bookshop
On: Thursday 1st October
Tickets £3.00 each available from the East Gate Bookshop
or online here
Doors open at 7:15 pm for a 7:30 pm start.
When the Sky Falls
A human history of shooting stars
Winter is often seen as a season for retreat – a time to draw our seats up close to the hearth and wait for spring. But the cold months hold their own magic.
In The Season of Frost and Fire, Rebecca Beattie shares thirteen luminous rituals to guide us through the darkest days
Join Rebecca at The East Gate Bookshop
On: Thursday 8th October
Tickets £3.00 each available from the East Gate Bookshop
or online here
Doors open at 7:15 pm for a 7:30 pm start.
The Season of Frost and Fire
A Witch’s Winter in 13 Rituals
In 1981, shoemaker, Alison Hastie co-founded Green Shoes, a women’s collective shoemaking business, in Totnes, Devon.
In Green Shoes Alison describes her place in a long line of West Country radicals and traces the history of shoemaking in history and politics. Above all Alison shows us the importance of being centred in place, time and community.
Join Alison at The East Gate Bookshop
On: Thursday 15th October
Tickets £3.00 each available from the East Gate Bookshop
or online here
Doors open at 7:15 pm for a 7:30 pm start.
Green Shoes: Forty years of a radical women’s craft collective
We love hosting events with authors; they are always inspiring and enjoyable. We hope to see you there too.