BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-// - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251028T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251028T150000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20251002T122719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T185626Z UID:10002856-1761649200-1761663600@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Children's Day @ Farsley Lit Fest DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to invite you to come along to our Children’s Day during half-term\, as part of Farsley Lit Fest. On Tuesday 28th October\, 11am – 3pm\, at The Old Woollen\, we will have THREE exciting one-hour long Children’s Author Workshops and you’re welcome to join one\, two or all three of them. \n\n\n\nWe have included an age recommendation for each event below but they are ALL suitable for ALL the family. Each event is just £2 per child. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Adults are FREE but do require a ticket. Any under 2s coming with older children are also free. They do not require a ticket. Our aim has been to price the events so that they are accessible to everyone\, so do contact us directly if you have any questions. \n\n\n\nThere will be a selection of the authors’ books available to buy (and get signed on the day). \n\n\n\nWe can’t wait to welcome you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE EVENTS \n\n\n\n* 11am – A Fabulously Fun Look at Collecting Things with BETHAN WOOLLVIN \n\n\n\n* 12.30pm – ‘The Floofs’ – Design a Graphic Novel with PENELOPE O’NEILL \n\n\n\n* 2pm – ‘Shoot for the Stars’ – Build Your Confidence with Paralympic Gold Medallist DANIELLE BROWN \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Fabulously Fun Look at Collecting Things with BETHAN WOOLLVIN @ 11amFun for all the Family / Perfect for 3-7 Year Olds \n\n\n\nWhat do you collect? Everyone collects something! Join award-winning author / illustrator Bethan Woollvin for an exciting workshop based on her fabulous picture book These are my Rocks. There’ll be a fun\, interactive talk about strange collections and oddities from around the world before Bethan reads from her book and gives everyone a behind the scenes glimpse at the creative process involved in putting a book together. Bethan will also lead an exciting craft activity\, where you will get the opportunity to bring a collection of your very own to life. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n‘The Floofs’ – Design a Graphic Novel with Penelope O’Neill @ 12.30pmFun for all the Family / Perfect for 6-9 Year Olds \n\n\n\nPenelope O’Neill\, author-illustrator of The Floofs has put together a workshop that will see you learn how to create your own graphic novel. From designing comic book heroes and villains to mapping out a comic book strip\, this is your chance to show off your creative skills and learn new ones. Plus\, there’ll be an exciting draw-a-long of a Floof character from Penelope’s popular novels and the opportunity to ask her questions about her journey to becoming a published author. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n‘Shoot for the Stars’ – Build Your Confidence with Paralympic Champion Danielle Brown @ 2pmFun for all the Family / Perfect for 8-12 Year Olds \n\n\n\nDanielle Brown MBE invites you to a fun\, interactive event all about confidence and believing in yourself. Inspired by her book Shoot for the Stars\, you’ll explore what makes you feel strong and capable through a series of creative and confidence-boosting activities. Together we’ll: \n\n\n\n* Write a short story about your favourite sporting role model and the qualities that make them inspiring * * Take part in fun activities that help you recognise your own strengths* Learn simple techniques to boost confidence when facing challenges \n\n\n\nDanielle will also share her journey as an athlete\, show her gold medals and talk about what it takes to perform at the highest level. With plenty of opportunities to get creative\, join in and ask questions\, this session is packed with inspiration to help you dream big and find the confidence to take on new challenges. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/childrens-day LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Childrens-Day-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250924T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250924T150000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20250604T130415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T155014Z UID:10002829-1758718800-1758726000@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An Afternoon in Conversation with Clare Balding DESCRIPTION:From growing up in a racing yard to commentating in the King’s Coronation procession and fronting the Olympics and Wimbledon\, Clare Balding’s life has been extraordinary.  Now\, she has written her debut novel based on a character who relocates from London to a struggling farm in Monmouthshire. Discover more about Pastures New as well the secrets from behind the scenes of her 30 years in broadcasting… \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClare will be in conversation with Phil Williams\, a national broadcaster with thirty years experience on the air. He can currently be heard on BBC Radio 2. He launched a brand new evening show on Times Radio and spent eighteen years on air at BBC Five Live. He’s shared many a studio with Clare\, both at five live and also at Wimbledon. \n\n\n\nAbout ‘Pastures New’ \n\n\n\nSometimes home is where you least expect it… \n\n\n\nAlex has perfected the art of dodging responsibility during her almost 40 years — until an unexpected letter turns her life upside down. \n\n\n\nShe’s inherited a crumbling sheep farm in deepest\, wettest Wales. This was not her life plan. Not at all. Now\, her closest companion is a grumpy Welsh terrier\, she’s speed-reading An Idiot’s Guide to Farming\, and her arrival has set the village gossip mill spinning. With the farm near collapse and its community now relying on her\, Alex sets out to uncover the truth behind her mysterious inheritance. Then she can finally get back to the carefree life she thought she wanted.  \n\n\n\nBut as secrets surface\, Alex finds her heart pulling her in a direction she never saw coming. Will she pack her bags – or has she landed exactly where she’s meant to be? \n\n\n\nAbout Clare Balding  \n\n\n\nClare grew up in the countryside surrounded by horses and dogs. Her autobiography\, ‘My Animals and Other Family’\, won the National Book Award for Autobiography of the Year. Clare has also written a bestselling series of children’s books set around a girl and her horse. \n\n\n\nA keen rider\, Clare competed as an amateur flat jockey during her teenage years\, winning Champion Lady Rider in 1990. After an English Literature degree at Cambridge she became a journalist. Alongside her award winning sports broadcasting and coverage of major Royal events\, Clare hosts her much loved Ramblings series on Radio 4\, taking her across the British Isles exploring its landscape and its storytelling.  \n\n\n\nA passionate campaigner for equality and women’s sport\, Clare was awarded a CBE for her services to Sport and Charity in 2022\, which she was honoured to receive at Buckingham Palace. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-afternoon-with-clare-balding LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/An-Afternoon-with-Clare-Balding-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250911T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250911T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20250808T121048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T155303Z UID:10002844-1757620800-1757628000@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An Evening with Fun Lovin' Criminal Huey Morgan DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to be welcoming Fun Lovin’ Criminals’ frontman Huey Morgan to Farsley to celebrate the release of his fascinating autobiography. \n\n\n\nMusician\, DJ\, producer and award-winning BBC broadcaster\, Huey will be sharing stories from his memoir\, interspersed with songs on his guitar (including a preview of his new single!) \n\n\n\nWhen the Fun Lovin’ Criminals released their smash hit debut album Come Find Yourself in 1996\, its fusion of hip-hop\, funk\, blues and rock quickly saw it become one of the most iconic and influential records of the decade. Now\, in a humorous and honest memoir\, Huey Morgan describes his remarkable rock star journey. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHuey’s is a story that begins in the early 1990s in New York\, freshly returned from his time in the Marines and struggling to return to regular life. As Huey tries to kickstart his musical career\, he finds himself falling into the criminal underworld to get by. But as his band begins – against all the odds – to take off\, can he extricate himself before his shot at stardom goes begging? \n\n\n\nWritten in Huey’s indomitable and distinctive style\, his book brings the grit and glamour of 90s New York brilliantly to life. And\, we can’t wait to welcome you to the Old Woollen to hear from Huey in person. \n\n\n\nDoors at 7pm URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-huey-morgan LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Huey-Morgan-Event-Tile.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250820T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250820T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20250620T153254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T153258Z UID:10002830-1755720000-1755727200@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An Evening with Dave Worthington\, Former Premier League Scout DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Old Woollen as Dave Worthington takes us inside the secret world of a top-tier football scout. Dave who has witnessed 20 epoch-making years of the Premier League has collaborated with Pudsey-born Sports Journalist Phil Dawkes to tell his story and will be chatting to him and ITV Calendar’s Chris Dawkes about his life\, career and the craft. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE BOOK \n\n\n\nWith a foreword by ex-Bolton and England manager Sam Allardyce\, the book is of major interest to all football fans. \n\n\n\nLifting the lid on the dynamic\, clandestine\, pressurised\, sometimes humdrum\, often crazy life of a football talent-spotter\, in this revealing autobiography we find Dave: \n\n\n\n\nUnearthing hidden gems for Sam Allardyce to polish at Bolton\n\n\n\n\n\nHelping Jose Mourinho spend big as part of Chelsea’s ‘Roman Empire’\n\n\n\n\n\nProviding the means for Leicester to shock the world in 2015-16\n\n\n\n\n\nWitnessing first-hand at Everton how messy things get when you recruit three faltering number 10s and strikers who don’t score\n\n\n\n\nFew scouts have experienced Premier League history in the 21st century as Dave Worthington has. But then few people have two footballing parents. Fewer still\, grow up as one of three brothers who all become professionals; one an England international and great maverick of the game. Even fewer go on to make close to 500 Football League appearances\, securing cult status as Dave did at Grimsby. \n\n\n\n‘Worthy’ is about the making of a scout and how a unique upbringing\, lengthy playing career and lifelong love of the game equipped Dave to judge the best of the best. \n\n\n\nAuthor Phil Dawkes spent 15 years working for BBC Sport online\, principally covering football. He has written extensively on the Premier League\, Champions League and many more major international tournaments. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-dave-worthington LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250710T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250710T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20250415T102152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T104423Z UID:10002819-1752177600-1752184800@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An Evening with the Queen of Psychological Thrillers\, Lisa Jewell DESCRIPTION:This July\, Lisa Jewell is back with her latest addictive read ‘Don’t Let Him In’. We are absolutely thrilled to be hosting an Evening with Lisa\, the number one New York and Sunday Times Author who has sold over ten million books worldwide. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss this opportunity to meet and find out more about an international\, bestselling Author’s new\, page-turner and gain an insight into Lisa’s astonishing writing and publishing journey. \n\n\n\nThe New Book \n\n\n\nA seemingly perfect man insert himself into a woman’s life with devastating effect. He says he loves you. You think he might even be made for you. Before long he’s moved into your house – and into your heart. And then he leaves for days at a time. You don’t know where he’s gone or who he’s with. And you realise – if you looked back – you’d say to yourself: DON’T LET HIM IN. \n\n\n\nLisa’s Previous Books \n\n\n\nLisa Jewell’s first novel\, ‘Ralph’s Party’\, was published in 1999 and was the best-selling debut novel of the year. Since then\, Lisa has published another twenty-two novels\, most lately a number of dark\, psychological thrillers\, including the evocative ‘Then She Was Gone’\, the gripping ‘The Family Upstairs’ and the nail-biting ‘None of This is True.’ \n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-lisa-jewell LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250708T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250708T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20250322T123130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250322T123424Z UID:10002812-1752004800-1752012000@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An evening with Robin Ince DESCRIPTION:We are incredibly excited to welcome back Robin Ince who will join us for an evening in the Old Woollen to talk about his latest book Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal : My Adventures in Neurodiversity. \n\n\n\nRobin Ince is a comedian\, actor and writer. He is the author of several acclaimed books\, including The Importance of Being Interested and I’m a Joke and So Are You. \n\n\n\nWith Professor Brian Cox\, he created and presents the award-winning BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage\, which ranks among the most popular science podcasts worldwide. Robin was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 52. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-robin-ince-july25 LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250607T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250607T150000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20250411T082038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250414T070539Z UID:10002818-1749301200-1749308400@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An Afternoon with The Reverend Richard Coles DESCRIPTION:Are the parishioners of Farsley ready to welcome The Reverend? Join us at the Old Woollen as we talk to writer\, broadcaster and Anglican priest\, The Reverend Richard Coles about the fourth novel in the No.1 bestselling Canon Clement series ‘A Death on Location.’ \n\n\n\nIn the spring of 1990\, we return to Champton\, where the characters we’ve come to love are all aflutter as a glamorous movie set takes over the village. As the actors don their bonnets\, gowns and crowns\, a murder interrupts filming on set – and it’s an ingenious murder . . . Can Canon Daniel solve the mystery with help from his sidekick Detective Sergeant Neil Vanloo – even when things are so sticky between them? \n\n\n\nThe Canon Clement Mystery books have all been Sunday Times No.1 bestsellers; collectively\, they have sold hundreds of thousands of copies across physical\, audio and ebook\, and gained critical acclaim from the likes of the Guardian\, to the Telegraph\, to Dawn French and Ian Rankin. \n\n\n\nMany of the characters which made Murder Before Evensong and A Death in the Parish instant hits are back: Daniel himself\, his mother Audrey\, the inhabitants of Champton and – of course – Cosmo and Hilda\, Daniel’s beloved dachshunds. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-afternoon-with-the-reverend-richard-coles LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250603T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250603T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20250322T133636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T164659Z UID:10002813-1748980800-1748988000@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An evening with Stuart Maconie DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to be able to welcome Stuart Maconie for an evening in the Old Woollen to talk about his latest publication ‘With A Little Help From Their Friends’ The Beatles changed the world. But who changed theirs? \n\n\n\nFrom this bestselling writer and broadcaster comes a book about the global icons we all know\, told through the eyes of people we don’t. Paul\, John\, Ringo\, George. Four lads from Liverpool whose music changed the world as we know it. Theirs is a tale that has become one of the core stories we tell about ourselves as a nation. But their meteoric rise to the top of the charts and lifelong stardom wasn’t achieved in isolation. \n\n\n\nFrom roadies to cabbies\, muses to mavericks\, photographers to hairdressers\, With A Little Help From Their Friends shares the incredible stories of the people who made the Beatles who they were. Bringing a lifetime worth of music knowledge\, Maconie takes us behind the narrative we know and reveals more about who was there ‘Before’\, ‘With’ and ‘Beyond’ the band’s success. He also adds his own experiences\, encounters and conversations that show the Beatles like you’ve never seen them before. \n\n\n\nDoors open 7pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStuart Maconie_ Credit The Sunday Times News Licensing URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-stuart-maconie LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250520T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250520T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20250303T184155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T142033Z UID:10002807-1747771200-1747778400@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An evening with 'Virdee' creator AA Dhand DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening at the Old Woollen as we talk to Bradford based writer A. A. Dhand about his latest adrenaline-filled\, compulsive page-turner ‘The Chemist.’ A. A. Dhand is the author of five previous novels\, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist\, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. \n\n\n\nThe history\, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. As a pharmacist\, A. A. Dhand was surrounded by drugs\, dealers\, and incredible stories of maverick drug-deals\, which on one hand blew his mind in their ingenuity\, and on the other sickened him with how easily they preyed on the most vulnerable. His experiences inspired the writing of ‘The Chemist.’ \n\n\n\nLocal pharmacist and pillar of the community\, Idris Khan\, spends his days doling out methadone to the hundreds of addicts in his care. They trust Idris with their secrets\, and so he knows more than his mild manner suggests. So when his childhood sweetheart\, Rebecca\, doesn’t turn up for her daily methadone dose\, Idris is worried. Worried enough to go looking for her in the most deprived area of Leeds\, alone.The mess Idris finds catapults him into the middle of a turf war between the two most powerful drug cartels in Yorkshire. Now\, he must use every bit of intelligence and cunning he has to keep those he loves safe. Because a war is on the way. And when Idris goes after his enemies\, they won’t see him coming. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n‘I doubt I’ll read a better thriller this year’ M. W. CRAVEN‘Outstanding – relentless\, multi-layered suspense and real human drama’ LEE CHILD‘Timely\, and a compulsive page-turner’ LIZ NUGENT‘This man knows how to keep me up into the early hours. Relentlessly thrilling!’ VASEEM KHAN URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-aa-dhand LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250225T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250225T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20250129T170127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T170132Z UID:10002803-1740513600-1740520800@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An evening with Lindsey Burrow DESCRIPTION:We are proud to be able to bring you an event with Pride of Britain Award Winner and inspirational woman\, Lindsey Burrow. Lindsey will join us in the Old Woollen for an evening to talk about her first publication Take Care\, the life-affirming memoir of the working mother of three young children who has inspired the nation through her selfless commitment to husband Rob Burrow (CBE)\, the rugby league legend she cared for throughout his heroic battle with motor neurone disease (MND). \n\n\n\nTake Care is A Memoir of Love\, Family & Never Giving Up explores the deepest reserves of resilience\, personal sacrifice and hope that Lindsey exhibited on a daily basis when her family’s life was upended by the terminal MND diagnosis. Juggling her day job for the NHS as a physiotherapist\, with round-the-clock care for Rob\, who couldn’t move or talk\, and could only eat with Lindsey’s assistance\, she simultaneously raised her brilliant young family and helped to raise awareness for MND. The efforts of Rob\, Lindsey and Kevin Sinfield have raised over £15 million for charity. \n\n\n\nIn 2023\, Lindsey ran the inaugural Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon\, which was co-founded by Rob and his former Leeds Rhinos teammate Kevin Sinfield to help raise awareness for MND. Together\, the Burrow family and Sinfield have helped to raise over £15 million for charity. In the process\, they have inspired the nation\, offering families hope by sharing their MND journey. In 2023\, Lindsey Burrow received a Pride of Britain award\, together with Rob and Kevin. Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield were awarded CBEs by HRH The Prince of Wales in January 2024. Lindsey featured in the acclaimed BBC 2 documentary\, ‘Rob Burrow: Living with MND.’ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 2024\, Lindsey presented her debut ITV1 documentary\, ‘Who Cares for Our Carers?’ which highlighted the emotional and practical hardships faced by thousands of her fellow unpaid carers\, whose hidden work is worth an estimated £162bn a year in the UK\, the equivalent of another NHS. Told in Lindsey’s characteristically humble\, charming and inspirational style\, Take Care explores her life and shares her honest experiences of finding strength in the good and the bad times\, in order to offer readers and families hope to overcome challenges in their own lives. The book sheds a light on the many families across the UK who care for their loved ones with little support. Finally\, the book is a rousing call to action\, for us all as a society to take better care of one another. \n\n\n\n‘Thank you for what you are teaching us\, about what it is to fight\, what it is to love\, and what it is possible for us to do and to be as human beings’ Michael Sheen\, Pride of Britain Awards 2023\, to Rob and Lindsey Burrow \n\n\n\n‘Lindsey’s strength and love shines through’ Lorraine\, ITV \n\n\n\n‘You are an inspirational couple’ Loose Women ITV \n\n\n\n‘Lindsey and Rob Burrow’s moving love story from teenage sweethearts to ‘superhero’ wife’ has stood the test of time – overcoming the hardest and most heartbreaking of challenges. Mirror \n\n\n\n‘A story of compassion\, perseverance and love. By sharing her story\, Lindsey is shining a light on those who are dealing with incredibly difficult situations\, putting other’s needs before their own and making great personal sacrifices every day. I hope this book provides all those going through their own challenges with some comfort and optimism\, and that it inspires us all to look out for one another’ HRH Prince William URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-lindsey-burrow LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20241201T180748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T113249Z UID:10002798-1739217600-1739224800@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An evening with Weyward author Emilia Hart in conversation with Jennifer Saint DESCRIPTION:We are heading straight into our 2025 events programme and bringing you an evening with one of Truman Books best selling authors of 2024\, the talented Emilia Hart. Emilia’s debut novel Weyward has sold over 500\,000 copies worldwide\, including 200k in the UK. Her second novel ‘The Sirens\,’ due for release on 13 February\, is already receiving amazing reviews. Emilia will be in conversation with historical fiction bestselling author Jennifer Saint\, writer of mythological novels Ariadne\, Elektra and Hera. \n\n\n\nLucy is running from what she’s done – and what someone did to her. There’s only one person who might understand: her sister Jess. But when Lucy arrives at her sister’s desolate cliff-top house\, Jess is gone.Lucy is now alone\, in a strange town steeped in rumour. Stories of men disappearing without a trace. A foundling discovered in a sea-swept cave. And women’s voices murmuring on the waves… As Lucy searches for her sister\, those voices get ever louder. They tell of two sisters\, two centuries ago\, bound and transported across the world. A world where men always get their way. A world that is at once distant\, and achingly familiar.Are these voices luring Lucy closer to her sister? Or will the secrets of the past pull them both under? \n\n\n\nThis event will be held at the Old Woollen\, providing the perfect ambiance for an intimate gathering of book lovers. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet one of Truman Books most loved authors and connect with fellow fans\, as well as being one of the first to get your hands on a copy of ‘The Sirens’. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n‘Enthralling\, compelling\, poignant … It made me cry on a railway platform’ BRIDGET COLLINS\, author of The Silence Factory‘Absolutely wonderful. It’s a profoundly moving and rich historical story wrapped up in a contemporary murder mystery’ ROSIE ANDREWS\, author of The Leviathan‘Full of allure and brimming with undercurrents of buried secrets… beautifully written and utterly compelling’ EVIE WOODS\, author of The Lost Bookshop \n\n\n\nBEAUTIFUL\, ATMOSPHERIC\, THRILLING WRITING FROM A TALENTED YOUNG WRITER. The Sirens delivers everything from Weyward and more. An incredibly involving combination of powerful dual-timeline storytelling\, feminist themes and mythical elements. \n\n\n\nINSPIRED BY AUTHOR’S OWN FAMILY HISTORY. Emilia is a British-Australian writer and author and discovered her ancestors had been involved in captaining the convict ships between Ireland and Australia. She was born in Sydney and studied English Literature and Law at the University of New South Wales before working as a lawyer in Sydney and London. Emilia is a graduate of Curtis Brown Creative’s Three-Month Online Novel Writing Course and was Highly Commended in the 2021 Caledonia Novel Award. Her short fiction has been published in Australia and the UK. She lives in London. \n\n\n\nJennifer Saint grew up reading Greek mythology and was always drawn to the untold stories hidden within the myths. She read Classical Studies at King’s College\, London where she is now a Visiting Research Fellow in the Classics department. After thirteen years as a high school English teacher\, she wrote Ariadne which tells the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur from the perspective of Ariadne – the woman who made it happen. Ariadne was shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year in 2021 and was a Waterstones Book of the Month\, as well as being a Sunday Times bestseller. Jennifer is now a full-time author\, living in Yorkshire with her husband and two children. Her second novel\, Elektra\, and third novel\, Atalanta\, were number one Sunday Times bestsellers. Her latest mesmerising mythological retelling is titled Hera\, out in paperback on 10th April 2025. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-emilia-hart LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241122T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241122T150000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20240814T203547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T175147Z UID:10002788-1732278600-1732287600@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An afternoon with Scottish crime writer Sir Ian Rankin DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival we are proud to announce\, an afternoon at the Old Woollen with award winning author Sir Ian Rankin as he introduces us to the brand new John Rebus thriller ‘Midnight and Blue’\, which will be released in October. \n\n\n\nThey say there is nowhere more dangerous for a cop than prison. John Rebus is about to find out just how true that is. \n\n\n\nJohn Rebus’s appeal is stalled and his lawyers have stopped calling\, as he hopes for the best but fears the worst. As the days bleed into each other\, and the nights stretch before him\, even the legendary detective struggles to keep his head. That is\, until a murder in a locked cell presents a new mystery. They say old habits die hard. Everyone else is about to find out just how true that is too. On the outside\, Siobhan Clarke investigates the disappearance of a girl who never came from school. Jasmine Andrews’ friends swear they haven’t seen her\, and she hasn’t contacted them. But something about this case doesn’t add up. Is Jasmine\, missing or on the run? Is she in danger\, or is this something stranger? \n\n\n\nBack inside\, as new friends and old enemies begin to circle\, Rebus finds himself at the centre of a case where the prisoners and the guards could all be suspects. But how do you find a killer in a place full of them? \n\n\n\nMidnight and Blue is a masterfully executed twin-engine crime novel that combines Rankin’s gold standard Edinburgh-based police procedurals and a tough\, tightly wound locked cell mystery. Rankin’s work is known for its integrity and ambition\, as well as the topical socio-political commentary\, and Midnight and Blue continues the series with a sense of a generational changing of the guards\, the march of technology and its potential to be saviour and predator\, the pressure on public institutions through budget cuts and a decaying sense of civic duty. It’s a story about groups and institutions – boys’ clubs and girl groups\, schools and prisons\, gangs and territory\, power and control. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSir Ian Rankin is the multimillion-copy worldwide bestseller of over thirty novels and creator of John Rebus. His books have been translated into thirty-six languages and have been adapted for radio\, the stage and the screen. In 2024\, a new Rebus six-part TV series was broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. \n\n\n\nSir Ian Rankin is the recipient of four Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Awards\, including the Diamond Dagger\, the UK’s most prestigious award for crime fiction. In the United States\, he has won the celebrated Edgar Award and been shortlisted for the Anthony Award. In Europe\, he has won Denmark’s Palle Rosenkrantz Prize\, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the German Deutscher Krimipreis. In 2022\, he received a knighthood for his services to Literature and Charities. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival – Doors open midday URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-afternoon-with-sir-ian-rankin LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241113T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241113T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20240801T074128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241107T211535Z UID:10002785-1731528000-1731535200@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Uncommon People: Britpop and Beyond in 20 Songs\, with award winning music journalist Miranda Sawyer in conversation with freelance writer Daniel Dylan Wray DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival we are taking you back to the 90s for an evening at the Old Woollen with the definitive Britpop mixtape from award-winning pop-writer Miranda Sawyer. Sharing the vivid stories behind 20 key songs of the 90s – ‘Common People’ to ‘Girls and Boys’\, ‘Connection’ to ‘Firestarter’; AND the bands that made them. Miranda will be interviewed by Daniel Dylan Wray\, a freelance writer for The Guardian since 2017\, covering music\, film\, TV\, documentary\, podcast as well as general interest stories. \n\n\n\nWhen Miranda Sawyer interviewed Noel Gallagher in 1995\, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front-page news. This fascinating pop history\, exploring the mid-90s moment when British music suddenly meant everything\, explains why. Picking out twenty key songs\, delving into the surprising stories behind them and their unlikely creators\, Uncommon People takes us back to when Jarvis Cocker became a national hero\, Trainspotting was a global hit\, fire-starting seemed like a good night out – and it felt as though the revolution was happening. \n\n\n\nInitially a music press nickname\, Britpop became an unexpected musical movement centred around outsiders and misfits\, drop-outs and weirdos who refused to compromise on their ideas\, even when they were thrust into the international spotlight. Not just a scene for white guys with guitars\, but something wilder and more interesting\, with songs that have proved timeless. Exploring the era’s key artists – Oasis\, Blur\, Tricky\, Pulp\, Underworld\, Manic Street Preachers\, The Prodigy\, Suede\, Chemical Brothers\, Garbage\, Supergrass\, Radiohead\, PJ Harvey and more – through their definitive anthems\, Miranda Sawyer transports us back to the beating heart of the nineties. \n\n\n\nUNCOMMON PEOPLE re-lives the mad exhilaration of what it was like to hear these songs for the very first time – and what it was like to make them. With amazing new interviews\, and I-was-there insight\, this book offers a backstage pass to all the most interesting bits of Britpop’s Greatest Hits. Forget New Labour\, forget earnest trend theories\, this book is all about the music\, the people and being right there\, right now. \n\n\n\n‘That tired old phrase ‘if you remember the 90s you probably weren’t there’ does have a ring of truth. Luckily\, Miranda Sawyer was both there and has a far better memory than me. Even more fortunately\, she writes about those days with great verve\, style and acuity. Absolutely indispensable.’ IRVINE WELSH \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMiranda Sawyer has written about pop culture for the Observer ever since they hired her to explain why Kurt Cobain’s death was such a big deal in 1993. She has since interviewed everyone from Liam Gallagher to Irvine Welsh. She has also written for the Face\, Select\, and Smash Hits and won several awards.The Culture Show’s Music Correspondent since 2007 and a regular on Radio 4\, she has made documentaries about the Spice Girls and even co-presented Big Mouth with Tony Parsons in 1996. Her first book Park and Ride explored the British suburbs\, her second Out of Time exploded the midlife crisis\,Uncommon People takes us time-travelling back into the heart of 90s pop. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival. Doors open 7:00pm event starts 8:00pm URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/uncommon-people-britpop-and-beyond LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241111T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241111T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20240731T201043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240807T192601Z UID:10002784-1731355200-1731362400@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Guy Shrubsole in conversation with Boff Whalley. The Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside? DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival we bring you an evening at the Old Woollen with Sunday Times Best Selling Author\, Guy Shrubsole in conversation with Boff Whalley. They will be discussing Guy’s new book The Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside? \n\n\n\nFor centuries we’ve been sold a lie: that you need to own the land to care for it. Just 1% of the population own half of England\, and this tiny landowning elite like to present themselves as the rightful custodians of the countryside. They’re even paid billions of pounds of public money to be good stewards. But what happens when they just don’t care? \n\n\n\nA small number of landowners have laid waste to some of our most treasured landscapes\, leaving our forests bare\, our rivers polluted\, our moorlands burned\, and our fenlands drained. Here Guy Shrubsole journeys all over Britain to expose the damage done to our land\, and meet the communities fighting back: the river guardians\, small farmers and trespassing activists restoring our lost wildlife. Full of rage and hope\, this is a bold vision for our nation’s wild places\, and how we can treat them with the awe and attention they deserve. \n\n\n\nIt’s time to demand better for nature. We can start by replacing the lie of the land with a profound truth: that any of us can care for the countryside\, regardless of whether you own it. \n\n\n\nThis is set to be a night of great discussion and their will be chance for the audience to ask Guy their own questions on this subject. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuy Shrubsole is an environmental campaigner and writer. He is the author of Who Owns England?\, an instant Sunday Times bestseller\, and The Lost Rainforests of Britain\, which won the Wainwright Prize for writing on Conservation and was shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Literary Prize. For the past decade and a half Guy has campaigned on the climate and nature crises\, working for a wide range of organisations from Friends of the Earth and the Right to Roam campaign\, to the Department for the Environment\, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Guy lives in Devon. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival. Doors open 7:00pm event starts 8:00pm URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/guy-shrubsole LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241106T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241106T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20240712T163045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240821T150307Z UID:10002781-1730923200-1730930400@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Bedsit Land - The Strange Worlds of Soft Cell by music journalist\, DJ & author Patrick Clarke in conversation with journalist\, broadcaster and musician John Robb DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival we are excited to announce\, an evening at the Old Woollen with music journalist\, DJ & author Patrick Clarke about his latest release Bedsit Land – The Strange Worlds of Soft Cell. Patrick will be joined in conversation with journalist\, broadcaster and musician John Robb. \n\n\n\nSoft Cell are more than just a pop band. Marc Almond and Dave Ball may be best known for the string of hits they released in 1981\, but the powerful first phase of their collaboration embraced a staggering array of sounds\, influences and innovations that would change the face of music to come. \n\n\n\nIn Bedsit land\, Patrick Clarke plunges into the archives and interviews more than sixty contributors\, including the band members themselves\, to follow Soft Cell through the many strange and sprawling worlds that shaped their extraordinary career. They lead him from the faded camp glamour of the British seaside to the dizzying thrills of the New York club scene. From transgressive student performance art to the sleaze and squalor of pre-gentrified Soho. From the glitz of British showbiz to the drug-addled chaos of post-Franco Spain. He emerges on the other side with the most in-depth\, innovative and entertaining account of the duo ever written. \n\n\n\nPatrick Clarke is a music journalist and live DJ. He is the deputy editor of the Quietus and a freelance contributor to the Guardian\, NME\, DIY Magazine and many more. He has also written for a number of specialist titles\, including No Depression\, N By Norwegian and MARVIN. \n\n\n\nPatrick will be joined in conversation by the well-known media figure who has been active in music for decades John Robb. John is a journalist\, broadcaster and musician. He is the author of Punk Rock: An Oral History (2006) and The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth\, the first major book on Goth culture. He is the founder of culture website louderthanwar.com and plays bass in the post-punk band The Membranes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival – Doors open 7pm URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/bedsit-land LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241103T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241103T153000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20240902T155434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240902T155456Z UID:10002795-1730642400-1730647800@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Destination Fabulous - Find your way to your best you yet with Anna Murphy DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival we are bringing you another fabulous event\, join us in the Old Woollen as we chat to Anna Murphy\, Fashion Director of The Times. Anna will be introducing Destination Fabulous – her inspirational and invigorating guide to embracing your age and celebrating the wisdom and inner beauty that comes with it. \n\n\n\nFrom the Fashion Director of The Times comes a wise and inspiring guide to making the most of life as a grown-up woman – from the practical (how to dress your best) to the existential (how to feel your best). \n\n\n\nAt 52\, Anna Murphy feels more visible than at any point in her life to date. In Destination Fabulous\, she offers a toolkit to help you embrace your age and celebrate the wisdom and inner beauty that comes with it. It’s not about impossible goals. It’s not about running a marathon (unless you want it to be). It’s not about denying the ageing process\, nor attempting to erase its signs. It’s not about letting everything go\, either. It’s about balance. It’s about the possible and the present. And it’s about the future you want. How do you lift and smooth your face naturally? Should you go grey\, and\, if so\, how? How do you deal with menopause? Anna combines her knowledge from years of writing about fashion and beauty with her openness to the alternative ways of thinking found in disciplines such as yoga and Chinese medicine. For her natural is always best. \n\n\n\nAs for fashion\, Anna knows better than anyone that this can be the ultimate route into surfacing the true you. She shares all her tricks for finding your way to a wardrobe that will transform not just the way you look but the way you feel. And she shares the highlights of her conversations over the years with super-stylish agers such as Iris Apfel and Miuccia Prada. How have they got it right? Drawing on the wisdom of writers as diverse as Pema Chödrön and Eckhart Tolle\, Dorothy Rowe and Osho\, Nora Ephron and Mary Oliver\, she writes about saying goodbye to what doesn’t serve you and welcoming what does; about forging relationships that work for you as well as others; and about finding your purpose\, whether in your personal or professional life. Discover how the bumps on her road have helped her find her way to her true path. Her hope is that this book will help you to find yours\, too. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival. Doors open 1pm event starts 2pm URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/destination-fabulous LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241102T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241102T150000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20240704T225251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T103624Z UID:10002779-1730552400-1730559600@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An afternoon with award winning historical novelist Kate Mosse DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival we are delighted to announce\, An afternoon with Kate Mosse at the Old Woollen. Kate Mosse CBE FRSL is an award-winning novelist\, playwright\, performer\, campaigner\, interviewer and non-fiction writer. The author of ten novels and short-story collections\, her books have sold over five million copies\, been translated into thirty-eight languages and published in more than forty countries. Kate will be talking to us about her latest novel The Map of Bones\, which will be released on 10th October. \n\n\n\nA story of adventure and hardship\, dispossession and injustice\, The Map of Bones is the sequel to the No. 1 bestselling The Ghost Ship\, and the fourth – and concluding – novel of The Joubert Family Chronicles. \n\n\n\nOlifantshoek\, South Africa\, 1688. When the vicious Cape wind blows from the south-east\, they say the voices of the unquiet dead can be heard whispering through this deserted valley. Suzanne Joubert is here to walk in the footsteps of her cousin\, Louise Reydon-Joubert\, pirate and commander of the Ghost Ship\, who disappeared more than sixty years ago. Suzanne has come to find her — to lay the stories to rest. But all is not as it seems . . . \n\n\n\nFranschhoek\, South Africa\, 1862. One hundred and eighty years later\, another member of the Joubert family\, Isabeau\, has journeyed to the small frontier town once known as Oliftantshoek in search of the long-lost women of her family. But the tragedies and crimes of the past are far from over\, and Isabeau must race against time to not only discover the truth but escape with her life . . . \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKate’s fiction writing includes the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy (Labyrinth\, Sepulchre\, Citadel)\, The Joubert Family Chronicles (The Burning Chambers\, The City of Tears\, The Ghost Ship\, The Map of Bones) and No 1 bestselling Gothic fiction including The Taxidermist’s Daughter and The Winter Ghosts. \n\n\n\n Her highly-acclaimed non-fiction includes An Extra Pair of Hands: A Story of Caring & Everyday Acts of Love and Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World\, which inspired her one-woman theatre touring show. \n\n\n\nA regular guest on radio and television for literature\, Kate hosts the pre-show interview series at Chichester Festival Theatre and is a regular interviewer for literary and arts festivals including Letters Live\, the Hay Festival\, the Edinburgh International Book Festival\, the British Library and the Royal National Theatre. Her new podcast\, The Matilda Effect\, will be launched in summer 2024. \n\n\n\nThe Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction – the world’s largest annual literary awards celebrating writing by woman – she is the founder of the global #WomanInHistory campaign and has her own monthly YouTube book show\, Mosse on a Monday. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature\, Kate is also an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Authors\, a Visiting Professor of Contemporary Fiction and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester and President of the Festival of Chichester. In the broader arts\, Kate is President of the Festival of Chichester\, Patron of the Chichester Cathedral Festival of Flowers 2024\, Vice-Patron of the Chichester Cathedral Platinum Music Trust and Patron of the Chichester Festival of Music\, Dance and Speech. She is also an Ambassador for Parkinsons UK and has recently been appointed to Board of the British Library. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-afternoon-with-kate-mosse LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241014T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241014T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20240711T201936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240926T174344Z UID:10002780-1728936000-1728943200@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Cecelia Ahern in conversation with Gaby Roslin DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival we are delighted to announce\, an evening at the Old Woollen with multi-million bestseller and contemporary fiction powerhouse\, Cecelia Ahern in conversation with one of the UK’s most popular TV and radio presenters\, Gaby Roslin. Cecelia constantly defies expectations. Ever evolving\, she is most recently known for her provocative\, mind-bending collection Roar\, adapted for TV by Nicole Kidman. \n\n\n\nCecilia will be taking about her latest gripping novel ‘Into the Storm‘ which is about motherhood\, escaping the past\, and what really happened on one wild\, stormy night. \n\n\n\nSurviving the storm is only the beginning… It is a wild night in the middle of December\, and GP Enya is crouched over a teenage boy\, performing CPR in the freezing rain. She found him on a mountain road near Dublin\, the victim of a hit-and-run.The boy survives\, but Enya goes to pieces. She leaves her husband\, her son\, and everything she knows to start a new life in remote rural Ireland.But even in the quiet of Abbeydooley\, beneath the boughs of an ancient tree\, Enya is still haunted by that night in the rain. Can the stories of strangers and a land steeped in legend lay the ghosts of her past to rest? Or will the storm she’s outrunning finally catch up with her? \n\n\n\nGaby hosts BBC1’s Morning Live and Ch5’s Shop Smart Save Money. She also presents on Radio 2\, has released her first book Spread the Joy (Harper Collins) and also has her own incredibly successful podcast ‘Reasons to be Joyful’.She has hosted her own chat show on BBC Radio London since 2014 as well as creating and presenting Gaby’s Talking Pictures for Radio 4 & the live theatre show. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCecelia Ahern is an Irish novelist whose work was first published in 2004. Her debut novel PS I Love You was an international bestseller and was adapted to film starring Hilary Swank. Her second novel\, Where Rainbows End\, was adapted into Love\, Rosie starring Lily Collins. Her books have been published in over thirty-seven languages\, and have sold over twenty-five million copies. In addition to her novels\, she is also the author of a highly acclaimed collection of stories\, Roar\, which is now an Apple Original series starring Nicole Kidman on Apple TV+. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival – Doors open 7pm URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-cecelia-ahern LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241013T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241013T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20240814T191853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T205816Z UID:10002787-1728846000-1728856800@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:3rd FLF Book Lovers Quiz Night DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival we are exited to bring you our annual Book Lovers Quiz Night\, with Gary Wigglesworth. Gary is the author of The Book Lover’s Quiz Book and he will be hosting us at the Old Woollen for what is sure to be a fun night with great prizes to be won. \n\n\n\nThe aim of all Gary’s quizzes\, and his book\, is that people should have fun and be able to guess (if they don’t know) as much as possible. There are lots of multiple-choice questions\, some amusing answers\, clever red herrings\, little-known facts about authors and some of the much-loved Say What You See picture round. \n\n\n\nTeams can be any size but each team member must have purchased an individual ticket. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of the 2024 Farsley Literature Festival \n\n\n\nDoors open 6pm URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/flf24-book-lovers-quiz-night LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20240405T181217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T143818Z UID:10002766-1715716800-1715724000@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An evening with Patrick Grant DESCRIPTION:Join us at the charming setting of the Old Woollen for a fantastic evening with TV Presenter and judge of the BAFTA-nominated BBC series\, The Great British Sewing Bee\, Patrick Grant. Patrick will be in conversation with William Gaunt about his career which spans almost two decades in the fashion industry. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss out on this unique opportunity to hear the talented Patrick Grant and get a signed copy of his new book ‘The Savile Row Suit.’ \n\n\n\nSavile Row is the home of bespoke tailoring. This short street is home to many of the world’s finest tailoring houses\, a street where for over 200 years royals\, rock stars\, and giants of the business and political worlds have come to have their clothes cut\, sewn and fitted. Patrick Grant\, co-owner of Savile Row tailors Norton & Sons\, describes the long-standing traditions of craftsmanship that are maintained in the workrooms of this quiet corner of London’s Mayfair – a fascinating and uniquely storied world. He celebrates the extraordinary ecosystem\, from the British weavers and cloth houses to the trimmings merchants\, that allows Savile Row to flourish. Grant shines a light on the captivating story of Savile Row\, the painstaking processes required to create a bespoke garment\, and the story of his personal experiences on this most famous thoroughfare. \n\n\n\nThis book details\, for the first time\, the complete tailoring methods of several of Savile Row’s finest sewing tailors\, providing a detailed step-by-step manual on how to hand-make a pair of trousers\, waistcoat\, and coat in the Savile Row style\, and a shirt in the style of one of Jermyn Street’s finest shirt makers. Richly illustrated\, this book gives an insight into a highly discreet and rarefied world of craftsmanship. \n\n\n\nPatrick is the co-owner of Norton & Sons and the co-owner and Director of Community Clothing. He won Menswear Designer of the Year at the 2010 British Fashion Awards. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrick Grant has a lot to say about clothes; how many we buy\, how we value them\, what they’re made from\, and importantly who made them and where. His campaigning clothes brand Community Clothing supports local clothing and textile manufacturers across the UK and Patrick is an outspoken advocate for radical change in the fashion and clothing industry\, for moving beyond sustainable to circular and regenerative. \nPatrick’s career in fashion has spanned almost two decades. In that time he has rebuilt the Savile Row tailor Norton & Sons\, relaunched E. Tautz\, for which he won Menswear Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards\, and built the most successful designer collaboration in Debenham’s history with Hammond & Co. He has worked with some of the world’s best known brands including Cartier\, Rolls Royce\, Lotus\, BMW\, Mercedes\, The Macallan\, Chivas Regal\, Barbour\, Christian Louboutin\, and Alexander McQueen. \nThen in 2015 Patrick bought the ailing Blackburn clothing manufacturer Cookson & Clegg\, saving the factory from closure. This got him thinking about the fate of the many other great UK textile and garment makers\, many of which he knew well\, and how to secure their future and the future prosperity of the communities that those businesses support. The result of this thinking was Community Clothing which was launched in 2016 and has since earned him widespread praise. \nPatrick won Celebrity Mastermind and The Weakest Link\, but didn’t do as well in Masterchef. He has written on diverse subjects for many titles including The Financial Times\, The Times and GQ. He has written three books\, Original Man\, published in 2014\, and will release LESS and The Savile Row Suit in May 2024. Patrick has a degree in Materials Science from Leeds and an MBA from Oxford\, an honorary Doctorate from Heriot Watt\, an honorary Fellowship from UCLan\, is an honorary Professor at Glasgow Caledonian\, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2018 he gave a Ted Talk about the thinking behind Community Clothing. And he is an ambassador for The King’s Foundation\, a charity which supports education activities for people of all ages across the UK. \nDoors open 7pm URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-patrick-grant LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240304T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240304T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20231122T144748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T124636Z UID:10002759-1709582400-1709589600@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:* * * SOLD OUT * * * The Future of Geography with Tim Marshall DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to bring you an evening\, at the Old Woollen\, with British journalist\, broadcaster and author Tim Marshall. Tim will be talking about his latest book\, The Future of Geography. \n\n\n\nIf you’ve ever wondered if humans are going back to the Moon\, who will benefit from explorations\, will Musk and Bezos’ space race ambitions ever come to fruition\, the answers are here. \n\n\n\nSpace is the new frontier\, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to communication\, military strategy and international relations on Earth. Now\, it is the latest arena for human exploration\, exploitation – and\, possibly\, conquest. With China\, the USA and Russia leading the way\, the next fifty years will change the face of global politics. \n\n\n\nWith all the insight and wit that have made Tim Marshall the UK’s most popular writer on geopolitics\, this gripping book shows that politics and geography are as important in the skies as on the ground\, covering great-power rivalry; technology; commerce; combat in space; and what it all means for us down on Earth. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Marshall is a leading authority on foreign affairs with more than 30 years of reporting experience. He  as diplomatic editor at Sky News\, and before that was working for the BBC and LBC/IRN radio. He has  reported from 40 countries and covered conflicts in Croatia\, Bosnia\, Macedonia\, Kosovo\, Afghanistan\,  Iraq\, Lebanon\, Syria and Israel. He is the author of the No. 1 Sunday Times bestsellers Prisoners of  Geography: Ten Maps that Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (which has sold over 2 million copies worldwide) and The Power of Geography: Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our  World. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/the-future-of-geography-with-tim-marshall LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231119T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231119T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20230727T193402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230902T100917Z UID:10001950-1700420400-1700431200@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Lovers Quiz Night DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2023 Farsley Literature Festival we are exited to bring you something a little different. Gary Wigglesworth\, author of The Book Lover’s Quiz Book will be hosting our very own Book Lovers Quiz Night. Join us at The Old Woollen for what is sure to be a fun night with great prizes to be won. \n\n\n\nThe aim of all Gary’s quizzes\, and this book\, is that people should have fun and be able to guess (if they don’t know) as much as possible. There are lots of multiple-choice questions\, some amusing answers\, clever red herrings\, little-known facts about authors and some of the much-loved Say What You See picture round. \n\n\n\nTeams can be any size but each team member must have purchased an individual ticket. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of 2023 Farsley Literature Festival. \nDoors open at 6pm\, event starts at 7pm.  URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/book-lovers-quiz-night-2023 LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231114T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231114T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20230719T133304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230902T100724Z UID:10001948-1699988400-1699999200@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An evening with Dr Amir Khan DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2023 Farsley Literature Festival we are excited to announce an evening with full-time Bradford GP\, bestselling author and resident doctor for ITV’s Lorraine and Good Morning Britain\, Dr Amir Khan. \n\n\n\nDr Khan has recently been seen hosting Dr Amir’s Sugar Crash (Channel 5) and You Are What You Eat (Channel 5) with Trish Goddard. \n\n\n\nWhen he is not in surgery or on TV\, Amir spends his time gardening\, baking\, running and supporting wildlife conservation. \n\n\n\nHe is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doctor Will See You Now. How (Not) To Have an Arranged Marriage is his first novel. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow (Not) To Have an Arranged Marriage\, follows the adventures of a young Muslim student doctor as he is torn between his traditional family and his heart.\n \nHe’s the perfect catch (according to his mother).\n \nYousef is the golden child to his strict\, Pakistani parents\, overshadowing his younger sister\, Rehana. As he finishes his medical degree in London\, Yousef’s life appears to be mapped out for him: become a doctor\, marry a suitable girl of his parents’ choosing and\, above all\, make his family proud. Then Yousef meets fellow medical student Jess and he finds himself torn between two worlds . . . keeping each a secret from the other.\n \nAnd as graduation day looms\, Yousef’s mother informs him that she’s started looking for his wife.\n \n\nThis event is part of 2023 Farsley Literature Festival. \nDoors open at 7pm\, event starts at 8pm.  URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-dr-amir-khan LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231112T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231112T210000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20230831T183415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231007T103331Z UID:10002481-1699815600-1699822800@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Crime Night - Yorkshire Crime DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2023 Farsley Literature Festival\, join us in the Old Woollen for our second session of Crime Night – Yorkshire Crime with Bella Ellis\, RC Bridgestock and JM Hall. \n\n\n\nCrime and Yorkshire Crime in particular\, is always extremely popular with our customers at Truman Books. With that in mind we are bringing you an evening featuring some of Yorkshire’s finest crime writers\, in a panel style event. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRowan Coleman is the internationally bestselling and award winning author of fifteen novels including He Memory Book\, The Summer of Impossible Things and The Girl at the Window. Her latest novel From Now Until Forever was published in August 2023. A life long Bronte fan\, under the Bronte inspired pen name Bella Ellis\, Rowan also writes the Bronte Mysteries – a carefully researched series of novels that imagine that before they were were famous the Bronte Sisters were amateur detectives. The Vanished Bride\, The Diabolical Bones\, The Red Monarch and A Gift of Poison are all out now. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFormer Head of CID Bob Bridgestock is now an international best selling author\, along with his wife Carol who also worked for WYP as a civilian employee. The couple\, who write under the pen name of R. C. Bridgestock\, were voted WHS Readers #8 Best Crime Authors of All Time. \n\n\n\nThe writing duo created the character DI Jack Dylan\, a detective from Harrowfield; presently there are nine books in the Dylan series and 2020 saw the launch of a new series starring a feisty\, Yorkshire female Detective Inspector\, Charley Mann. \n\n\n\nThe couple are the storyline consultants/police procedural on BAFTA winning BBC1 police drama Happy Valley\, Scott & Bailey\, Britbox original The Beast Must Die\, as well as other police dramas and documentaries including the recent C5 documentary about the Yorkshire ripper\, and The Child Snatcher – Manhunt – Robert Black\, a two part film on C4. \n\n\n\nThe couple are also Directors\, and Co-Founders of Walking The Line Ltd. Presently they are working on a six part docu/drama series optioned by Leeds Production company Hell Fir. \n\n\n\nCarol & Bob are working on their 14th book. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJM Hall is an author\, playwright and deputy head of a primary school. His plays have been produced in theatres across the UK as well as for radio\, the most recent being Trust\, starring Julie Hesmondhalgh on BBC Radio 4. Jonathan will also be chairing our Crime Night-The Psychologists View session\, which is just prior to this event. \n\n\n\nHis Yorkshire based crime novels are A Spoonful of Murder\, and A Pen Dipped in Poison. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTicket prices to our individual Crime Night sessions are £10.  If you wish to attend both Crime Night sessions\, you can purchase a ticket for just £15. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of 2023 Farsley Literature Festival. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/crime-night-yorkshire-crime LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231112T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231112T190000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20230831T175336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231007T105245Z UID:10002480-1699806600-1699815600@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Crime Night - The Psychologists View DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2023 Farsley Literature Festival\, join us in the Old Woollen for Crime Night – The Psychologists View with Leona Deakin and Lesley McEvoy\, chaired by JM Hall. \n\n\n\nLeona Deakin is a registered psychologist and the author of four novels in the acclaimed Dr Augusta Bloom series: Gone\, Lost\, Hunt\, and The Imposter.  The series is a battle of the minds between private detective and psychologist Dr Augusta Bloom; and psychopath Seraphine\, one of Augusta’s old clients. \n\n\n\nLeona draws inspiration from her own experiences as a psychologist having started her career with the West Yorkshire Police and subsequently built a successful freelance consultancy business. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLesley McEvoy had a career as a Behavioural Analyst\, Profiler and Psychotherapist before deciding to concentrate on her writing publishing her successful debut novel The Murder Mile in 2019. \n\n\n\nThis session will be chaired by\, our great friend of the shop\, JM Hall. Jonathan is an author\, playwright and deputy head of a primary school. His plays have been produced in theatres across the UK as well as for radio\, the most recent being Trust\, starring Julie Hesmondhalgh on BBC Radio 4. \n\n\n\nHis Yorkshire based crime novels are A Spoonful of Murder\, and A Pen Dipped in Poison. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTicket prices to our individual Crime Night sessions are £10.  If you wish to attend both Crime Night sessions\, you can purchase a ticket for just £15. \nThis event is part of 2023 Farsley Literature Festival. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/crime-night-the-psychologists-view LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231102T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231102T153000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20230920T155514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231007T104440Z UID:10002484-1698919200-1698939000@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:FLF Kids Day DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2023 Farsley Literature Festival we are delighted to be able to bring you these four fantastic authors to inspire and encourage young writers and illustrators. Our young readers will recognise their work and already know many of their books. There are 4 sessions to attend\, so choose your favourites or come to them all! \n\n\n\nFLF is inclusive for all. If your child would like to attend but payment is a barrier please send us an email at info@trumanbooks.co.uk as we would like to help everyone have this fantastic opportunity. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:00am – 11:00am  Join children’s football author (and Leeds Fan) Tom Palmer\, to launch two new books\, Football’s Greatest Moments and Soccer Diaries.  There’ll be a quiz\, a penalty shoot out and lots of chat about all the amazing fiction\, non-fiction\, magazines and websites you can read about the beautiful game. \nSuitable for ages 7-12 \n11:30am – 12:30pm  Join children’s author Hannah Durkan to design your own steampunk contraptions in a workshop. Hannah Durkan is the author of the Zeina Starborn series\, a fantasy adventure series filled with inventions\, explorers and mighty sea whales! \nSuitable for ages 7-12 \n1:00pm – 2:00pm  Join best-selling illustrator and author of the best-selling Fantastically Good Women series\, Kate Pankhurst for this Fantastically Great draw-along workshop.  Get your pencil cases ready as Kate explores how to bring the past to life with the time travelling power of a pencil.  We’ll be sketching suffragettes in the Votes for Women newspaper\, designing Mexican inspired self-portraits in the style of Frida Kahlo and TOP SECRET … creating case files to document the work of World War II undercover agent\, Noor Khan. \nExpect drawing games\, doodle delights and lots of inspiration to change the world with your drawing skills. \n2:30pm – 3:30pm  Reading and writing is simply playtime: the opportunity to go on any imaginative journey you please.  Join\, best-selling\, award-winning author Phil Earle as he talks about where ideas come from\, and how you can be a writer too. \nSuitable for age 8+ \nALL children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.  Only children require tickets for these events. \nThis event is part of 2023 Farsley Literature Festival. \nSupported with funding from Leeds Inspired\, part of Leeds City Council. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/flf-kids-day LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231031T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231031T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20230719T141848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231007T104906Z UID:10001949-1698778800-1698789600@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An evening with Paterson Joseph DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2023 Farsley Literature Festival we are thrilled to announce an evening with beloved British actor and writer\, Paterson Joseph. Recently seen on Vigil and Noughts and Crosses\, he has also starred in Peep Show and Law & Order UK and he plays Arthur Slugworth in the forthcoming Wonka movie. \n\n\n\nThe Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sanchois is Paterson’s debut novel. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt’s 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man\, especially one who has escaped slavery. After the twinkling lights in the Fleet Street coffee shops are blown out and the great houses have closed their doors for the night\, Sancho must dodge slave catchers and worse. The man he hoped would help – a kindly duke who taught him to write – is dying. \n\n\n\nSancho is desperate and utterly alone. So how does Charles Ignatius Sancho meet the King\, write and play highly acclaimed music\, become the first Black person to vote in Britain and lead the fight to end slavery?\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt’s time for him to tell his story\, one that begins on a tempestuous Atlantic Ocean\, and ends at the very centre of London life. And through it all\, he must ask: born amongst death\, how much can you achieve in one short life?\n \n\n\n\nThis event is part of 2023 Farsley Literature Festival. \nDoors open at 7pm\, event starts at 8pm.  URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-paterson-joseph LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231018T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231018T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20230616T110903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230728T160352Z UID:10001945-1697659200-1697666400@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An evening with Adrian Edmondson *** SOLD OUT *** DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2023 Farsley Literature Festival we are excited to announce an evening with actor\, comedian\, musician\, writer and television presenter Adrian Edmondson. \n\n\n\nHow did a child brought up in a strict Methodist household – and who spent his formative years incarcerated in repressive boarding schools – end up joining the comedy revolution? Could it be in his Scandinavian (… possibly berserker) heritage? \n\n\n\nDiscover the story behind Adrian Edmondson’s journey to comedy in this riotous evening of storytelling to celebrate the release of his upcoming memoir\, Berserker!  \n\n\n\nLive on stage\, Edmondson will take audiences from his days breaking the rules at his brutal boarding school to the comedy circuit of the eighties when he finally found his place in world. Edmondson will share previously unheard stories from his comedy partnership with Rik Mayall who together created iconic sitcoms such as The Young Ones and Bottom and brought anarchy and eccentricity to stage and screen. \n\n\n\nNow a British comedy legend\, Edmondson will look back on his life and answer your own burning questions. Expect star-studded anecdotes and healthy dose of nostalgia from an extraordinary\, comedy-filled life effortlessly weaved together by Edmondson’s unique wit and gift for storytelling. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of 2023 Farsley Literature Festival. \nDoors open at 7pm\, event starts at 8pm.   URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-adrian-edmondson LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230531T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230531T210000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20230423T110427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230504T115616Z UID:10001794-1685557800-1685566800@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An evening with 'Seven Sisters' Harry Whittaker DESCRIPTION:Join us\, at The Old Woollen\, for an evening with Harry Whittaker\, to celebrate the release of the final book in the Seven Sisters series. \n\n\n\nSpanning a lifetime of love and loss\, crossing borders and oceans\, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt\, draws Lucinda Riley’s Seven Sisters series to its stunning\, unforgettable conclusion. \n\n\n\nThe son of Lucinda Riley\, Harry became a storyteller himself\, as an award-winning radio presenter for the BBC and a member of one of the UK’s most renowned improv troupes. In 2019\, Harry and Lucinda co-authored the Guardian Angels series for children – four reassuring\, timeless stories addressing worries that a small child may have. \n\n\n\nAfter Lucinda’s death in 2021\, it was announced that Harry would complete the Seven Sisters series on behalf of his late mother. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1928\, Paris\nA boy is found\, moments from death\, and taken in by a kindly family. Gentle\, precocious\, talented\, he flourishes in his new home\, and the family show him a life he hadn’t dreamed possible. But he refuses to speak a word about who he really is.\nAs he grows into a young man\, falling in love and taking classes at the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris\, he can almost forget the terrors of his past\, or the promise he has vowed to keep. But across Europe an evil is rising\, and no -one’s safety is certain. In his heart\, he knows the time will come where he must flee once more.\n \n2008\, the Aegean\nThe seven sisters are gathered together for the first time\, on board the Titan to say a final go odbye to the enigmatic father they loved so dearly.\nTo the surprise of everyone\, it is the missing sister who Pa Salt has chosen to entrust with the clue to their pasts. But for every truth revealed\, another question emerges.\nThe sisters must confront the idea that their adored father was someone they barely knew.\n \nAnd even more shockingly: that these long-buried secrets may still have consequences for them today. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-seven-sisters-harry-whittaker LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230315T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230315T220000 DTSTAMP:20260504T112036 CREATED:20230112T202607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T103457Z UID:10001907-1678910400-1678917600@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:An evening with Ann Cleeves DESCRIPTION:Ann Cleeves is the author of more than thirty-five critically acclaimed novels and we are thrilled to announce that she will be joining us for an evening at The Old Woollen. Ann will talk about the tenth book in her Vera Stanhope series\, The Rising Tide which will be released in paperback on 16 March. \n\n\n\nIn 2017 Ann was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing\, the CWA Diamond Dagger. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope\, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn\, who can be found on television in ITV’s Vera\, BBC One’s Shetland and ITV’s The Long Call respectively. The TV series and the books they are based on have become international sensations\, capturing the minds of millions worldwide. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA school reunion turns deadly as the tide rises on Northumbria’s Holy Island. Fifty years ago\, a group of teenagers spent a weekend on Holy Island\, forging a bond that has lasted a lifetime. Now\, they still return every five years to celebrate their friendship\, and remember the friend they lost to the rising waters of the causeway at the first reunion. Now\, when one of them is found hanged\, Vera is called in. Learning that the dead man had recently been fired after misconduct allegations\, Vera knows she must discover what the friends are hiding\, and whether the events of many years before could have led to murder then\, and now. But with the tide rising\, secrets long-hidden are finding their way to the surface\, and Vera and the team may find themselves in more danger than they could have believed possible . . . URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-ann-cleeves LOCATION:Old Woollen\, Sunnybank Mills\, 83-85 Town Street\, Farsley\, LS28 5UJ\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR