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:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221124T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221124T220000 DTSTAMP:20260405T192916 CREATED:20220818T180718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221115T105044Z UID:10001784-1669320000-1669327200@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:A Curious History of Sex - An Evening with Dr Kate Lister DESCRIPTION:As part of the Farsley Literature Festival we are thrilled that Dr Kate Lister writer of A Curious History of Sex\, will be joining us at The Constitutional for a fascinating evening of discussion. This one will be fun. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Kate Lister is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Leeds Trinity University. She is the author of A Curious History of Sex (Unbound\, 2020) and has also published in the medical humanities\, Victorian Studies\, and medievalism. Her most recent book\, Harlots\, Whores\, and Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale was published by Thames and Hudson in 2021. She is the host of the Betwixt the Sheets Podcast and tweets about her research under the alias @WhoresofYore  URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-dr-kate-lister LOCATION:The Constitutional\, 51 Town Street\, Farsley\, Leeds\, LS28 5HX END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T192916 CREATED:20220813T100546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T134439Z UID:10001782-1668105000-1668114000@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:All you need to know about Anne Lister - An Evening with Jill Liddington DESCRIPTION:As part of the Farsley Literature Festival we are excited to announce that this prize winning British writer will be joining us in The Constitutional to talk about Anne Lister – the real Gentleman Jack. \n\n\n\nJill is a writer and historian. Her main research interest lies with women’s history ~ most especially the Votes for Women story. She has always been fascinated by discovering the history of forgotten suffragists and suffragettes\, wherever they lived. Indeed\, ‘Votes for Women – everywhere!‘  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFemale Fortune is the book which inspired Sally Wainwright to write Gentleman Jack\, now a major drama series for the BBC and HBO. Lesbian landowner Anne Lister inherited Shibden Hall in 1826. She was an impressive scholar\, fearless traveller and successful businesswoman\, even developing her own coalmines. Her extraordinary diaries\, running to 4-5 million words\, were partly written in her own secret code and recorded her love affairs with startling candour. The diaries were included on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in 2011. \nJill Liddington’s classic edition of the diaries tells the story of how Anne Lister wooed and seduced neighbouring heiress Ann Walker\, who moved in to live with Anne and her family in 1834.  URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-jill-liddington LOCATION:The Constitutional\, 51 Town Street\, Farsley\, Leeds\, LS28 5HX END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221106T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221106T223000 DTSTAMP:20260405T192916 CREATED:20220824T101611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220824T101613Z UID:10001905-1667763000-1667773800@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Book Lovers Quiz Night DESCRIPTION:As part of the Farsley Literature Festival we are exited to bring you something very 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 Constitutional 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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGary Wigglesworth was a bookseller for sixteen years & now works in publishing as sales manager for British Library Publishing. His book quiz has a monthly residency at The Betsey Trotwood pub in Farringdon and provides the only monthly book quiz for London’s literature lovers. ‘The Book Lover’s Quiz Book’ was published by Robinson (little\, brown) in November 2020 with Val McDermid describing it as ‘The perfect gift for quizzers’.  URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/book-lovers-quiz-night LOCATION:The Constitutional\, 51 Town Street\, Farsley\, Leeds\, LS28 5HX END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221106T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221106T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T192917 CREATED:20220819T143625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T111157Z UID:10001787-1667743200-1667750400@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Untold Stories - with Jennifer Saint DESCRIPTION:As part of the Farsley Literature Festival we are so excited to announce that this popular writer will be back with us at The Constitutional for an afternoon exploring Untold Stories. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Saint was born in Leeds. She worked for thirteen years as a high school English teacher before finding fame with her debut novel Ariadne (2021)\, which retells the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur from the perspective of the Cretan princess who helped Theseus to escape from the creature’s clutches. Her second novel Elektra focuses on the origins of the Trojan War and the dreadful curse blighting the House of Atreus and was published in April 2022. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/untold-stories LOCATION:The Constitutional\, 51 Town Street\, Farsley\, Leeds\, LS28 5HX END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221030T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221030T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T192917 CREATED:20220820T155626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220820T155629Z UID:10001904-1667138400-1667145600@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Indie Publisher Showcase DESCRIPTION:As part of the Farsley Literature Festival we are exited to announce this unique opportunity. \n\n\n\nJoin us at The Constitutional with a panel featuring some of the North’s most highly respected independent publishers as they each showcase their pick of their current releases. We will be welcoming guests from Bluemoose Books\, And Other Stories\, Fly On The Wall Press\, Peepal Tree Press and Lendal Press. \n\n\n\nThis is a FREE event but tickets must be allocated for venue. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/indie-publisher-showcase LOCATION:The Constitutional\, 51 Town Street\, Farsley\, Leeds\, LS28 5HX END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221030T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221030T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T192917 CREATED:20220820T153435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221023T184553Z UID:10001903-1667133000-1667136600@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:The World of Independent Publishing DESCRIPTION:With Bluemoose Books\, Peepal Tree Press\, And Other Stories\, and Fly on the Wall Press. \n\n\n\n\n\nAs part of the Farsley Literature Festival we are exited to announce something very different. Have you ever wondered about the world of publishing? How does publishing work?  How do you get your book published?  What are the challenges facing Independent Publishers? \n\n\n\nJoin us at The Constitutional with a panel featuring some of the North’s most highly respected independent publishers as we dive beneath the surface of what can be an opaque industry. We are delighted to welcome guests from Bluemoose Books\, And Other Stories\, Fly On The Wall Press and Peepal Tree Press. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/the-world-of-independent-publishing LOCATION:The Constitutional\, 51 Town Street\, Farsley\, Leeds\, LS28 5HX END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221029T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221029T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T192917 CREATED:20220820T125149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220823T115857Z UID:10001788-1667052000-1667059200@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Yorkshire Crime Writing - Why Place Matters DESCRIPTION:With Yorkshire Crime Writers Chris Nickson\, Julia Chapman\, AA Dhand and Frances Brody. \n\n\n\n\n\nAs part of the Farsley Literature Festival we are absolutely delighted to announce that these four hugely popular Yorkshire crime writers will be with us at The Constitutional for an afternoon of discussion about Why Place Matters. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReleased September 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReleased September 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOut NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReleased October 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nChris Nickson was born in Leeds\, but lived in the United States from the age of 21\, returning to the UK in 2005. As a music journalist\, he specialised in world and roots music. The DI Tom Harper series which takes place in Leeds in the 1890s\, now includes ten books\, A Dark Steel Death will be released in September. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJulia Chapman is the pseudonym of Julia Stagg. Born with a wanderlust that keeps her moving\, Julia has lived in Japan\, Australia\, the USA and France. She is now glad to call the Yorkshire Dales home\, its distinctive landscape and way of life providing the setting for her latest series of novels\, the Dales Detective\, her latest release is Date with Death which will be released in September. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nA.A. Dhand 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. The history\, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired his Harry Virdee novels.  The Blood Divide is a stand alone novel which is out now. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFrances Brody was born in Leeds\, where she now lives. She studied at Ruskin College\, Oxford and has a degree in English literature and History from University of York .Frances she has written a series of 1920s crime novels featuring Kate Shackleton\, sleuth extraordinaire. The sixth in the series\, An Avid Reader\, is set in the Leeds Library\, the oldest surviving subscription library of its type in the UK. After nine books in the series Brody wrote a short story prequel\, Kate Shackleton’s First Case\, in which the story begins in a Harrogate teashop. The thirteenth book in the series (excluding “first case”) A Mansion for Murder will be released in October. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/yorkshire-crime-writing-why-place-matters LOCATION:The Constitutional\, 51 Town Street\, Farsley\, Leeds\, LS28 5HX END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221028T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221028T220000 DTSTAMP:20260405T192917 CREATED:20220818T180643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220823T115627Z UID:10001783-1666987200-1666994400@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:The Best is Yet to Come! DESCRIPTION:Yorkshire Fiction Writers Milly Johnson\, Caroline Bond and Alexandra Potter. \n\n\n\n\n\nAs part of the Farsley Literature Festival we are excited to announce this unique opportunity to hear these three fabulous female Yorkshire fiction writers chat together about their books\, inspirations\, characters and future projects. \n\n\n\n\nMilly Johnson\n\n\n\nCaroline Bond\n\n\n\nAlexandra Potter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMilly Johnson was born\, raised and still lives in Barnsley\, South Yorkshire. A Sunday Times bestseller\, she is one of the Top 10 Female Fiction authors in the UK with millions of copies of her books sold across the world. In 2020\,she was honoured with the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Outstanding Achievement Award and was a featured author in the Reading Agency’s Quick Reads and World Book Night campaigns. A writer who champions women and highlights the importance of friendship and community\, Milly’s characters are celebrations of the strength of the human spirit.  \n  \nCaroline Bond was born on Yorkshire’s beautiful east coast in Scarborough.  After studying for a degree in English Literature at Lincoln College\, Oxford she took a long break from education before completing an MA in Creative Writing at Leeds Trinity University.  \nIn the interim\, she combined a career in market research with raising three children with her husband\, Chris. Having spent years researching TV drama she began script writing\, for adults and children\, which led onto fiction writing.  Caroline is a trained volunteer for Victim Support and is currently the Chair of Weekenders\, a charity that runs youth schemes and social events for disabled children and teenagers.   Caroline is a runner and a writer\, she’s quicker at the latter\, but there are a lot of hills in her part of the world. \n  \nAlexandra Potter is the bestselling author of numerous romantic comedy fiction novels in the UK including Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up\, which is currently being developed as a TV series. Her books have sold in twenty-two territories and achieved worldwide sales of more than one million copies (making the bestseller charts in the UK\, US\, Germany\, Czech Republic\, Slovenia and Serbia).  \nYorkshire born and raised\, Alex currently lives in south-west London with Mr California and their Bosnian rescue dog\, and when she’s not spending time writing or travelling\, she’s spending far too much time on Instagram being reminded that she should be exercising regularly\, drinking enough water\, practising mindfulness and feeling blessed. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/the-best-is-yet-to-come LOCATION:The Constitutional\, 51 Town Street\, Farsley\, Leeds\, LS28 5HX END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220510T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220510T213000 DTSTAMP:20260405T192917 CREATED:20220407T201713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T094243Z UID:10001887-1652209200-1652218200@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Adrian Tchaikovsky in conversation with RJ Barker DESCRIPTION:Award-winning science-fiction writer Adrian Tchaikovsky will be in conversation with fantasy fiction writer RJ Barker to mark publication of the latest book in the Final Architecture trilogy\, Eyes of the Void\, and the paperback publication of book one – Shards of Earth \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn extraordinary new space opera about humanity on the brink of extinction\, and how one man’s discovery will save or destroy us all. . . \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRJ Barker is a critically acclaimed and award-winning author of fantasy fiction. He won the 2020 British Fantasy Society (BFS) Robert Holdstock award for Best Novel for his fourth novel\, The Bone Ships. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-adrian-tchaikolvsky-in-conversation-with-rj-barker LOCATION:The Constitutional\, 51 Town Street\, Farsley\, Leeds\, LS28 5HX END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211104T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211104T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T192917 CREATED:20210924T111105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211024T115824Z UID:10001858-1636052400-1636059600@trumanbooks.co.uk SUMMARY:Frances Brody and Chris Nickson in conversation. DESCRIPTION:We are very excited to host two great Leeds-based writers in conversation. \n\n\n\nFrances Brody comes from a great family of story tellers\, though she’s the first in the family to write professionally. “On the screen of my imagination\,” she says\, “I can conjure aunts and uncles from years gone by\, and the word pictures they painted of people from earlier generations.” \n\n\n\nShe is the author of twelve Kate Shackleton mysteries – tales of a Yorkshire-based amateur sleuth in the the 1920’s\, the most recent of which\, Death and the Brewery Queen has been flying off shelves in the shop. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOctober sees her publish the first in a new series – A Murder Inside. Set in 1960’s Yorkshire it follows Nell Lewis\, deputy governor at HMP Brackerley\, and promises to be another classic page turner. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Nickson is a prolific writer of historical crime and mystery novels\, largely based in and around Leeds. His most recent novel\, Brass Lives\, is set in Leeds in 1913. It follows the fortunes of Deputy Chief Constable Tom Harper as he faces a sudden surge in crime\, violence and murder on Leeds’s streets\, while also confronting danger and tragedy close to home. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrances and Chris will be chatting about their latest books\, taking questions from the audience\, and signing books. URL:https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/frances-brody-and-chris-nickson-in-conversation LOCATION:The Constitutional\, 51 Town Street\, Farsley\, Leeds\, LS28 5HX END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR