FirstThursdayPainswick

Building community through a love of books. Monthly in conversation events with authors. Supporting writers and readers to provoke discussion and engagement.

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

What’s on your October reading list?

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

Huge congratulations to @angela_talks on the official launch of her wonderful book ‘In My Grandfathers Shadow’ in Germany. Angela was a guest on @painswickFTP last season and we LOVED listening to her then. German audiences are in for a treat!

[Angela Findlay @angelas_talks]

Loved talking in Hamburg last week. Such a warm, intelligent, interested and deep-thinking audience. Now for the official #booklaunch of ‘In My Grandfather’s Shadow’ in #Berlin Exciting…

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

Tickets at https://t.co/3xvdf7s29U

[Dr.SandraDowlingRandle @SandraFDowling]

@PainswickFTP presents an evening in conversation with the marvellous @wigsandwords about her acclaimed book Rooted.
5th October 7-9pm, The Painswick Centre, Painswick.

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

'What harbor can receive you more securely than a great library?'

Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveller

#WednesdayWisdom

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

@PenguinUKBooks Off every time!

[Alice Jolly @JollyAlice]

Calling #stroud #nailsworth #cotswolds #cirencester #writingcommunity #cheltenham Opportunity to hear @SallyBayley1 speak @YLBookshop #tetburybookfestival Sally's focus in the transformative power of the imagination. Also how to build your own unlikely cast of literary ancestors

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

@angelas_talks spoke about her wonderful book In My Grandfathers Shadow, when she as with us @painswickFTP last season, today she is launching the German translation in Cologne. Good luck with #ImSchattenMeinesGroBvaters Angela!

[Angela Findlay @angelas_talks]

Hello Hamburg… so pleased to be launching the German version of my book here, the city I have known and loved since I was a child. #ImSchattenMeinesGroßvaters

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

@lukewrightpoet is, I reckon, the incarnation of genius. This show (saw it last night in Weston-Super-Mare) is just fantastic. Really really really do not miss the chance to see this show if you can!

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

Author events incoming.
https://t.co/3xvdf7s29U for your tickets!

[The London Book Fair, 16-18 March 2027 @LondonBookFair]

Today is #NationalReadABookDay 📖 and the #LBFBookClub have some great recent reads to share with you over on our Instagram page! What book are you picking up today? We'd love to hear from you 📚

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

@JollyAlice @HarvillSecker Love Joseph O’Connor - haven’t read this, but I will on your recommendation. Thanks for sharing!

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

Poems that heal.

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If you read one book this year, make it this one #sebastianbarry

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

'When I heard I'd been longlisted, I shed a few tears.'

With Old God’s Time longlisted for the #BookerPrize2023, we spoke to Sebastian Barry about the importance of dreaming, and why Irish writers do what they do.

https://t.co/TYAHfLVreG

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

Looking forward to this @BookStroud

[Caroline Sanderson @CaroSanderson]

Thank you to @HodderNonFic for sending this gem of a memoir. Chuffed to bits that @CliveMyrieBBC will be joining us @BookStroud on 10 November. More info here https://t.co/8ubdiTZPpr

[Faber Books @FaberBooks]

Coming in 2024 from @JonSavage1966, The Secret Public is a monumental history of the LGBTQ influence on popular culture, looking at key moments in music and entertainment history between 1955 and 1979.

Pre-order now @gaystheword & @RoughTrade.

https://t.co/84Ss1bH3rp

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

'Humour is a coping mechanism used by people who are aware of their powerlessness.'

With If I Survive You longlisted for the #BookerPrize2023, we spoke to Jonathan Escoffery, read the interview: https://t.co/BDlB7Quzky

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

Some great events coming up #tetburybookfestival - this conversation between @sallyBayley1 and @JollyAlice about The Green Lady is one not to miss!

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

@PainswickFTP presents an evening in conversation with the marvellous @wigsandwords who will be talking about her acclaimed book Rooted.
5th October 7-9pm The Painswick Centre, Painswick.

[FirstThursdayPainswick @painswickFTP]

Remembering Seamus Heaney.

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

Three weeks to go until the #BookerPrize2023 shortlist is announced! 🎉

Which of the longlisted books are you planning to read next?