by Gudrun Bowers | 26, Nov 2015
Steyning High Street Late Night Christmas Shopping evening – Wednesday 2nd December 6-9pm 2015
There is no better way to kick-start your festive season than by coming along to the annual Steyning late-night shopping evening!
We are all really looking forward to the children’s procession with Father Christmas, the lively school choirs, the jolly street entertainment, tempting stalls and of course the funfair. As usual a lot of work and planning is involved, so do come and support your local businesses, particularly those who are Chamber members.
Late Night Christmas Shopping at the bookshop with Julia Donaldson
There will be free mince pies and mulled wine at the bookshop as usual and an extra treat will be a visit from Julia Donaldson who is coming towards the end of the event, at 8.15pm, to sign and dedicate books bought at the bookshop that evening or pre-ordered from us from today onwards.
This time in the evening is of course after a lot of younger children will have been taken home to bed but is a golden opportunity for parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles to secretly choose her books and have them dedicated as Christmas gifts. And it’s always lovely to meet and chat with Julia and Malcolm!
by Gudrun Bowers | 22, Sep 2015
An exciting last-minute addition to our autumn schedule, we are thrilled to present an evening with Peter James, who will talk about his suspenseful new ghost story ‘The House on Cold Hill’ at Wickwoods Country Club on Tuesday 6th October at 7.30 pm.
Before he began his best-selling crime-writing career, Peter wrote a few novels in the horror genre, and this chilling haunted house story sees him returning to the genre in fine form, managing to be Gothic yet contemporary, while piling on the tension and creepiness! The book is inspired by a house Peter himself once lived in, and is set in and around Henfield, so Wickwoods Country Club, situated within beautiful woodlands close to Henfield, is the perfect venue!
Tickets are £15 to include a hardback copy of the book, which Peter will be happy to sign after his talk.
The event is open to non-Wickwoods members!
Licensed bar.
by Gudrun Bowers | 10, Sep 2015
We are very excited to welcome back Andrew Gant, writer, composer, choirmaster, church musician, singer and university teacher.
Andrew has sung with many of the UK’s leading choirs and vocal ensembles including The Sixteen and the Monteverdi Choir. As choirmaster of the Queen’s Chapel Royal he led the Chapel Royal choir at the Golden Jubilee service in St Paul’s Cathedral in 2002 and the wedding of H.R.H. Prince William and Kate Middleton. He also set the text of the Poet Laureate Andrew Motion to music, creating ‘A Hymn for the Golden Jubilee’ as part of the 2002 Jubilee celebrations.
His 2014 book ‘Christmas Carols’, published by Profile Books, was a very interesting study of the origins of our best-loved Christmas songs.
Andrew will be speaking about his fascinating new book ‘Sing Unto the Lord, a History of English Church Music’ in which he traces English church music from its Anglo-Saxon origins to the present. It is a history of the music and of the people who made, sang and listened to it, shows the role church music has played in ordinary lives, and considers why it still remains so popular, despite declining church congregations.
Andrew’s talk will be accompanied by the St Andrews Church choir.
Ticket price includes a copy of ‘Sing unto the Lord’.
Wine, soft drinks and nibbles will be provided.
by Gudrun Bowers | 10, Sep 2015
We are sure Steyning will extend a very warm welcome to Sophie Thompson – acclaimed actor and winner of 2014 Celebrity Masterchef, and now also author of the brilliant new cookery book ‘My Family Kitchen’, published by Faber. Sophie will speak about her fascinating theatrical career, and equally theatrical family, and the recipes they’ve handed down and shared over the years.
Ticket price includes delicious, seasonal 2 course meal, a glass of wine, and a copy of ‘My Family Kitchen’.
Part of Steyning and District Food & Drink Festival. 
by Gudrun Bowers | 10, Sep 2015
We feel very privileged to welcome Oz Clarke to Steyning, as part of the Steyning and District Food & Drink Festival.
Renowned wine expert, author, tv presenter, broadcaster and sometime West-End actor Oz Clarke will be sharing his fine palate and irreverent wit with us as he takes us on a tutored tasting of 6 local wines, and gives us the lowdown on what to look out for in the world of wine in the year to come.
Wines, delicious hand-made canapés, and a copy of Oz Clarke’s latest wine guide all included in ticket price!
by Gudrun Bowers | 8, Sep 2015
Attention Ladybird fans! Julia Donaldson’s latest book continues the farmyard adventures of the brave and enterprising little ladybird, as she hatches a cunning plan to prevent Lanky Len and Hefty Hugh from making off with the farmer’s prize hen.
For a chance to buy your copy and get it signed by Julia Donaldson, come down to the bookshop on FRIDAY 18th SEPTEMBER from 4 – 5.30 pm.
Then from 6 pm we invite our customers to celebrate the successful link-up of our bookshop website with Julia’s website – it all seems to be working wonderfully, so do come and join us for wine, nibbles and a chat with Julia and Malcolm.
by my_admin | 3, Jul 2015
Wiston-based author Debbie Howells celebrates the launch of her debut published thriller at The Sussex Produce Café, in association with her publishers Pan Macmillan.
Wine and Canapes will be served. Please contact the bookshop if you wish to reserve a place – just a few left.
by my_admin | 3, Jul 2015
Book launch at The Steyning Bookshop in association with Pan Macmillan.
Popular Worthing-based writer Pam Weaver will be launching her new novel ‘Blue Moon’, a romantic saga set in 1930’s Worthing.
Wine and Canapes will be served. Please contact us to reserve your free invitation.
Thursday 16th July 7.30 pm.
by my_admin | 25, Jun 2015
Bring your little ones along for some MONSTROUS fun with lively children’s writer / illustrator Leigh Hodgkinson, author of lots of great children’s picture books including her latest, ‘The Big Monster Snorey Book’. Leigh will read stories, do LOTS of doodling, and help children make their very own sleepy/wakey moving monster!
Suitable for ages 3 – 8.
Tickets £2 redeemable against a book. Free Refreshments.
by my_admin | 25, Jun 2015
We feel absolutely privileged and thrilled to welcome award-winning novelist Louis de Bernieres back to Steyning. Louis is perhaps best known his best-selling novel ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’, and for his wonderful Turkish historical epic ‘Birds without Wings’. Louis is a fascinating speaker who has held down an astonishing array of jobs, and is also an accomplished musician and a gifted poet, so we should be in for a real treat! We will be celebrating the release of Louis’ eighth novel, ‘The Dust that Falls from Dreams’, published by Vintage, which promises to be a sweeping, moving chronicle of war and romance, as the fading Edwardian values of the late 19th century are transformed by the shifts of the First World War. ‘The Dust that Falls from Dreams’ is to be the first in a trilogy loosely based on Louis’ own family history.
Tickets cost £35, and include a copy of Louis’ latest book, and a delicious, seasonal 2 course meal.
by my_admin | 25, Jun 2015
We are very happy to present a fascinating evening with Steyning’s very own Guardian journalist, sometime parliamentary candidate, and author of over 20 books on subjects as diverse as time-banking, the middle-classes, Richard the Lionheart, alternative currencies, and allotments! David Boyle’s new book ‘How to be English’, published by Vintage, is an irreverent look at how bell-ringers, Morris men, meat pies, and cardigans contribute to our notions of what it is to be English. In these times of rising nationalism, with SNP and UKIP grabbing voters’ hearts, and a referendum on our membership of the EU imminent, there has never been a more pertinent time to ask ourselves “What does it mean to be English?”
Thursday 23rd July, 7.30 pm, at the bookshop.
by my_admin | 25, Jun 2015
We are very excited to introduce the acclaimed novelist Sarah Moss to Steyning. Sarah has written four novels, all published by Granta, and her latest, ‘Signs for Lost Children’ continues the story of Dr Ally Moberley-Cavendish, whom we met in Moss’s previous novel ‘Bodies of Light’, a bookshop book group favourite. Both novels are beautifully written and offer a fascinating insight into the lives of women in the late 19th century, as Ally juggles the rigours of making her way in the male-dominated medical profession with her roles as daughter and wife. This promises to be a really interesting evening, and with delicious home-made canapés on offer plus complimentary wine, the bookshop will be transformed into a literary salon for the night!
Tuesday 7th July at 7.30 pm. In the bookshop!
by my_admin | 1, Jun 2015
Our next event is ‘An Afternoon with Nicola Upson’ on Saturday 27th June at 2pm.
Help us celebrate Independent Booksellers Week in style and join historical crime novelist Nicola Upson for tea and home-made cake in the bookshop garden marquee.
Nicola will speak about her acclaimed series of novels, published by Faber, featuring the real-life ‘Golden Age’ detective novelist Josephine Tey.
Praise for the Josephine Tey books:
‘A distinguished series’ P. D James.
Daily Telegraph ‘Any crime aficianado…should make room for Nicola Upson’s novels.’
Tickets £6 to include tea, cake and a voucher towards a book. Advance booking recommended.
Nicola Upson was born in Suffolk and read English at Downing College, Cambridge. She was the winner of an Escalator/Arts Council England award in 2006 for her debut novel, An Expert in Murder, the first in a series of books to feature Golden Age detective writer, Josephine Tey. In 2008, the novel was published by Faber to wide critical acclaim, and praised by PD James as marking ‘the arrival of a new and assured talent’.
An Expert in Murder was dramatised by BBC Scotland for Woman’s Hour, and has been followed by three more novels: Angel With Two Faces; Two for Sorrow; and most recently Fear in the Sunlight (2012), described by The Financial Times as ‘a smart, playful pleasure in an increasingly adventurous series’. The fifth ‘Josephine Tey’ novel, The Death of Lucy Kyte, will be published by Faber in August 2013.
Nicola is the author of a number of non-fiction books, including Mythologies: the Sculpture of Helaine Blumenfeld (Overlook Press). She has worked in theatre and as a freelance journalist, with five years as crime fiction critic for the New Statesman, and is a regular contributor to BBC radio. She lives with her partner in Cambridge and Cornwall, and is currently writing the sixth book in the Josephine Tey series, and researching a standalone novel.
by my_admin | 13, Apr 2015
An Author Supper with nature writer and Guardian journalist Patrick Barkham to celebrate the release of his book ‘Coastlines’.
Tickets £29 to include a complimentary copy of Patrick’s book, a delicious 2 course meal, and of course a fascinating talk by Patrick, sharing the story of his 742 mile journey around the stretches of British coast which are protected by The National Trust. Patrick’s previous two critically acclaimed books were ‘Badgerlands’ and ‘The Butterfly Isles’, so he really is a treasure trove of information on all things natural – get your questions ready!
by my_admin | 13, Apr 2015
Celebrating the release of his latest thriller ‘You Are Dead’.
On Thursday 28th May at 7.30 pm, we are delighted to present a very special evening with the always-entertaining master of suspense, Peter James, celebrating the release of the latest instalment in his bestselling series featuring DCI Roy Grace. Tickets £15 to include a copy of ‘You Are Dead’ in hardback. Peter is always happy to sign books after his talk. Tickets are now available from the bookshop, and can be reserved over the phone. Licensed bar. Venue – The Steyning Grammar School Theatre at Shooting Field, Steyning.
A pictorial look back at this event
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