Last week we hosted the launch of Why We Travel by Ash Bhardwaj.
Why We Travel is a smart-thinking travel book, which uses travel as a window into human motivations. It explores what we can gain from venturing out into the world.
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Last week we hosted the launch of Running on Empty by Guy Deacon.
Continue reading Book Launch: Running on Empty by Guy DeaconLast night we hosted the launch of debut author Flora Carr’s historical novel The Tower.
Three women cross a loch. It is 1567, one of them is pregnant, two of them fretful. The boat takes them to Lochleven castle in the middle of the water. Awaiting them are courtiers braying for blood, hellbent on keeping one of them under lock and key: Mary Queen of Scots.
In the tower, Mary’s maids Frenchwoman, Cuckoo and watchful Scot, Jane are her only allies, and the chamber their entire world. A new reality sets in where they are at the mercy of not only their keepers, but of raging Scotland itself.
In the outside world, Mary’s kin, Queen Elizabeth claims she can do little but write. Downstairs, the shrewd jailor-courtier Margaret Erskine places her daughter-in-law Agnes in the chamber as her pair of eyes. Hope seems futile until the bewitching Lady Seton arrives. Seton’s power shifts everything in the tower and soon a plan is hatched.
But which of them will risk it all to save their mistress? Which woman loves her queen best? The Tower is a triumphant story of desire, grit, God-given power and wiles from a striking new voice in historical fiction.
The Tower is available now for £16.99
On Tuesday 27th February we had the pleasure of hosting the launch of Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATO by Peter Apps which tells the history of the world’s most successful military alliance, from the wrecked Europe of 1945 to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Last night we made the most of a beautiful balmy evening in Covent Garden by hosting the launch of Life Lessons From the Amazon: A Guide to Life From One Epic Jungle Adventure by Pip Stewart.
Continue reading Life Lessons From the Amazon by Pip StewartIf, like us, you’ve often wondered what it might be like to travel around China with your cross-dressing language teacher, China in Drag by Michael Bristow is a perfect addition to your reading list. Ok, so we hadn’t wondered it at all until we hosted the launch of this book last Wednesday, but now it’s all we want to do. Continue reading Book Launch: China in Drag
We love it when an author brings themed snacks. At the launch of Georgia in the Mountains of Poetry by Peter Nasmyth there was Georgian wine and Churchkhela (a candle-shaped candy with nuts threaded onto a string and dipped in grape or fruit juices and dried in the shape of a sausage). Continue reading Book Launch: Georgia in the Mountains of Poetry
Last week we hosted the launch party for The Amazing Animal Atlas. Written by Dr Nick Crumpton, a specialist in zoology, this atlas features huge fold-out spreads brimming with biologically-accurate illustrations by Gaia Bordicchia.
Last night we hosted the book launch for Nick Hunt’s new book Where the Wild Winds Are. Mixing travel and nature writing, Nick walks the path of four of Europe’s winds across the continent. Continue reading Book Launch: Where the Wild Winds Are by Nick Hunt
