I still hesitate to use the word ‘author’ in a sentence about me, but I imagine that I am like almost every person who publishes a book in that I dreamt of seeing a proper, turny-page copy of Who Stole Grandma? on display in an actual bookshop.
So it it was with some trepidation that I walked into our most local bookshop and asked the owner, Jenny, whether she would be willing to give shelf space to a completely unknown writer from up the road (who didn’t even have a printed book yet).
Jenny was so welcoming and generous and as keen to support local writers as I was to support a local business and the shelf space request evolved into a book launch / book celebration plan.
So, it is lovely to be able to now share that we are holding a ‘Who Stole Grandma?’ night at the utterly lovely Bear Bookshop, a wonderful, recent addition to Bearwood High Street, where our granddaughter loves to visit for story time after school on the days that she is with us.
Click here https://bearbookshop.co.uk/ to get a flavour of why I find Bear Bookshop such a special place.
Our ‘big night’ is Tuesday 20th July at 7:00pm.
- Two Readings from Who Stole Grandma?
- A Q & A
- Music: Paper Plane (Alex’s Song for Moosh (Chapter 41))
- Raffle for Parkinson’s UK
- The Tunnock’s Tea Cake Game (Chapter 44)
- Book Signing (donations for Parkinson’s UK)
My hope is that you will come to experience Jenny’s fabulous shop, especially her selection of children’s books. Come to buy books for your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, pupils and children of friends. And that you will help us to raise more money for Parkinson’s UK, while enjoying an evening of celebrating ‘Who Stole Grandma?’.
As numbers are necessarily limited, if you would like to join us on 20th July, please PM me before 8:00pm on Friday 9th July 2021.
Bear Bookshop is at 588 Bearwood Road, B66 4BW
Mark Lanyon Storyteller 