Event Musings

Is he a stand-up comic, actor or radio presenter; a writer, or explorer of the human condition, is he a science communicator or a poet? Well, this is Robin Ince and he is all of these things and more. This afternoon he arrived at Red Lion Books to talk to our customers about his new book, ‘The Importance of Being Interested’. When I say talk…. let me explain. He said he would talk for about 40 minutes and then take questions. What happened was that an hour went by during which he hardly drew breath.  In that hour, we were taken […]

This was a truly memorable event for us and also for those who attended.   Two indie bookshops were chosen by her publishers, Vintage (with input from Margaret Atwood herself)  to launch The Testaments in the UK.   We were chosen on the strength of our idea for customers to have their anonymous testaments read by an actor (dressed as a Handmaiden).  It was a brilliant and moving event, as blogged here https://www.heroica.co/entertainment/review-a-night-in-gilead