SAVE THE DATE! SUNDAY 26TH NOVEMBER 2023 AT 2PM - LIGHT UP SMITHDOWN FOR CHRISTMAS!

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127 years ago today the Palm House opened its magnificent gates for the very first time 🤗🌺

🌴Palm House History Day this Sunday

This event is free but you can prebook here:

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I met so many interesting people tonight at #HistoryInTheCourt , thank you Goldsboro Books & Broo Doherty.

Dead Man Walking is out NOW.

amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C4WXJHK9/
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HQ Stories
Curtis Brown Books

Yesterday's grey, gloomy weather made me feel as though winter was here - so I set up a #Dickens & #Christmas walking tour of #London (on 14 Dec). Tickets are on sale now. lucindahawksley.com/event/dickens-…

DS Rick Turner has spent months building a case against crime boss, Thomas Unwin. But on day one of the trial, he’s faced with a stark choice – give false testimony, or his girlfriend will die.

Out now, from HQ Stories amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C4WXJHK9

#thrillers #CrimeFiction

A big thank you to our star bookseller Tony @BeyondBooksLtd for all his work supporting the Smithdown Litfest and for making sure we have all of the authors' books in the right venues at the right time. No mean task! Thanks Tony 😃

We rounded off this year's Litfest with An Audience with Chris Tarrant. Chris was very entertaining and interesting and stayed around to chat with the audience, sign books and have his pic taken afterwards. A great night to remember! Thanks very much to Chris and Ullet Road Church

It was great to welcome Susan Brownrigg back to the Litfest this year. Thanks for entertaining the Y5 and Y6 children at St Clare's Primary !

Thanks very much to Tony Nicholson for entertaining us with anecdotes about Great British TV Quizzes, and his own career including telling us a joke he wrote for The Two Ronnies! Tony has written books on #KenDodd and #LarryGrayson too - give him a follow to learn more!

Thanks very much to Lucinda Hawksley for an enjoyable and informative evening talking to Dr Kate Walchester from Liverpool John Moores University about #Dickens at a packed out St Barnabas Penny Lane Church (thanks for hosting us!). A really engaged audience and a brilliant evening.

Big thanks to Tony Schumacher for a great evening at Sefton Park Palm House for the Smithdown Litfest, entertaining a packed audience! Thanks to SeftonPark PalmHouse for hosting us! A night to remember.

The Smithdown Litfest Great Big Quiz was a huge success with about 100 quizzers taking part! The finalists went head to head with Chris Tarrant as quizmaster! Thanks to Black Cat, Liverpool for supporting us and to fantastic quiz master Che and to Ullet Road Church for hosting our final!

We had a really special evening with George Christopher at Toxteth Library talking about his career, autobiography and bipolar disorder to a sold out audience. Thanks to George and to the library for hosting us. #brookside #grangehill Liverpool Libraries and Information Services

Thanks to deadinkbookshop for taking part in this year's Smithdown Litfest. And thank you to frances disley and Jude Lennon Books for their great events

What a brilliant week we had at this year's Smithdown Litfest ! Our biggest ever audiences and fab events with a range of great speakers. Photos and thanks to follow! Already planning 2024 😃

Great to have you as part of the Litfest again Susan!

Such a pleasure - thank you for a very entertaining and insightful evening!

Fab event with #Dickens expert Lucinda Hawksley Smithdown Litfest Friday!
Pleased to've met #ArtsGroupie / John Maguire/ArtsGroupie there. They will be performing Dickens's chilling short story, The Signalman, at L'pool Edge Hill Station & Athenaeum in Nov.
Tix: artsgroupie.org/theatre-events…