Posts by Cliff

On a delightful spring evening at The Bookery, a packed house gathered to welcome conservationist, author, editor, and columnist Patrick Galbraith for a rich and vibrant conversation about land, access, and identity in the British countryside. Just 24 hours earlier, the High Court had ruled in favour of restoring the right to wild camp on…

We were delighted to welcome a full house once again for a truly spellbinding evening of folklore and storytelling, embellished by an amazing of themed cake that Alexandra had baked for us to all enjoy! This special event celebrated the rich folkloric traditions of Devon, led by Crediton’s own Mark Norman, author of The Folklore…

A Thursday night, a full house in The Bookery with three Crime authors and the only incident to report being an abundance of laughter! Perhaps not be the plot design for a typical police procedural, but we had a fabulous evening with Orlando Murrin, Diane Jeffrey and Tina Orr Munro who each provided us with…

For our latest Afternoon Author event and after a couple of false starts we were thrilled to finally welcome Sarah Easter Collins to The Bookery who was joined in conversation by our very own expert interviewer Alison Sweatman. On a lovely sunny afternoon, we were so happy to have several of our wonderful supporters join…

The Bookery was delighted to welcome author and freelance writer Lucy Brazier for our most recent author event. We had hoped that Lucy was to be joined in conversation by her good friend, novelist, TV scriptwriter and journalist Veronica Henry but she (understandably) had to withdraw due to her son having an operation on his…

Five years on from the start of the pandemic, The Bookery marked this somewhat melancholy anniversary by welcoming author and environmental journalist Marianne Brown, who’s recently launched book The Shetland Way was conceived in the first months of lockdown. Marianne arrived in Voe, Shetland with her partner and daughter in February 2020 to attend her…

For the first session of our Spring sessions of Afternoon Author events we were delighted to welcome local poet and friend of The Bookery Michael Hartland, who opened his talk inviting the audience to recall a memorable experience from the natural world and to think of a word or phrase to describe this experience. Before…

For the final session of our winter Afternoon Author events we were delighted to welcome local author Jonathan Crofts, who was joined by Monica, his wife and editor of The Portsmouth Connection. Jonathan provided us with some fascinating insights and stories that he unearthed during his time researching the history of the Eggesford Estate and…

To welcome in the joys of spring with glorious sunshine we were delighted to welcome on World Book Day award-winning author and university lecturer Dr Michael Malay, who was joined in conversation by the Bookery’s ‘resident’ interviewer Alison Sweatman. From Alison’s carefully prepared questions we learnt the importance to Michael of relationships and connections. It…

For the second of our winter Afternoon Author events, we were delighted to welcome local historian Tony Gale who provided our audience with a fascinating audio visual presentation based on his book Crediton & the Great Fire 1743. Tony took us through the period before, during and after the fire revealing many intriguing stories about…