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January 31, 2025

Peat and Whisky: Whisky Tasting with Mike Billett

Join Bookends on Friday 31st January at 7:30pm at Cakes and Ale cafe in Bookends, Carlisle for an evening with scientist and writer Mike Billett...

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Children’s Storytime

EVERY SATURDAY! Every Saturday morning at 11 am our storyteller Lee will read a couple of children's books at Bookends From classic tales to the...

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November 11, 2024

Afternoon Book Club

The daytime group usually meets every second Monday of the month at 2pm downstairs in Carlisle Cathedral Cafe If you wish to join this book...

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November 27, 2024

Carlisle Reading Group

The Carlisle group usually meets at 7pm on the last Wednesday of the month in Cakes and Ale Cafe The reading group are meeting in October to discuss...

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November 21, 2024

Keswick Reading Group

The Keswick Reading Group is led by Trina and Anne and meets every third Thursday of the month at 7pm Please email bookendskeswick@aolcom if you...

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Poetry Group

From September we'll be hosting a series of events and poetry readings in Cakes and Ale café every other month Please watch this space for...

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Helen’s Reads

We are very pleased to introduce Helen Towers to all our website friends We will feature lots of  reviews by Helen, mainly contemporary fiction If...

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Weyward

Review by Helen's Reads Weyward is a riveting and absorbing debut novel which tells the story of 3 generations of women living at different times,...

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The Saint of Lost Things by Tish Delaney

A Helen’s Reads Review  Lindy Morris lives with Auntie Bell on the edge of Donegal, in a bungalow on Granda Morris's land, although...

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