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June 6, 2024

Mike Craven – The Mercy Chair

WE ARE NOW SOLD OUT BUT YOU CAN CALL THE SHOP ON 01228 529067 TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITING LIST Join Bookends on Tuesday 6th June at 7:30pm in The...

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April 25, 2024

Wine & Crime with Robert Rutherford and M. W. Craven

Join Bookends for an evening with two of the country’s top crime writers in conversation as Robert Rutherford and M W Craven celebrate the launch...

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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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March 11, 2024

Afternoon Book Club

The daytime group usually meets every second Monday of the month at 2pm in Tullie House café   If you wish to join this book group,...

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February 28, 2024

Carlisle Reading Group

The Carlisle group usually meets at 7pm on the last Wednesday of the month in Cakes and Ale Cafe   The next group will be at 7pm on Wednesday...

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March 14, 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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