DARTMOUTH'S VICTORIAN SHIPPING MAGNATE

We will be selling a new book on Dartmouth's Victorian Shipping Magnate, William Schaw Lindsay, at a Flavel Fundraising event on Wednesday 27 September at 7.30pm. Tickets £15 from the Flavel.  The book costs £25.

Bill Lindsay, who will give the talk, is the great-great-grandson of William, who had a fascinating life going from rags to riches -  from a cabin boy to a captain. Find out what life was like on board ship in the 1830s.

Update on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 9:17AM by Kathy Stansfield

This talk at the Flavel has unfortunately been cancelled. However you can order the book from our bookshop.

SAILING THE ATLANTIC

Nicolette Coward, the first woman to sail solo non-stop across the Atlantic, in 1971, will give a talk at the Flavel, Dartmouth, on Tuesday 28 March at 7pm. The event is held in association with the Dartmouth Community Bookshop which will sell her re-published book 'When I Put Out To Sea', after her talk.

Nicolette, a Dartmouth resident, ran the Harbour Bookshop with her husband (and publisher) for many years. She will sign copies of her book after her talk. Proceeds will be split between the Flavel and RLNI Lifeboat Station Appeal. The book is on sale at Dartmouth Community Bookshop.

LOVE AROUND THE WORLD

We will be selling copies of a new book, Love Around the World by David Rostuhar at a showing of the film of the same name at the Flavel, Dartmouth, on Thursday 20 October at 7.30pm. It will be following by a Q&A session and book signing.You can book the event at www.theflavel.org.uk The books costs £24, cash or card payment.

The book is 'an intimate essay, a travel diary and an ethnographic study all in one, presenting an inspirational exploration that takes readers on a passionate journey through different aspects of the meanings that love has in todays world'. 

It considers 'different scientific notions of love through intriguing personal stories, offering an unique view on the evolution, the origin and the development of the concept of love throughout history, taking in account its different forms as well as its social and personal significance'.

A GREAT TIME TO READ THIS AUTUMN

We have a good crop of new titles for you to enjoy.

Some major new fiction titles from top  authors are in stock now, including: 

Lessons by Ian McEwan

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris

New non fiction includes:

Landlines by Raynor Wynn

Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben MacIntyre

Agatha Christie A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley

The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman

The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith

James Cropper Wainwright Prizewinners:

Eating to Extinction by Dan Saladino

Goshawk Summer by James Aldred

The Biggest Footprint by Rob abd Tom Sears

SPRINGTIME WITH BOOKS!

At last we can re-open from April 12. We hope you will enjoy browsing our stock - lots of new books to enjoy.

You will need to take covid precautions, wearing a facemask and using the hand sanitiser as you enter the shop. 

Looking forward to your visit