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A Homeland Denied

We are holding an event jointly with Dartmouth Library at 5.30pm on Tuesday 23 May entitled A Homeland Denied - in the footsteps of a Polish PoW by Irena Kossakowski.

Her book is based on memories of her father, a young Polish university student in 1939 who joined the army only to be captured by the Russians and sent to a labour camp. This is the dramatic and poignant story of his  wartime experiences, eventually joining the British army. The event marks the allied victory at Monte Casino, where he fought, and where there was huge loss of life, particularly amongst the Polish forces. Tickets cost £2.50 from the library.

The book is for sale at the shop.

The Art of the Devon Garden

We are holding an event jointly with Friends of the Dartmouth Library on Monday 24 April at 5.30pm at which Devon historian Todd Gray will talk about his book, The Art of the Devon Garden. Tickets cost £2.50 (including refreshments) from either the bookshop or the library.

The book looks at how artists have portrayed Devon gardens and plants past and present. It will be available to purchase at the event and from the bookshop after.

OUR 5TH BIRTHDAY AND WINNIE-THE-POOH'S 90TH EVENT

We celebrated our 5th Birthday with an event at Dartmouth Library marking also the 90th Birthday of Winnie-the- Pooh, on Monday December 5.

Author Kathryn Aalto gave a talk for grown-ups on her book ‘The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A walk through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood’ Her book is part travelogue, part biography and natural history – a companion guide to the Pooh stories, evoking a wonderful sense of place, and a reminder of how childhood is founded on magic and secret hideaway places. It has proved popular on her recent tour of the United States (you can buy a copy at the bookshop).

Update on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 9:22AM by Kathy Stansfield

Kathryn Aalto with bookshop manager Andrea Saunders at the event, with a selection of Pooh books and memorabilia, including two beautiful antique Christopher Robin dolls  loaned by one of our volunteers. Below, Kathryn giving her talk at Dartmouth Library.

DAN CRUIKSHANK

Update on Friday, November 11, 2016 at 10:27AM by Kathy Stansfield

Architectural historian and TV personality Dan Cruikshank gave an entertaining talk on the importance of architecture to a capacity audience at the Flavel on Friday November 4. He was on tour promoting his book ‘A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings’ and his newly published book, ‘Spitalfields – The History of a Nation in a Handful of Streets’ sold at the event by Dartmouth Community Bookshop.