OUR BOOK GROUPS OUR BEST-SELLERS in 2017 Information for New Members These are our best-selling titles in 2017 (up to 21st June) Book Review Club We meet on the second Wednesday or Thursday of most 1. Client Earth by James Thornton & Martin Goodman months, 2.30pm —4.00pm at Berry’s Coffee House. We will 2. OS Explorer 217 Map: Long Mynd & Wenlock Edge be reviewing latest releases as well as classics. As space is lim- 3. Dethroning Mammon by Justin Welby ited PLEASE BOOK with us if you would like to attend, and NEWSLETTER 46 we can tell you the theme for the next meeting. There is no 4. OS Landranger 137 Map: Ludlow, Church Stretton, Wenlock charge to join, and you will have a wonderful selection of Edge 2017 coffees, teas and cakes to choose from (for which you can pay 5. The Crystal Lake: Part Three of The Journey by Hilary Jane at the time). Jones & Tracey Swain 6. The Long Mynd: Its History & Wildlife by Barrie Raynor Book Chat 7. Carding Mill Valley & The Long Mynd (National Trust Guide Join us on the third Wednesday of most months, 2.30— Book) 4.00pm at Burway Books for an informal chat about books. 8. Hill Walking in Shropshire by John Gillham We occasionally have a visiting author, details of which will appear on our website and in the shop. 9. Shropshire (AA Publishing) This event is FREE but please let us know if you would like 10. The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer to come along as, again, space is limited. 11. The Doll Funeral by Kate Hamer 12. Historic Church Stretton Walks by Barrie Raynor Please check with us for BOTH Book Groups before 13. The Snailbeach District Railway by Andy Cuckson turning up to make sure we have not had to change dates 14. Mystery at Witchend by Malcolm Saville 15. All of a Winter's Night by Phil Rickman E-BOOKS and E-BOOK GIFT CARDS 16. BBC Proms Guide 2017 17. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry 18. Meadowland: the Private Life of an English Field by John Lewis-Stempel 19. A Shropshire Lad by A E Housman You can purchase thousands of e-book titles, CDs and DVDs 20. Shropshire Border Hills by John Bradford from us in-store or via the e-books page on our website.

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Books, Maps …. and so much more. Sherratt House Proudly Independent since 1974 18 Beaumont Road Church Stretton Shrosphire SY6 6BN When you have read this, please pass it on to someone else who you think may enjoy it …. Items not in stock we can get to order please ask Hilary, Tel: 01694-723388 Rosalind or Alun. Email [email protected] HARRY POTTER TRIVIA TOURNAMENT: “But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to BOOK QUIZ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Celebrating 20 Years of Harry Potter Magic turn on the light.” Wednesday 26th July.7-9pm at Church Stretton Library £5 per team of 4 (to include refreshments) HOLIDAY READS REDISCOVER A CLASSIC As Summer arrives we’re often asked to give recommendations for ‘Rebecca’ “good holiday reads”. Here are two novels we hope you will enjoy. by Daphne du Maurier ‘Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk’ by Kathleen Rooney

We have been chosen by Bloomsbury, the publishers of the “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again …”: Lillian Boxfish took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up Harry Potter books, as one of only 20 bookshops nationwide to ‘Rebecca’ has one of the best—known opening lines in literature. writing copy for Macy's department store to become the highest paid take part in a Harry Potter Trivia Tournament. Working as a lady's companion, the orphaned heroine of advertising woman in the world. Now it’s the last night of 1984 and Lillian, 85 years old but just as sharp as ever, is on her way to a party. It's Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on We will be holding a special Harry Potter Book Quiz at Church a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a Stretton Library on Wednesday 26 th July, 7.00 – 9.00pm. chilly enough for her mink coat and Manhattan is grittier but the quick-tongued poet has never been one to scare easily. On a walk that handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes Teams of four people (which must include at least one adult) her by surprise. Whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to his are invited to apply. The cost is £5 per team, which will include takes her over 10 miles around the city, she meets bartenders, shopkeepers, criminals, parents, and parents-to-be, while reviewing a life brooding estate, Manderley, on the Cornish Coast, the new Mrs light refreshments. We have space for NINE teams, so please of excitement and adversity, passion and heartbreak, illuminating all the de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his get your applications in as soon as possible to avoid ways New York has changed - and endured. dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs disappointment. A love letter to city life in all its guts and grandeur, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Danvers ...Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty Walk paints a portrait of a remarkable woman across the canvas of a with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has The winning team will receive a fabulous prize: changing America never gone out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young ♦ ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ 4 x copies of girl consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity. illustrated edition ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’ ♦ 1 x set of 4 hardback House editions of ‘Harry Potter and by Robert Galbraith AUTHOR EVENT—ALEX LANGLANDS: ‘Craeft’ the Philosopher’s Stone’ Saturday 25th November, 7.30pm ♦ 1 x set of four House bookmarks Church Stretton Methodist Church ♦ 4 x set of Harry Potter bunting Tickets £8 (£6 for Burway Books Loyalty Card Holders) ♦ 4 x Harry Potter door hangers

Many of you will remember Alex Langlands as one of the The winning team from each local quiz will then be invited to a presenters of ‘ Victorian Farm’ . He has subsequently appeared in central London location to take part in a second Harry Potter several other TV programmes, including ‘Edwardian Farm’, book quiz (during Children’s Book Week in October) to decide ‘Wartime Farm’, ‘’. We are delighted to welcome the ultimate winner from the 20 finalist teams. Bloomsbury will Published to huge acclaim from readers, reviewers and writers, ‘ The Alex back to Church Stretton for a talk to coincide with the arrange travel to the second quiz and will cover travel costs for Cuckoo’s Calling ’ was later revealed to be written by J.K. Rowling, publication of his new book, ‘ Craeft: How Traditional Crafts are this, but not accommodation. under the Robert Galbraith pseudonym. A compulsively readable About More Than Just Making’ . There will be more detail in our

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