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Clive Gresswell
24 August 2024

Celebrating Clive Gresswell

Join us for an evening to celebrate the life and work of local poet Clive Gresswell, who passed away earlier this year. There will be readings of Clive’s work, readings by local poets who have written for and with Clive, anecdotes and other performance pieces. Celebrating Clive Gresswell will take […]
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4 May 2024

Brown Books book club starts in May

We’re delighted to announce a new regular book club that will take place in the shop, starting on Thursday 16 May at 6.30pm. This exciting collaboration with Luton Central Library means those joining will be able to come and take the book of the month home to read, returning the […]
Clive reading poetry to the rest of the Strange Bedsfellow group
5 April 2024

Strange Bedsfellows in May: An evening of poetry

Brown Books are delighted to be hosting this regular intimate poetry evening, showcasing readings by Clive Gresswell, Keith Jebb, Eddie Heaton, Juliet Troy and C-Weed, all of whom studied at the University of Bedfordshire. With special guest, Peter Philpott. Tickets for May can be booked via eventbrite. Other news:
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9 March 2024

Proud to support SI Leeds Literary Prize

We are proud to support a writing prize that helps discover exciting new talent from underrepresented groups. The Prize exists to act as a loudspeaker for Black and Asian women’s voices, enabling fresh and original literary voices from a group disproportionately under-represented in mainstream literary culture to reach new audiences. […]
Rachel Hopkins visits Brown Books on World Book Day 2024
8 March 2024

World Book Day with Brown Books

At Luton Literature CIC, we’re all about encouraging a love of reading and improving literacy especially in young people, and what better way to do this than giving away free books on World Book Day? Children from a local primary school were invited in to browse the selection of pre-loved […]
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16 January 2024

Valentines special: Romance fiction writing with Jennifer Bibby

Join us for an evening with Jennifer Bibby as she talks about her book, The Cornish Hideaway, and the realities of writing romance fiction, including the publishing process and searching for an agent. The evening will include two readings and a Q&A session at the end. This event is perfect […]
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4 January 2024

Sunday book readings: Forever Connected

Join us for an afternoon with Paolo Trepiccione as he talks about his book Forever Connected, his reasons for writing his story and his personal journey through the process. The story powerfully weaves together the material and the spiritual world, and is an adventure through life, loss, love, pain, and catharsis. […]
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