Stories created in the Storytelling Project now available to hear and watch

30 June 2024

Stories created in the Storytelling Project now available to hear and watch

Authors, Bookshop, Events, News

In May, we held our Celebration of Storytelling; the culmination of five workshops attended by children and young adults in Luton, exploring characters and story development with fantastic workshop leaders, also from Luton. The stories that were created were then turned into finished pieces by published authors. You can hear […]

20 May 2024

What’s on this June!

Authors, Events, News, Projects

June in the shop! Look out for our fliers too! Sunday sessions – April Grace; Steel Princess and The Girl Behind The Glass Come and hear excerpts from Steel Princess and The Girl Behind The Glass, by fantasy author April Grace. April Grace is an independent fantasy author who studied […]

4 May 2024

Brown Books book club starts in May

Educational, Events, News

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 […]

30 April 2024

Brown Books celebrates first birthday!

Authors, Bookshop, Development, Educational, Events, News

Brown Books celebrated its FIRST BIRTHDAY on Saturday, with cake and children’s activities in the shop, and lots of lovely visitors throughout the day. The celebrations took place to mark one year of being open, and one year of delivering a range of author talks, children’s storytelling and writing events […]

Clive reading poetry to the rest of the Strange Bedsfellow group

5 April 2024

Strange Bedsfellows in May: An evening of poetry

Events, News

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:

SI Literary Prize 2024 Dark background with white text overlaid

9 March 2024

Proud to support SI Leeds Literary Prize

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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

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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 […]

Children sat listening to a story being read out

26 January 2024

Work in Brown Books bookshop!

Authors, Bookshop, Development, Events, News

Work for us in Brown Books bookshop

16 January 2024

Valentines special: Romance fiction writing with Jennifer Bibby

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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 […]

4 January 2024

Sunday book readings: Forever Connected

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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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