Sam Bunting

Verey Books monthly Words on Wednesday events are back for 2024. The popular Pooley Bridge bookshop kicks off with a Words on Wednesday event with a difference on Wednesday 21 February 2024. The ‘Highway Cello’ is about Kenneth Wilson’s journey, on a bike, and with his cello, from Hadrian’s Wall to Rome. Kenneth will be reading, talking about his journey, answering your questions and playing the cello. In 2022 Kenneth cycled with his cello from Hadrian’s Wall to Rome, performing every day en route. The book of this adventure was published by City Village as Highway Cello, and now this performance tells that story…

On Wednesday 15 November, join author Karen Lloyd, editor of North Country Anthology of Landscape and Nature for an evening of readings and conversation at Verey Books, Ullswater’s independent bookshop.

This October, Verey Books, Ullswater’s independent bookshop welcomes author on Chris Butterfield for a celebration of Wainwright on Wednesday 18 October at 7pm. Wainwright Memories chronicles three little-known stories involving Alfred Wainwright that took place over three consecutive years, 1988-90. The stories are based on reminiscences by Wainwright’s former publisher Andrew Nichol and include illustrative maps by Pictorial Guide reviser Chris Jesty. Chris Butterfield takes Andrew Nichol on a journey to revisit several locations featured in each story. Andrew reminisces about Wainwright, and they recreate many photographs taken over 30 years earlier. A lifelong love of the outdoors and admiration…

This July, Verey Books, Ullswater’s independent bookshop welcomes author Victoria Bennett to read from and discuss her memoir, All My Wild Mothers on Wednesday 19 July at 7pm. An intimate weaving of memoir and herbal folklore, ALL MY WILD MOTHERS is a story of re- wilding our wastelands, and the transformation that can happen when we do… On October 19th in 2007, Victoria Bennett was looking forward to new motherhood. At seven months pregnant, she was excited about what was to come. But when the telephone rang, the news she received changed everything. Her eldest sister had died in a…

Verey Books, Ullswater’s independent bookshop, celebrates the popular sport of Fell Running at their next Words on Wednesday event. This April, North lakes-based writer and photographer, John Myatt, author of Lakeland Fell Running for Mortals (Pesda Press, 2022), will be the guest speaker Wednesday, 19 April.

Verey Books, Ullswater’s independent bookshop, is absolutely delighted to host the launch of Explodapedia – a series of science books written for young people and adults alike, described as ‘exploded encyclopedia’ – everything you need to know about science, one book at a time!

Verey Books, Ullswater’s independent bookshop, located in Pooley Bridge, continues its popular events programme on Wednesday 16 November by welcoming writer Bronwen Riley to discuss her latest book, Journey to Britannia: From the Heart of Rome to Hadrian’s Wall, AD 130.