Foyles has added more authors and has more information about the three-week grand opening festival that will be held June 11-July 5 for its new flagship store on Charing Cross Road in London. The 37,000-square-foot "bookshop for the 21st century" is located steps from Foyles's longtime flagship store.Hilary Mantel, twice winner of the Man Booker Prize, will officially open the store on June 13. Thereafter, each department will be opened formally by an author: Simon Armitage will open poetry; Mary Beard, history and politics; Malorie Blackman, children's and YA; Jarvis Cocker, music; P.D. James, crime fiction; Mark Kermode, film and theatre; Henry Marsh, medical; Yotam Ottolenghi, cookery; Michael Palin, travel; Grayson Perry, art; Biz Stone, business; and Sarah Waters, fiction. In many cases, the authors will unveil a table of their own top 10 picks for the department.
The festival will feature events with these and other authors, as well as concerts, storytelling sessions, film screenings, workshops and more.
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