the Women's Bookshop announces THREE FABULOUS FEBRUARY AUTHOR EVENTS

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Hi Graham THREE  FABULOUS  FEBRUARY  AUTHOR  EVENTS

Barbara Ewing & men in petticoats! London-based New Zealand actress & author Barbara Ewing will be in the bookshop during the PRIDE FESTIVAL to celebrate her fabulous new novel The Petticoat Men, based on a true, outrageous Victorian story.  ‘Ewing’s strange and fascinating novel zooms in on one of the greatest scandals of the Victorian age and manages to shed new light on it . . . rich, vivid, terrific.’ –The Times MONDAY 9 FEBRUARY 6pm in the bookshop           Gold coin donation at the door

Family Portraits NZ Book Launch Join author/illustrator Sam Orchard to launch this ‘first-of-its-kind in NZ’ series of comic books that celebrate our lives, diversity, sexual orientation & gender identities. These NZ stories rejoice in our differences & look at how our ages, histories, genders, beliefs & ethnicities shape our experiences & how we live in the world. WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 6pm in the bookshop Gold coin donation at the door

The Chimes – Anna Smaill – Book Launch A stunning literary debut, published in London, by 34 -year-old New Zealand poet & violinist Anna Smaill, The Chimes is a startlingly original work that combines unique prose with incredible imagination. "The Chimes is a remarkable debut. It's inventive, beautifully written, and completely absorbing. I highly recommend it." - Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds. Join Anna & Hachette Publishers to celebrate this extraordinary publication. WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 6pm in the bookshop

Visit our bookstall at the BIG GAY OUT - Sunday 8 February, Coyle Park, Pt. Chev. Visit our bookshop in Ponsonby Road on Saturday 21 February & stay for the PRIDE PARADE at 7.30pm Support young women’s theatre! Live Orgy – written & performed by Freya Desmarais Monday 9 Feb – Wednesday 11 Feb 7pm Basement Theatre, Lower Greys Ave Auckland CBD BOOK 0508 iTICKET(484253) www.iticket.co.nz Feminist & full-on – this may be the sex education you never received! (Adult themes, R18)