celebration: Local History Morning!
Saturday 2nd July
in the shop - 10:30am - celebration - free entry
Please register via Eventbrite if you wish to attend so we know how many people to expect.
We are celebrating Southampton’s rich history in our Community Space all morning on Saturday 2nd July!
Don’t miss booksignings and one-on-one chats with local authors and historians, local artists and creators. You can learn about, and perhaps take home a little piece of our wonderful city!
As Southampton’s long-standing radical and independent bookshop, we’ve been a staple on the high street for over 40 years, and you’ll have the opportunity to learn a little bit about our own history too!
Martin Brisland will be here with his new book Celebrating Southampton
This book is celebration of Southampton’s rich heritage and identity – its special events, achievements, people, industry and landmarks.
Martin Brisland is a local historian and tour guide based in Southampton. Who has written many local books for Amberley Publishing, including Secret Southampton, A-Z of Southampton and Celebrating Southampton.
Ally Hayes will be here with copies of A Walk Up The Avenue (OB’s best seller of 2021!)
A Walk up the Avenue is mainly a history book of an area that is well known to all Sotonians but has rarely been written about. The maps also enable it to be used as a guidebook.
Ally Hayes and Wendy Stokes are both retired teachers who have, for the last few years, devoted their energies to research into the central Bevois Mount area of the city. They give talks and organise guided walks as well as write about the history of the area.
Lindsi Bluemel will be showcasing her popular greetings cards which feature local landmarks
Lizzie Jones will be celebrating our green spaces with Marlhill Copse prints and cards
Don John will be on hand to answer questions about his books chronicling Southampton's Black history
Tony Kushner will be here to answer questions about our city's Migrant Past and Present
Check out October Books’ timeline
Browse our extensive local history titles AND MUCH MORE
Please register via Eventbrite if you wish to attend so we can manage numbers on the day. This is a free entry event, but there is a suggested donation of £3 to allow us to do more events like this.
We are operating with Covid caution here at October Books, so please respect your fellow attendees by maintaining some distance. We are requesting that people attending events/gatherings in the shop please wear a face covering - to ensure all people feel safe.
If you would like to reserve a copy of ‘Celebrating Southampton’ or ‘A Walk Up The Avenue’ (or any of our extensive local history titles) to collect from the shop please email us at info@octoberbooks.org
You can get ‘Celebrating Southampton’ by Martin Brisland delivered directly to your door here.
Find out more about Martin Brisland on these social channels - Twitter: @SouthamptonHid1 Instagram: @see_southampton
Find out more about Bevois Mount History here: https://bevoismounthistory.weebly.com/ and on FB: @bevoismounthistory
Find out more about the Amberley publishing - Twitter: @amberleybooks Instagram: @amberleypublishing FB: @amberleybooks
Find out more about Lizzie Jones here: http://www.lizzjonesart.co.uk/
