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Preston Book Group has a new venue – and will soon host bestselling authors

A Preston Book Group meeting Preston Book Group has a new city centre venue for its monthly meet ups. The group will now meet at The Larder in Lancaster Road. The first meeting at the […]

4 years ago
New book ‘North End Souls’ tells the story of 15 PNE greats and their time at Deepdale

Rainbow corner flags will be used at the West From fixture Pic: Ian Robinson/Preston North End Graham Alexander, David Moyes, Paul Gallagher, Joe Garner… These are just four of the Preston North End greats to pen chapters in a new book, ‘North End Souls’ about life […]

4 years ago
Winckley Square history book is raising funds for St Catherine’s Hospice

Winckley Square Pic: @chrisdarley A local history book which brings together all the research undertaken as part of the transformation of Preston’s Winckley Square Gardens has raised an amazing Ā£3,200 for St Catherine’s Hospice. […]

5 years ago
Dickens at Christmas: An evening of readings in Preston

A great pre-Christmas event to get you in the festive mood. A performance of Charles Dickensā€™ Christmas tales at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston Organised by Dickens fan […]

11 years ago
Advertisement Advertisement Best selling Rebus author Ian Rankin comes to Preston

A talk from and a chance to meet best selling author of the Rebus novels, Ian Rankin Rankin’s Inspector John Rebus detective novels have sold millions of copies worldwide in […]

11 years ago
David Hindle book signing 19 October

Meet David Hindle who wil be signing copies of his latest book David’s new book, Victorian Preston and the Whittingham Hospital Railway, known as the ‘nurses special’, explores not only […]

12 years ago
National Storytelling Week ā€˜poorly promotedā€™

Britain may be celebrating National Storytelling Week ā€“ but Preston is lagging behind. The Harris Library has struggled to get an audience for its ā€œstory timeā€ group, which runs twice […]

13 years ago
St Catherine’s Bookshop

Uttering the phrase “Secondhand Bookshop” conjures up a variety of images. Dusty shelves, a musty smell and heaps of dog-eared books that’ve seen better days. But you’d associate none of […]

14 years ago
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