A Celebration of the Life and Works of

Mr Charles Dickens

on the Occasion of his 200th Birthday

Readings Performed by a Company

of the Most Marvellous Actors 

Tuesday 7^th February 2012

Doors to be Opened at 7pm and Show to Begin at 7.30pm 

St Bartholomew’s Church

Westwood Hill, Sydenham 

 

The Performance directed by Mr Jonathan Kaufman

The Performance produced by Miss Geraldine Cox

Musical Interludes on the Pianoforte by the Reverend Michael Kingston

And Songs sung most Mellifluously by Miss Ciará Preston Myakicheff

 

Tickets £10 (£2 per Ticket to be Donated to the Church Funds)

To be purchased from Kirkdale Bookshop, 272 Kirkdale, Sydenham,

For more information please Telephone 020 8778 4701

or View the Websites

www.kirkdalebookshop.com

www.spontaneousproductions.co.uk

 

Costa Book Awards 2012 

The Costa Book of the Year Award has been given to Pure by Andrew Miller.

 

Here are this years Category Winners, which will now go head-to-head for the ultimate prize, the 2011 Costa Book of the Year, to be announced on 24th January 2012: 

 

Novel Award

Pure by Andrew Miller

First Novel Award

Tiny Sunbirds Far Away

by Christie Watson

 Biography Award

Now All Roads Lead To France

by Matthew Hollis

Poetry Award

The Bees by Carol Ann Duffy

Children's Book Award

Blood Read Road by Moira Young

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The West End Front: The Wartime secrets of London's Grand Hotels

Many thanks to Matthew for his entertaining and interesting talk on London's Grand Hotels during the Second World War. Also, many thanks to those who attended. We still have some signed copies for sale.

“Delightfully gossipy and often moving, it shines an affectionate search-light on an entirely forgotten chapter of World War II”   Mark Gatiss

Radio 4's Book of the Week!

7.30pm. Tickets £4, booking essential.

 Lucy Faithfull: Mother To Hundreds. A talk by the author Judith Niechcial. 28th November 7.30pm

A life-long and passionate campaigner for children, Baroness Faithfull (1910-1996) was one of the most eminent social workers of the twentieth century. Judith Niechcial has written a compelling account of this remarkable woman and will be giving an illustrated talk.