THURSDAY 17th SEPTEMBER - SATURDAY 31st OCTOBER
Still Life on Dartmoor in Lockdown |
SATURDAY 7th MARCH, 10am - 11am
World Book Day Free Story-Time Bonanza
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Dogberry & Finch Books is signed up to World Book Day's Share A Million Stories campaign and today the shop was chockablock with families enjoying a morning of story-telling, craft activities, and fantabulous freebies alongside swapping their tokens for their own, special WBD books.
Don't forget you can redeem your tokens at Dogberry & Finch Books at ANY time during World Book Day month (27 February – 29 March). World Book Day is sponsored by National Book Tokens Illustration © Rob Biddulph |
SUNDAY 1st MARCH, 2pm - 5pm
Michael Morpurgo at Film Premiere in Okehampton
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SATURDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 2020, 11am - 12pm
Rebecca Tope West Country Mysteries Talk & Book Signing |
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SATURDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 2020, 7pm - 8pm
Karen Eugenia Boreham: Official Autobiography Launch & Talk
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WEDNESDAY 11th DECEMBER, 5pm - 6pm
Michael Morpurgo at Dogberry & Finch Books |
We were delighted to have the wonderful Sir Michael Morpurgo signing copies of his books at Dogberry & Finch Books on 11th December. People from Okehampton, the Dartmoor area, and even Cornwall, came to meet the UK's best-loved children's author. Michael's generosity in not only supporting a new independent bookshop, but in taking the time to talk to each child who had come to see him, made for a truly magical evening and will feature bright in the memories of those children as they grow.
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SATURDAY 30th NOVEMBER, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Medieval thriller event with Karen Maitland & Michael Jecks |
Dogberry & Finch Books hosted a double-bill event featuring Karen Maitland & Michael Jecks. The audience was treated to an enlightening & humour-filled insight into researching and writing medieval crime/thrillers, from two experts in the field.
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MONDAY 18th NOVEMBER, 1pm - 3pm
Stories @ Dogberry
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Dogberry and Finch Books hosts Okehampton's new writing group - Stories@Dogberry. This is held once a month on a Monday, 1-3pm and is for local writers, new and experienced, to get together to talk about writing, create stories and more. All welcome!
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SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER, 10am - 11am
Holly Watt in conversation: CWA Steel Dagger Award Winner 2019 |
Author Holly Watt was at Dogberry & Finch for an open Q & A session and signing of her debut novel - 'To the Lions' - which won the Crime Writer's Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2019.
An award-winning journalist, Holly has reported from a wide range of countries, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Libya, Jordan and Lebanon. As well as flying around the world on everything from Lynx helicopters to Air Force One, Holly also worked as an undercover journalist. |
SATURDAY 9th NOVEMBER, 11am - 12pm
Philip Pullman Story-Reading & Dæmon-Drawing Activity |
Free children's event to celebrate the new on-screen adaptation of Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' this Autumn and the recent publication of 'The Secret Commonwealth', the second book in the 'Book of Dust' series.
Writer Joanna Eden read from the first 'His Dark Materials' book: 'Northern Lights', then led a drawing activity for children (and adults!) to imagine and draw their own 'dæmon'. Joanna Eden is a writer living on Dartmoor, where she home-schools her son Atlas. She and her husband run The Art of Imagination training sessions to empower people in their intuition.” |
TUESDAY 29th OCTOBER - all day
Artist Demonstration by Rebecca de Mendonça
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Acclaimed pastel artist, Rebecca de Mendonça spent the day at Dogberry & Finch Books giving an inspiring pastels masterclass to customers and signing copies of her critically-acclaimed book, 'Pastels for the Absolute Beginner'.
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SUNDAY 27th OCTOBER, 11.30am
Special event - Baring Gould Folk Festival: UNCLE TOM COBLEY AND ALL
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Recreation of Concert Lecture Tour of 1889 Uncle Tom Cobley & All as explored by Dr Todd Gray MBE. Lively & Informative event illustrating in words and song the full story of Devon’s anthem.
130 years ago `Widdicombe Fair’ was brought out of public houses and into concert halls. It became the county’s favourite song. This year the celebrated Concert Lecture Tour was recreated across Devon and came to Dogberry & Finch Books in Okehampton. For the first time the fascinating history of this ancient song was told and audiences were reintroduced to more than 50 variants, most of them long forgotten and some after hundreds of years. |
SATURDAY 26th OCTOBER, 9.30am - 11.30am
Free Halloween Get Crafty-Creative in Dogberry & Finch |
Children visiting the bookshop today were given the opportunity to make their own Isadora Moon vampire or fairy wings to wear at Halloween, or write a limerick like Matilda for the chance of winning oodles of awesome Roald Dahl prizes.
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TUESDAY 22nd OCTOBER, 7pm - 8pm
SOLD OUT! Frankenstein Talk by Professor Nick Groom |
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SUNDAY 13th OCTOBER 1pm - 3.30pm
Okehampton Festival of Culture, Arts, Film & Music (CAFM)
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Dogberry & Finch Books was pleased to be part of the first Culture, Arts, Film, Entertainment & Music Festival (CAFE-M) at Toast Coffee House & Wellness Centre in Okehampton. There were wonderful recitals by local poets Don Newton and Atlas Eden, and by poets and poetry-lovers in the audience. Children's poetry writing activities were on hand, a poetry 'lucky dip' and beautiful books of poems on sale, with drinks and snacks provided by Toast Coffee House.
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THURSDAY 3rd OCTOBER, 7pm - 8pm
Poetry Karaoke Evening |
On National Poetry Day this year's theme of Truth was explored at Dogberry & Finch Books through recitation of inspiring poetry. There was a full house for this 'open mic' event, and it was a joy to listen to favourite and new poems, in the company of favourite and new friends.
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SATURDAY 21st SEPTEMBER, 10am - 1pm
Official Launch Day |
The official launch of Okehampton's independent bookshop was a jam-packed celebration of books, art and creativity, held in the company of some very special guests:
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SATURDAY 24th AUGUST, 9am - 5pm
New bookshop opening day |
Everyone was warmly invited to come along to the opening day of Dogberry & Finch Books, Okehampton area's new, independent bookshop, selling the best new books, classic book illustration prints and local interest titles.
Around 100 people made their way today into their new bookshop at 15 St James Street. For those unfamiliar with Okehampton, on Fore Street turn right by the church tower and we are a few yards on the left between Room 13 and the DIY Supplies shop! |