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The Bookshop Band: the offspring of an artistic love-affair between a duo of English folk singer-songwriters and a multi-award-winning independent bookshop in the UK, Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights. They write and perform songs inspired by books, inspired by hundreds of authors from Shakespeare to Philip Pullman, and have released 13 studio albums featuring many of the authors they have worked with.
Join us for a memorable evening of folk music.
Running time (approx): 2hrs (inc 20–minute interval)
Suitable for all ages.
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Doors Open at 6:45PM
Starts at 7:30PM
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The Bookshop Band Biography
The Bookshop Band - the offspring of an artistic love-affair between a group of award winning songwriters / composers and an independent bookshop in the UK, Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, who curate most of the books that inspire the band's songs.
Ben Please & Beth Porter have now worked with hundreds of authors since they began in 2010, and toured all over the world. This year they are releasing their 14th studio album, EMERGE, RETURN, produced by music legend, Pete Townshend (The Who), and with cover art by Stanley Donwood. It is out on June 28th, during Indie Booksellers' Week, and the band will be performing all over the UK. The album features songs inspired by:
The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood
The Book Of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, by Philip Pullman
The Vanishing Hours, by Barney Norris
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Underland, by Robert Macfarlane
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë & Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
The Diary of a Bookseller, by Shaun Bythell
The High Mountains of Portugal, by Yann Martel
The Orphans of the Carnival, by Carol Birch
Read MoreBen Please & Beth Porter have now worked with hundreds of authors since they began in 2010, and toured all over the world. This year they are releasing their 14th studio album, EMERGE, RETURN, produced by music legend, Pete Townshend (The Who), and with cover art by Stanley Donwood. It is out on June 28th, during Indie Booksellers' Week, and the band will be performing all over the UK. The album features songs inspired by:
The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood
The Book Of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, by Philip Pullman
The Vanishing Hours, by Barney Norris
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Underland, by Robert Macfarlane
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë & Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
The Diary of a Bookseller, by Shaun Bythell
The High Mountains of Portugal, by Yann Martel
The Orphans of the Carnival, by Carol Birch
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