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Join Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and gain some insight into: Why does an easy child become a challenging teenager? Why do teenagers struggle to get up in the morning? Why do they often take excessive risks? We often joke that teenagers don?t have brains. For some reason, it?s socially acceptable to mock people in this stage of their lives. The need for intense friendships, the excessive risk taking and the development of many mental illnesses ? depression, addiction, schizophrenia ? begin during these formative years, so what makes the adolescent brain different? Drawing upon her cutting-edge research in her London laboratory, award-winning neuroscientist, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains what happens inside the adolescent brain, what her team?s experiments have revealed about our behaviour, and how we relate to each other and our environment as we go through this period of our lives. She shows that while adolescence is a period of vulnerability, it is also a time of enormous creativity ? one that should be acknowledged, nurtured and celebrated. BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk/events. Tickets are ?10/?8 and include a drink. ?Beautifully written with clarity, expertise and honesty about the most important subject for all of us. I couldn?t put it down? Robert Winston This event is taking place on Tuesday 22nd May 2018 7.30pm at Bell House, 27 College Road, Dulwich SE21 7BG

Join Susie Steiner and DS McMillan for an evening discussing working together on plotting the crimes so the books have a real authenticity. Whilst researching her latest book Persons Unknown, Susie Steiner worked with DS Graham McMillan. DS McMillan is a real life detective whose views and thoughts add a reality to Susie?s crime novels making them unique. BOOK TICKETS HERE: http://village-books.co.uk/events/ Tickets are ?10 & include drinks. This event is taking place on Wednesday 18th April at Bell House, 27 College Road, Dulwich 7.30pm Detective Sergeant Graham McMillan has been in the police force for 20 years. Since 2007 he has worked for the Major Crime Unit in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. This 182-strong dedicated team works across the three counties responding to the most serious crimes, including murder and kidnap. DI Graham McMillan is currently on Channel 4?s 24 Hours in Police Custody.

Village Books of Dulwich Village invites you to meet AJ Pearce on Monday 23 April 7pm. Picked as one of the leading debut novelists of 2018 this will be an event you?ll not want to miss. Irresistibly funny and enormously moving, Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce is a love letter to the enduring power of friendship, the kindness of strangers and the courage of ordinary people in extraordinary times. BOOK TICKETS HERE: http://village-books.co.uk/events/ Tickets are ?10 includes drinks. This event is taking place at Bell House, 27 College Road. Dulwich Village SE21 7BG AJ was picked by The Guardian as one of the debuts for 2018. Hannah Beckerman says ?joyfully uplifting and optimistic novel?Despite its historical setting, Dear Mrs Bird?s timely story of courage and good humour in adversity is being pitched as the literary tonic of the year?. Hazel has read Dear Mrs Bird and says ?I loved Dear Mrs Bird and was completely swept up in the story of Emmy and Bunty. The portrayal of their lives in London during the Blitz was so vividly realised it felt real and I really cared what happened to them. I devoured the book in a single sitting and highly recommend it. It has all the warmth and charm of The Guernsey Potato and Peel Pie Society and I?m certain it will find as wide an audience. I can?t wait to be able to recommend it in the bookshop?. This event is taking place on Monday 23rd April 2018 7pm at Bell House, 27 College Road, Dulwich SE21 7BG

Village Books invites you to join Christie Watson and Caroline Elton as they discuss the NHS, share their views of life behind the scenes and what it is like for the teams that look after us in hospitals. Doctors and nurses are the people we turn to when we fall ill and who look after us. They are the people we trust with our lives, and with the lives of those we love. But what is it like from their side? Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astonishing account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness. BOOK TICKETS HERE: http://village-books.co.uk/events/ Tickets are ?10 & includes entry & drinks. This event is taking place at Bell House, 27 College Road, Dulwich SE21 7BG Christie?s book has received many fantastic reviews. Just to quote a couple: ?An amazing book ? terrifying at times, but tender and truthful. Let?s be thankful for wonderful nurses ? and writers ? like Christie Watson? JACQUELINE WILSON ?A remarkable book about life and death and so brilliantly written it makes you hold your breath? RUBY WAX Caroline Elton is a psychologist who specialises in helping doctors. For over twenty years she has listened as doctors have unburdened themselves of the pressures of their jobs: the obstetrician whose own fertility treatment failed; the trainee oncologist who found herself unable to treat patients suffering from the disease that killed her father; the brilliant neurosurgeon struggling to progress her career in an environment that was hostile to women. Drawing on extraordinary case studies and decades of work supporting clinicians, Also Human presents a provocative, perceptive and deeply humane examination of the modern medical profession. Caroline Elton?s book, Also Human has received rave reviews, including Hilary Mantel saying ?All agree there is a crisis in health care, but this book looks behind the headlines and tots up the human cost of a flawed system. Written with perceptive sympathy for the wounded healer, it is necessary reading for both doctors and patients?. This event is taking place on Tuesday 8th May 2018 7.30pm at Bell House, 27 College Road, Dulwich SE21 7BG

Village Books of Dulwich Village invites you for an evening of chat and conversation with Joanna Trollope. The event is taking place on Wednesday 7 March at 7.30pm in The Great Hall at Alleyns School. Joanna will share with you her thoughts on writing, tell you about her latest novel and where she gets her storylines from. BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-booksco.uk/events. Tickets are ?10/?8 This event begins at 7.30pm and is taking place in The Great Hall at Alleyns school, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU Joanna?s latest novel, An Unsuitable Match, is an a uplifting story of love, family and second chances. ?Why on earth, after all you?ve been through, all you?ve survived, all you?ve achieved, why do you want to get married?? Rose Woodrowe has just got engaged to Tyler Masson ? a wonderful, sensitive man who is head-over-heels in love with her. The only problem? This isn?t the first time for either of them, and their five grown-up children have strong opinions on the matter . . . Like Rose?s daughter, Laura, who remembers her parents? painful divorce and doesn?t want to see her mother hurt again. Or the twins, Emmy and Nat, who simply don?t trust the man their mother has fallen for. Then there?s Tyler?s children: Seth, too busy with his San Francisco sourdough bakery to get to know his father?s new partner; and Mallory, the aspiring actress, who is still wrestling with the issues of her own childhood. Who to listen to? Who to please? Rose and Tyler are determined to get it right this time, but in trying to make everyone happy, can they ever be happy themselves?

Join Village Books on Thursday 22 February for a reading and Q&A with Elly Griffiths, author of wonderfully atmospheric crime fiction featuring forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway, on the publication of her new novel, THE DARK ANGEL. BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk ?10 includes a beverage. This event is taking place at Bell House, 27 College Road, Dulwich Village SE21 7BG Tickets can also be booked in the bookshop on Calton Ave., via email: [email protected] or via telephone: 020 8693 2808 Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich?s web of underground tunnels. When Dr Ruth Galloway discovers they were recently buried, DCI Nelson has a murder enquiry on his hands. The boiling might have been just a medieval curiosity ? now it suggests a much more sinister purpose. Elly will be in conversation with Sarah Crompton. Sarah is the former Arts Editor-in-Chief and a huge fan of Ruth Galloway series.

Join Village Books of Dulwich Village to hear Michelin-star chef Tom Kerridge talk about how to cook full flavour meals for a low-calorie diet with a difference. Tom will be in conversation with Felicity Cloake and there will be lots of time at the end for your questions. Tickets ?10/?8. BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://mct.alleyns.org.uk/page.aspx?id=195 This event is taking place at Alleyns School, Townley Road Dulwich. SE22 8SU. As Tom says: 'It's impossible to stick to a diet if the food you're expected to eat is boring and doesn't fill you up. So I've developed lots of tasty and satisfying recipes that people will love to cook and eat, but that will also help them lose weight. I truly believe that this attitude works. I've been there myself and now I want to help others get there too.' Tom Kerridge worked as a chef in restaurants across Britain before deciding to set out on his own, and take over a rundown pub in the quiet town of Marlow. He opened The Hand & Flowers with his wife Beth in 2005, and it went on to become the first (and only) pub in the world to acquire two Michelin stars. In 2014 he opened The Coach, his second pub in Marlow, which within its first year of trading received three AA Rosettes, was voted third best pub in Britain by the Top 50 Gastropub Awards, and awarded a Michelin star in 2017. Tom is also a familiar presence on the nation?s television screens, hosting two of his own BBC series, and at the helm of BBC?s Food & Drink and Bake Off: Cr?me de la Cr?me. Tom has been developing top recipes for over twenty-six years and knows how to make food taste great. He also understands how much willpower it takes to lose weight, having lost an astonishing eleven stone in the last four years. In his new book and BBC2 TV show, Lose Weight for Good, Tom is turning his chef?s skills to making low-calorie cooking delicious and simple. Felicity Cloake is a writer specialising in food and drink and winner of the 2011 Guild of Food Writers awards for Food Journalist of the Year and New Media of the Year. Her first recipe book, Perfect is published by Fig Tree. She likes to think she'd try any food once ? although an eyeball recently caused her to question this gung-ho gastronomic philosophy.

Come along on Tuesday 30 January 2018 and hear Michelin star chef Tom Kerridge talk about how to cook full flavour meals for a low-calorie diet with a difference. Tom will be in conversation and there?ll be lots of time at the end for your questions. As Tom says: ?It?s impossible to stick to a diet if the food you?re expected to eat is boring and doesn?t fill you up. So I?ve developed lots of tasty and satisfying recipes that people will love to cook and eat, but that will also help them lose weight. I truly believe that this attitude works. I?ve been there myself and now I want to help others get there too.? BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk/events Tickets are ?10/?8 Tom Kerridge worked as a chef in restaurants across Britain before deciding to set out on his own, and take over a rundown pub in the quiet town of Marlow. He opened The Hand & Flowers with his wife Beth in 2005, and it went on to become the first (and only) pub in the world to acquire two Michelin stars. In 2014 he opened The Coach, his second pub in Marlow, which within its first year of trading received three AA Rosettes, was voted third best pub in Britain by the Top 50 Gastropub Awards, and awarded a Michelin star in 2017. Tom is also a familiar presence on the nation?s television screens, hosting two of his own BBC series, and at the helm of BBC?s Food & Drink and Bake Off: Cr?me de la Cr?me. Tom has been developing top recipes for over twenty-six years and knows how to make food taste great. He also understands how much willpower it takes to lose weight, having lost an astonishing eleven stone in the last four years. In his new book and BBC2 TV show, Lose Weight for Good, Tom is turning his chef?s skills to making low-calorie cooking delicious and simple. Join us on Tuesday 30th January to find out how he does it! This event is taking place on Tuesday 30th January 2018 7.30pm in The Great Hall at Alleyns School, Townley Road, Dulwich, SE22 8SU

Join Alison Weir on Thursday 16th November 7.30pm in The Great Hall at Alleyns School as she shares with us the dramatic story of five Norman queens from her new book Queens of the Conquest. From Matilda of Flanders, who supported William the Conqueror in his invasion of England in 1066, to the turbulent Empress Maud who founded the Plantagenet dynasty as the mother of Henry II. Stripping away centuries of romantic mythology and delving beyond the prejudice and credulity in contemporary sources, Alison will reveal a more balanced and authentic picture of these extraordinary women. Love, hate, ambition and tragedy all feature in this epic saga. Tickets are ?10/?8. BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk

Join Village Books & Evan Davis as he shares his thoughts with you. Lies and deception, flannel and waffle, distracting decoration or flamboyance, artifice and insincerity, pure nonsense and gibberish: bullshit is everywhere you look. And never has there been more concern about it. From President Trump to the Brexit debate, we hear constant talk of falsehoods and fake news, and appeals to alternative facts. So why has bullshit apparently become the communications strategy of our time? Drawing on behavioural science, economics, psychology and his knowledge of the media, in this event Evan will set out to explore the surprising logic of the bullshit we encounter. He?ll step inside the panoply of deception and spin employed not just in recent politics, but in all walks of life, to explain why these falsehoods are both pervasive and persistent. Drawing on behavioural science, economics, psychology and his extensive knowledge of the media, Evan sets out why fake news has apparently become the communications strategy of our time and charts a route through it. Tickets are ?10/?8. BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk Evan Davis is the main presenter of the BBC2 current affairs show, Newsnight. Before taking up that role in September 2014, he was a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He is also well-known as the presenter of the BBC2 business reality show Dragons Den. And on Radio 4, he hosts a weekly business discussion programme the Bottom Line. This event is taking place on Sunday 5th November 2017 7.30pm at the MCT at Alleyn?s, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU

Lies and deception, flannel and waffle, distracting decoration or flamboyance, artifice and insincerity, pure nonsense and gibberish: bullshit is everywhere you look. And never has there been more concern about it. From President Trump to the Brexit debate, we hear constant talk of falsehoods and fake news, and appeals to alternative facts. So why has bullshit apparently become the communications strategy of our time? Drawing on behavioural science, economics, psychology and his knowledge of the media, in this event Evan will set out to explore the surprising logic of the bullshit we encounter. He?ll step inside the panoply of deception and spin employed not just in recent politics, but in all walks of life, to explain why these falsehoods are both pervasive and persistent. Drawing on behavioural science, economics, psychology and his extensive knowledge of the media, Evan sets out why fake news has apparently become the communications strategy of our time and charts a route through it. Tickets are ?10/?8. BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk Evan Davis is the main presenter of the BBC2 current affairs show, Newsnight. Before taking up that role in September 2014, he was a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He is also well-known as the presenter of the BBC2 business reality show Dragons Den. And on Radio 4, he hosts a weekly business discussion programme the Bottom Line. This event is taking place on Sunday 5th November 2017 7.30pm at The MCT at Alleyn?s, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU

Join Village Books in Dulwich Village & bestselling author Philip Pullman on Tuesday 7th November and hear him talk about his life in writing and his new collection of essays on storytelling, published on 2nd November and called Daemon Voices. Tickets are: ?10/?8 or book offer of Daemon Voices + ticket for ?25 and can be booked here: www.village-books.co.uk D?mon Voices: Essays on Storytelling is a unique collection of Philip Pullman?s essays, written over 20 years and brought together for the first time. Reflecting a lifetime of writing, each carefully curated story is a meditation on the power and importance of storytelling. Warm, funny, generous, entertaining and deeply considered, they offer thoughts on a wide variety of topics including the origin of Philip?s own stories, the craft of writing, other storytellers and the importance of stories in our culture. Together, the essays form a lively personal exploration of storytelling by one of the world?s greatest storytellers. Philip will be in conversation with The Sunday Times journalist, Nicolette Jones. There will be a book signing after the Q&A. Tuesday 7th November 2017 19.30pm and this event is taking place at The MCT at Alleyn's, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU

Join Alison Weir on Thursday 16th November as she shares with us the dramatic story of five Norman queens from her new book Queens of the Conquest. From Matilda of Flanders, who supported William the Conqueror in his invasion of England in 1066, to the turbulent Empress Maud who founded the Plantagenet dynasty as the mother of Henry II. Stripping away centuries of romantic mythology and delving beyond the prejudice and credulity in contemporary sources, Alison will reveal a more balanced and authentic picture of these extraordinary women. Love, hate, ambition and tragedy all feature in this epic saga. Tickets are ?10/?8. BOOK TICKETS HERE www.village-books.co.uk This event is taking place in The Great Hall at Alleyns School Townley Rd, Dulwich SE22 8SU and begins at 7.30pm

Judith Kerr is one of the nation?s most celebrated and beloved authors. Her picture books, such as The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Cat, are classics and children love her work. BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk Tickets are ?10 adult entry only, ?5 under 18?s or ?20 which includes a hardback copy of Katinka?s Tail Judith will be in conversation with Nicolotte Jones. Nicolette has been the Children?s Books Reviewer of The Sunday Times for more than two decades. She is a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at King?s College, London for September 2016-June 2017, as she was at University College, London in 2010-12 and summer 2013. Join The Sunday Times children?s literary editor Nicolette Jones and Judith on Sunday afternoon 15th October, for a fascinating chat about her writing and her new picture book, Katinka?s Tail. Katinka?s Tail is the brand new picture book from the beloved and iconic Judith Kerr. This magical new book is brimming with her trademark warm humour and exquisitely imaginative artwork. Come on a wondrous journey with Katinka, a perfectly ordinary pussycat, with a not-quite-so-ordinary tail. Ages: 3+ All children must be accompanied by an adult. Running time: 45 minutes, no interval. Sunday 15th October 2017 3pm The MCT at Alleyn's, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU

Hear Robert Harris talk about his writing and his new book Munich. Munich is set over the four days of the Munich Conference, and is filled with the real-life characters and events of the time. Tickets ?10/?8 BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk September 1938 Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace. The issue is to be decided in a city that will forever afterwards be notorious for what takes place there. As Chamberlain?s plane judders over the Channel and the Furher?s train steams relentlessly south from Berlin, two young men travel with secrets of their own. Hugh Legat is one of Chamberlain?s private secretaries; Paul Hartmann a German diplomat and member of the anti-Hitler resistance. Great friends at Oxford before Hitler came to power, they haven?t seen one another since they were last in Munich six years earlier. Now, as the future of Europe hangs in the balance, their paths are destined to cross again. When the stakes are this high, who are you willing to betray? Your friends, your family, your country or your conscience? Robert will be in conversation with Hannah Beckerman. Hannah is a full-time author and journalist, writing features for the FT Weekend Magazine and book reviews for The Observer and The Sunday Express. This is classic Robert Harris and it?s a treat to welcome him to Dulwich. Robert Harris is the author of eleven bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy ? Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator ? Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, and Conclave. Monday 16th October 2017 7.30pm The MCT at Alleyn's, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU

Lies and deception, flannel and waffle, distracting decoration or flamboyance, artifice and insincerity, pure nonsense and gibberish: bullshit is everywhere you look. And never has there been more concern about it. From President Trump to the Brexit debate, we hear constant talk of falsehoods and fake news, and appeals to alternative facts. So why has bullshit apparently become the communications strategy of our time? Join Village Books in Dulwich Village & Evan Davis as he discusses fake news. Drawing on behavioural science, economics, psychology and his knowledge of the media, in this event Evan will set out to explore the surprising logic of the bullshit we encounter. He?ll step inside the panoply of deception and spin employed not just in recent politics, but in all walks of life, to explain why these falsehoods are both pervasive and persistent. Drawing on behavioural science, economics, psychology and his extensive knowledge of the media, Evan sets out why fake news has apparently become the communications strategy of our time and charts a route through it. Tickets are ?10/?8. BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk Evan Davis is the main presenter of the BBC2 current affairs show, Newsnight. Before taking up that role in September 2014, he was a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He is also well-known as the presenter of the BBC2 business reality show Dragons Den. And on Radio 4, he hosts a weekly business discussion programme the Bottom Line. Sunday 5th November 2017 7.30pm The MCT at Alleyn?s, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU

Join Village Books in Dulwich Village on Thursday 19th October for an evening with Salley Vickers Tickets are ?8 & include a glass of wine or soft drink. BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk Salley Vickers first novel Miss Garnet?s Angel was an international word of mouth bestseller, and she has since established herself as one of our leading novelists, in the tradition of Penelope Fitzgerald and Marilynne Robinson. In her latest book, Cousins, brilliant and mercurial Will Tye suffers a life changing accident with consequences which echo through three generations of the Tye family. Each member of the family holds some clue to the chain of events which may have led to the accident and each holds themselves to blame. Cousins is a subtle novel weaving darkness and light which takes us from the outbreak of World War Two to the present day, exploring the recurrence of tragedy, the nature of transgression, and the limits of morality and love. Salley will be in conversation with Joy Rhoades. Joy is the author of The Woolgrower?s Companion is the gripping love story of one woman?s fight to save her home and a passionate tribute to Australia?s landscape and its peoples. Hazel loved Joy?s novel and says ? it is a gripping tale beautifully told that has been described as ?Captain Corelli meets The Thornbirds?, though she thinks it has a flavour of A Town Like Alice. This event is taking place at Bell House, 27 College Road, Dulwich Village.

Judith Kerr is one of the nation?s most celebrated and beloved authors. Her picture books, such as The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Cat, are classics and children love her work. Judith is coming to Dulwich on Sunday afterday, 15th October to tell you about her new picture book, Katinka's Tail. She will be in conversation with Nicolotte Jones. Nicolette has been the Children?s Books Reviewer of The Sunday Times for more than two decades. Tickets are ?10 adult entry only, ?5 under 18?s or ?20 which includes a hardback copy of Katinka?s Tail BOOK TICKETS HERE www.village-books.co.uk Katinka?s Tail is the brand new picture book from the beloved and iconic Judith Kerr. This magical new book is brimming with her trademark warm humour and exquisitely imaginative artwork. Come on a wondrous journey with Katinka, a perfectly ordinary pussycat, with a not-quite-so-ordinary tail. Ages: 3+ All children must be accompanied by an adult. Running time: 45 minutes, no interval. Sunday 15th October 2017 3pm This event is taking place at The MCT at Alleyn's, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU

An evening with Alexander McCall Smith is an evening of sheer delight. Join the worldwide bestselling author as he discusses the eagerly anticipated new Isabel Dalhousie novel, A Distant View of Everything, and catch up with little Bertie and the cast of 44 Scotland Street in The Bertie Project. No event would be complete without finding out what is new with Mma Ramostwse in the seventeenth No. 1 Ladies? Detective Agency novel, Precious & Grace. An evening not to be missed! Tickets are ?10/?8. BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk Alexander McCall Smith, often referred to as ?Sandy?, is one of the world?s most prolific and best-loved authors. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the UK and abroad before turning his hand to writing fiction. He has written and contributed to more than 100 books including specialist academic titles, short story collections, and a number of immensely popular children?s books. Alexander will be in conversation with Peter Guttridge. Peter is a novelist, critic, writing teacher and a chairperson/interviewer at a wide range of literature festivals and events. He is a former Director of the Brighton Literature Festival and the current co-director of Books By The Beach, the Scarborough Book Festival. (www.booksbythebeach.co.uk). For eleven years he was the Observer newspaper?s crime fiction critic. He is the author of eleven novels, two works of non-fiction and numerous short stories. Tuesday 3rd October 2017 7.30pm The MCT at Alleyn's, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU

Join Village Books in Dulwich Village tomorrow evening as they host an evening with Judy Murray. What happens when you find you have exceptional children? Do you panic? Put your head in the sand? Or risk everything and jump in head first? Join us for an evening in the company of Judy Murray as we celebrate the publication of her memoir Knowing the Score. Tickets ?10/?8 under 18?s or ?25 includes a copy of Knowing the Score BOOK TICKETS HERE www.village-books.co.uk As mother to tennis champions Jamie and Andy Murray, Scottish National Coach, coach of the Fed Cup, and general all-round can-do woman of wonder, Judy Murray is the ultimate role model for believing in yourself and reaching out to ambition. As a parent, coach, leader, she is an inspiration who has revolutionised British tennis. From the soggy community courts of Dunblane to the white heat of Centre Court at Wimbledon, Judy Murray?s extraordinary memoir charts the challenges she has faced, from desperate finances and growing pains to entrenched sexism. Judy will be in conversation with Alexandra Heminsley, author of Running Like A Girl and most recently Leap In. We all need a story of ?yes we can? to make us believe great things are possible. This is that story. Be inspired ? don?t miss this chance to see and meet Judy! Sunday 17th September 2017 7.30pm This event is taking place at The MCT at Alleyn's, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU

Join Village Books in Dulwich Village for an evening in the company of bestselling authors, Sarah Winman and Rachel Joyce as they talk ?in conversation? about their wonderful new novels, Tin Man & The Music Shop. Tickets ?8, includes a glass of wine BOOK TICKETS HERE: www.village-books.co.uk The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce is a new novel about learning how to listen and how to feel; and about second chances and choosing to be brave despite the odds. Because in the end, music can save us all ? The Music Shop is BBC Radio 4?s BOOK AT BEDTIME from 17-28 July. And you can follow this link for specially collated The Music Shop playlist: bit.ly/TheMusicShopPlaylist Tin Man by Sarah Winman is the unforgettable and achingly tender new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller When God was a Rabbit and the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller A Year of Marvellous Ways. Rachel and Sarah will be in conversation with Hannah Beckermann. Hannah is a full-time author and journalist, writing features for the FT Weekend Magazine and book reviews for The Observer and The Sunday Express. This event is taking place in Bell House on College Road and will begin at 7pm. Thursday 21st September 2017 7pm https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/

Join Village Books for an evening in the company of comedian, writer and former junior doctor, Adam Kay, as he brings his stand-up set to his childhood home of Dulwich to mark the publication of his new book This is Going to Hurt. TICKETS ?10/8 or ?20 includes a copy of This is Going to Hurt BOOK TICKETS HERE. https://mct.alleyns.org.uk/ Welcome to the life of a junior doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, Adam Kay?s This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking by turns, this is everything you wanted to know ? and more than a few things you didn?t ? about life on and off the hospital ward. And yes, it may leave a scar. This is an event not to be missed. Be prepared to laugh and cry as Adam reveals his experiences ? the joy, pain and maddening bureaucracy he faced ? and what made him finally hang up his stethoscope. Wednesday 18th October 2017 7.30pm The MCT at Alleyn's, Townley Road, Dulwich SE22 8SU

Join Village Books and Alleyn's School for an evening in the company of Judy Murray as we celebrate the publication of her memoir Knowing the Score. Tickets ?10/?8 or ?20 which includes a copy of her book. BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://mct.alleyns.org.uk/ As mother to tennis champions Jamie and Andy Murray, Scottish National Coach, coach of the Fed Cup, and general all-round can-do woman of wonder, Judy Murray is the ultimate role model for believing in yourself and reaching out to ambition. As a parent, coach, leader, she is an inspiration who has revolutionised British tennis. As she says herself?I am amazed I have managed to survive to be honest? Come along and hear her tell how she overcame bad management, sexism and the challenges of being a single Mum.

Village Books in Dulwich Village invites you to come along on Monday 16th October and hear Robert Harris talk about his writing and his new book Munich. Munich is set over the four days of the Munich Conference, and is filled with the real-life characters and events of the time. This event is taking place at Alleyns School Tickets ?10/?8 BOOK TICKETS HERE www.village-books.co.uk September 1938 Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace. The issue is to be decided in a city that will forever afterwards be notorious for what takes place there. As Chamberlain?s plane judders over the Channel and the Furher?s train steams relentlessly south from Berlin, two young men travel with secrets of their own. Hugh Legat is one of Chamberlain?s private secretaries; Paul Hartmann a German diplomat and member of the anti-Hitler resistance. Great friends at Oxford before Hitler came to power, they haven?t seen one another since they were last in Munich six years earlier. Now. as the future of Europe hangs in the balance, their paths are destined to cross again. When the stakes are this high, who are you willing to betray? Your friends, your family, your country or your conscience? This is classic Robert Harris and it?s a treat to welcome him to Dulwich. Robert Harris is the author of eleven bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy ? Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator ? Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, and Conclave.

Village Books in Dulwich Village invite you to an evening in the company of bestselling authors, Sarah Winman & Rachel Joyce as they talk ?in conversation? about their wonderful new novels, Tin Man & The Music Shop Tickets ?8, includes a glass of wine BOOK TICKETS HERE http://village-books.co.uk/events/ The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce is a new novel about learning how to listen and how to feel; and about second chances and choosing to be brave despite the odds. Because in the end, music can save us all ? The Music Shop is BBC Radio 4?s BOOK AT BEDTIME from 17-28 July. And you can follow this link for specially collated The Music Shop playlist: bit.ly/TheMusicShopPlaylist Tin Man by Sarah Winman is the unforgettable and achingly tender new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT and the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS. This event is taking place in Bell House on College Road https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/ on Thursday 21st September and will begin at 7pm.