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SUMMARY:The Bookshop with Professor Andrew Pettegree
DESCRIPTION:The Bookshop explores the evolution of bookselling from the cramped collectors’ shops frequented by Samuel Pepys to the radical feminist bookshops of the 70s\, the rise of monolithic chains and the new world of online selling. Connecting stories and lives that span centuries\, countries and continents\, The Bookshop brings us into beloved bookshops of today and looks forward to the possible experience of booksellers of tomorrow. \n\n\n\nWe are delighted to welcome Professor Andrew Pettegree to the BRN\, when he will be talking about his latest book\, The Bookshop.  \n\n\n\nAndrew Pettegree is a professor of modern history at the University of St. Andrews\, where he was the founding director of the St. Andrews Reformation Studies Institute. He currently serves as the vice president of the Royal Historical Society. His previous books include The Invention of News\, The Book in the Renaissance\, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 2010\, and Emden and the Dutch Revolt. He lives in Fife\, Scotland.  \n\n\n\nAll welcome!  \n\n\n\nZoom link to join:  https://ucl.zoom.us/j/96270179449?pwd=ykZjw9zBY2d6ZO8lD76GFQ0hv4lFjV.1 \n\n\n\nMeeting ID: 962 7017 9449Passcode: 448543
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SUMMARY:How Queer Bookshops Changed the World
DESCRIPTION:With A. J. West\, author of How Queer Bookshops Changed the World (Oneworld\, 2026).  \n\n\n\nA.J.West is a Sunday Times bestselling\, multi-award-winning historical fiction novelist and historian. Prior to publication he was a breakfast host on BBC television news. He appears regularly on national television and radio programmes discussing literature\, history and current affairs. His novel\, The Betrayal of Thomas True\, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller\, winning the coveted CWA Historical Dagger award\, while The Spirit Engineer won the Historical Writers Association Debut Crown. With a passion for digging up forgotten historical stories and bringing them back to life\, he spends much of his time exploring archives and visiting locations of historical interest\, not to mention touring independent bookshops. \n\n\n\nJoin via zoom: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/97453193955?pwd=UgZl8xD10aayBcJ8pA8MxQH5VVtqwO.1 \n\n\n\nMeeting ID: 974 5319 3955 \n\n\n\nPasscode: 610720
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