Featured Events in Oswestry in May, 2025 (August Updated)

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Join us for an evening with TV presenter, journalist and author Louise Minchin as she talks about her debut crime novel, Isolation Island, published in paperback on 24th April. Isolation Island is a tense, addictive thriller set within the world of hidden cameras and celebrity egos. TEN STRANGERS. Investigative journalist Lauren Taylor never dreamed she'd find herself on a remote Scottish island, in the depths of winter, taking part in the most gruelling reality show ever devised. The last person standing will win the prize of a lifetime, but that's not the only reason Lauren is there. ONE REMOTE ISLAND. With a production team that seems incapable of keeping them safe, a gathering storm and the unrelenting gaze of hidden cameras, the contestants are stretched to the limit as they try to outshine their fellow competitors and hide their darkest secrets. NOWHERE TO RUN. When a body is found, it's clear that the game has turned deadly. And with no way off the island until the storm passes, the group have no choice but to play for their lives. We look forward to welcoming Louise to Booka to celebrate the paperback release of Isolation Island. All tickets include a copy of the book. Join us for your next thrilling read! Event Format: Author talk 'in conversation' followed by audience Q&A and book signing Tickets: £12 (includes a signed paperback copy of Isolation Island) Refunds: It is our general policy not to refund event tickets unless an event has sold out. In the case of sold out events where we have a waiting list for tickets, we will attempt to sell on your tickets at face value, if notified 7 days prior to the event. If sold, you will receive a refund for the ticket value (excluding Eventbrite fees). Alternatively, you can request to transfer your tickets to another event, making up any difference in ticket price. Please contact us if you are unable to attend an event: hello@bookabookshop.co.uk for further advice. Please contact us if you are unable to attend an event: hello@bookabookshop.co.uk for further advice. Information Source: Booka Bookshop | eventbrite

Live a complete life on your own terms - join us for an evening with journalist, writer and public speaker Nicola Slawson as she talks about her new book Single. Around 40 per cent of UK adults are single at any one time. Far from being a transitional state between relationships, singledom can offer freedom, self-discovery and self-determination. At the same time, there are challenges, from social to economic. How do you handle being ill if you are alone? Who do you call if you're stranded out late at night? If you don't find the right person to have a baby with, should you become a parent alone? In Single, Nicola explores being un-partnered in a world designed for couples, and how to find the joy in the life that you are already living. If you are newly single, long-term single, avowedly single, reluctantly so, considering leaving your current relationship or just wondering what to say to your aunt next time she asks if you'll ever get married - this book is for you. Nicola Slawson has written a warm, joyful book full of solidarity with lots of new ways of looking at single life. Having chosen it as our non-fiction Book of the Month for February, we look forward to welcoming her to Booka. Event Format: Author talk 'in conversation' followed by audience Q&A and book signing Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Single) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Single). Refunds: It is our general policy not to refund event tickets unless an event has sold out. In the case of sold out events where we have a waiting list for tickets, we will attempt to sell on your tickets at face value, if notified 7 days prior to the event. If sold, you will receive a refund for the ticket value (excluding Eventbrite fees). Alternatively, you can request to transfer your tickets to another event, making up any difference in ticket price. Please contact us if you are unable to attend an event: hello@bookabookshop.co.uk for further advice. Information Source: Booka Bookshop | eventbrite

Welcome to Sassy, Sultry & A Little Bit Naughty: A Cabaret Extravaganza! Join us at Carriages for an unforgettable night of captivating performances, starring the one and only Fanny Burns! Prepare to be swept off your feet as she leads us through an evening filled with the finest burlesque and pole artistry, and a whole lot of naughty fun. Hosted by the fabulous Miss Cherry Good, this dazzling cabaret will transport you into a world of glamour, intrigue, and playful mischief. Get ready for an electrifying show where every performance promises to leave you wanting more! This in-person event is packed with laughter, music, and all the glitz you could wish for. Don’t miss out on this extraordinary cabaret extravaganza! Information Source: Daisy Duke, Oswestry events organiser extraordinaire | eventbrite

Join Lucy Easthope, the UK's top emergency planner, as she talks about her new book Come What May and shares life-changing lessons on recovery learnt through a life working in disaster. We all know that at some point in life, we will experience pain, uncertainty and loss. Widowhood, redundancy, a life-changing diagnosis, pregnancy loss, or a global pandemic. So how can we weather the storms, and cope with whatever comes next? No one can answer this better than Lucy Easthope, an emergency planner whose job is to support survivors of major disasters. She has been there after countless earthquakes, fires and floods. Time and again she has watched how people rebuild: the work, the pitfalls and the fragile joy. In Come What May, she distils for us what she has learned about how to carry on during and after terrible times. Through poignant stories and hard-won wisdom, she offers a roadmap for resilience in the face of adversity. She explains what shape the recovery journey might take, how to triage your life in an emergency, how to plan for 'the slump' (also known as the lasagne phase), how to take stock of what has happened to you, how to watch out for 'learned helplessness', and what good (and bad) help looks like. This is a book for all of us existing in 'the after' who want not just to survive, but to live and unleash strengths we never knew we had. Lucy's first book When the Dust Settles was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Radio Four Book of the Week. We look forward to welcoming her back to Booka to celebrate the publication of Come What May. Event Format: Author talk 'in conversation' followed by audience Q&A and book signing Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Come What May) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Come What May). R efunds: It is our general policy not to refund event tickets unless an event has sold out. In the case of sold out events where we have a waiting list for tickets, we will attempt to sell on your tickets at face value, if notified 7 days prior to the event. If sold, you will receive a refund for the ticket value (excluding Eventbrite fees). Alternatively, you can request to transfer your tickets to another event, making up any difference in ticket price. Please contact us if you are unable to attend an event: hello@bookabookshop.co.uk for further advice. P lease contact us if you are unable to attend an event: hello@bookabookshop.co.uk for further advice. Information Source: Booka Bookshop | eventbrite

Join Lucy Easthope, the UK's top emergency planner, as she talks about her new book Come What May and shares life-changing lessons on recovery learnt through a life working in disaster. We all know that at some point in life, we will experience pain, uncertainty and loss. Widowhood, redundancy, a life-changing diagnosis, pregnancy loss, or a global pandemic. So how can we weather the storms, and cope with whatever comes next? No one can answer this better than Lucy Easthope, an emergency planner whose job is to support survivors of major disasters. She has been there after countless earthquakes, fires and floods. Time and again she has watched how people rebuild: the work, the pitfalls and the fragile joy. In Come What May, she distils for us what she has learned about how to carry on during and after terrible times. Through poignant stories and hard-won wisdom, she offers a roadmap for resilience in the face of adversity. She explains what shape the recovery journey might take, how to triage your life in an emergency, how to plan for 'the slump' (also known as the lasagne phase), how to take stock of what has happened to you, how to watch out for 'learned helplessness', and what good (and bad) help looks like. This is a book for all of us existing in 'the after' who want not just to survive, but to live and unleash strengths we never knew we had. Lucy's first book When the Dust Settles was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Radio Four Book of the Week. We look forward to welcoming her back to Booka to celebrate the publication of Come What May. Event Format: Author talk 'in conversation' followed by audience Q&A and book signing Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Come What May) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Come What May). Refunds: It is our general policy not to refund event tickets unless an event has sold out. In the case of sold out events where we have a waiting list for tickets, we will attempt to sell on your tickets at face value, if notified 7 days prior to the event. If sold, you will receive a refund for the ticket value (excluding Eventbrite fees). Alternatively, you can request to transfer your tickets to another event, making up any difference in ticket price. Please contact us if you are unable to attend an event: hello@bookabookshop.co.uk for further advice. Please contact us if you are unable to attend an event: hello@bookabookshop.co.uk for further advice. Information Source: Booka Bookshop | eventbrite

Looking for something to do this half term? Why don't you spend a lovely morning crafting beautiful memories with your mini girlie. Together you'll create unique beaded jewellery to cherish. Plus, you'll leave with a fabulous goodie bag between you filled with girlie surprises. Information Source: Girlies Get Creative | eventbrite