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Book Launch

Max Cryer to launch his new book Who said that First? here in the store at 5.30 Wednesday 16th June.

Tickets only $10 from the shop or Napier & Taradale Libraries. This is a Friends of the Napier Library fundraiser

This promises to be a fun and informative evening. Refreshments will be served.

Who said that First?

Many bright minds have come up with expressions we now take for granted as part of the English language, and which we use freely in vernacular speech. But the originators of many of our most useful second-hand remarks go uncredited. The Bible and Shakespeare are rich sources of many common phrases, but in this book Max Cryer concentrates on familiar expressions whose origins lie elsewhere. So who said it first? This collection sets out to credit - as far as it's possible to do so - the people who actually created many familiar terms in common use. For example, poor Ernest Dowson is all but forgotten, but author Margaret Mitchell read his 1891 poem 'Non Sum Qualis' and brought one phrase from that poem to the attention of millions. The phrase that caught her eye was 'gone with the wind'. (In 1867, Dowson also wrote another familiar phrase: 'the days of wine and roses'). Written in Max Cryer's delightfully witty style, Who Said That First? is a wonderful book to dip into or settle a friendly dispute.

Recent Book Events

Local author Adele Broadbent launches her new book

"Too Many Secrets"

Adele Broadbents book launch for "Too Many Secrets" was a fantastic evening, there must have been 100 people in the shop. Palmers Garden Centre had loaned us some plants, we had bird song coming through the speakers and flocks? of monarch butterflies. Adele spoke enthusiastically and read from her book - then wore her... arm out signing copies. It very nearly didn't happen at all. Earlier in the afternoon we heard a fizzing and popping out by the electrical meter - and with the smell of smoke more than half the lights went out, then all of them! Several electricians later with 15 minutes to spare power was restored and the evening was fantastic!

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