ChipLitFest 2018 – four days of events in Chipping Norton that celebrate literature in all its forms. Best-sellers, debut novelists, poetry, nature writing, food & drink, free lectures, medical memoirs, politics, adventure, writers’ workshops, book groups and a children’s festival full of stories and drawing. Amazing, surprising, inspiring, thought-provoking and fun! Now in its seventh year, ChipLitFest is the biggest little litfest around. Over 100 volunteers, Festival Friends, patrons, trustees, businesses and sponsors work together to bring these brilliant events to the town. Headline names this year include Liza Tarbuck, Reggie Yates, Lionel Shriver, Robert Peston, Lucy Mangan, Richard Osman and Terry Waite.

 

Live Window Drawing with Nadia Shireen Saturday 28th April at 3pm at Jaffé and Neale Bookshop

 

 

Last year every child in reception classes received a copy of Nadia’s beautiful book The Bumblebear through the BookTrust’s Time to Read programme. Nadia will be sharing her love of illustration as she live-draws some of her gorgeous characters such as The Bumblebear, The Cow Who Fell to Earth and Good Little Wolf. Come and see the artist at work!

Thursday 21st September at 6pm, book launch with Nell Darby

Nell Will be here in the shop to celebrate the launch of her new book, Life on the Victorian Stage: Theatrical Gossip.

“The expansion of the press in Victorian Britain meant more pages to be filled, and more stories to be found. Life on the Victorian Stage: Theatrical Gossip looks at how the everyday lives of Victorian performers and managers were used for such a purpose, with the British newspapers covering the good, the bad and the ugly side of life on the stage during the nineteenth century. Viewed through the prism of Victorian newspapers, and in particular through their gossip columns, this book looks at the perils facing actors from financial disasters or insecurity to stalking, from libel cases to criminal trials and offers an alternative view of the Victorian theatrical profession.”

The event will not be ticketed and is free to attend. We look forward to seeing you.

Wednesday 18th October, an evening with Rosamund Young, author of The Secret Life of Cows

“Cows are as varied as people. They can be highly intelligent or slow to understand, vain, considerate, proud, shy or inventive.Although much of a cow’s day is spent eating, they always find time for extra-curricular activities such as babysitting, playing hide and seek, blackberry-picking or fighting a tree.This is an affectionate record of a hitherto secret world.”

Rosamund will be joining us in the shop to talk about her work, as well as her book, The Secret Life of Cows. The time is still to be determined, so keep an eye of the website, or ask in store for more information closer to the time.

However you plan on spending the summer, whether you’re holidaying in the Himalayas, cruising in the Caribbean, or just basking in the back garden, there’s one thing you can’t do without: a good book.

That’s why we here at Jaffé & Neale have put together a collection of our favourite summer reads for you to enjoy, and until the 31st of August if you buy any three of the titles, we can give you one free swim at the Chipping Norton Lido. The current list of books can be found below, but we are constantly updating it. 

For more information, you can contact us by phone on 01608 641033 or email us at info@jaffeandneale.co.uk.

Let Me Tell You About a Man I knew, Susan Fletcher

Nobody’s Fool, Richard Russo

Seveneves, Neal Stevenson

The Lonely City, Olivia Laing

New and Selected Poems, Mary Oliver

Rail Head, Philip Reeve

Mend the Living, Maylis de Kerangal

The Girls, Emma Cline

The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry

Pages For You, Sylvia Brownrigg

Watermarks, various

Norwegian By Night, Derek B. Miller

Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson

The Disaster Artist, Greg Sestero

A Little History of the World, E.  H. Gombrich

Letters From the Lighthouse, Emma Carroll

Matilda, Roald Dahl

Claude On Holiday, Alex T. Smith

Claude All on Holiday, Alex T. Smith

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

Leap In, Alexandra Heminsly

A Home for Gully, Joan Clegg

Maisy Goes Swimming, Lucy Cousins

The Art of Losing Control, Jules Evans

A Book of American Martyrs, Joyce Carol Oates

I Found My Tribe, Ruth Fitzmaurice

The Power, Naomi Alderman

Heartless, Marissa Meyer

The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini

 

 

 

As part of the Independent Bookshop Week celebrations, Jaffe & Neale is taking part in the inaugural Oxford Book Crawl on Saturday the 24th June.

The Book Crawl is a great way to experience the Cotswolds, while discovering some fantastic indie bookshops. All participating bookshops are offering an incentive to visit; we here at Jaffe & Neale will be offering free coffee to the first 30 people who can prove that they’ve visited at least 2 of the other shops on the trail. For more information, you can visit the Book Crawl website at https://www.oxbookcrawl.co.uk/

We hope to see you on the 24th!