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Category Archives: Events, talks and activities
Tynemouth Second Hand and Antiquarian Book Market
The next Tynemouth Second hand and Antiquarian book market will take place on Sunday 19th August, 10-4 pm. I will be sharing my stall with Polly Bird, a local book binder who has trained under master bookbinder Derek Bradford of … Continue reading
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Alnwick PBFA Antiquarian Book Fair
It was a great turnout on Saturday at my first PBFA book fair, (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association) in the beautiful Northumberland Hall in Alnwick, Northumberland. I really enjoyed meeting new clients and chatting to ex-clients again. Despite the flood warnings, (it … Continue reading
PBFA Book Fair–Alnwick, Sunday 07th July 2012
I’m looking forward to attending the next PBFA (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association in Alnwick’s Northumberland Hall on Sunday 07th July 2012. PBFA fairs are always great events with stalls from THE best antiquarian and second hand booksellers in the region. … Continue reading
Next Tynemouth Market – Sunday 10th June
The next Tynemouth market is on Sunday 10th June. However, I’m afraid I won’t be there, but hope to be at the one after that (I think), in October. If you were hoping to ask me any questions about a … Continue reading
Lemington Heritage Group Talk
I delivered my presentation on Paper Conservation to the Lemington Heritage Group, Newcastle, on Monday night. It was a great night. The audience were enthusiastic and we had an interesting debate about digitisation (the storing of images of heritage items … Continue reading
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Forthcoming Newcastle Late Shows, Friday 18th to Saturday 19th May – free, excellent culture crawl not to be missed!
Definitely a date for your diary, this yearly event is bigger and better than ever with special events all over Newcastle involving culture and the arts from music, food, readings and art shows to performances. Best of all, it’s free! … Continue reading
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Tynemouth Market
Last Sunday was the first Tynemouth Antiquarian and Second hand book market of 2012 and what a lovely day it was. I basked in warm sunshine all day (yes, amazingly, we had sun while the rest of the country was … Continue reading
Reminder for your diary: Tynemouth Market this Sunday
The Tynemouth second hand and antiquarian books market will be held on Sunday April 22nd from 10am – 4pm in Tynemouth Station, which is still undergoing some restoration to bring back its original Victorian grace. I’ll be there at my … Continue reading
Talk on Paper Conservation
I was invited to give a talk on Thursday 15th March to a large group of bookbinders at the Whitley Bay North East Adult Education class run by David King. It was a great morning and they all made me … Continue reading
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Paper Conservation Presentation
I gave a talk on paper conservation to the Spital Tongues History Society, Newcastle, on Monday night. It seemed to go down well and judging by some of the nodding heads, I hit the mark with some not only interesting … Continue reading
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Zoe Finlay Paper Conservation 