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Waterstones Birmingham would like to invite you to a very special evening discussing WG Sebald. WG Sebald is a special writer, widely admired in the English-speaking world yet often controversial in his native Germany. Indeed, he was a writer between two cultures, two languages and two forms of writing: academic and…

Waterstones Birmingham would like to invite you to an evening with Fiona Thomas discussing her book, Depression in a Digital Age. Fiona was your average 80's baby. She grew up without an iPhone, used actual landlines to make calls, and didn't have the luxury (or perhaps the curse) of Facebook during her adolescent…

Our friendly, monthly bookclub for 8+ To kick off 2019 we will be discussing A Darkness of Dragons by S.A.Patrick. Read the book and join us for discussion on our Children's floor.

Waterstones Birmingham are incredibly excited to have Romesh Ranganathan joining us in store to sign copies of his book, Straight Outta Crawley. At the age of 9, Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's holiday camp talent competition, smashing the other competitor, a young girl playing…

Whether you write short fiction yourself or appreciate just reading it there will be something for you to enjoy. We will have interesting discussions around individual pieces, conduct workshops to help us understand short fiction better and there will also be the opportunity to share any stories that you may have written…

Lyla Pinch-Brock has lived and worked in Egypt for the past 18 years and in Greece for almost 15 years as an archaeologist specializing in epigraphy. She has degrees in Psychology and Cultural Anthropology, a Masters degree in Physical Anthropology and began her PhD in Egyptology at the University of Toronto in 1986.

Speaker: Maiken Mosleth King I have previously completed a BA and MA in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, studying the ancient Egyptian language, literature and religion in-depth. I’m now working towards a PhD at the University of Bristol, researching social identity in the Greek-speaking community of…

Faye Kalloniatis is an Honorary Research Associate at Norwich Castle Museum. She works on the Egyptian collection and helps to curate it. She is currently working on an extensive catalogue and essays of the Norwich collection, which will be published in 2019. She is also involved as editor with the M.i.N. project…