We're so excited to welcome legendary author Sarra Manning to store in July to discuss her heartwarming, hot and hilarious new novel, The Love Library. 

Sarra will be in conversation with Rachel Wood, store owner and author of Annie Knows Everything - romcom lovers this is not one you want to miss! 

Tickets are £5 and can be redeemed against any purchase on the evening of the event. 

Timings

• Doors open from: 6:30pm
• Talk begins: 7:00pm 

About the book

What if you could date your favourite book boyfriend?

“All loans are at the borrower’s own risk”

After a series of dating disasters, Tess Hardy wonders if she’ll ever find the man of her dreams – or if he only exists on the pages of her favourite novels. So when she’s invited to visit The Love Library, a 200-hundred-year-old institution which promises dates with her favourite romantic heroes in real life, Tess can’t resist!

But handsome head librarian Gabe Sharma seems grumpily determined to keep the library under lock and key. And as soon as Tess steps into the beautiful building crammed full of books, she realises why – it’s not just dust in the air… it’s magic. Here she really can grab drinks with Heathcliff, dine with Rochester and cosy up to her one true literary love, Darcy.

There’s just one problem: Gabe. He’s determined to sabotage all of Tess’s dates! And why is it that she has more fun fighting with Gabe than flirting with any of her book-bound suitors?

About the author

Sarra Manning has been a voracious reader for over forty years and a prolific author and journalist for thirty. Her many novels, which have been translated into numerous languages, include Unsticky, London With Love and The Last Days Of Summer. Sarra has also written a number of YA novels, and several light-hearted romantic comedies under a pseudonym.

She started her writing career on the iconic Melody Maker and Just Seventeen and has written for The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, ELLE, Grazia, Stylist, You Magazine and Harper's Bazaar. She is the former Literary Editor of Red Magazine. Sarra lives in London surrounded by piles and piles of books.

If you have any questions regarding the event or to request additional accessibility accommodations please contact hello@rarebirdsbooks.com