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From Liz via email:

The Birmingham BookCrossers and charity LUCIA are hosting a BOOK DATING event at the Urban Coffee Company coffee shop on Church Street in central Birmingham, on 14 February 2010.

BookCrossers will be telling people about their favourite books, and giving them away, so attendees can find a book to spend a lifetime with, and they can also meet respected and popular author Roger Ellory, who will be talking about his favourite books, and signing and selling copies of his works too.

In case you’ve not come across it, BookCrossing is “the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise”.

There’s a Birmingham group who are meeting up next month:

The Birmingham BookCrossers are hosting an author event with Mary Rochford, winner of A Book For Birmingham 2008 with “Gilded Shadows”, on Feb 11 at 6pm at Hudsons Coffee House on Colmore Row.

Mary will do a reading followed by a question and answer session.  Books will be available to buy and get signed

If you fancy going along or want more info then email liz_broomfield@yahoo.co.uk.