Events at Swindon!
We think that Borders is more than just a bookshop. It's also a place to hang out or meet up and even to have fun in.
Our events range from book signings with the very famous to the undiscovered, Quizzes and Clubs to speak with like minded people, not to mention the Kids events that we hold in the Children's Dept. We love to have fun and they will too with activities, storytimes and games to keep the little ones entertained!
Fancy running an event in store? We’d love to hear your ideas! Just call Matt Burt on 01793 702200 or email him on supervisor.swindon@borders.co.uk to find out more!
Dads and Kids Club 10:30 am, Sat 22nd Nov 2008
Calling all Dads and Kids! Come along and join in the fun here with crafts, activities and games, clelbrating the bond between father and child. Ages range between 2 - 7yrs.
Calling all Dads and Kids! Come along and join in the fun here with crafts, activities and games, clelbrating the bond between father and child. Ages range between 2 - 7yrs.
Open University 10:00 am, Tue 25th Nov 2008
Looking to develop new skill sets or to expand your own knowledge? Come along and meet with the Open University who will be here in Borders from 10am to 1pm to help see which Open University course would suit you.
Looking to develop new skill sets or to expand your own knowledge? Come along and meet with the Open University who will be here in Borders from 10am to 1pm to help see which Open University course would suit you.
Yu Gi Oh Club! 05:00 pm, Thu 27th Nov 2008
Come along and join in the fun at our Yu Gi Oh Club! Held every fortnight on a Thursday between 5pm - 8pm, Yu Gi Oh Club is a chance to improve your skills, trade cards, pick up tips and also duel! You will also be able to keep updated with our tournaments, talk to judges and make sure you are on top with all the Yu Gi Oh news!
Come along and join in the fun at our Yu Gi Oh Club! Held every fortnight on a Thursday between 5pm - 8pm, Yu Gi Oh Club is a chance to improve your skills, trade cards, pick up tips and also duel! You will also be able to keep updated with our tournaments, talk to judges and make sure you are on top with all the Yu Gi Oh news!
Christmas Kids Club! 12:00 pm, Sat 29th Nov 2008
It's the start of our Christmas Kids Club this week. Each week we will be doing crafts and activities for Kids based on the most special time of the year, Christmas! This week, we will be making Hanging Snowflakes and the story is 'Little Rabbit's Christmas' by Harry Horse.
It's the start of our Christmas Kids Club this week. Each week we will be doing crafts and activities for Kids based on the most special time of the year, Christmas! This week, we will be making Hanging Snowflakes and the story is 'Little Rabbit's Christmas' by Harry Horse.
Beedle the Bard Midnight Launch Party 08:30 pm, Wed 3rd Dec 2008
Come along on Wednesday 3rd December at 8.30pm and join in the fun with our midnight party for 'Beedle the Bard', the latest release from J.K Rowling. There will be games, a fancy dress competition, spooky crafts, lucky dip, the Leaky Cauldron Pub Quiz and much, much more! If you have any questions, phone the store on 01793 702200.
Come along on Wednesday 3rd December at 8.30pm and join in the fun with our midnight party for 'Beedle the Bard', the latest release from J.K Rowling. There will be games, a fancy dress competition, spooky crafts, lucky dip, the Leaky Cauldron Pub Quiz and much, much more! If you have any questions, phone the store on 01793 702200.
Christmas Kids Club! 12:00 pm, Sat 6th Dec 2008
The second of our four Kids Clubs and this week we are making a Hand Print Christmas Tree to be displayed in store! We will be reading 'Dear Father Christmas' by Jeanne Willis and Rosie Reeve.
The second of our four Kids Clubs and this week we are making a Hand Print Christmas Tree to be displayed in store! We will be reading 'Dear Father Christmas' by Jeanne Willis and Rosie Reeve.
Book Signing With James McIntosh - 'Mix.' 11:00 am, Sun 7th Dec 2008
'Mix' is a comprehensive guide to basic proportions in cookery, giving the quantities needed for simple, everyday family food. Containing over 170 recipes, from how to make a white sauce to how to prepare pastry, this is an essential cookery book you will turn to again and again. 'Mix' is the first in a series of small books by James McIntosh. Future titles include dinner., cake. and veg. All recipes are 5 times tested on each cooker used, Gas, Electric, Electric Fan, Aga and Rayburn. Recipes use metric measurements and include timings for Aga and Rayburn. Come along and grab a great stocking filler and really helpful book!
'Mix' is a comprehensive guide to basic proportions in cookery, giving the quantities needed for simple, everyday family food. Containing over 170 recipes, from how to make a white sauce to how to prepare pastry, this is an essential cookery book you will turn to again and again. 'Mix' is the first in a series of small books by James McIntosh. Future titles include dinner., cake. and veg. All recipes are 5 times tested on each cooker used, Gas, Electric, Electric Fan, Aga and Rayburn. Recipes use metric measurements and include timings for Aga and Rayburn. Come along and grab a great stocking filler and really helpful book!
Book Signing - 'Gory Tales', The Autobiography of John Gorman 01:00 pm, Fri 12th Dec 2008
John Gorman’s story is very much about a football man, but it is also much more than just that.After a lifetime in the game John thought he had seen and done it all. He had played, coached and managed at the top and experienced the harsh realities of survival at the lower end of the scale. There was little in professional football that he had not had to cope with. But on a cold February day in 2006 as he gazed lovingly into the weary eyes of his dying wife, Myra, he knew trying to maintain his ability to think clearly as a manager would be impossible.Football had always meant so much to him, but love for his wife meant so much more. Gorman knew Myra was losing her brave battle to beat the cancer which was doggedly eating away at her body, but it could not break her spirit or dim the brightness of her personality that had been so much part of John’s life. When her death occurred just a few days later it was the start of one of the bleakest periods in Gorman’s life, losing one job and walking away from another, as he struggled to cope and come to terms with existing without the woman he had loved since their teenage years. Gory Tales starts with that traumatic time for Gorman, expressing all the raw emotion felt by John, leading into the second chapter which recalls the first time he met Myra when they were both youngsters. The story will then explore John’s childhood days in Scotland and how football became so much part of his life. Having played alongside, coached or managed some of the biggest names British football has thrown up during the past 40 years, John is able to offer a true insider’s view on the game he has loved since he was a kid.Jock Stein, Kenny Dalglish, Rodney Marsh, George Best, Gazza, David Beckham and Michael Owen are all names who have featured in his career, and Gorman’s enduring friendship with Glenn Hoddle, which began back in the 1970’s when the two men were players at Tottenham, allows John ‘Gory’ Gorman (his nickname as a player) to give a unique insight into the private man behind the public headlines. Come along and pick a copy of this amazing book!
John Gorman’s story is very much about a football man, but it is also much more than just that.After a lifetime in the game John thought he had seen and done it all. He had played, coached and managed at the top and experienced the harsh realities of survival at the lower end of the scale. There was little in professional football that he had not had to cope with. But on a cold February day in 2006 as he gazed lovingly into the weary eyes of his dying wife, Myra, he knew trying to maintain his ability to think clearly as a manager would be impossible.Football had always meant so much to him, but love for his wife meant so much more. Gorman knew Myra was losing her brave battle to beat the cancer which was doggedly eating away at her body, but it could not break her spirit or dim the brightness of her personality that had been so much part of John’s life. When her death occurred just a few days later it was the start of one of the bleakest periods in Gorman’s life, losing one job and walking away from another, as he struggled to cope and come to terms with existing without the woman he had loved since their teenage years. Gory Tales starts with that traumatic time for Gorman, expressing all the raw emotion felt by John, leading into the second chapter which recalls the first time he met Myra when they were both youngsters. The story will then explore John’s childhood days in Scotland and how football became so much part of his life. Having played alongside, coached or managed some of the biggest names British football has thrown up during the past 40 years, John is able to offer a true insider’s view on the game he has loved since he was a kid.Jock Stein, Kenny Dalglish, Rodney Marsh, George Best, Gazza, David Beckham and Michael Owen are all names who have featured in his career, and Gorman’s enduring friendship with Glenn Hoddle, which began back in the 1970’s when the two men were players at Tottenham, allows John ‘Gory’ Gorman (his nickname as a player) to give a unique insight into the private man behind the public headlines. Come along and pick a copy of this amazing book!
Christmas Kids Club! 12:00 pm, Sat 13th Dec 2008
The third of our Christmas Kids Clubs sees us writing our letters to Santa and posting them in our Polar Postbox! The story will be 'Christmas Wishes' by Tony Mitton and Layn Marlow.
The third of our Christmas Kids Clubs sees us writing our letters to Santa and posting them in our Polar Postbox! The story will be 'Christmas Wishes' by Tony Mitton and Layn Marlow.
Book Signing with David Taylor - 'Alumni' 02:00 pm, Sat 13th Dec 2008
Two seemingly unconnected events occur within 24 hours: The president of Mason-Wainwright, a New York investment corporation, is on a private jet heading for Washington DC carrying the burden of a secret that will undoubtedly destroy the firm he heads up. Without warning, a series of explosions rip through the plane, resulting in fatality for all on board. A senator on a pro-euthanasia crusade is abducted on his way to Capitol Hill where he is due to deliver a crucial yet controversial speech to the senate. In this, the sequel to "Ascension", Mike Fabien finds himself drawn into a terrifying race against time to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation bent on pushing euthanasia to the top of the political agenda, with the knowledge that someone up high wants him out of the picture. Come along on and grab a copy of this gripping book
Two seemingly unconnected events occur within 24 hours: The president of Mason-Wainwright, a New York investment corporation, is on a private jet heading for Washington DC carrying the burden of a secret that will undoubtedly destroy the firm he heads up. Without warning, a series of explosions rip through the plane, resulting in fatality for all on board. A senator on a pro-euthanasia crusade is abducted on his way to Capitol Hill where he is due to deliver a crucial yet controversial speech to the senate. In this, the sequel to "Ascension", Mike Fabien finds himself drawn into a terrifying race against time to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation bent on pushing euthanasia to the top of the political agenda, with the knowledge that someone up high wants him out of the picture. Come along on and grab a copy of this gripping book
Christmas Kids Club! 12:00 pm, Sat 20th Dec 2008
The final Kids Club of the year will be an extra special one! We will be making pop - up Christmas Cards, drinking hot chocolates and there will be an extra special reading of 'The Night Before Christmas' by Clement C Moore.
The final Kids Club of the year will be an extra special one! We will be making pop - up Christmas Cards, drinking hot chocolates and there will be an extra special reading of 'The Night Before Christmas' by Clement C Moore.
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