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SUMMARY:Evening talk:Meet the Author: Catching Falling Stars Researchi
 ng and writing a Haringey-based WW2 children’s novel
DESCRIPTION:Highly-acclaimed children’s author and Haringey resident
  Karen McCombie (external link) has written over 90 children’s boo
 ks which have been published worldwide. Her latest novel, 'Little Bird
  Flies' was recently chosen as both a Sunday Times and The Times Ch
 ildren’s Book of the Week, as well as a Telegraph Best Children’s
  Books of 2019 choice. Karen's home turf of Haringey has been the set
 ting of several of her books, from best-selling series ‘Ally’s Wo
 rld’ in the early 2000s to 2017’s ’The Pearl in the Attic’, wh
 ich both feature Alexandra Palace.\nFor this talk, as part of Women's 
 History Month, Karen will focus on the writing of her WW2 evacuee nove
 l ‘Catching Falling Stars’, partly set in Wood Green, including de
 tails of her invaluable research at Haringey Archive at Bruce Castle.\
 nAs this year marks 80 years since the start of the Second World War a
 nd the beginning of evacuation of children from wartime threats in Lon
 don, do come and hear about familiar memories connected with your own 
 or your families’ experiences.\nSigned copies of the book ‘Catchi
 ng Falling Stars’ will be available to buy on the night.\nDoors open
  at 7pm.\nRefreshments available.\nKindly supported by the Friends of 
 Bruce Castle.\n\nFor more information visit https://bowesandbounds.org
 /events/evening-talk-meet-the-author-catching-falling-stars-researchin
 g
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190327T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190327T210000
CATEGORIES:reminiscence, older, people, "women's", history, month, loc
 al, heritage, free, talk
LOCATION:Bruce Castle Museum
WEBSITE:http://www.haringey.gov.uk/brucecastlemuseum
URL:http://www.haringey.gov.uk/brucecastlemuseum
CONTACT:020 8808 8772
ORGANIZER;CN="Deborah Hedgecock":https://bowesandbounds.org/profile/De
 borahHedgecock
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Deborah 
 Hedgecock":https://bowesandbounds.org/profile/DeborahHedgecock
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