 | Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Sisterhood Book Club Reading... The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy | 31-05-2023 | 31-05-2023 |  |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 31-05-2023 Offer DetailsInspired by Penguin books' Sisterhood Collection, previous books have included Anne of Green Gables, Little Women and Pride and Prejudice. More recently we have read The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, Out by Natsuo Kirino and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. About the book: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 'They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.' This is the story of Rahel and Estha, twins growing up among the banana vats and peppercorns of their blind grandmother's factory, and amid scenes of political turbulence in Kerala. Armed only with the innocence of youth, they fashion a childhood in the shade of the wreck that is their family: their lonely, lovely mother, their beloved Uncle Chacko (pickle baron, radical Marxist, bottom-pincher) and their sworn enemy, Baby Kochamma (ex-nun, incumbent grand-aunt). Offer TermsThe Sisterhood Book Club is a friendly book club for adults discovering and rediscovering female protagonists in classic, modern classic and contemporary world fiction written by women. We meet monthly to informally discuss a book read in advance, over refreshments at the emporium. The cost of taking part is the purchase of the book to be discussed per month and books are available to collect a couple of months in advance. Please book here! https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/the-sisterhood-book-club-14 Share
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| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | The Sisterhood Book Club Reading... Butterflies in November by Audur Ava Olafsdottir | 31-05-2023 | 31-05-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 31-05-2023 Offer DetailsAbout the Event The Sisterhood Book Club is a friendly book club for adults discovering and rediscovering female protagonists in classic, modern classic and contemporary world fiction written by women. The cost of taking part is the purchase of the book to be discussed per month and books are available to collect a couple of months in advance. About the book: Butterflies in November by Audur Ava Olafsdottir It's been a tough day. She's been dumped. Twice. She's accidentally killed a goose. And now she's suddenly responsible for her best friend's deaf-mute son. But when a shared lottery ticket turns the oddly matched pair into the richest people in Iceland, she and the boy find themselves on a road trip across the country. Offer TermsTime & Location 31 May, 19:30 – 21:00 Jacqson Diego Story Emporium, 444 London Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA, UK We meet monthly to informally discuss a book read in advance, over refreshments at the emporium. Book here: https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/the-sisterhood-book-club-14 Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Story Bites Green: The Thames and Tide Club | 11-06-2023 | 11-06-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 11-06-2023 Offer DetailsAbout the Event Story Bites Green is an inclusive book club for children with an interest age of 5 – 8 years that meets once a month to share a new book and explore it through games, crafts and talking. Everyone has a copy of the book in advance. There is no reading during the session, just lots of fun exploring of the ideas in the book. About the book: The Thames and Tide Club by Katya Balen Clem and her friends Ash and Zara are members of the Thames and Tide Club! Every weekend they go mudlarking by the river, searching for treasures that have washed up on the shore. Clem has found old things, new things and a whole heap of rubbish. But one day, she finds something really special. Something magical that belongs in the river and must be returned to its rightful owner... or else. Before they know it, the Thames and Tide Club are on the weirdest, wildest, underwater-iest adventure they could possibly have imagined on a mission to save Underwater London! Offer TermsTime & Location 11 Jun, 14:00 – 15:00 Jacqson Diego Story Emporium, 444 London Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA, UK This month we’ll be meeting to explore another brilliant book! Booking is essential as we have limited spaces and the books are available the month before. Book here: https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/story-bites-green-thames-and-tide-club Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Story Bites Blue: The Thief of Farrowfell | 11-06-2023 | 11-06-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 11-06-2023 Offer DetailsAbout the Event Story Bites Blue is an inclusive book club for children with an interest age of 8-11 years. About the book: The Thief of Farrowfell by Ravena Guron Twelve-year-old Jude Ripon has never been taken seriously by her family of magic-stealing masterminds. To them, she's just the youngest, only good for keeping watch while they carry out daring heists. Desperate to prove her worth, Jude decides to steal valuable magic from the fanciest house in town... But Jude's stolen prize was protected by a curse which threatens to wreak havoc on the family business. While attempting to untangle the mess she's made (and wondering why anyone would want to curse an honest thief trying to earn a living), Jude discovers just how far her family will go to stay at the top of the criminal world. Suddenly, her quest to become a true Ripon isn't straightforward any more... Offer TermsWe meet once a month to share a new book and explore it through games, crafts and talking. Everyone has a copy of the book in advance. There is no reading during the session, just lots of fun exploring of the ideas in the book. Time & Location 11 Jun, 15:30 – 17:00 Jacqson Diego Story Emporium, 444 London Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA, UK This month we’ll be meeting to explore another brilliant book! Booking is essential as we have limited spaces and the books are available the month before. Book here: https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/story-bites-blue-the-thief-of-farrowfell Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Story Bites YA: Let's Play Murder | 11-06-2023 | 11-06-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 11-06-2023 Offer Details?About the book: Let's Play Murder by Kesia Lupo Video games have never been more murderous... Veronica wakes up trapped with four strangers in a sprawling manor house in a snow storm with a dead body, a mystery right out of an Agatha Christie novel. It feels so real - but it isn't. This is VR and this is THE Game; a rumoured Easter Egg hidden in other VR games that draws you into a competition for a prize beyond your wildest dreams. And there's no escaping the VR world until the Game is won. But while Veronica and her fellow players are trying to figure out the puzzle, something is not right in the VR world. Then when a player dies, and also dies in real life, all hell breaks loose. Without warning, the game Veronica thought she was playing gets overshadowed by a much darker, and much more real, mystery: who is killing us?' It may not be a game Veronica wanted to play, but it's one that she has to win - or die trying. Offer TermsAbout the Event Story Bites YA is our discussion book club for readers aged 11-14, with an interest in new YA fiction and who want to share and grow their ideas with others through discussion and thought-provoking activities. We meet in the emporium on the first Sunday of the month at 4:30pm. Everyone has a copy of the book to read in advance of the session and booking is essential as we have limited spaces. The book is available the month before. Time & Location 11 Jun, 16:30 – 17:30 Jacqson Diego Story Emporium, 444 London Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA, UK Book here: https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/story-bites-ya-lets-play-murder Share |
 | Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Nosy Crow Buy One Get One Free! | 20-04-2023 | 20-06-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 20-04-2023 Offer DetailsBuy one get one free on selected Nosy Crow picture books! Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | The Sisterhood Book Club Reading... Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson | 28-06-2023 | 28-06-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 28-06-2023 Offer DetailsAbout the Event The Sisterhood Book Club is a friendly book club for adults discovering and rediscovering female protagonists in classic, modern classic and contemporary world fiction written by women. We meet monthly to informally discuss a book read in advance, over refreshments at the emporium. About the book: Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson Hidden among us is a secret coven of witches. Know has Her Majesty's Royal Coven, they protect crown and country from magical forces and otherworldly evil. But their greatest enemy will come from within... There are whisperings of a prophecy that will bring the coven to its knees, and four best friends are about to be caught at the centre. Life as a modern witch was never simple... But now it's about to get apocalyptic. Offer TermsTime & Location 28 Jun, 19:30 – 21:00 Jacqson Diego Story Emporium, 444 London Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA, UK Book here: https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/the-sisterhood-book-club-15 Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Jacqson Diego's Storytime Picnic! | 07-06-2023 | 28-06-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 07-06-2023 Offer DetailsBook a free family ticket below for Storytime Picnic! Every Wednesday in June - 12:00pm - 12:45pm For children aged 6 months - 4 years and their grown ups. Bring your own picnic lunch and join us at Metal’s Chalkwell Hall for some storytime fun, every Wednesday lunchtime in June. It’s free to come along and everyone is welcome. Books will be available to buy after this session if you’d like to carry on telling tales at home. Offer TermsFor the month of June, Metal Southend will be inviting you to be part of the sixth edition of Essex Writers House, a much-loved strand of Essex Book Festival. Hosted at Chalkwell Hall in Southend on Sea, this programme will be a great chance to engage with interesting stories and to meet readers, writers and creative thinkers from across the county. Book Here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/essex-writers-house-jacqson-diegos-storytime-picnic-tickets-630245038877 Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Story Bites YA: Steady for This | 09-07-2023 | 09-07-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 09-07-2023 Offer DetailsAbout the Event Story Bites YA is our discussion book club for readers aged 11-14, with an interest in new YA fiction. About the book: Steady For This is Lake by Nathanael Lessore Yeah they call me Growls, I'm like a tiger on the prowl. King of jungles so you better take a bow. King of concrete so you better say it loud! Shaun (aka MC Growls) is ready to drop his best bars and smash the competition at Raptology. That way, he's convinced Tanisha, his crush, will finally give him a chance. But when a livestream practice goes epically wrong, Growls's dirty laundry is literally exposed. He's finally achieved his dreams of going viral - not in the good way. Now Tanisha won't look at him, he's the joke of the school and there's no way he can show his face at the competition. Will he ever catch a break? Then a new girl on the block appears who might be just the friend Growls needs. Especially when she points out that Raptology could be the answer to his problems after all. . . Offer TermsTime & Location 09 Jul, 16:30 – 17:30 Jacqson Diego Story Emporium, 444 London Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA, UK We meet in the emporium on the first Sunday of the month at 4:30pm. Everyone has a copy of the book to read in advance of the session and booking is essential as we have limited spaces. The book is available the month before. Book here: https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/story-bites-ya-steady-for-this Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Story Bites Green: The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder | 09-07-2023 | 09-07-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 09-07-2023 Offer DetailsAbout the Event Story Bites Green is an inclusive book club for children with an interest age of 5 – 8 years that meets once a month to share a new book and explore it through games, crafts and talking. Everyone has a copy of the book in advance There is no reading during the session, just lots of fun! About the book: The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder by Kereen Getten Fayson has always wanted to be a detective. When her cousins recruit her to their top-secret gang on the island one summer, her dreams seem to be coming true. But the Greatest Gang of All Time don't live up to their name, and keep getting distracted from missions by things like food, falling asleep and a fair bit of squabbling! Guided by her favourite mystery novels, Fayson takes charge and tries to track down clues about the strange shadow that has been appearing in the island's lighthouse. With tensions stirring within the gang, can she use all her smarts to solve the case? Offer TermsTime & Location 09 Jul, 14:00 – 15:00 Jacqson Diego Story Emporium, 444 London Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA, UK This month we’ll be meeting to explore another brilliant book! Booking is essential as we have limited spaces and the books are available the month before. Book here: https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/story-bites-green-the-case-of-the-lighthouse-intruder Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Story Bites Blue: I Spy A Bletchley Park Mystery | 09-07-2023 | 09-07-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 09-07-2023 Offer DetailsAbout the Event Story Bites Blue is an inclusive book club for children with an interest age of 8-11 years. About the book: I Spy: A Bletchley Park Mystery by Rhian Tracey Twelve-year-old Robyn has grown up in Bletchley Park, where her father works as a driver. When she's not at school, there's nothing she likes more than helping her dad in the garages. Then the war begins and everything at Bletchley changes. Robyn is assigned to help with the carrier pigeons that take messages to the Allies. But first, she must sign the Official Secrets Act and is ordered not to leave the grounds of the park. While Bletchley is buzzing with people recruited for the war effort and all eyes are on the skies, Robyn becomes convinced that there's something sinister going on within Bletchley Park itself. Together with her friends Mary and Ned, Robyn resolves to uncover the enemy in their midst. Offer TermsTime & Location 09 Jul, 15:30 – 10 Jul, 16:30 Jacqson Diego Story Emporium, 444 London Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA, UK We meet once a month to share a new book and explore it through games, crafts and talking. Everyone has a copy of the book in advance. There is no reading during the session, just lots of fun! This month we’ll be meeting to explore another brilliant book! Booking is essential as we have limited spaces and the books are available the month before. Book here: https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/story-bites-blue-i-spy-a-bletchley-park-mystery Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Story Bites YA: My Life as a Chameleon | 03-09-2023 | 03-09-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 03-09-2023 Offer DetailsAbout the book: My Life as a Chameleon by Diana Anyakwo Lily is a sixteen-year-old living in Manchester. She is soon to return to her birthplace in Nigeria to reunite with her mother and siblings for the anniversary. As cold rain thunders on the streets of Moss Side she looks back over her young life and wonders, how did she get here? As a young girl in Lagos, Lily is the baby of her large family. The daughter of a Nigerian father and Irish mother, she lives in a dual reality. This is a tension that nobody dares speak out loud and it teaches Lily an early lesson: always blend in, always play the right part. But the truth cannot stay hidden forever. Things in Lagos itself, and within her family, soon reach breaking point. As her city and her family implode into chaos around her, and at school her skin colour marks her out from the crowd, Lily struggles to know how to blend in. And when her mother sends her away to England, Lily's sense of identity is challenged even more. Offer TermsAbout the Event Story Bites YA is our discussion book club for readers aged 11-14, with an interest in new YA fiction and who want to share and grow their ideas with others through discussion and thought-provoking activities. We meet in the emporium on the first Sunday of the month at 4:30pm. Everyone has a copy of the book to read in advance of the session and booking is essential as we have limited spaces. The book is available the month before. Time & Location 03 Sept, 16:30 – 18:00 Jacqson Diego Story Emporium, 444 London Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA, UK Book here: https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/story-bites-ya-my-life-as-a-chameleon Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Story Bites Green: Leonora Bolt: Eco Engineer! | 10-09-2023 | 10-09-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 10-09-2023 Offer DetailsAbout the Event Story Bites Green is an inclusive book club for children with an interest age of 5 – 8 years that meets once a month to share a new book and explore it through games, crafts and talking. Everyone has a copy of the book in advance, and they can read or listen to it to get to know the story prior to the session. There is no reading during the session, just lots of fun exploring of the ideas in the book. About the book: Leonora Bolt: Eco Engineer by Lucy Brandt Uncle Luther is back! (And he's got another outrageously evil plan to make his fortune!) BrightWorld (TM) is a brand new amusement park built under a MASSIVE snow globe, hidden in the Perilous Desert. The park is an environmental disaster, yet tickets are selling in their MILLIONS! What's his secret?! Together with her friends and pet otter Twitchy, secret inventor Leonora Bolt must battle sandstorms, navigate the Bizarre Bazaar, and shut down Luther... FOR GOOD. Offer TermsTime & Location 10 Sept, 14:00 – 15:00 Jacqson Diego Story Emporium, 444 London Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA, UK This month we’ll be meeting to explore another brilliant book! Booking is essential as we have limited spaces and the books are available the month before. Book here: https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/story-bites-green-leonora-bolt-eco-engineer Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Story Bites Blue: Spellstone | 10-09-2023 | 10-09-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 10-09-2023 Offer DetailsAbout the Event Story Bites Blue is an inclusive book club for children with an interest age of 8-11 years. We meet once a month to share a new book and explore it through games, crafts and talking. Everyone has a copy of the book in advance, and they can read or listen to it to get to know the story prior to the session. There is no reading during the session, just lots of fun exploring of the ideas in the book. About the book: Spellstone by Ross Montgomery The greatest magic is hidden in plain sight... Evie is used to not being noticed. But when she meets the mysterious Wainwright, she discovers that going unnoticed might just be what makes her unique. Recruited into a secret magical organization, Evie finds herself at the heart of an ancient and magical battle. Evil is returning to the land, and Evie is the only person who can stop it. But how can she defeat the most dangerous magician in the world, when she doesn't even know her own powers? Offer TermsTime & Location 10 Sept, 15:30 – 16:30 Jacqson Diego Story Emporium, 444 London Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA, UK ? This month we’ll be meeting to explore another brilliant book! Booking is essential as we have limited spaces and the books are available the month before. Book here: https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/story-bites-spellstone Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Sisterhood Book Club Reading... Marple | 27-09-2023 | 27-09-2023 | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 27-09-2023 Offer DetailsThe Sisterhood Book Club is a friendly book club for adults discovering and rediscovering female protagonists in classic, modern classic and contemporary world fiction written by women. About the book: Marple by Agatha Christie, Naomi Alderman, Leigh Bardugo, Alyssa Cole, Lucy Foley, Elly Griffiths, Natalie Hynes, Jean Kwok, Val McDermid, and Karen M. McManus A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors. This collection of twelve original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie's Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery. Offer TermsTime & Location 27 Sept, 19:30 – 21:00 Jacqson Diego Story Emporium, 444 London Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA, UK The cost of taking part is the purchase of the book to be discussed per month and books are available to collect a couple of months in advance. Inspired by Penguin books' Sisterhood Collection, previous books have included Anne of Green Gables, Little Women and Pride and Prejudice. More recently we have read The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, Out by Natsuo Kirino and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. We meet monthly to informally discuss a book read in advance, over refreshments at the emporium. Book here: https://www.jacqsondiego.com/event-details/the-sisterhood-book-club-17 Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | Sheldon's Storytime | 20-07-2021 | | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 20-07-2021 Offer DetailsTuesday & Friday 9.30am in the Emporium. For babies, toddlers, under 4s and their grown ups. Join Sheldon and Vida twice a week, for a story time filled with stories, rhymes and puppet fun.? Drop in and free of charge. Share |
| Jacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd | 2 for 1 Walker Picture Books | 17-01-2022 | | |
AddressJacqson Diego Story Emporium Ltd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, SS0 9LA T: 01702 344262 W: www.jacqsondiego.comStart date 17-01-2022 Offer DetailsIn store 2 for 1 on selected Walker Picture Books Share |