BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv7.35.1//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.thomaspoolelibrary.org.uk/ X-WR-CALNAME:The Thomas Poole Library Nether Stowey X-WR-CALDESC:Charity No: 1181213 X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=03;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=4SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-1db18d20ac7ca81d2c2f2071f575402c@thomaspoolelibrary.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261007T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261007T220000 DTSTAMP:20260828T165724Z CREATED:20260828 LAST-MODIFIED:20260828 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:59 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:The Book Chain DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy Rachael Wong\n\n\n\nA story of friendship, loss, love and rediscovery.\n\n\n\nArriving in Ljubljana at the head of an invasion force in 1941, Alberto Amantelli finds its citizens passing books by hand through the streets to fill their new National Library. He makes a brave and unexpected decision which changes his own life irrevocably – and the lives of those he comes to love.\n\n\n\nIn 2025, Kate is falling apart. She’s held together by the thread of friendship with a small group of loyal women. When Kate is unexpectedly drawn into a mystery connected to Alberto’s story, can she and her friends unravel Alberto’s secrets? And is Kate prepared for the consequences?\n\n\n\n\n“I couldn’t put it down. Rachael Wong is a talented storyteller.”\n\n\n\nLucy Corrin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAuthor bio\n\n\n\nRachael Wong is an author, writing general fiction for adults. Her first novel is titled ‘The Book Chain’. Previously, Rachael has written seven reading and story books for children about football and cricket. \n\n\n\nShe has made several appearances on BBC Radio talking about literacy and sport.\n\n\n\nRachael lives near Birmingham in the UK with her husband and the family cat. 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