{"product_id":"arctic-sun-event-with-jack-grimwood-wednesday-13th-november-2024","title":"Arctic Sun Event with Jack Grimwood - Wednesday 13th November 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe're delighted to be welcoming Jack Grimwood to the bookshop to discuss \u003cem\u003eArctic Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, the latest instalment in his Tom Fox espionage thriller series. To celebrate the launch of \u003cem\u003eArctic Sun\u003c\/em\u003e in paperback, Jack will be in conversation with Dan Richards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6.30pm on Wednesday 13th November at Golden Hare Books, 68 St Stephen Street, EH3 5AQ.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuy a copy of \u003cem\u003eArctic Sun\u003c\/em\u003e and receive free entry to the event, or choose our ticket-only option for £5 (which can be used towards a purchase of the book at the event).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003eArctic Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinter, 1987. The Kola Peninsula, northern Russia. A secret, underground research station is destroyed in an explosion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComing months after the Chernobyl disaster, the Soviets will do anything to conceal the incident. Which is bad news for British Arctic researcher Dr Amelia Blackburn who stumbles on the truth...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLost in frozen, endless night, Kola is as difficult to survive in as it is impossible to get into or out of without the Soviets noticing. But those are Major Tom Fox’s orders: find Amelia, learn what she knows, leave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis chances of success drop with the temperature. But Fox, a widower desperate to see his son again, has one thing the Soviets chasing him lack. A light to guide him in the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Jack Grimwood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJack Grimwood\u003cspan\u003e, a.k.a Jon Courtenay Grimwood, was born in Malta and christened in the upturned bell of a ship. He grew up in the Far East, Britain and Scandinavia. He's written for national newspapers, is a two-time winner of the BSFA Award for Best Novel, and was shortlisted for Le Prix Montesquieu 2015. His work has been translated into numerous languages. He is married to the journalist and novelist Sam Baker. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArctic Sun\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis his fourth thriller.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Dan Richards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDan Richards is an acclaimed non-fiction writer specialising in art, travel and adventure. His first book, \u003cem\u003eHolloway\u003c\/em\u003e – co-authored with Robert Macfarlane and illustrated by Stanley Donwood – was published by Faber and became a Sunday Times bestseller. Dan’s second book, \u003cem\u003eThe Beechwood Airship Interviews \u003c\/em\u003etook a journey into the creative process, headspaces and workplaces of some of Britain’s celebrated artists and craftsman including Bill Drummond, Dame Judi Dench, Jenny Saville, Manic Street Preachers and Stewart Lee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eClimbing Days\u003c\/em\u003e is an exploration of the writing and climbing lives of Dan’s great-great-aunt and uncle, Dorothy Pilley and I. A. Richards. Using Dorothy’s 1935 mountaineering memoir as a guide, Dan climbed across Europe, ending with an ascent of the mighty Dent Blanche in the high Alps of Valais.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis latest title is \u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eOutpost\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003ea book about far-flung shelters and eyries, isolation and wilderness. Asking what draws people to the ends of the world,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOutpost\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeatures visits to Cairngorm bothies, French lighthouses, Japanese shrines, Icelandic \u003cspan\u003esæluhús\u003c\/span\u003e, and polar bears in Svalbard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDan’s next book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOvernight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, will be published by Canongate in March 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Golden Hare Books","offers":[{"title":"Ticket \u0026 Book","offer_id":53604627808629,"sku":"9781405936729","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/2024EventPromosforSocials_10.png?v=1730372767","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/arctic-sun-event-with-jack-grimwood-wednesday-13th-november-2024","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}