New Art Exhibition

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  • user warning: Table './bendona1_rlb/cache_filter' is marked as crashed and should be repaired query: UPDATE cache_filter SET data = '<p>For many years each March the country has celebrated World Book Day. Every child is given a free book token worth &pound;1.00 and every year a special selection of books is released which cost just &pound;1.00. So every child in the country could find themselves a free book. It&rsquo;s a great idea and has established itself now for over 10 years. People have often wondered about how to extend the scope of this annual event by also involving adults. Well, in 2011 Britain&rsquo;s adults are to be encouraged to celebrate the pleasures of books and reading.</p>\n', created = 1337507685, expire = 1337594085, headers = '', serialized = 0 WHERE cid = '1:8a794876da806974a2efcdadce790fb0' in /home/bendona1/public_html/rlb/includes/cache.inc on line 109.
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The works exhibited here comprise a mix of very recent paintings together with some earlier work which together display his great technique and wonderful sense of colour and rhythm to be found in the landscapes around the Essex Suffolk borders.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img width=\"480\" height=\"360\" alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/BRITTONPIC1(1).jpg\" /></p>\n<p><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />\n</font></font></p>\n<h1><u>Essex Book Festival</u></h1>\n<p>March for book lovers in our county doesn\'t just mean time for World Book Day. It also means it\'s once again time for the Essex Book Festival. Yes, with 70 events scheduled this year in libraries, theatres, churches and village halls all across Essex there really is something for everyone.</p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" style=\"width: 285px; height: 228px;\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Essex Book Festival - No Date - White on Red[1](1).jpg\" /></p>\n<p>For details of all of the March 2012 Festival events visit the Essex Book Festival website: <a href=\"http://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/\">www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/</a></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<div class=\"esc slp\" id=\"poS0\" style=\"display: none;\">You +1\'d this publicly.&nbsp;<a class=\"fl\" href=\"#\">Undo</a></div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h1><u><strong>Creative Writing Courses</strong></u></h1>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Watch this space for details&nbsp;of <a href=\"http://www.redlionbooks.co.uk/content/creative-writing-courses\">Creative Writing courses </a>held at the shop.</p>\n<p>Our next course for 2012&nbsp; will be a longer course looking at what is needed to put together a novel. This course will run on Tuesday evenings over 10 weeks starting Tuesday 17th April. The course tutor, Sarah Armstrong, is an experienced Open University Creative Writing teacher and was the tutor for the highly praised&nbsp; Short Story writing classes which have been have held here over the last year.&nbsp; Places will be limited so do register your interest as soon as you can.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><img width=\"379\" height=\"322\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/image/shopfront%20final.jpg\" /><u><strong>About Us</strong></u></p>\n<p>Red Lion Books is Colchester&rsquo;s friendly local independent bookshop. Welcome to our new improved online presence. We&rsquo;ll try to make this website as useful as possible to help you find out what&rsquo;s happening at the shop. We do&nbsp;realise that this website is currently just a teeny bit patchy, but don\'t worry we\'re working to fill it with interesting and exciting news and views about books and authors. 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David Britton Pictures

 

Now open in our gallery area downstairs is a collection of paintings by David Britton. The works exhibited here comprise a mix of very recent paintings together with some earlier work which together display his great technique and wonderful sense of colour and rhythm to be found in the landscapes around the Essex Suffolk borders.

 

                   

                          

Essex Book Festival

March for book lovers in our county doesn't just mean time for World Book Day. It also means it's once again time for the Essex Book Festival. Yes, with 70 events scheduled this year in libraries, theatres, churches and village halls all across Essex there really is something for everyone.

For details of all of the March 2012 Festival events visit the Essex Book Festival website: www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/

 

 

Creative Writing Courses

 

Watch this space for details of Creative Writing courses held at the shop.

Our next course for 2012  will be a longer course looking at what is needed to put together a novel. This course will run on Tuesday evenings over 10 weeks starting Tuesday 17th April. The course tutor, Sarah Armstrong, is an experienced Open University Creative Writing teacher and was the tutor for the highly praised  Short Story writing classes which have been have held here over the last year.  Places will be limited so do register your interest as soon as you can.

 

About Us

Red Lion Books is Colchester’s friendly local independent bookshop. Welcome to our new improved online presence. We’ll try to make this website as useful as possible to help you find out what’s happening at the shop. We do realise that this website is currently just a teeny bit patchy, but don't worry we're working to fill it with interesting and exciting news and views about books and authors. We have thousands of books on our shelves - all carefully handpicked to represent the best of the thousand or more titles published each week backed up with a wide range of core stock titles.

 

 

 Special Orders

If you can't find the book you need do ask and we'll do our best to track it down and order it in for you. At Red Lion Books we are permanently online with the fastest national book suppliers and can usually check availability of a requested book while you wait. Once ordered, we expect most books to arrive within a day or two. There are always some particularly specialist titles that may take longer but we can generally advise on this at time of ordering.

 

Imports

We have regular orders to our American suppliers and so can order individual titles from U.S publishers with a turnaround of just a couple of weeks. It is also possible to order books from European publishers, though delivery times can be considerably slower. Please ask and we will do our best to meet your special needs. 

 

Red Lion Books:
125 High Street, Colchester, CO1 1SZ
Email: us@redlionbooks.co.uk,
Phone: 01206 578 584,
Fax: 01206 500 196