Meet the writer Alan Spence this September...

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Book and theatre lovers in Saltburn, Stockton and Middlesbrough have the chance to hear Alan Spence talking about and reading from his acclaimed The BORO's 37mins and his new book Nowt Like This in America - an untold history of the 1980 Steel strike.


And the dates for your diaries are...

Book Corner Saltburn: Thursday 7th Sept at 11am.

Drake - the Bookshop, Stockton: Friday 8th Sept at 3pm.

Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough Saturday 9th Sept at 11am. 


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