An Afternoon with Clare Balding - Pastures New

Join us for an afternoon with much-loved broadcaster, TV presenter and author Clare Balding as she shares stories from her career and introduces her debut novel Pastures New.

From growing up in a racing yard to commentating on the King’s Coronation procession and fronting the Olympics and Wimbledon, Clare Balding’s life has been extraordinary. Now, she has written her debut novel based on a character who relocates from London to a struggling farm in Monmouthshire. Discover more about Pastures New as well the secrets from behind the scenes of Clare's 30 years in broadcasting…

Pastures New

Sometimes home is where you least expect it…

Alex has perfected the art of dodging responsibility during her almost 40 years — until an unexpected letter turns her life upside down.

She’s inherited a crumbling sheep farm in deepest, wettest Wales. This was not her life plan. Not at all.

Now, her closest companion is a grumpy Welsh terrier, she’s speed-reading An Idiot’s Guide to Farming, and her arrival has set the village gossip mill spinning. With the farm near collapse and its community now relying on her, Alex sets out to uncover the truth behind her mysterious inheritance. Then she can finally get back to the carefree life she thought she wanted.

But as secrets surface, Alex finds her heart pulling her in a direction she never saw coming.

Will she pack her bags – or has she landed exactly where she’s meant to be?

We're delighted to be hosting this afternoon event with Clare and look forward to welcoming her to Oswestry to celebrate the publication of Pastures New.

Event Format:

Author talk 'in conversation' followed by audience Q&A and book signing

Tickets:

£12 without book (admits one, £10 redeemable against a signed copy of Pastures New) or £22 with book (admits one, includes signed copy of Pastures New)

Venue:

The Holroyd Community Theatre is accessed off the Gledrid junction of the A5 north of Oswestry and is sign posted off Station Road (left turn before railway crossing). On-site parking is available. The Theatre foyer has a bar where pre-event refreshments can be purchased.

Please let us know if you have an accessibility/mobility requirements.

Refunds:

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