Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive’s Tour of the Bookshops of Britain. Talk by Robin Ince
Join comedian, writer and broadcaster Robin Ince as he kicks off his UK Bibliomaniac tour in Okehampton (fitting in this talk between gigs with Prof Brian Cox at Plymouth Pavillions the day before and Wembley the day after!)
Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince’s stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, he decided instead to go on a tour of over a hundred bookshops in the UK, from Wigtown to Okehampton; from Swansea to Margate.
Packed with witty anecdotes and tall tales, Bibliomaniac takes the reader on a journey across Britain as Robin explores his lifelong love of bookshops and books – and also tries to find out just why he can never have enough of them. It is the story of an addiction and a romance, and also of an occasional points failure just outside Oxenholme.
‘A unique, funny picture of Britain… A love letter to bookshops and the vagaries of public transport.’ Richard Osman
Tuesday 27th September 2022 | 3pm–4pm | Fairplace United Church, Okehampton, EX20 1DT
