Part of The Holt Bookshop’s 6th Birthday celebrations!
A lifelong David Bowie fan, James Briggs will be talking about his first book From Ibiza To The Norfolk Broads. Part rock biography, part memoir and part sociology, the book traces James’ inspirational and often hilarious journey criss-crossing Europe, in the steps of his musical hero.
James is a writer specialising in music and travel who has written for the Guardian, the Irish Times and various travel magazines. Originally from Somerset, he now lives in London.
Followed by The Man Who Fell To Earth – Film starts at 7.30pm
Continuing the theme to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of David Bowie, and on the 50th anniversary of its release.
1976 British science fantasy drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg and adapted by Paul Mayersberg. Based on Walter Tevis’s 1963 novel, the film follows an extra-terrestrial named Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) who crash-lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from a severe drought, but finds himself at the mercy of human vices and corruption.