An Evening with historian and author Brian Groom

Thu 24 Sept · 18:00

Chorlton Library

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About This Event

The Chorlton Book Festival will present an evening with historian and author Brian Groom at Chorlton Library in Manchester on 24 September 2026. This literary event, organised by the festival team, features the acclaimed journalist revealing details from his work. Tickets are priced between zero and six pounds, though admission status for the general public is not explicitly confirmed in the provided details. The session is scheduled to take place at 17:00 within the library venue.

Chorlton Book Festival presents

We are so excited to welcome the hugely popular historian Brian Groom back to Chorlton Book Festival!

Acclaimed author and journalist Brian Groom reveals the colourful and often-contested history of the Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans and others who have occupied these islands, along with their culture, languages and passions.

Packed with surprise and insight, These Isles explores the role of religion, the British Empire, international diasporas and internal migration, gender relations and war in a nuanced and entertaining narrative.

With forays into popular culture, sport, music, language, literature and art, These Isles stretches from 800,000-year-old footprints on a Norfolk beach to the changing fortunes of the early twenty-first century. It offers a uniquely rich and kaleidoscopic vision of the shared stories of people across Britain and Ireland – past and present.

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An Evening with historian and author Brian Groom takes place on Thursday, 24 September 2026 at 18:00.

An Evening with historian and author Brian Groom is held at Chorlton Library in Manchester (Manchester Road, Manchester, M21).

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