West Berkshire Council's Newbury Library is proud to be hosting BBC's Clare Balding at Newbury Library to celebrate 'Newbury Library Ten Years in the Wharf' on Monday 13th September at 7.30pm.
Clare is one of the BBC's main sports personalities and a presenter of both the Olympic and Paralympic Games from Beijing in 2008, Athens in 2004 and Sydney in 2000. She will also be part of the team presenting the London 2012 Olympics. She also fronts live racing coverage, including the Grand National, Royal Ascot, the Derby and l’Arc de Triomphe. She has also covered the Commonwealth Games, rugby league, three-day-eventing, show-jumping, swimming, golf, tennis, bowls and darts. More recently she has been in Canada for the Winter Olympics and is currently on a cycling tour around the country in BBC4's new series, Britain by Bike.
A regular presenter on Radio 4 and 5 Live, Clare has fronted Saturday Live, Woman’s Hour, Pick of the Week, Broadcasting House and (for the last 9 years) the popular walking series Ramblings. Clare is part of the team that presents the National Hunt Festival from Cheltenham, co-presents its Wimbledon coverage and last year became the first woman to commentate on a Wimbledon final.
She has made guest appearances on numerous TV shows including Have I Got News For You, A Question Of Sport, They Think It’s All Over, Countdown, Call My Bluff, Test The Nation, University Challenge, Weakest Link and Mastermind.
Clare's talk at the library will last about forty minutes. This will be followed by questions from the audience and Clare will sign books after the event.
Free tickets are available from Newbury Library, The Wharf 01635 519900 newburylibrary@westberks.gov.uk. There will be no tickets available on the door.
So, is she giving her services for free and I assume that the staff are not being paid overtime, if so, very generous of them. If not, I fail to see what a costly book signing has to do with celebrating ten years in the Wharf.
So, is she giving her services for free and I assume that the staff are not being paid overtime, if so, very generous of them. If not, I fail to see what a costly book signing has to do with celebrating ten years in the Wharf.
So, is she giving her services for free and I assume that the staff are not being paid overtime, if so, very generous of them. If not, I fail to see what a costly book signing has to do with celebrating ten years in the Wharf.
I guess it's because West Berks is a horse racing area and she is a horse racing figure.
But in general authors "do" book signings for free as it is a form of promotion.
Yes, I wondered that but then what books is she signing. Perhaps she is about to release one, a book that is, so this then could be a chance to own a valuable signed first edition.
Yes, I wondered that but then what books is she signing. Perhaps she is about to release one, a book that is, so this then could be a chance to own a valuable signed first edition.
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