NORTH-EAST writer Michael Walker will be joined by Sunderland legend Niall Quinn and former Newcastle United favourite Robert Lee at book signing events this weekend.
On Saturday November 29, Lee will be joining Walker to sign copies of his acclaimed book Up There, which chronicles the North-East's changing fortunes as a football and industrial power, at WH Smith, Metro Centre, Gateshead from noon to 1.00pm and WH Smith, Northumberland Street, Newcastle between 2.00pm to 3.00pm.
On Sunday, Walker will be joined by former Black Cats striker Quinn at Waterstones, 69 Saddler St, Durham between 1.00pm to 2.30pm and then Waterstones, Bridges Shopping Centre in Sunderland from 3.30pm.
Demand for all four events is expected to be very high so shoppers are advised to get there early.
Books can be pre-ordered by calling the respective stores on the following numbers: WH Smith Metro Centre 0191 460 4865, WH Smith Northumberland St 0191 261 6339, Waterstones Durham 0191 383 1488 and Waterstones Sunderland 0191 567 4331.
Up There: Football, The North East, Boom & Bust was recently reviewed by football magazine When Saturday Comes, which described it as “excellent and long overdue” and the Huffington Post, which described it as “a hugely entertaining application of the social and historical, to the place of football in England’s North-East.”
Copies are also available at the deCoubertin online store at the reduced price of £13.49.
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