Three events you might want to check-out at October Books in March 2026!
Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Feb 26, 2026 in News | 0 comments
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Book event with author Hazel Sheffield
‘Frontierlands’ are Britain’s forgotten places. Silt-filled harbours, overgrown forests, sunken railway tracks and empty buildings. All once economic engines, now abandoned by investors and the state. But they are home to local communities, and amongst them, some remarkable pioneers working together to repair, rebuild and prepare for the future.
Hazel Sheffield takes her readers on a journey that begins at the coastline and travels inward via hoardings and railway arches, factories, streets and neighbourhoods to our homes. Moving from Watchet harbour in the South West to Gateshead in the North East, from Lancashire to London and the South East, she introduces us to the people who are acting to shape their own destinies – people with first-hand knowledge of the problems Britain faces and with clear ideas how to make things better.
This is a book about regeneration, reclaiming power, and the hope that comes from community action. About people questioning how the world works and determined to do things differently in the face of economic upheaval and climate crisis. People learning to build a new world, challenging us all to think about how we should live in the face of certain change.
Details:
Dates/Times🕰️ 17th March 2026, Tuesday 12:30pm
Tickets 🎟️ £5.00 https://octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/134/details
Shelina Permalloo Book Signing & Cooking Demo
Join Shelina Permalloo for a book signing of her new cookbook What to Cook When Everyone’s Hungry, plus a live cooking demo packed with fast, flavourful, family-friendly dishes designed for real life.
About Shelina Permalloo
Shelina Permalloo is an award-winning chef, MasterChef 2012 winner, and bestselling cookbook author. She appears on Cooking with the Stars and The Kitchen Cabinet, and is known for bold Mauritian-inspired cooking, inclusive food advocacy, and warm, practical storytelling across TV, radio, books, and brands.
Details:
Dates/Times 🕰️ 26th March 2026, Thursday 7 pm
Tickets 🎟️ £5.00 https://octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/135/details
Power Station Film Screening and discussion
October Books, Transition Southampton and SO Solar Advice are excited to be screening the inspiring and uplifting film, Power Station, a film about two artists in Walthamstow setting out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution.
Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn their street into an energy-generating powerhouse – a prototype for a new way of living, with the hope of galvanising a wider push towards sustainable alternatives.
Directed by the duo, POWER STATION charts their turbulent journey, from pitching the idea to their neighbours and sleeping on the roof of their home, to raising finance and launching a bid for a Christmas number one single.
By turns funny and heartwarming, Powell and Edelstyn’s film is a vibrant portrait of their local neighbourhood, and a charming testament to the power of art in changing minds about what could be possible.
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Details:
Dates/Times🕰️ 31st March 2026, Tuesday 7:00pm
Donation 🎟️ £5.00 👉 https://octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/133/details
