BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55@events.authorevents.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251209T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251209T210000 DTSTAMP:20251109T100709Z URL:https://events.authorevents.co.uk/events/20251209/ SUMMARY:Christmas Book & Gift Night DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\nCelebrate the season with us at Sobo Sommelier\, Southbourne – the welcoming wine bar that has hosted our Author Talk se ries all year.\n\nThis is a free\, informal meet the author evening for au thors\, readers\, book groups\, and bloggers. A chance to catch up with ol d friends\, make new connections\, and raise a glass to another year of bo oks and community.\n\n📚 Pop-Up Christmas Bookshop (The Book Hub)\n\nAlo ngside the networking\, we’re delighted to host a special festive booksh op run by our partners at The Book Hub. Browse and buy:\n\n Signed books from our Author Events members\n Bookish gifts – perfect stocking fille rs for the readers in your life\n\n🍷 Drinks &\; Atmosphere Entry is free – just buy your own drinks at the bar and enjoy the festive atmosph ere.\n\n✨ Whether you’re an author\, blogger\, part of a book club\, o r simply love reading\, this is the perfect way to round off the year in g ood company.\n\nLet’s toast to another year of Author Events – and loo k forward to an exciting 2026 together.\n\n👉 Authors: if you’d like t o sell your books through The Book Hub at this event\, you must sign up in advance so we can add your titles to our system and arrange drop-off on t he evening.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.authorevents.co.uk/wp-content/upl oads/2025/10/the-book-hub-1.png CATEGORIES:Author Events - Author Meet Up,Author Events - Author Talk,Book Signings & Author Talks,Networking Events LOCATION:Sobo:Sommelier Southbourne\, 125-127 Seabourne Road\, Pokesdown\, BH5 2HG\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=125-127 Seabourne Road\, Po kesdown\, BH5 2HG\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sobo:Sommeli er Southbourne:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR