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Talks // Coming up // FBF Pam Ayres – Doggedly On: A Life in Poems
23 October
Thursday
1:00pm

FBF Pam Ayres – Doggedly On: A Life in Poems

As Britain’s most read and adored poet, Pam Ayres has spent a lifetime bringing joy to us all, providing wise and hilarious insights into the delights and tribulations of daily life.

Assembled for the first time in a single volume, her new book Doggedly Onward presents a life lived in poems, annotated throughout with her own reflections on six decades of making the nation laugh and cry.

“When I look over the poems in this book, I can trace the course of my life. The various stages are all here: the young woman juggling various boyfriends, the wife adrift amid the joy and terror of new motherhood, and the astounded, adoring granny. Here is the cavalcade of much-loved dogs, the fascination with wildlife, the travel, mistakes, regrets, the heartbreaking leaving of the family home and the sober business of ageing.’ — Pam Ayres, October 2024

Signed books will be available to purchase with The Falmouth Bookseller.

About Pam Ayres

Pam Ayres has been a writer, broadcaster, and entertainer for over 40 years, and is one of the few authors who has had books in the Sunday Times bestseller charts in almost every decade since the 1970s.

Pam’s autobiography, The Necessary Aptitude, was a bestseller when it was published in 2011. On radio she is a regular on Just A Minute, has made six series of her own Ayres On The Air and has appeared twice on the legendary Desert Island Discs.  Pam Recent TV appearances include two series of The Cotswolds for Channel 5, This Morning, Alan Titchmarsh, Countdown and Would I Lie To You?

Pam performs her solo stage show throughout the UK and lives in the Cotswolds, where she is an enthusiastic gardener for wildlife.

This event is held at Princess Pavilion
41 Melvill Road Falmouth Cornwall TR11 4AR
01326 211222

FBF Pam Ayres – Doggedly On: A Life in Poems

Thursday 23rd October 1.00pm

Cost: £8/£10/£12 ON SALE 10AM, 26TH AUG

A £1 Poly Fund payment is added to each ticket sold. A 50p booking fee is also applied per ticket for online and telephone transactions.

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