Our annual Literary Dinner is a wonderful fundraising event; we do hope you will join us on November 21st at Hagley Golf & Country Club.
Literary Dinner 2025
Friday, 21st November
7 for 7.30pm
Hagley Golf Club,
Wassell Grove Lane, DY9 9JW
£48 per head
We are pleased to welcome as our guests the following three local speakers:
| Jo Callaghan | When Jo’s début novel, In The Blink of an Eye, was featured on BBC2’s programme Between the Covers, Robert Rinder said he had read it in one sitting so gripping had he found it. Jo works as a senior strategist researching the future impact of AI and geonomics on the workforce and she has drawn on this background in her writing, imagining the future use of AI by the police.
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| Thomas JR Dearn | Tom’s series of novels under the umbrella Once Upon A Time In The Black Country, takes us into the dark, violent world of the 1950’s gangster and introduces us to Harry Scriven, a man who finds himself embroiled in this world despite his innate moral compass and sense of justice. Tom is an author and musician who has a strong interest in the history of this period and who knows the Black Country well with family and work embedded there for generations
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| Amy Rose | After a failed marriage which undermined her sense of self-worth, Amy found herself trying to rebuild her life and that of her two children. Searching for hope, she began a new relationship with someone who seemed to promise a very different future. But as that relationship developed, Amy found herself trapped in a coercive and restrictive environment with no obvious way out. In her book, Candles for the Broken Path, Amy talks of that time and reminds us that courage and self-love can light even the darkest path. |
To book your place, deadline 31st October 2025:
Either Post menu choices and cheque, made out to SI Stourbridge & District, to Jo Green, 55 Cheviot Way, Halesowen, B63 1HD
Or Email menu choices to Jo at the SI address below and send payment by Direct Bank Transfer to Barclays Bank, Soroptimist International, Stourbridge & District, Account number 40324051, Sort code 20-27-17. Please use reference LD with your surname
If you have any queries please send them to si_stourbridge@msn.com or contact 07884 015671
Menu
Warmed bread roll with butter (GF available)
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| Homemade smooth chicken liver paté, fruit chutney, toasted wholegrain croutes (GF available)
Or Chickpea falafel, harissa yoghurt, crispy carrot, pomegranate (VE)
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| Crispy pork belly, Lyonnaise potatoes, caramelised apples and cider sauce (GF)
Or Baked haddock, basil and rocket pesto, Lyonnaise potatoes, samphire and parsley cream (GF) Or Wild mushroom and chestnut pithivier, creamed spinach, Lyonnaise potatoes, thyme and red wine jus (VE)
all with seasonal vegetables
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| Chocolate brownie, caramel sauce (VE) with honeycomb ice-cream (V)
or Fresh Fruit Salad (VE) with pouring cream (V)
both with tea/coffee and mints |
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| Guest’s name | Starter:
Paté/Falafel |
Main:
Pork/Haddock/Pithivier
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Dessert:
Brownie/FFS |