Books, Bagels & Banter
📚✨ Get Ready for Books, Bagels & Banter 2025! ✨📚
⭐️ Key Information
📅 Friday Night Opening Event – 23 May from 6:00 pm
🎤 Keynote Speaker: Kennedy Warne – Author, radio commentator, and founder of New Zealand Geographic
📚 Weekend Book Fair – Saturday 24 May & Sunday 25 May, 9 am – 3 pm
🥯 The café will be serving delicious bagels, including gluten & dairy-free options.
⛪ Sunday Service – 25 May at 9:30 am
📖 Preacher: Revd Glynn Cardy sharing insights from his latest book, Pinches of Wisdom. Morning tea to follow in the Parish Centre.
⭐️ How to Support the Event
📍 Reserve Your Seat – Reserve your place at the Friday night opening event by reserving online or seeing Karen at the office o
📚 Donate Books – Contribute good-quality books (no encyclopaedias, atlases, magazines, or readers' digests).
🙋 Volunteer at the Event – Sign-up sheets are available at the back of the church.
📢 Help Spread the Word – Share this post with your friends and family
👉 #BooksBagelsBanter #EpsomEvents #AucklandBookFair #KennedyWarne
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20.6% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
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70.6% Nah - not for me
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78.8% Yes! It's better to regift what I don't need
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