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Local Author Talks in Libraries

Ian Collis - A History of Local Rivalries

Wednesday 17 September

5.50 Venue: Melbourne Library, DE73 8GF

Derby Book Festival has teamed up with the Society of Authors, Derby Libraries and Derbyshire Library Service to organise a series of talks by local authors in libraries across the city and county.

Ian Collis: Author of The Derby Game: A History of Local Rivalries, which charts the rise of the football “derby” from medieval Shrovetide contests in the town of Derby to today’s fiery clashes between rivals like Liverpool and Everton.

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