Evening with Ian Wellens: A History of Palestine in Five Fruits

Join us on November 12th for a talk with Ian Wellens, author of 'A History of Palestine in Five Fruits'.

Location: Paper Moon Bookshop

Date: Thursday 12th November

Time: From 6:30pm

About the book

Born out of twenty years reading and thinking, this unique book is partly a streamlined history homing in on the core issues of the Palestine/Israel problem, partly a poetic reflection on place and people, partly an impassioned cry for justice. By weaving these three things together in one text, Ian Wellens has created something genuinely new.

On the one hand, it works for newcomers to the issues: here they will find the story and the basic issues laid out with great clarity. It does more, however, via its five ‘fruit sections’, which zoom in on details and events in a way which illuminate the history whilst also breaking up the narrative. These are also the parts of the book where imagination is brought to bear; they add an emotional response and a moral perspective which the Palestinian story surely deserves.

About the author

Ian Wellens was born in 1958 in Devon, England, where he still lives with his wife Susie. He has worked in wood, in education, in music and, since 2006, as a cheesemonger in the business he co-founded in 2006.. He has been deeply interested in the whole issue of Palestine for about twenty years. A History Of Palestine In Five Fruits is his second book: the first, Music On The Frontline, was published in 2002.