{"id":5493,"date":"2025-07-28T09:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=5493"},"modified":"2025-07-28T09:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:20:14","slug":"books-news-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/books-news-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Books news &#8211; July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The latest release from CAMRA Books is <em>Beer Festivals<\/em>, the first ever history of British beer festivals.&nbsp; The author is Laura Hadland, who wrote CAMRA\u2019s 50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary history.&nbsp; The new book explores the origins, traditions and the behind the scenes goings-on of these events and tells the stories of the people that make them happen.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image.png 486w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book was released on 8 May and can be bought <a href=\"https:\/\/shop1.camra.org.uk\/product\/beer-festivals-a-great-british-tradition\/\">on-line from CAMRA<\/a>.<em>\u00a0 <\/em>A discount is available to CAMRA members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a CAMRA book but I expect it to be of interest to many readers.\u00a0 David Bruce OBE, the legendary founder of the Firkin pubs chain and co-founder of the Capital Pub Company and the City Pub Company, has written his autobiography.\u00a0 It is titled the <em>Firkin Saga<\/em> and, in his words, looks back on almost sixty years of \u2018<em>beer, business and bold decisions<\/em>\u2019.\u00a0 It was due to be published on 3 July and is available to be delivered or collected at your local bookstore via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hive.co.uk\/Product\/David-Bruce\/The-Firkin-Saga--Brewing-up-entrepreneurial-adventures-an\/31637385?gad_source=4&amp;gad_campaignid=20402427030&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADlVf8I5e8OiRN8Y744tODmNuBF8b&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwnJfEBhCzARIsAIMtfKLxyo89UDthzQ715Fhka09_0K-wV8dJMVv3GvD7b5oJexJEFGeZhpcaAjmAEALw_wcB\">hive<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/81mPlkvhALL._SL1500_-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/81mPlkvhALL._SL1500_-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/81mPlkvhALL._SL1500_-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/81mPlkvhALL._SL1500_-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/81mPlkvhALL._SL1500_.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest release from CAMRA Books is Beer Festivals, the first ever history of British beer festivals.&nbsp; 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