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Author Liz Champion on the joy of reading
18 April 2026
11:00am until 12:00pm
Library @ the Lightbox
12 to 100 years
Book Tickets
Description
Local author Liz Champion has written three books, all of which take a humorous look at the highs and lows of everyday life. In her latest book, Midlife Without a Map', Liz shares her many mishaps and meltdown moments over holidays and away days, the grind of the daily commute, technology failures, and the ordeal of trying to organise Christmas with her chaotic family. Honest, awkward, and all-too relatable, her stories are quick to find the funny side of life. Whether trying to survive a 24-hour endurance race with no training, taking on a mountain adventure for her fortieth birthday, or having a close encounter with a great white shark on holiday, Liz’s good intentions never quite go to plan. Liz has many happy memories of visiting Barnsley Libraries as a child, and she will also discuss her love of reading. All welcome.