Chiltern Bookshops Events

Events

Join us to hear authors chat about their current publication and share the inspiration behind their books. Come alone or with friends – the atmosphere is welcoming and relaxed, and we generally serve refreshments. These are really sociable occasions: great opportunities to meet like-minded people, as well as to hear how a writer thinks or writes or researches. Listening to someone talk about their work – fiction or non-fiction – brings it to life. If you’ve already read the book, you’ll understand it in a new light; if you’ve still to start, then once you’ve had an author’s insights, the words will spring off the page in a very specific and personal way.

The talk generally lasts around an hour, including questions from the audience. Afterwards, there’s usually the chance to meet the writer and ask them to sign a copy of their book.

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Gift a Book 2024

It's time to launch our much loved 'Gift A Book' initiative where, with your support, we can give the gift of reading this Christmas. Since 2016...

An evening with Meera Sodha

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

‘The ability to put a good dinner on the table has become my superpower and I want it to be yours too.' Join award winning...

In Celebration: James Baldwin

Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LN

Celebrate James Baldwin’s centenary with a fascinating book and film – If Beale Street Could Talk! Born in New York in 1924, the critically acclaimed American...

An evening with Wayne Sleep

Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LN

Join legendary ballet dancer and entertainer Wayne Sleep, as we look back on the extraordinary times he's lived through. Wayne Sleep has danced with ballet legends...

An evening with Simon Jenkins

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

We're delighted to be joined by bestselling historian Simon Jenkins, where he'll be discussing his new book A SHORT HISTORY OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURE. The architecture of...

An evening with Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

As King James I’s favourite, Buckingham was also his confidant, gatekeeper, right-hand man and lover. When Charles I succeeded his father, he was similarly enthralled...

An afternoon with John Boyne

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

We're thrilled to be welcoming John Boyne back to Chorleywood to chat about his latest novel Fire. On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded...

An evening with Martin Clunes

King's Church Amersham, Raans Road HP6 6LX Raans Road, Amersham, United Kingdom

Join actor and author Martin Clunes as he shares the moving and sometimes astonishing stories of how animals have enriched our lives throughout history. After adopting retired...

Richard Blanshard Book Signing – Chorleywood Bookshop

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

We're delighted to welcome award-winning photographer and director Richard Blanshard to the bookshop, where he'll be signing copies of his stunning new book Cannes Uncut. When he arrived...

Richard Blanshard Book Signing – Gerrards Cross Bookshop

Gerrards Cross Bookshop 12a Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

We're delighted to welcome award-winning photographer and director Richard Blanshard to the bookshop, where he'll be signing copies of his stunning new book Cannes Uncut. When he arrived...