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November 2021
An evening with Ainsley Harriott
Easy, comforting meals to lift your spirits Because there's no two ways about it - food can definitely raise your spirits. In this uplifting cookbook you will find comforting classics, great food for sharing, recipes for a bit of indulgence, light and healthy dishes to help you feel good from the inside out, easy one-pots that are all weeknight winners, some favourite barbecue dishes to bring sunshine to your table, and delicious desserts because - because we all need a…
Find out more »An evening with Salley Vickers
Join us for a cosy evening with Sunday Times bestselling author Salley Vickers. Artist, Hassie Days, and her sister, Margot, buy a run down Jacobean house in Hope Wenlock on the Welsh Marches. While Margot continues her London life in high finance, Hassie is left alone to work the large, long-neglected garden. She is befriended by eccentric, sharp-tongued, Miss Foot, who recommends, Murat, an Albanian migrant, made to feel out of place among the locals, to help Hassie in the…
Find out more »December 2021
Eddie Jones Live Stream Event
Join us for an inspiring online event with England Rugby's Eddie Jones. What does it take to become one of the most successful coaches in the world? Eddie Jones is one of the most successful sports coaches of all time. From coaching three different nations to Rugby World Cup Finals and with a winning record with England of nearly 80%, Eddie Jones knows what it takes to lead and manage high performance teams. What can sport teach us about leadership?…
Find out more »Lauren Child Book Signing
We're delighted to welcome beselling author Lauren Child CBE to Chorleywood Bookshop where she'll be signing copies of her latest books 'Clarice Bean: Think Like An Elf' and 'Pippi Longstocking.
Find out more »Gift A Book 2021
It's time to launch our Gift A Book 2021 and this year, more than ever, we need your support to help us give the gift of reading at Christmas. We are so grateful for your support for Gift A Book each year, as are the many charities who have benefitted from your wonderful generosity. Since 2016 we have gifted over 1,000 books to children who may never have had a book of their own. We are so grateful for the support…
Find out more »March 2022
An evening with Patrick Gale
We're delighted to welcome back the wonderful Patrick Gale to Chorleywood to talk about his mesmorising new novel 'Mother's Boy'. Laura, an impoverished Cornish girl, meets her husband when they are both in service in Teignmouth in 1916. They have a baby, Charles, but Laura's husband returns home from the trenches a damaged man, already ill with the tuberculosis that will soon leave her a widow. In a small, class-obsessed town she raises her boy alone, working as a laundress,…
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