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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* POSTPONED * Afternoon Tea at the Black Horse with Debut Author Louise Hare

THE BLACK HORSE, DOG KENNEL LANE, CHORLEYWOOD, WD3 5EG Dog Kennel Lane, Chorleywood

We are looking forward to our first event at the newly refurbished Venue, The Black Horse in Chorleywood.
Louise Hare's new debut novel "This Lovely City" is a poignant, conversation-starting book club novel set around Brixton’s Windrush community, exploring themes of race, parenthood, poverty, community and the schisms in post-war London society.
Louise Hare is a major new talent. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London and was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish prize, which supports unpublished female authors. Louise has been described as "the Best Debut novelist of 2020" by the Observer.

£15

* POSTPONED * How to write your first novel, a Masterclass with Adele Parks

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood

We welcome number one Sunday Times bestselling author Adele Parks to Chorleywood on May 19th at 7pm at Chorleywood Library.

Adele will give a creative writing masterclass on writing your first novel plus a talk about her new book "Just my Luck".

Adele will offer encouragement and a one-foot-in-front-of-the-other practical guide to the elusive art, craft and graft of fiction writing.

The course will cover topics such as:

Motives for writing
Can writing be taught?
Time and space for your novel
Practical conditions to optimise output
Theme
Character
Plot
Experimenting with prose
Editing

£30