Events
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.
Author Events
An evening with Stephen Westaby
Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom‘Never, never, never give in’, Winston Churchill’s famous quotation best sums up the life of Stephen Westaby, the world-leading cardiothoracic surgeon. This book chronicles the...
An evening with Megan McCubbin
Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United KingdomA beautifully illustrated and fascinating compendium of some of the world's most vulnerable creatures - and how they can be saved. Three species vanish every...
An evening with Ray Mears
Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LNDiscover the secret world of our trees with Bushcraft and survival expert Ray Mears. Ray has spent his life learning from the world’s last remaining...
An evening with Tristan Gooley
Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United KingdomDo two trees ever appear identical? No, but why? Every small difference is a clue. Each tree we meet is filled with signs that reveal...
An evening with Carrie & David Grant
Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United KingdomCarrie and David Grant have an extraordinary story to tell: three of their four children are trans or non-binary, they are also gay or queer,...
An evening with Ruby Wax
Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LNDear Reader, Checking into a mental clinic wasn't exactly on my radar in 2022. Writing about it wasn't either. But here we are. I spent...
An evening with Wendy Joseph KC
Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United KingdomEvery day in the UK lives are suddenly, brutally, wickedly taken away. Victims are shot or stabbed. Less often they are strangled or suffocated or...
Conn Iggulden Book Signing
Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United KingdomBestselling author Conn Iggulden will be visiting Chorleywood Bookshop to sign copies of his new novel 'Empire', the latest book in the epic The Golden Age series. Pericles...
An evening with Mike Brearley
Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LN'If you go on like this, you'll do nothing but play cricket all your life.' These were the exasperated words of Mike Brearley's mother, as...
Cressida Cowell Book Signing
Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United KingdomIt’s 20 years of the blockbuster series, How to Train Your Dragon, by former Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell. To celebrate, there’s an anniversary edition with a brand-new...