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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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...

£8

An evening with Megan McCubbin

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

A beautifully illustrated and fascinating compendium of some of the world's most vulnerable creatures - and how they can be saved. Three species vanish every...

£10

An evening with Ray Mears

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

Discover 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...

£12

An evening with Tristan Gooley

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Do two trees ever appear identical? No, but why? Every small difference is a clue. Each tree we meet is filled with signs that reveal...

£10

An evening with Carrie & David Grant

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Carrie 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,...

£12

An evening with Ruby Wax

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

Dear 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...

£10

An evening with Wendy Joseph KC

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Every day in the UK lives are suddenly, brutally, wickedly taken away. Victims are shot or stabbed. Less often they are strangled or suffocated or...

£10

Conn Iggulden Book Signing

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Bestselling 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...

£22

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 Kingdom

It’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...

£12.99