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 Rachel Clarke
Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United KingdomJoin NHS palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke, for an insightful evening discussing her latest book The Story of a Heart. The first of our organs to form,...
An evening with Craig Brown
Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United KingdomJoin bestselling (and incredibly funny) author Craig Brown, as he turns his attention to Queen Elizabeth II in an unforgettable and fascinating biography. Virginia Woolf compared...
An evening with Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United KingdomHave you ever watched a cloud being born? Clouds come in all manner of shapes and sizes. From low-lying stratus to high-flying cirrus via sun...
An evening with Robert Harris
Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LNJoin bestselling author Robert Harris, as we chat about his latest novel Precipice. Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley –...
An evening with Lynda La Plante
Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LNLynda La Plante has lived an illustrious life and has the stories to prove it! From her early days in Liverpool to her unexpected acceptance...
An evening with Ben Macintyre
The Reach Free School, Uxbridge Road, Mill End, Rickmansworth WD3 8ABJoin bestselling author and historian Ben Macintyre as we celebrate the launch of his new book The Siege, the remarkable story of the greatest SAS hostage drama On April...
An evening with Al Murray
Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LNThe Battle of Arnhem is one of the best-known stories in British military history: a daring but thwarted attempt to secure a vital bridgehead across...
An evening with Clare Chambers
Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United KingdomJoin Clare Chambers, bestselling author of Small Pleasures, as we chat about her new novel Shy Creatures, a compelling story about love, family and the transformative power of...
An evening with Sonia Purnell
Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United KingdomAn electrifying re-examination of one of the twentieth century’s greatest unsung power players When Pamela Churchill Harriman died in 1997, the obituaries that followed were...
An evening with Janice Hallett
Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United KingdomSix Students. One Murder. Your Time Starts Now... The mature students of Royal Hastings University's new art course have been trouble from day one. From...