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 Sasha Bates

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

Sasha Bates is an author, psychotherapist and yoga teacher who believes passionately in the transformative power of yoga. After the unexpected death of her husband,...

£18

How to Decode Art with James Cahill

The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom

HOW TO DECODE ART: MYTH, DESIRE AND FANTASY AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY WITH JAMES CAHILL To celebrate the publication of his debut novel Tiepolo Blue,...

£22

An evening with Mark Billingham

Chorleywood Golf Club Common Rd, Chorleywood

Tom Thorne has it all. In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by his side. He finally has a love life worth...

£12

Berkofest Children’s Book Festival

Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted, HP4 2BT Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted, United Kingdom

On Saturday 18th June, the Children's Book Festival returns to the beautiful green space of Rectory Lane Cemetery.* There will be lots of wonderful author...

£9

Come and meet The Gruffalo

Both Bookshops

We have it on very good authority (thank you, Mouse) that The Gruffalo will be leaving his deep dark wood to visit both bookshops. So if...

An evening with Reverend Richard Coles

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

*SOLD OUT* Join the Reverend Richard Coles for an evening of vicars, rude old ladies and murder! Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He...

£12

Boutique Book Club

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Our incredibly popular 'Boutique Book Club’, in partnership with Penguin Random House, continues with the brilliant Clare Pooley who'll be joining us to talk about...

£15

An evening with Melvyn Bragg

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

We're thrilled to be welcoming writer and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg to Chorleywood, where he'll be chatting about his captivating memoir Back in the Day. Melvyn...

£12

An evening with Jack Rooke

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Get ready for a candid evening with writer, comedian, mental health ambassador and Chorleywood native Jack Rooke. Part comedic memoir, part advice guide, Cheer the...

£10

An evening with Alison Weir

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

The spellbinding story of Elizabeth of York, the first Tudor queen. An English Princess, born into a war between two families. Eldest daughter of the...

£10