Chiltern Bookshops Events

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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 Wendy Joseph KC

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Wendy Joseph KC returns to Chorleywood to chat about her latest book Rough Justice. Four gripping stories from the Old Bailey that force us to consider:...

An evening with Sir Graham Brady

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

Cameron. May. Johnson. Truss. Sunak. Kingmaker lifts the lid on some of the leadership battles that have defined British politics for a decade and a half. The...

Rick Stein book signing

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Come and meet Rick Stein, as he visits Chorleywood Bookshop to sign copies of his delicious new cook book RICK STEIN'S FOOD STORIES. Accompanying the major new BBC2 series,...

An afternoon with Susie Dent

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

We can't wait to chat with Susie Dent about her debut novel Guilty by Definition. She'd known there would be ghosts in Oxford. Martha wasn't afraid of any...

An evening with Tom Parker Bowles

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join award-winning food writer Tom Parker Bowles for an evening exploring royal culinary history. From breakfasts, picnic lunches and dinners, to coronations and state banquets, Cooking and the...

An evening with Simon Heffer

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

The English language has evolved throughout its history, and usually for good reasons. However, in recent years, egged on by social media and the ubiquity...

An evening with Jenny Eclair

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

How did little Jenny Hargreaves become Jenny Eclair and elbow her way into the male dominated world of 1980s stand-up? Daughter of Major Derek Hargreaves...

An evening with John Lewis-Stempel

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

‘That John Lewis-Stempel is one of the best nature writers of his generation is undisputed.’ – Country Life Our countryside is iconic: a series of...

An evening with Ned Palmer

Sarratt Village Hall, The Green, Sarratt, WD3 6AS The Green, Sarratt, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join expert Cheesemonger Ned Palmer, for a celebration of all things French cheese! Charles de Gaulle famously said it was impossible to govern a country...

Sarah, Duchess of York Book Signing

Gerrards Cross Bookshop 12a Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Come and meet bestselling author and philanthropist Sarah, Duchess of York, as she visits Gerrards Cross Bookshop to sign copies of her new children’s picture...