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 James Holland

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

It should have been an easy victory. After triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion, and with Italy finally knocked out of...

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...

An afternoon with Iain Dale

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Were the signs that Putin is a ruthless dictator there all along? How should we deal with President Xi of China? Given the world seems...

An evening with Julian Clary

RMS for Girls Rickmansworth Park, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

We can't wait to welcome author, actor and comedian Julian Clary to Chorleywood, where he'll be chatting about his new novel Curtain Call to Murder. It is opening...

An evening with Callum Robinson

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

The eldest son of a Master Woodworker, Callum Robinson spent his childhood surrounded by wood and trees, and taking craft lessons in his father’s workshop, In time...

An evening with Rory Cellan-Jones

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

In January 2022, the Cellan-Jones-Coyle family said goodbye to their beloved elderly Collie Cross, Cabbage. Newly retired, Rory had become inseparable from her during daily...

An afternoon with Mary Berry

King's Church Amersham, Raans Road HP6 6LX Raans Road, Amersham, United Kingdom

We're thrilled to be joined by Mary Berry for an afternoon chatting about her mouthwatering new book Mary's Foolproof Dinners. Whether it's a busy weeknight or a cosy...