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 Judith Flanders
Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United KingdomIn Rites of Passage, acclaimed historian Judith Flanders deconstructs the intricate, fascinating, and occasionally – to modern eyes – bizarre customs that grew up around death and mourning...
An afternoon with Jacqueline Wilson
The Reach Free School, Uxbridge Road, Mill End, Rickmansworth WD3 8ABThis spring we're delighted to welcome bestselling children's author Jacqueline Wilson, who'll be talking about her brand new spine-tingling tale The Girl Who Wasn't There. 'And we're...
An evening with Gary Stevenson
Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around? Ever...
Meet the Author with Olivia Ford
Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United KingdomTo celebrate the publication of her debut novel Mrs Quinn's Rise to Fame, Olivia Ford will be visiting the bookshop to share a cuppa and a...
An evening with Alan Johnson
Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United KingdomTHERE'S BLOOD ON THE WATER. NO ONE IS SAFE... 1999. A young Detective Constable Louise Mangan crosses the Thames one misty morning in pursuit of...
An evening with Helen Lederer
Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United KingdomHelen Lederer was a regular on the stand-up circuit and new-wave sketch shows in the decade that launched the careers of today’s comedy household names and...
An evening with Jack Cornish
Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United KingdomA journey across Britain's millennia-old network of pathways, revealing key moments throughout our history Hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into – and...
An evening with Jane Cholmeley
Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United KingdomThe captivating true story of an underdog business – a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher’s Britain – from a woman at the heart of the...
An evening with Liz Earle
Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LNJoin women's health champion and wellbeing expert Liz Earle MBE for an evening celebrating the publication of her new book A Better Second Half. We all know that...
An evening with Frances Tophill
Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LNJoin Gardeners' World presenter Frances Tophill, as we celebrate the release of her new book, A Year in a Small Garden. This wonderful book follows...