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 Professor John Long

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

We're thrilled to welcome world leading paleontologist John Long to Chorleywood, as he shares the fascinating story of how sharks emerged as Earth's ultimate survivors....

An evening with Asma Khan

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

“The soul of my cooking is the symphonic layering of vibrant flavours that work together like instruments in an orchestra.” –Asma Khan Join internationally renowned...

An evening with Merlin Hanbury-Tenison

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join conservationist and veteran Merlin Hanbury-Tenison, as he chats about his inspiring new book, Our Oaken Bones. Reeling from the pain of devastating miscarriages and suffering...

An evening with Charlie English

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join Charlie English, as he tells the astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War....

An evening with Neil Lancaster

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join former police detective and bestselling author Neil Lancaster, as he chats to fellow author Tony Kent about his brand new DS Max Craigie thriller, When...

An evening with Christopher Somerville

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Christopher Somerville has covered the length and breadth of the UK on foot, and has written and broadcast about its history, landscape, wildlife and people...

An evening with Samuel Burr

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Join us for an uplifting evening with Samuel Burr, as he chats about his debut novel The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers. Clayton Stumper is an enigma....

An evening with Chris Chibnall & Gillian McAllister

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

This spring, join multi-award winning creator of BROADCHURCH Chris Chibnall and bestselling author Gillian McAllister, as they chat about their brilliant new crime thrillers. Death...

An evening with Maya Raichoora

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join mental fitness and visualisation expert Maya Raichoora as she chats about her fascinating new book, Visualise. We all have habits and behaviours that hold us back...

An evening with Joanna Miller

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Join us for an evening with Joanna Miller, as we celebrate the release of her captivating debut novel, The Eights. Oxford, 1920. For the first time...