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 Max Hastings

The Reach Free School, Uxbridge Road, Mill End, Rickmansworth WD3 8AB

The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet...

£15

Andy Griffiths Book Signing

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

We can't wait to welcome Andy Griffiths, the award-winning author of the hilarious Treehouse Storey books, to the bookshop. Joining us all the way from Australia, Andy...

An evening with Wendy Holden & Eva Clarke

St Helen’s School Eastbury Road (Main Entrance) Northwood HA3 3AS Eastbury Road (Main Entrance), Northwood, Middlesex, United Kingdom

In association with Events at St Helen's School, Born Survivors is an inspirational and emotional story of resilience and maternal courage, as three pregnant women fight for...

£10

An evening with Ian Rankin

Dr Challoner's High School (Girls School), Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont, HP7 9QB Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont, United Kingdom

Join us for an evening with bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin. John Rebus stands accused: on trial for a crime that could put him behind bars...

£15

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 Emily Edwards who'll be joining us to talk about her new...

£15

An evening with Susannah Constantine

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

If you think you know Susannah Constantine you may be surprised to learn the truth. That she made her name as a 'style guru' from...

£15

An evening with Clea Newman

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood

We're thrilled to welcome Clea Newman, youngest daughter of Hollywood legend and philanthropist Paul Newman, for an exclusive UK independent bookshop event. In 1986, Paul...

£15

An evening with Gyles Brandreth

Dr Challoner's High School (Girls School), Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont, HP7 9QB Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont, United Kingdom

Join Gyles Brandreth for a hilarious romp through British history. However this isn't your usual history book....from Stonehenge and Boudicca to Megxit and Brexit, each...

£20

An evening with Mensun Bound

The Reach Free School, Uxbridge Road, Mill End, Rickmansworth WD3 8AB

On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, finally succumbed to the crushing ice. Its crew watched in silence as the stern rose twenty...

£12

An evening with Louisa Treger

St Helen’s School Eastbury Road (Main Entrance) Northwood HA3 3AS Eastbury Road (Main Entrance), Northwood, Middlesex, United Kingdom

In association with Events at St Helen's School, join us for an evening with Louisa Treger who will be be discussing her new historical novel,...

£5