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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How Not To Be Wrong with James O’Brien

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

James O’Brien has made his name interrogating the opinions of his callers live on air, to well over a million listeners. From Brexit to Boris,...

£8

Our Friends in Beijing with John Simpson

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

We're delighted to be welcoming back veteran foreign correspondent John Simpson, who'll be talking about his new novel Our Friends in Beijing. OLD FRIENDS, NEW...

£10

In The Shadow Of Queens – Alison Weir

CHORLEYWOOD WAR MEMORIAL HALL, COMMON ROAD, CHORLEYWOOD, RICKMANSWORTH WD3 5LN, UK

We're thrilled to welcome back acclaimed historian Alison Weir to Chorleywood, where she'll be talking about her short story collection In the Shadow of Queens....

£10

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 the irrepressible Gyles Brandreth as he talks about his long-awaited autobiography Odd Boy Out. 'I am what my childhood made me.' But what is...

£20

Miss Dior with Justine Picardie

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

Miss Dior is a story of freedom and fascism, beauty and betrayal, roses and repression, and how the polished surface of fashion conceals hidden depths....

£12

Marc Morris Live Stream Event

At Home

In collaboration with The Windsor and Eton Society we are delighted to bring you an evening in with Marc Morris. Sixteen hundred years ago Britain...

£8

An evening with Fi Glover & Jane Garvey

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

Award-winning broadcasters Fi Glover and Jane Garvey don't claim to have all the answers (what was the question?), but in these hilarious and perceptive essays...

£10

An afternoon with Gerald Stratford

CHORLEYWOOD WAR MEMORIAL HALL, COMMON ROAD, CHORLEYWOOD, RICKMANSWORTH WD3 5LN, UK

Learn how to grow big veg with Gerald Stratford, the gardening grandad loved by over a quarter of a million fans on Twitter. Gerald’s book...

£8

An evening with Saul David

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

Britain’s SBS - or Special Boat Service - was the world’s first maritime special operations unit. Founded in the dark days of 1940, it started as...

£10

QI Quiz Night

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

The QI Elves will be returning to Chorleywood for another mind blowing, factastic quiz night! Have you ever wondered: Why people are so terrified of...

£30