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 Ruby Wax

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

Dear Reader, Checking into a mental clinic wasn't exactly on my radar in 2022. Writing about it wasn't either. But here we are. I spent...

£10

An evening with Wendy Joseph KC

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Every day in the UK lives are suddenly, brutally, wickedly taken away. Victims are shot or stabbed. Less often they are strangled or suffocated or...

£10

Conn Iggulden Book Signing

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Bestselling author Conn Iggulden will be visiting Chorleywood Bookshop to sign copies of his new novel 'Empire', the latest book in the epic The Golden Age series. Pericles...

£22

An evening with Mike Brearley

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

'If you go on like this, you'll do nothing but play cricket all your life.' These were the exasperated words of Mike Brearley's mother, as...

Cressida Cowell Book Signing

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

It’s 20 years of the blockbuster series, How to Train Your Dragon, by former Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell. To celebrate, there’s an anniversary edition with a brand-new...

£12.99

An evening with Kate Kelland

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

DISEASE X is a must-read, fast-paced, almost-real-time account of how international scientists and global public health leaders are preparing the world to be able to...

£8

An evening with Alison Weir

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

In grand royal palaces, Prince Harry grows up dreaming of knights and chivalry – and the golden age of kings that awaits his older brother....

£12

An evening with John Sutherland

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Join us for a thought provoking evening with retired police negotiator John Sutherland, where he'll be talking candidly about his policing career, his major breakdown...

£10

An evening with Mark Williams

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Use the hidden foundations of mindfulness to rediscover calm and reclaim your life in our chaotic world. There are moments in life that decide your...

£10

David Walliams Book Signing

Gerrards Cross Bookshop 12a Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Celebrate the grand reopening of Gerrard’s Cross Bookshop and meet bestselling author David Walliams, who’ll be signing copies of his epic and hilarious new book, Robodog....

£14.99