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 Sir Trevor McDonald

RMS for Girls, Rickmansworth Park, Rickmansworth, WD3 4HF

Sir Trevor McDonald is one of Britain's most celebrated broadcasters and his devotion for cricket is almost as well-known as his legendary professional achievements. In...

An evening with Kate Humble

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join TV Presenter and author Kate Humble as she chats about her new cookery book Home Made, a collection of simple and sustainable recipes from farm to table....

An evening with Michael Sheridan

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Xi Jinping rules over 1.4 billion people and the second biggest economy on earth. He commands huge armed forces and runs a technology programme meant...

An evening with Vanessa Feltz

RMS for Girls Rickmansworth Park, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join Vanessa Feltz, television personality, broadcaster and journalist, as we chat about her autobiography Vanessa Bares All. You think you already know all there is to...

An evening with James Holland

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

It should have been an easy victory. After triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion, and with Italy finally knocked out of...

An afternoon with Kate Mosse

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

We're thrilled to welcome the international No. 1 Bestselling author, Kate Mosse CBE who will be talking about her new historical adventure novel,The Map of...

An evening with Anya Lautenbach

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join author and gardener Anya Lautenbach, as she chats about her brand new book The Money-Saving Garden Year'. With month-by-month advice on what to do when...

An evening with John Sweeney

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join award-winning journalist John Sweeney, as he lays bare the fascinating life of Alexei Navalny. 2:19pm, Moscow time, 16 February 2024. The Federal Penitentiary Service...

An evening with Meera Sodha

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

‘The ability to put a good dinner on the table has become my superpower and I want it to be yours too.' Join award winning...

In Celebration: James Baldwin

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

Celebrate James Baldwin’s centenary with a fascinating book and film – If Beale Street Could Talk! Born in New York in 1924, the critically acclaimed American...