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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Mel Cairns book signing – Chorleywood Bookshop

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Local author and illustrator Mel Cairns will be visiting both bookshops to sign copies of her delightful new book Cats & Quotes. Mel will also be bringing her sketchbook,...

Free

An afternoon with Jacqueline Wilson

Sarratt Village Hall, The Green, Sarratt, WD3 6AS The Green, Sarratt, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

This spring we're delighted to welcome bestselling children's author Jacqueline Wilson, who'll be talking about her brand new book The Other Edie Trimmer. Edie is fascinated...

£10

An evening with Val McDermid

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

1989 and Allie Burns is back… Older and maybe wiser, she's running the northern news operation of the Sunday Globe, chafing at losing her role in investigative...

£16

Mel Cairns book signing – Gerrards Cross Bookshop

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

Local author and illustrator Mel Cairns will be visiting both bookshops to sign copies of her delightful new book Cats & Quotes. Mel will also be bringing her sketchbook,...

Free

An evening with Dr Louise Newson

St Clement Danes School Chenies Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth

Every woman experiences the menopause, so why does it remain such a taboo? We're delighted to welcome Dr Louise Newson, the UK's leading medical expert...

£10

An evening with Matthew Green

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the forgotten history of Britain's lost cities, ghost towns and vanished villages:...

£15

An evening with Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York

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

Join Sunday Times bestselling author Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York, to discuss her new book A Most Intriguing Lady. Scandals, seduction, and secrets… and one...

£12

Boutique Book Club with Jane Sanderson

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Our incredibly popular 'Boutique Book Club’, in partnership with Penguin Random House, continues with Jane Sanderson who'll be joining us to talk about her new novel Waiting for...

£15

An evening with Stephen Westaby

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

‘Never, never, never give in’, Winston Churchill’s famous quotation best sums up the life of Stephen Westaby, the world-leading cardiothoracic surgeon. This book chronicles the...

£8

An evening with Megan McCubbin

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

A beautifully illustrated and fascinating compendium of some of the world's most vulnerable creatures - and how they can be saved. Three species vanish every...

£10