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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Gift a Book 2019

This Christmas Chorleywood and Gerrards Cross Bookshops are giving back and we need your help to do it! To read is one of the greatest...

£5 – £20

SOLD OUT: Feel Better in 5 with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

The Reach Free School, Long Lane, WD3 8AB

Start the year with the very best of intentions and keep your New Year's Resolutions with the help of Dr Rangan Chatterjee. We can't wait...

£12

An evening with crime writer Sophie Hannah

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood

We're looking forward to our first fiction event of 2020 with Sophie Hannah, international bestselling crime fiction writer. Her psychological thriller "The Carrier" won the...

£8

Unlock the Universe with Lucy Hawking

The Beacon School, 15 Amersham Road, Chesham Bois, Amersham, Buckinghamshire HP6 5PF

We're very excited to welcome Lucy Hawking who is speaking about "Unlocking the Universe", the last book that she worked on with her father, Stephen...

£8 – £15

The Art of Rest with Claudia Hammond

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT Contemplate rest with Chorleywood Bookshop and BBC Radio 4's voice of psychology and mental health, Claudia Hammond. She will be...

£8

Eat Green with Melissa Hemsley

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

Do you want to be inspired to set great intentions for responsible and sustainable eating? Come and be enthused by Melissa Hemsley and her new...

£10

An Afternoon with author Stacey Halls

St Andrew's United Reform Church 12 Packhorse road, Gerrards Cross, United Kingdom

From Stacey Halls, author of the bestselling novel "The Familiars" comes her new book, "The Foundling". London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter...

£15

Life Lessons from Brain Surgeon, Dr Rahul Jandial

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

PLEASE NOTE NEW VENUE DUE TO DEMAND! We're delighted to welcome, all the way from Los Angeles, world-leading neuroscientist and neurosurgeon Dr Rahul Jandial who...

£15

Children’s Creative Writing Course

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

  Back by popular demand!  A morning of creative writing with local creative writing teacher, Penny Pugh.  It's all about fun and creativity.  Drinks, a...

£30

Prue Leith together with Peta Leith and The Vegetarian Kitchen

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

We're getting behind vegetarian cooking as a responsible alternative for our health and our planet with an event with Bake-off's one and only Prue Leith...

£12 – £26