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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Children’s Creative Writing Workshop with Adam Baron

At Home

Keep them entertained this half term with our Children’s Creative Writing Workshop. Join children’s author Adam Baron for an exciting online workshop, suitable for budding...

£35

Cressida Cowell Live Stream Event

At Home

We're very excited to announce that Cressida Cowell, author of the bestselling How To Train Your Dragon series, will be joining us for a live stream event on Thursday 12th November. ...

£12.99

Daylight with David Baldacci – Live Stream Event

At Home

Daylight is the gripping follow up to Long Road to Mercy and A Minute to Midnight featuring Special Agent Atlee Pine from one of the world’s most favourite thriller writers,...

£6

QI Virtual Quiz Night

At Home

We've teamed up with the fantastically clever QI Elves to bring you a fun evening of quirky questions and fantastic facts. The quiz will consist...

£15

A night in with Stephen Fry – Troy

At Home

Penguin Live and Fane Online present A Night in with Stephen Fry to celebrate the release of his new book, Troy. Join Stephen Fry – multi-award...

£28

The Windsor Knot with S.J. Bennett

At Home

Windsor Castle, 2016. The morning after her ninetieth birthday celebrations, the Queen is shocked to discover that one of her guests has been found dead...

Free

How to Fly with Barbara Kingsolver

At Home

The poems of How to Fly (in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons) find breath and lightness in the common business of living, from the bestselling author of The...

£6

Olive, Mabel & Me – Andrew Cotter

At Home

In OLIVE, MABEL & ME: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs, Cotter gives fans a commentary of a different kind as he tells the heart-warming...

£6.00

Draw with Rob – Live Stream Event

At Home

If you love drawing, then you won't want to miss our fantastically festive live stream event with the phenomenal Rob Biddulph. Christmas is different this year, with more families...

£15