Events
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.
* POSTPONED * Unlocking the Universe with Lucy Hawking
Queenswood School, Clarissa Farr Theatre, Herts, AL9 6NSUnlocking the Universe with Lucy Hawking Queenswood School in partnership with Chorleywood Bookshop We are delighted to announce that Lucy Hawking, daughter of the theoretical physicist Professor...
* Postponed * Normandy ’44 with James Holland
CHORLEYWOOD WAR MEMORIAL HALL, COMMON ROAD, CHORLEYWOOD, RICKMANSWORTH WD3 5LN, UKJames Holland, historian, writer, broadcaster and author will be visiting us to discuss his most recent book, "Normandy '44" D-Day and the 76 days of...
* POSTPONED * Afternoon Tea at the Black Horse with Debut Author Louise Hare
THE BLACK HORSE, DOG KENNEL LANE, CHORLEYWOOD, WD3 5EG Dog Kennel Lane, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, United KingdomWe are looking forward to our first event at the newly refurbished Venue, The Black Horse in Chorleywood.
Louise Hare's new debut novel "This Lovely City" is a poignant, conversation-starting book club novel set around Brixton’s Windrush community, exploring themes of race, parenthood, poverty, community and the schisms in post-war London society.
Louise Hare is a major new talent. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London and was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish prize, which supports unpublished female authors. Louise has been described as "the Best Debut novelist of 2020" by the Observer.
* POSTPONED * How to write your first novel, a Masterclass with Adele Parks
Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United KingdomWe welcome number one Sunday Times bestselling author Adele Parks to Chorleywood on May 19th at 7pm at Chorleywood Library.
Adele will give a creative writing masterclass on writing your first novel plus a talk about her new book "Just my Luck".
Adele will offer encouragement and a one-foot-in-front-of-the-other practical guide to the elusive art, craft and graft of fiction writing.
The course will cover topics such as:
Motives for writing
Can writing be taught?
Time and space for your novel
Practical conditions to optimise output
Theme
Character
Plot
Experimenting with prose
Editing
* POSTPONED * Mich Turner Showstopper Cakes
Chenies Manor House Chenies, WD3 6ERLocal celebrity baker Mich Turner is coming to Chenies Manor with her book, Everyday Bakes to Showstopper Cakes, a collection of recipes to take you all the way from the delicious everyday through to the spectacular
* Cancelled * Women’s Health – Sex Matters with Dr. Alyson J. McGregor
Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United KingdomA clarion call about the dangers of medicine for women, as well as a manual for how women can get the right care for their bodies, with practical suggestions for what women can do.
An exposé and practical guide to help women take control of their own health to get the care they need.
Sex Matters tackles one of the most urgent, yet unspoken issues facing women's health care today: all models of medical research and practice are based on male-centric models that ignore the unique biological and emotional differences between men and women – an omission that endangers women's lives.
Leading expert on sex and gender medicine Dr. Alyson McGregor focuses on the key areas where these differences are most potentially harmful, addressing:
❖ Cardiac and stroke diagnosis and treatment in women
❖ Prescription and dosing of pharmaceuticals
❖ Subjective evaluation of women's symptoms ❖ Pain and pain management
❖ Hormones and female biochemistry (including prescribed hormones)
❖ How economic status, race, and gender identity are additional critical factors
*POSTPONED* Literary Lunch with David Mitchell at Chorleywood Golf Course
Chorleywood Golf Club Common Rd, ChorleywoodInvitation to a Literary Lunch with David Mitchell
1st June, Midday, Chorleywood Golf Club
The spectacular new novel from the bestselling author David Mitchell of CLOUD ATLAS and THE BONE CLOCKS, "one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any country" - Independent.
Doors open 12 midday, sit down lunch at 12.30pm
Venue Chorleywood Golf Club, Common Road, Chorleywood WD3 5LN
Tickets £35 to include a 2 course lunch and a copy of Utopia Avenue RRP £20
Available from www.chilternbookshops.co.uk or
Chorleywood Bookshop 01923 283566
*POSTPONED* The Roasting Tin Around the World: Global One Dish Dinners
Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LNThe Roasting Tin Around the World: Global One Dish Dinners
with Rukmini Iyer - June 8th 7.00pm - Chorleywood Memorial Hall
The Roasting Tin series by bestselling cookery writer Rukmini Iyer is probably the most useful set of books you can have in your kitchen. Fans and new readers alike will be thrilled with her latest, The Roasting Tin Around the World which includes dishes from all corners of the globe with 75 brand new recipes.
*POSTPONED* Katheryn Howard: The Tainted Queen by Alison Weir
Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5LNAlison Weir is the top-selling female historian (and the fifth-bestselling historian overall) in the United Kingdom having sold over 3 million books worldwide. She has published nineteen history books, including her most recent non-fiction book, Queens of the Conquest, the first in her England’s Medieval Queens quartet. Alison has also published ten historical novels. We look forward to welcoming Alison to Chorleywood on Monday 15th June at 7pm at the Chorleywood Memorial Hall Common Road Chorleywood WD3 5LN. Tickets £10.
"Six Tudor Queens : Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen" RRP £20 will be just £18 on the night.
Chorleywood Bookshop Virtual Quiz Night
At HomeTo celebrate Independent Bookshop Week, we'll be hosting our very first virtual quiz night in collaboration with Macmillan Collector's Library. There will be 6 exciting...