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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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...

An evening with Wayne Sleep

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

Join legendary ballet dancer and entertainer Wayne Sleep, as we look back on the extraordinary times he's lived through. Wayne Sleep has danced with ballet legends...

An evening with Simon Jenkins

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

We're delighted to be joined by bestselling historian Simon Jenkins, where he'll be discussing his new book A SHORT HISTORY OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURE. The architecture of...

An evening with Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

As King James I’s favourite, Buckingham was also his confidant, gatekeeper, right-hand man and lover. When Charles I succeeded his father, he was similarly enthralled...

An afternoon with John Boyne

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

We're thrilled to be welcoming John Boyne back to Chorleywood to chat about his latest novel Fire. On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded...

An evening with Martin Clunes

King's Church Amersham, Raans Road HP6 6LX Raans Road, Amersham, United Kingdom

Join actor and author Martin Clunes as he shares the moving and sometimes astonishing stories of how animals have enriched our lives throughout history. After adopting retired...

An evening with Roger McGough

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

For sixty years, Roger McGough has thrilled and delighted generations of readers with his irreverent, intimate and ever-original poetry. The Collected Poems presents the definitive selection of his...

An evening with Erica James

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

Join bestselling author Erica James for an uplifting evening chatting about her latest novel An Ideal Husband. After a long and seemingly happy marriage, and a wonderful family...

An evening with Jon Sopel

King's Church Amersham, Raans Road HP6 6LX Raans Road, Amersham, United Kingdom

At the beginning of 2022, after eight years of political reporting in the US, Jon Sopel returned home to the UK – and having spent...