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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Creative Writing Course at Chenies Manor with Wendy Holden

Chenies Manor Chenies, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

An exclusive creative writing course in the stunning setting of historic Chenies Manor House, one of Britain’s finest Tudor mansions, with bestselling biographer, novelist and...

£325

My Penguin Year with Lindsay McCrae

Chorleywood War Memorial Hall Common Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Who doesn't love penguins? We're delighted to welcome Lindsay McCrae, whose dedication to an emperor penguin colony in Antarctica has produced a beautiful book with...

£8

An afternoon with Katharine McMahon and a light lunch

Chenies Manor Chenies, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

All the questions you've ever wanted to ask an Author. Katharine McMahon, author of " The Rose of Sebastopol" is celebrating the launch of her...

£16

Mike Read Book Signing

Both Bookshops

PLEASE NOTE:  Signings will be in both bookstores; Chorleywood 10-11am and Gerrards Cross 11.30am to 12.30pm NO NEED TO BOOK PLEASE JUST COME ALONG We...

An evening with Joanna Cannon and Nathan Filer

Chorleywood War Memorial Hall Common Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join Chorleywood Bookshop and two exceptional authors who debunk myths, challenges assumptions and offer a fresh insight into what it means to be mad, what...

£10

Rick Stein’s Secret France

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

"France was the first place that I really began to understand the enormous power of great produce and cooking to change my life" Rick Stein...

£26 – £38

The Gruffalo in the library

Come and meet a life - sized Gruffalo in Chorleywood and Little Chalfont Libraries. Free event with story time and goody bags.   Chorleywood Library...

FREE

Cressida Cowell: Additional Book Signing Event

Chorleywood Bookshop 7 New Parade, Chorleywood, United Kingdom

We have an additional opportunity to meet Cressida Cowell, Best Selling Author and Children's Laureate. As she’s already in our neck of the woods, it...

£12.99

Wizards, Warriors and Dragons with Cressida Cowell

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

No.1 Bestselling Series from the Blue Peter Award winning author of How To Train Your Dragon. Enter a land of wizards, warriors, mythical creatures and powerful...

£15

“A rock and roll moment in time” with Jo Wood

Chorleywood War Memorial Hall Common Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Welcome to Jo Wood, English model, Television personality and Entrepreneur. During her marriage to Ronnie Wood, she travelled all over the world with the Rolling...

£20 – £30