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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An evening with Janice Hallett

The Grove Hotel Chandlers Cross, United Kingdom

Join our friends at The Grove for an exclusive literary evening with ‘the queen of cosy crime’, Janice Hallett. This intimate event will begin with...

An evening with Hallie Rubenhold

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

This summer, we're thrilled to welcome Baillie Gifford prize-winning author Hallie Rubenhold to Chorleywood, where she'll be chatting about her fabulous new book, Story of a Murder. No...

An evening with Lisa Jewell & Steph McGovern

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

Get ready for a thrilling evening with best-selling author Lisa Jewell and award-winning broadcaster Steph McGovern, as they chat about their brand new novels. DON'T...

An evening with Iain MacGregor

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join bestselling author and historian Iain MacGregor for a fascinating evening exploring the fateful decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. At 8:15 a.m....

An evening with The Reverend Richard Coles

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

Join us for an evening with the Reverend Richard Coles, as he returns to Chorleywood to chat about his new novel A Death on Location, the...

An evening with Andrew Lownie

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

Entitled is the first joint biography of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson by renowned royal biographer and literary agent, Andrew Lownie. Packed full of...

An evening with Michael Rosen

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

Discover a world where finding joy is as simple as ABC. In an uncertain world, we need hope and happiness more than ever. So what...

An evening with James Fox

Chorleywood Library Lower Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom

Join academic and award-winning BAFTA-nominated BBC broadcaster James Fox this September, as he chats about Craftland: a look at the ancient connection between our creative...

An evening with Tracy Borman

We can't wait to welcome acclaimed historian Tracy Borman, who'll be chatting about her fascinating new book The Stolen Crown. In March 1603, Queen Elizabeth I,...

An evening with Sebastian Faulks

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

‘The only dividend of the years’ vanishing, as far as I can see, is that it makes aspects of the past appear more interesting or...