Events
Hosting a regular programme of author talks, book signings and themed events is an important and exciting part of what we do. We work hard to bring an exciting mix of bestselling authors and some of the best new writers to Oswestry. Booka prides itself on creating an ‘event experience’ for both audience and author. As well as the bookshop we make use of a number of outside venues for our larger events.
In addition to our own events, we also provide bookselling services to support the appearance of authors and celebrities at a number of Festivals and Shows.
20th November 2019, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an evening with Lemn Sissay, one of Britain’s best loved, award-winning poets and performers, who will be joining us to talk about his highly acclaimed memoir, My Name is Why. How does a government steal a child and then imprison...
Tickets: £10 without book (redeemable against a signed copy of My Name is Why) or £17 with book (includes a signed copy of My Name is Why). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
19th November 2019, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) at Lion Quays Hotel, Oswestry, SY11 3EN
Fresh from this year’s Rugby World Cup, Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an Evening with England coach Eddie Jones! Brilliant, honest, combative – Eddie Jones is a gigantic yet enigmatic figure in world rugby and a true legend of the game. In My Life and...
Tickets: £20 (Includes a signed copy of My Life and Rugby) Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
7th November 2019, 7.30pm (doors 6.45am) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
Join us for an evening with one of the nation’s best loved chefs as Rick Stein returns to the food he loves best with his new book Secret France. It is almost twenty years since Rick Stein’s last great French food adventure and the publication of his bestselling...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Secret France) or £26 with book (Admits One, includes one signed copy of Secret France)
6th November 2019, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Join the award winning writer of short stories, Cynan Jones, as he talks about his new novel Stillicide, a series of interconnected dystopian stories telling of a future Britain fighting for water…. Water is commodified. The Water Train that serves the city...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Stillicide). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
22nd October 2019, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
NB Change of Venue: This event is now being held at the Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry Twelve men have walked on the moon. But how many have spent an entire season with the Emperor Penguins in Antarctica? Maybe more, likely less. Lindsay McCrae has –...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of My Penguin Year). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
1st October 2019, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Get a glimpse into another world and join us for an evening in the company of Richard Humphreys as he talks about his new book Under Pressure, a compelling and entertaining account of what it was like to serve and live on a nuclear submarine during the Cold War....
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Under Pressure). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
26th September 2019, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) at Lion Quays Hotel, Oswestry, SY11 3EN
Gyles Brandreth – raconteur, former MP, One Show reporter, Just A Minute star, and author of the best-selling word-lover’s companion, Have you eaten, Grandma? – has a passion for poetry. His brilliant new book – Dancing by the light of the moon – is both a celebration...
Tickets: £15 (Includes a signed copy of Dancing by the Light of the Moon). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
18th September 2019, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) at Lion Quays Hotel, Oswestry, SY11 3EN
Join bestselling and critically acclaimed military historian Max Hastings as he talks about Operation Chastise and the famous Dambusters raid of 1943. In his new book Chastise, Max Hastings offers a fresh and compelling account of the Dambusters raid. He grew up...
Tickets: £10 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of Chastise) or £25 (with book - includes a signed copy of Chastise). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
17th September 2019, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) at Lion Quays Hotel, Oswestry, SY11 3EN
Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an evening with documentary filmmaker, journalist and much loved broadcaster Louis Theroux as he reflects on life and strange times in television. In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael...
Tickets: £20 (includes a signed copy of Gotta Get Theroux This). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
16th September 2019, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) at Lion Quays Hotel, Oswestry, SY11 3EN
Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an evening with Welsh rugby icon and former British & Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton as he talks openly about his career at the highest levels of the game and his new autobiography Open Side. Sam Warburton propelled...
Tickets: £20 (Includes a signed copy of Open Side). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
5th September 2019, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
Calling all music fans! Join much loved radio broadcaster and TV presenter Mark Radcliffe as he talks about his new book Crossroads and takes us on a personal journey picking out those moments which changed music history. Standing at the crossroads – the...
Tickets: £10 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of Crossroads) or £17 (with book - includes a signed copy of Crossroads). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
21st August 2019, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) at Lion Quays Hotel, Oswestry, SY11 3EN
Join international bestselling author Phillipa Gregory as she talks about her new novel Tidelands, the first in a brand new historical series. England 1648. A dangerous time for a woman to be different… Midsummer’s Eve, 1648, and England is in the grip of civil...
Tickets: £10 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of Tidelands) or £20 (with book - includes a signed copy of Tidelands). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
7th August 2019, 11.00am (doors 10.30am) at Booka
Join Alix Nathan as she talks about her compelling historical novel The Warlow Experiment, an unforgettably sinister tale of an 18th century human experiment which has unforeseen consequences for all involved. What kind of person keeps a man underground for seven...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of The Warlow Experiment). Includes a coffee/tea on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
6th August 2019, 11.00am (doors 10.15am) at Lion Quays Hotel, Oswestry, SY11 3EN
Get ready to meet Cookie Haque – funny, science obsessed and ready to take on the world! Join author, broadcaster and much loved former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq as she introduces you to Cookie and her adventures in the first of a sparking new series for...
Tickets: £15 Admits One Child & One Adult with signed book (Includes a signed hardback copy of Cookie) & £5 Additional Adult/Child. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
6th August 2019, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Join us for an evening in the company of Susannah Stapleton as she tells the remarkable true story of Maud West, Lady Detective. Maud West ran her detective agency in London for more than thirty years, having started sleuthing on behalf of society’s finest in...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of The Adventures of Maud West). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
31st July 2019, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Join us for an evening in the company of Mike Parker as he talks about his superb new memoir On The Red Hill, telling the story of Rhiw Goch and its inhabitants in an intricately woven celebration of life in modern rural Wales and the redemptive power of nature. In...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of On the Red Hill). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival.
22nd July 2019, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Love a bit of domestic noir and looking for your next gripping read? Then join us for an evening of criminally good conversation and a glass of wine as Shari Lapena, international bestselling author of The Couple Next Door, talks about her latest electrifying thriller...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Someone We Know). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
17th July 2019, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
Join David Nicholls, the bestselling author of One Day, as he talks about his new novel Sweet Sorrow, a bittersweet and brilliantly funny coming-of-age tale of ordinary lives. One life-changing summer. Sixteen-year-old Charlie meets Fran… Charlie is the kind of...
Tickets: £10 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of Sweet Sorrow) or £20 (with book - includes a signed copy of Sweet Sorrow). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
