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.
Ladies and gentlemen, take your seats and join musical theatre royalty Michael Ball as he celebrates the release of his first ever memoir, Different Aspects. From the stage fright that threatened his career, rising to fame in 1989 after landing the lead role in Andrew...
Tickets: £35 (admits 1, includes a signed copy) *Tickets go on general sale Monday 11th Sept
CANCELLED Join us for an evening with C.J. Cooke as she talks about her new novel A Haunting in the Arctic, a chilling thriller filled with secrets, ghosts, and Nordic folk tales. Something has walked the floors of the Ormen for over a century. Something that craves...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of A Haunting in the Arctic) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of A Haunting in the Arctic).
Join us for an evening with world-renowned dancer and Strictly head judge Shirley Ballas as she talks about her debut novel Murder on the Dancefloor. Behind the sequins and sparkle of Blackpool Tower Ballroom’s famous Dance Festival, the competition is about to...
Tickets: £20 (admits one, includes a signed copy of Murder on the Dance Floor) £30 (admits two, includes a signed copy of Murder on the Dance Floor)
Join international bestselling author Philippa Gregory as she maps an alternative account of Britain’s past with her highly anticipated new book Normal Women. One of our foremost historical novelists, Philippa Gregory, makes history. We have fallen into the...
Tickets: £35 (includes a copy of Normal Women)
How did a child brought up in a strict Methodist household – and who spent his formative years incarcerated in repressive boarding schools – end up joining the comedy revolution? Could it be in his Scandinavian (… possibly berserker) heritage? Discover the story...
Tickets: £35 (includes a hardback copy of Beserker)
Join us for an evening with famed stage, screen and voice actor Richard Armitage as he talks about his new twist laden debut thriller Geneva. Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has started to show the same tell-tale signs of the Alzheimer’s disease as...
Tickets: £17 (Admits One & includes a signed copy of Geneva) or £27 (Admits Two & includes One signed copy of Geneva).
Join the hugely popular actor, comedian, TV personality and author David Mitchell as he delivers a side-splitting yet highly informative history of England’s most powerful rulers. Think you know the Kings and Queens of England? Think again. In Unruly, David...
Tickets: £35 (includes a signed copy of Unruly)
Join us for an evening with bestselling author Victoria Hislop as she talks about her new novel The Figurine, a luminous, searching novel about passion, injustice and redemption. In her irresistible new novel, Victoria Hislop shines a light on the questionable...
Tickets: £10 (Admits One. Ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Figurine ) or £25 (Admits One & includes a signed copy of The Figurine)
Join us for an evening with Heather Morris, the bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, as she talks about her new book Sisters Under the Rising Sun, a powerful novel of courage and resilience set in a World War II Japanese prisoner of war camp. In the midst...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Sisters Under the Rising Sun) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Sisters Under the Rising Sun)
Join us for an evening with Natalie Haynes, the bestselling author of Pandora’s Jar and Stone Blind, as she returns to the world of Greek Myth and highlights the role of the goddesses in her new book Divine Might. We meet Athene, who sprang fully formed from her...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Divine Might) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Divine Might).
Join us for an evening with Ross Kemp, BAFTA award-winning documentary maker, actor and British TV icon as he shares for the first time a collection of his own life stories, captured in his new book Take Nothing for Granted. Ross Kemp rose to prominence in the role of...
Tickets: £20 (Admits One and includes a signed copy of Take Nothing for Granted) or £30 (Admits Two with one signed copy of Take Nothing for Granted)
Join best-selling and award-winning children’s author, Cressida Cowell, creator of the hugely successful ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ series, as she talks about her brand new book Which Way Round the Galaxy. Former Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell continues her...
Tickets: £20 (Child Ticket with signed book included) & £12 (Adult Ticket)
Calling all Succession fans! Join us for an evening with author, screenwriter and producer Jesse Armstrong as he gives a unique insight into the writing, creation and development of the TV sensation and screen-writing masterpiece, Succession. The satirical...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Succession: Season Four The Complete Scripts) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Succession: Season Four The Complete Scripts)
Join us for an evening with much loved TV and Radio personality and the nation’s favourite vicar, The Reverend Kate Bottley, as she talks about her new book Have a Little Faith. Hello there, come on in. Firstly, I know what you’re thinking, ‘I’m not religious so...
Tickets: £20 (Admits One & includes a signed copy of Have a Little Faith) or £30 (Admits Two & includes One signed copy of Have a Little Faith).
Join us for an evening with Julia Bradbury, one of the UK’s favourite TV personalities as she talks with Louise Minchin about her new book Walk Yourself Happy. Walk Yourself Happy explains the elemental link between our own health – both physical and...
Tickets: £20 (Admits One & includes a signed copy of Walk Yourself Happy) or £30 (Admits Two & includes one signed copy of Walk Yourself Happy).
Join award winning BBC TV journalist, newsreader and presenter Clive Myrie as he talks about his life and his new memoir Everything is Everything. As a Bolton teenager with a paper round, Clive Myrie read all the newspapers he delivered from cover to cover and dreamed...
Tickets: £20 without book (Admits One - £10 of ticket price redeemable against a signed book) or £28 with book (Admits One and includes a signed book)
Join us for an afternoon with Liz Hyder as she talks about her new historical novel The Illusions, an astonishing story of women and talent, magic and power. At a time of extraordinary change, two women must harness their talents to take control of their own destiny....
Tickets: £8 (without book) £15 (with book)
CANCELLED Join us for an evening with Sara Pascoe, award winning comedian, writer and actor as she talks ‘in conversation’ about her side-splitting debut novel, Weirdo. “I USED TO THINK MY MUM COULD SEE ME THROUGH THE CAT.” Deep in Essex and her own...
Tickets: £30 (plus £1.50 booking fee). All tickets include a signed copy of Weirdo
Join us for an evening with Oliver Lewis as he takes us on The Orwell Tour exploring the life and work of George Orwell through the places he lived, worked and wrote. Following in the footsteps of his literary hero, researcher and historian Oliver Lewis set out to...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Orwell Tour) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Orwell).
Join us for an evening with Shropshire based crime author J.L Blackhurst as she talks about her new thriller Three Card Murder. One sister is a cop. The other a con artist. Both are suspects. DI Tess Fox’s first murder scene has two big problems. One, the victim was...
Tickets: £10 (Admits One & includes a signed copy of Three Card Murder)