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.
27th January 2022, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Join us for an evening with Sally Hinchcliffe as she talks about new novel Hare House, a modern day witch story perfect for dark winter nights. Hare House is not its real name, of course. I have, if you will forgive me, kept names to a minimum here, for reasons that...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Hare House) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Hare House). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
1st December 2021, 7.30pm (doors 6.30pm) at Lion Quays Hotel, Oswestry, SY11 3EN
Live ‘In Person’ Event. Join us for an evening with Welsh Rugby star Jamie Roberts as he talks about his life in Rugby and his new autobiography Centre Stage. In a nation of rugby heroes, Jamie Roberts has become a legend. Jamie Roberts is your...
Tickets: £20 (Includes a signed copy of Centre Stage: My Life in Rugby).
20th November 2021, 1.30pm at Booka
‘Live’ In Person Event. Join us for Tea & Cake with Pamela Petro as she talks about her new book ‘The Long Field’, a beautifully written memoir melding myth, history, nature and the power of place. The Long Field burrows deep into the Welsh...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of The Long Field). Includes Tea/Coffee & Cake.
17th November 2021, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
‘Live’ In Person Event. Join us for an evening in the company of Salley Vickers, bestselling author of The Librarian, as she talks about her new novel The Gardener. Artist, Hassie Days, and her sister, Margot, buy a run down Jacobean house in Hope Wenlock...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Gardener) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Gardener). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
11th November 2021, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) at The Holroyd Community Theatre, Oswestry, SY10 7SZ
‘Live’ In Person Event. Join us for an evening in the company of Kate Humble – farmer, best-selling author, activist, entrepreneur and one of the UK’s best-known and loved TV presenters, as she talks about her latest book A Year of Living...
Tickets: Tickets: £12 (Admits One, includes a signed copy of A Year of Living Simply) or £20 (Admits Two, includes one signed copy of A Year of Living Simply).
9th November 2021, 7.30pm (doors 6.30pm) at The Holroyd Community Theatre, Oswestry, SY10 7SZ
‘Live’ In-Person Event. Join former England Rugby International James Haskell for an evening of straight talking as he lifts the lid on life as a professional rugby player with some of his funniest rugby stories captured in his new book ‘Ruck...
Tickets: £20 (Includes a signed copy of Ruck Me)
8th November 2021, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
‘Live’ In-Person Event. Join us for an evening in the company of highly acclaimed author Sarah Moss as she talks about her new novel, The Fell, an incredibly tense and darkly funny novel set during the November lockdown. At dusk on a November evening in...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Fell) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Fell). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
16th October 2021, 7.30pm (doors 6.30pm) at Lion Quays Hotel, Oswestry, SY11 3EN
‘Live’ In-Person Event. Join us for an evening in the company of much loved TV presenter Matt Baker as he talks about his new book ‘A Year on the Farm’. Matt Baker’s first ever book, a diary of the natural year and a glimpse into family...
Tickets: £22 (Admits One, includes a signed copy of A Year on the Farm) or £34 (Admits Two, includes one signed copy of A Year on the Farm).
23rd September 2021, 12.30pm (doors 11.45am) at The Holroyd Community Theatre, Oswestry, SY10 7SZ
‘Live’ In Person Event Join us on a culinary journey as much loved chef and food writer Rick Stein talks about the joys and comforts of his home kitchen, brought together in his new book Rick Stein At Home. We are thrilled to welcome Rick back to Oswestry...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Rick Stein At Home) or £26 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Rick Stein At Home). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
14th September 2021, 7.30pm (doors 6.30pm) at Momentum Hall, Oswestry School, SY11 2TL
Live ‘In Person’ Event. Join us for an evening in the company of one of the greatest Welsh Rugby players of all time as the World’s most capped player Alun Wyn Jones talks about his incredible career and his new autobiography, Belonging. Belonging is...
Tickets: £22 (Includes a signed copy of Belonging: My Autobiography)
2nd September 2021, 7.30pm at Online Event
Online Event. Join bestselling crime author Ian Rankin as he talks his new book The Dark Remains. If the truth’s in the shadows, get out of the light . . . Lawyer Bobby Carter did a lot of work for the wrong type of people. Now he’s dead and it was no...
Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £23 (live stream plus a copy of The Dark Remains delivered to your door)
1st September 2021, 7.30pm at Online Event
Online Event. Join Paula Hawkins, the author of the bestselling phenomenon The Girl on the Train as she discusses her highly anticipated new thriller A Slow Fire Burning with fellow author Kate Mosse. Laura has spent most of her life being judged. She’s seen as...
Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £23 (live stream plus a copy of A Slow Fire Burning delivered to your door)
31st August 2021, 7.30pm at Online Event
Online Event. Join much loved and bestselling author Matt Haig for ‘a little pick me up’ as he talks about his new book and dispenses wisdom and empathy for the human condition. The Comfort Book Reflections on hope, survival and the messy miracle of being...
Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £20 (live stream plus a copy of The Comfort Book delivered to your door)
24th August 2021, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
‘Live’ In Person Event. Join us for an evening with Annie Garthwaite as she talks about her breathtaking debut novel Cecily, which reimagines the life of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York – a mother, wife and shrewd political player in the the Wars of the...
Tickets: Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Cecily). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee
14th August 2021, 1.30pm at Booka
Join children’s author Serena Patel as she delights children with her wonderful new book ‘Anisha, Accidental Detective: Granny Trouble’ A delightful detective story that is an ode to grannies and includes the Secret Hindu Society of Grannies, a super...
Tickets: £8 (includes a signed paperback plus refreshment)
7th July 2021, 8.00pm (doors 7.45pm) at Booka
Join local author and Shropshire Wildlife Trust Communications Officer Sarah Gibson as she takes us on a ‘Swift Walk’ around Oswestry to celebrate the publication of her new book Swifts and Us. Each summer swifts bring us three months’ joy, scything over...
Tickets: £17 (includes a signed copy of Swifts and Us) or £20 (couple/two person ticket with one signed book). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
19th June 2021, 10.30am at Online Event
Join bestselling children’s author Julia Donaldson, at the start of Independent Bookshop Week, for this ‘live’ virtual event with songs, stories and Q&A to mark the publication of her new book ‘The Woolly Bear Caterpillar’ Brilliantly written and stunningly...
Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £15.99 (live stream plus a copy of The Woolly Bear Caterpillar delivered to your door)
10th June 2021, 7.30pm at Online Event
Join Sarah Winman for an evening at home as she talks with Simon Savidge about her new novel, Still Life. From the author of When God was a Rabbit and Tin Man, Still Life is a big-hearted story of people brought together by love, war, art and the ghost of E.M....
Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £20 (live stream plus copy of book delivered to your door)
