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.
25th July 2018, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Join us for an evening with James Aldred as he talks about his memoir The Man Who Climbs Trees, revealing the extraordinary stories of his adventures across the globe. You may not know his name, but you will have seen his work. James Aldred is a professional British...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Man Who Climbs Trees). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
18th July 2018, 7.00pm (doors 6.30pm) at Booka
Join us for an evening in the company of extraordinary new writer Anne Youngson as she talks about her acclaimed debut novel Meet Me at the Museum. Stirred by memories from childhood years ago, Tina Hopgood writes to the curator of a Danish Museum. She does so without...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of Meet Me at the Museum) Includes a glass of wine/soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
26th June 2018, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Join us for an evening in the company of international bestselling author Ruth Ware as she talks about her brand new psychological thriller, The Death of Mrs Westaway. When Harriet Westaway receives an unexpected letter telling her she’s inherited a substantial...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Death of Mrs Westaway) Includes a glass of wine/soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
19th June 2018, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Join us for an evening in the company of Ruth Hogan, the bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things, as she talks about her new novel The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes. Masha’s life has stopped. Once a spirited, independent woman with a rebellious streak, her...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes) Includes a glass of wine/soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
9th June 2018, 11.00am (doors 10.15am) at Lion Quays Hotel, Oswestry, SY11 3EN
Join us for a morning with bestselling children’s author, Jacqueline Wilson, as she talks about her writing career, her best loved characters and her new book, Rose Rivers. Former Children’s Laureate, Dame Jacqueline Wilson has written over 100 books and...
Tickets: £15 with book (Includes a copy of Rose Rivers) & £7 Accompanying Adult/Additional Child (£3 redeemable against book purchase. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
4th June 2018, 7.30am at Booka
Join us for an evening in the company of Christie Watson as she talks about her memoir The Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story – a tender, informative and unflinching account of what it means to be a nurse. Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years....
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Language of Kindness). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
1st June 2018, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
Join us for an evening with the one of Britain’s best known political journalists, Jon Sopel, as he lifts the lid on Trump’s America and paints a fascinating and insightful portrait of American life and politics seen through British eyes. In the time it...
Tickets: £10 (without book - £3 redeemable against book purchase) or £15 (with book - includes a signed copy of book RRP £9.99) Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
24th May 2018, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Join us for an evening with Whitney Brown as she talks about her memoir Between Stone & Sky: Memoirs of A Waller. At the age of twenty-six, Whitney Brown was midway through her Masters thesis and on track for an exciting position at the Smithsonian Institute in...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of Between Stone and Sky). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
10th May 2018, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Dear Reader – join us for an evening in the company of AJ Pearce as she talks about her irresistable debut novel, Dear Mrs Bird, sure to be one of the most loved and talked about debuts of 2018. London, 1940. Emmeline Lake and her best friend Bunty are trying to...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of Dear Mrs Bird) Includes a glass of wine/soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
8th May 2018, 6.30pm (doors 6.00pm) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
Join us for an evening of poetry, stories and wit as writer, broadcaster and entertainer, Pam Ayres performs her poetry and celebrates the publication of The Last Hedgehog, a delightful and thought-provoking elegy to that most beloved inhabitant of the British...
Tickets: £15 (Includes a signed copy of The Last Hedgehog) Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
2nd May 2018, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
Join us for an evening in the company of international bestselling author Kate Mosse as she talks about her highly anticipated new novel, The Burning Chambers. Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to life, The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love and...
Tickets: £10 (without book - £7 redeemable against a signed copy of The Burning Chambers) or £20 (with book - includes a signed copy of The Burning Chambers). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
23rd April 2018, 12.00pm (doors 11.15am) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
Join much loved radio presenter Simon Mayo as he talks about his debut historical novel, Mad Blood Stirring – an astonishing fictional account of an explosive piece of neglected history. The Anglo-American conflict of 1812 is one of history’s forgotten episodes,...
Tickets: £15 (With book - includes a signed copy of Mad Blood Stirring) or £10 (Without book - £5 redeemable against a signed copy of Mad Blood Stirring). Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee)
22nd April 2018, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
Join us for an evening in the company of seven times World champion and Superbike racing legend, Carl Fogarty MBE, as he talks ‘in conversation’ about his racing career, bikes and his new book The World According to Foggy. Carl Fogarty is the most...
Tickets: £20 (Includes a signed copy of The World According to Foggy). Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
13th April 2018, 12.00pm (doors 11.15am) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
Join actress and screenwriter Ruth Jones as talks about her debut novel, Never Greener, a heart-rending, provocative and astutely written love story about getting what you want and losing everything you need. The past has a habit of tracking us down. And tripping us...
Tickets: Tickets: £15 (With book - includes a signed copy of Never Greener) or £10 (Without book - £5 redeemable against a signed copy of Never Greener). Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee)
12th April 2018, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
Join us for an evening with actress and screenwriter Ruth Jones as talks about her debut novel, Never Greener, a heart-rending, provocative and astutely written love story about getting what you want and losing everything you need. The past has a habit of tracking us...
Tickets: £15 (With book - includes a signed copy of Never Greener) or £10 (Without book - £5 redeemable against a signed copy of Never Greener). Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee)
15th March 2018, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Join us for an evening in the company of Tara Westover as she talks about her memoir, Educated, a blistering portrayal of family, hardship and brutality and a young woman’s unquenchable thirst for knowledge which leads her to break the ties that bind. Tara...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of Educated). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
9th March 2018, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at Booka
Join us for an evening with the award winning and bestselling nature-writer, John Lewis-Stempel, as he talks about his new book The Wood. From ‘one of the best nature-writers of his generation’ (Country Life) and twice winner of the Wainwright Prize for...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Wood). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
8th March 2018, 7.30pm (doors 7.00pm) at The Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ
Join us for an evening in the company of Ben Aaronovitch as he talks about his bestselling PC Grant series which started with Rivers of London and after six books sees the first novella, The Furthest Station, published in paperback on 8th March. THE FURTHEST STATION...
Tickets: £7 (£3 redeemable against a signed copy of any book in the PC Grant series). Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
