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.
We’re thrilled to announce an event with much loved actress, screenwriter and bestselling author, Ruth Jones, for her new novel Love Untold. Grace is about to turn ninety. She doesn’t want parties or presents or fuss. She just wants to heal the family rift...
Tickets: £20 (Admits One & includes a signed copy of Love Untold)
Calling all teachers… Sign up to join us for a fun filled evening where we will introduce you to the Bookshop and the services we offer, showcase new titles, hear from a visiting children’s author, sign up for our ‘School Newsletter’ and receive your free...
Tickets: This event is free to attend but you must book your place in advance.
Join Matthew Dennison on the Life of Roald Dahl, the subject of his new biography, a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4, and in The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Daily Mail and The Week. A multi-faceted biography of a complex creative maverick, Matthew Dennison’s...
Tickets: Free (booking required).
Join us for an evening with journalist, broadcaster and bestselling author Sali Hughes as she talk about her brand new book ‘Everything Is Washable and Other Life Lessons’ – a smart guide to help us all navigate the pitfalls of modern life. How to...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Everything is Washable) or £26 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Everything is Washable). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an afternoon with bestselling crime author Peter James as he talks about his new Roy Grace novel Picture You Dead. Discover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest instalment of Peter James’s award-winning detective series, which is...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Picture You Dead) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Picture You Dead). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with Raynor Winn, the bestselling author of The Salt Path and The Wild Silence, as she talks about her highly anticipated new book, Landlines. Raynor Winn’s first book, The Salt Path, detailed her and her husband Moth’s incredible experience of...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Landlines) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Landlines).
Join us for an evening with award-winning author Kit de Waal as she talks about her vivid and compelling childhood memoir Without Warning and Only Sometimes. Kit de Waal grew up in a household of opposites and extremes. Her haphazard mother rarely cooked, forbade...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Without Warning & Only Sometimes) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Without Warning & Only Sometimes). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Due to unforeseen circumstances the proposed ‘talk and book signing’ with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has unfortunately been cancelled. Please see the statement from publisher DK to ticket holders below: DK has taken a really hard decision not to go ahead with...
Join us for an evening with bestselling historian Dan Jones as he talks about his historical fiction debut Essex Dogs, the explosive first instalment in an epic new trilogy set during the Hundred Years War. July 1346. Ten men land on the beaches of Normandy. They...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Essex Dogs) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Essex Dogs). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join bestselling author Clare Mackintosh as she talks about her new novel The Last Party – the first in a stunning new crime series set on the Welsh/English border. On New Year’s Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His lakeside holiday homes are a...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Last Party) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Last Party). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us Upstairs at Booka for a Dinosaur Storytime with Sian reading ‘Welcome to Dinosaur School’ by Rose Cobden (author) and Loretta Schauer (illustrator) followed by a ‘Dinosaur Dig’. Suitable for ages 3-6, all children must be accompanied...
Tickets: £3 (redeemable against a copy of the book)
Dinosaur Talk with ‘Dr Buckley’ our resident Palaeontologist. Facts and Features: How to Tell if a Dinosaur is a Herbivore or Carnivore. Suitable for ages 7+, £3 (redeemable against any dinosaur book purchase) All children must be accompanied by an adult....
Tickets: £3 (redeemable against any dinosaur book)
Join bestselling author and popular broadcaster Simon Mayo as he talks about his stunning new thriller Tick Tock. As pacey and compelling as Simon’s previous novel Knife Edge, Tick Tock tells the story of a different kind of pandemic through the eyes of three...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Tick Tock) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Tick Tock). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with Costa Award winning author Jess Kidd as she talks about her new novel The Night Ship, an imaginative historical epic of shipwreck, mutiny, fate and friendship. 1629. Embarking on a journey in search of her father, a young girl called Mayken...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Night Ship) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Night Ship). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Meet John Connolly, the international bestselling author of The Charlie Parker Mysteries as he visits Booka to sign copies of his latest thriller The Furies, the day before publication. With his trademark blend of gripping plot and lyrical prose, Connolly delivers the...
RESCHEDULED DATE Join us for an evening with renowned historian Marc Morris as he talks about his latest book The Anglo-Saxons, shining a light on Britain’s Dark Ages. Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Grand...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Anglo Saxons) or £11 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Anglo Saxons). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an afternoon with bestselling author Elizabeth Macneal as we celebrate the paperback publication of Circus of Wonders, her dazzling follow-up to The Doll Factory. 1866. In a coastal village in southern England, Nell picks violets for a living. Set apart by...
Tickets: £7 (redeemable against a signed copy of Circus of Wonders). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Storytime and Craft with Imi, reading ‘Just Like Grandpa Jazz’ by Rarah Gear and Mirna Imamovic. Aimed at ages 3-6 years, all children must be accompanied by an adult. One ticket covers the child and accompanying adult. A suitcase of stories from Grandpa...
Tickets: £3 (redeemable against a copy of Just Like Grandpa Jazz)