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.
Join us for an evening with Clare Leslie Hall as she talks about her highly anticipated new novel Broken Country, an epic love story that asks: what would you risk for a second chance at first love? Everyone in the village said nothing good would come of...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Broken Country or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Boken Country)
Ladies Only – ‘Bad Manners’ West Mercia Women’s Aid Dinner with Amy Beashel and Josie Long To mark the publication of Bad Manners – a novel inspired by the all-male Presidents Club dinner – author Amy Beashel and Booka are hosting an...
Tickets: £60 (includes two course buffet dinner, entertainment and a signed copy of Bad Manners)
Join us for an evening with renowned social historian Hallie Rubenhold, the award winning and bestselling author of The Five, as she talks about her new book Story of a Murder. In 1910, the name Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen entered legend. The remains of his wife, the...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Story of a Murder) or £25 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Story of a Murder).
Join us for an evening of poetry, community, farming, nature and music as we celebrate the launch of Farmotherlands with Julie Leoni and friends. With Julie for the evening are Ian and Stef from Treflach Farm, Casha and Barbara from Babbinswood Farm and Tom Adams,...
Tickets: £18 (includes a signed copy of Farmotherlands)
Join us for an evening with Kate Kemp as she talks about her stand-out debut novel The Grapevine, a gripping and atmospheric murder mystery that exposes the secrets behind closed doors in 1970’s suburban Australia. Australia, 1979. It’s the height of summer and...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Grapevine) or £19 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Grapevine).
Join us for an evening with Ian Leslie as he talks about his new biography John and Paul, the story of the love and jealousy of two young geniuses who merged and multiplied their talents to produce one of the greatest bodies of music in history. John & Paul begins...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of John and Paul) or £25 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of John and Paul).
On your marks! Booka Bookshop, in collaboration with Adrenaline Sporting Events, are delighted to present an evening with Parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt. From the man who started it all, Paul Sinton-Hewitt tells the story of Parkrun, from his simple idea to the...
Tickets: £15 without book (Admits One, £10 redeemable against a signed copy of One Small Step) / £27 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of One Small Step)
Join us for an evening with Merlin Hanbury-Tenison as he talks about his new memoir Our Oaken Bones, a story of renewal, reviving a family, a farm and Britain’s Ancient Rainforests. I lie on the rock to let my limbs dry after my immersion in the river. My bones...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Our Oaken Bones) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Our Oaken Bones).
Join us in Bridgnorth for an evening with bestselling author Rachel Joyce as she talks about her new novel The Homemade God. There is a heatwave across Europe. Goose and his three sisters gather at the family’s house by Lake Orta in Piedmont, Italy. Their...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Homemade God) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Homemade God).
Join us for an evening with bestselling historians and number one military podcast hosts James Holland and Al Murray as they talk about their new book Victory ’45: The End of the War in Eight Surrenders From the Italian Alps to northern Germany, to London, New...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Victory '45) or £25 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Victory '45))
Join us in Bridgnorth for an afternoon with TV presenter, journalist and author Louise Minchin as she talks about her debut crime novel, Isolation Island, published in paperback on 24th April. Isolation Island is a tense, addictive thriller set within the world of...
Tickets: £12 (includes a signed paperback copy of Isolation Island)
Join us for an evening with TV presenter, journalist and author Louise Minchin as she talks about her debut crime novel, Isolation Island, published in paperback on 24th April. Isolation Island is a tense, addictive thriller set within the world of hidden cameras and...
Tickets: £12 (includes a signed paperback copy of Isolation Island)
Booka Bookshop and Linghams Booksellers have EXCITING NEWS – we are delighted to be hosting an evening with Everton legend DUNCAN FERGUSON aka Big Dunc, in conversation at St Georges Hall, Liverpool, to celebrate the release of his new book BIG DUNC: The Upfront...
Tickets: £34 Admits One and includes a copy of Big Dunc: The Upfront Autobiography)
Join us for an evening with journalist and Chief Presenter for BBC news, Reeta Chakrabarti, as she talks about her career and her debut novel Finding Belle. What will it take to uncover her past? A lost child. When Mivvi is young, her mother Belle is a puzzle:...
Tickets: £18 (Admits One and includes a signed copy of Finding Belle) or £28 (Admits Two & includes One signed copy of Finding Belle)
Join Lucy Easthope, the UK’s top emergency planner, as she talks about her new book Come What May and shares life-changing lessons on recovery learnt through a life working in disaster. We all know that at some point in life, we will experience pain, uncertainty...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Come What May) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Come What May).
Booka Bookshop and Linghams Booksellers, working with Chester Literature Festival at Storyhouse Chester, are thrilled to announce an event with much loved actress, screenwriter and bestselling author, Ruth Jones, for her new novel, ‘By Your Side’. Linda and Levi will...
Tickets: £35 (Admits One & includes a signed hardback copy of By Your Side)
BAFTA winning co-creator of Gavin & Stacey, Ruth Jones returns to Oswestry! We’re thrilled to announce an event with much loved actress, screenwriter and bestselling author, Ruth Jones, for her new novel, ‘By Your Side’. Linda and Levi will never meet.But they’re...
Tickets: £23 (includes a signed copy of By Your Side)