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.
Welcome to Vlad The Fabulous Vampire – Sunday Crafternoon! Join us for a fang-tastic afternoon of crafting and creativity with Vlad the vampire. Get ready for a spooktacular time as we make spooky decorations and creepy crafts together. This event is perfect for...
Join us for an evening with highly acclaimed nature writer John Lewis-Stempel as he talks about his new book England: A Natural History. Our countryside is iconic: a series of distinctive habitats that unite to create a landscape that is unique for the rich diversity...
Tickets: £15 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of England) / £25 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of England)
We are delighted to be working with Linghams Booksellers to host this event with Tim Spector, ‘in conversation’ with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall at St George’s Hall in Liverpool. Join bestselling author of The Diet Myth, Spoon-Fed and Food for Life, Tim...
Tickets: £35 (admits 1, includes a signed copy of The Food for Life Cookbook) or £45 (admits 2, includes a signed copy of The Food for Life Cookbook)
Join us for an afternoon with Liane Moriarty, author of bestselling phenomenon Big Little Lies comes a compelling novel of family and fate, as a mysterious old woman shows confusion and paranoia in the lives of a disparate group of individuals. We’re all so busy,...
Tickets: £15 (admits one, redeemable against a hardback copy of 'Here One Moment' or £25 (admits one, includes a hardback copy of 'Here One Moment')
Join us for an evening with Amy Jeffs, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Storyland and Wild as she talks about her new book Saints, delving deep into the history of Britain’s past through the tales that captured the medieval imagination. Numerous saints...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Saints) or £30 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Saints)
Calling all crime fiction fans! Join us for a very special evening with bestselling crime author Ann Cleeves and special guest, Forensic Pathologist Prof James Grieve, as they talk about Ann’s new book The Dark Wives ‘live’ on stage with TV presenter...
Tickets: £30 All tickets include a signed copy of The Dark Wives plus the exclusive short story, Stranded.
Join one of the great Welsh Rugby players of all time as Dan Biggar talks about his incredible career and his new autobiography, The Biggar Picture There are few more iconic jerseys in British sport than that of the Welsh fly-half and no one has worn it more often...
Tickets: £32 (includes a signed copy of The Biggar Picture)
Come and meet the man behind the books! Bestselling author, best known for his Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series, Peter James, will be signing copies of his new book One of us is Dead at Booka on Thursday 19th September 1.30pm – 2.30pm. Creator of Her...
Tickets: £22 (Admits One and includes a signed copy of One of Us is Dead)
Join us for an evening with Sunday Times Bestselling author and poet, Donna Ashworth, as she talks about her new book ‘Growing Brave’. In this powerful new collection of wisdom and poetry, Donna Ashworth helps us to find strength and courage on the days we...
Tickets: £15 (includes a signed copy of 'Growing Brave')
Join us for an evening with Shropshire based crime writer J.L. Blackhurst as she talks about her new novel Smoke and Murders, the follow-up to Three Card Murder and the second book in The Impossible Crime series. Members of the Lewes Bonfire Society would say...
Tickets: £12 (includes a signed paperback copy of Smoke and Murders)
Join us for an evening with bestselling author Kate Atkinson as she returns with a brand new Jackson Brodie novel, Death at the Sign of the Rook The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characters and a setting that...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a special stamped copy of Death at the Sign of The Rook) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a special stamped copy of Death at the Sign of The Rook)
Booka Bookshop and Linghams Booksellers are thrilled to host the book launch for Louise Minchin’s debut crime novel Isolation Island, a tense, addictive thriller set within the world of hidden cameras and celebrity egos. Join author, TV presenter and journalist...
Tickets: £32 plus booking fee (all tickets include a signed copy of Isolation Island)
Calling all Strictly fans! Join Strictly star and It Takes Two host Janette Manrara as she talks about her new book Tiny Dancer, Big World Change your life for the better, starting today, with this primer on positivity. Whether you’re looking to boost your happiness,...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Tiny Dancer, Big World) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Tiny Dancer, Big World)
Join comedian, author and military historian, Al Murray as he talks about his new book Arnhem, Black Tuesday. The Battle of Arnhem is one of the best-known stories in British military history: a daring but thwarted attempt to secure a vital bridgehead across the Rhine...
Tickets: £35 (Admits One & includes a signed hardback copy of Arnhem: Black Tuesday) or £45 (Admits Two & includes one signed hardback copy of Arnhem: Black Tuesday)
Join us for an evening with TV personality, singer and author Coleen Nolan as she talks about her new book A Hand to Hold. Coleen Nolan – singer, TV host and agony aunt is known for her warmth, straight-talking and compassion. But her empathy and warmth have been...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of A Hand to Hold) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of A Hand to Hold)
Welcome to Would You Rather? – Dinosaurs event! Get ready to dive into the world of prehistoric creatures and have some fun with your friends. Join us at Booka on Fri Aug 30 2024 at 14:00 for an exciting afternoon filled with tough choices and fascinating facts...
Welcome to Would You Rather? – Dinosaurs event! Get ready to dive into the world of prehistoric creatures and have some fun with your friends. Join us at Booka on Fri Aug 30 2024 at 11:00 for an exciting afternoon filled with tough choices and fascinating facts...
Calling all crime fiction fans! Join us in Bridgnorth for an evening with bestselling crime writer Ann Cleeves as she talks about her new ‘Vera’ novel, The Dark Wives. Vera Stanhope, star of ITV’s Vera, returns in the eleventh novel in Sunday Times No. 1...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Dark Wives) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Dark Wives)
Join us for an underwater adventure on Wednesday the 28th of August. Our morning event is a storytime, reading The Boy and the Octopus, followed by a craft activity featuring lots of glitter! In the afternoon we will be doing some experiments based around Obsessive...
Book Mice is aimed at children aged 7+, come and join in with a game of Dungeons and Dragons, a refreshment and a copy of Dungeon Runners by Kieran Larwood, all for £10.
Join us for an evening of truth, lies, and politics with bestselling author and politician Jess Phillips as she talks about her new book Let’s Be Honest. Can you imagine a world where politics functioned, every politician told the truth, and the government cared...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Let's Be Honest) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Let's Be Honest)
Join us for afternoon tea with bestselling author Barbara Erskine as she talks about her stunning new novel The Story Spinner A Welsh princess. A Roman general. The legends of Wales have been lost to the pages of time… The land of the Silures, 382 AD Elen is a...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, includes cream tea. £5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Story Spinner) or £27 with book (Admits One, includes cream tea & a signed copy of The Story Spinner)
Join us for an evening with Dr Natalie Cawley as she talks about her new memoir Just About Coping. In honest stories from her own life crises and the experiences of some of her patients as she trains to be a psychotherapist, Dr Natalie Cawley takes us on a journey...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy Just About Coping) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Just About Coping).
Join us in Oswestry for an evening with Annie Garthwaite, the critically acclaimed author of Cecily, as she talks about her much anticipated new novel The King’s Mother. With energy and ambition, The King’s Mother takes us from the Wars of the Roses to the dawn...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy The King's Mother) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The King's Mother).
Join us in Bridgnorth for an evening with Annie Garthwaite, the critically acclaimed author of Cecily, as she talks about her much anticipated new novel The King’s Mother. With energy and ambition, The King’s Mother takes us from the Wars of the Roses to the...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy The King's Mother) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The King's Mother).
Join Repair Shop expert Will Kirk as he talks about his debut book Restore, an inspirational guide to the principles of woodworking, restoration and maintaining items around your home. Caring for the items you love around the home is easier – and more rewarding...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Restore) or £26 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Restore)
Join us for an evening with TV and radio environmental presenter Tom Heap as he talks about his new book Land Smart. We need land for so many of humanity’s growing needs, such as food, renewable energy, carbon storage and housing. Traditionally, we’ve...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Land Smart) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Land Smart)
Join us for an evening with A.J. West, the bestselling author of The Spirit Engineer as he talks about his new historical thriller The Betrayal of Thomas True. The only sin is betrayal… It is the year 1715, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy The Betrayal of Thomas True) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Betrayal of Thomas True).
Join us for an evening with much loved actress Jill Halfpenny as she talks ‘in conversation’ about her new book A Life Reimagined, a touching memoir of love, loss and life after tragedy. When Jill was four, her father died. He went to play his weekly game...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of A Life Reimagined) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of A Life Reimagined)
Join us for an evening ‘talking crime’ with TV personality, criminal barrister and author Rob Rinder ‘in conversation’ with bestselling author Gillian McAllister and soon to be crime novelist Louise Minchin. Rob Rinder – The Suspect When...
Tickets: £12 (£10 redeemable against book purchases made at the event)
Join us for a ‘Mini Yoga’ led by Yoga Teacher Jess Jones. Suitable for age 0-6
Tickets: Free (booking required)
Calling all budding writers! Start your writing journey with bestselling author and professional writing coach Joanne Burn. This full day workshop will explore the building blocks of storytelling, the magic of inspiration and give you helpful tips for getting started....
Tickets: £70 (includes full day workshop, refreshments and a signed copy of The Bone Hunters)
Independent Bookshop Week 2024 Join us for an evening with award winning comedian, quizzing mastermind and national treasure Paul Sinha as he talks about his hilarious and moving memoir One Sinha Lifetime. As a boy, Paul struggled to find his place in a world where he...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of One Sinha Lifetime) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of One Sinha Lifetime)
Independent Bookshop Week 2024 Join us for an evening with award winning author Wyl Menmuir as he talks about his new book The Heart of the Woods, a deep and explorative companion piece to The Draw of The Sea. Just as a parent leaves a legacy to their child, a tree...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Heart of the Woods) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Heart of the Woods).
Join us for an afternoon with Elizabeth Macneal, the bestselling author of The Doll Factory, as she talks about her new novel The Burial Plot, a spellbinding gothic thriller set in nineteenth century London. London, 1839. Where the cemeteries are full and there is...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed The Burial Plot) or £19 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Burial Plot).
Join Fearne Cotton, one of the UK’s best-known and most popular broadcasters as she talks about life and her debut novel Scripted. Booka Bookshop and Linghams Booksellers are delighted to present ‘An Evening with Fearne Cotton’ A whole generation...
Tickets: £20 (Admits One and includes a copy of Scripted)
Join us for an afternoon with best-selling author, Catherine Newman as she talks about her new novel ‘Sandwich’. One week in Cape Cod. The perfect family holiday. What could possibly go wrong…? For the past two decades, Rocky has looked forward to her family’s...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against Sandwich)
Love to cook? Calling all foodies! Join us for an evening with award-winning food writer Angela Clutton as she talks about her new book Seasoning and helps us launch our new Booka Cafe with food tastings and wine. Bring the rhythms of the seasons into your kitchen...
Tickets: £15 (Admits One, includes tastings and wine. £10 redeemable against a signed copy of Seasoning)
Booka Bookshop and Linghams Booksellers are delighted to present an evening with Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, as she talks about her novel A Woman of Intrigue. Scandals, seduction and secrets… and one woman’s quest to uncover the truth. The most intriguing...
Tickets: £20 (Admits One and includes a paperback copy of A Woman of Intrigue)
Mindfulness Crafternoon reading The Spaces In Between, and making a dream jar to take home. 3+ years
Tickets: £10 (admits 1, includes mindfulness craft activity & book)
Join us for an evening with Sunday Times bestselling author Clover Stroud as she talks about her new book The Giant on the Skyline, an inspiring memoir about home, family, and belonging. What is it that makes a home? What is a home without the roots that tie you to a...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Giant of the Skyline) or £19 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Giant on the Skyline)
Sian’s Superstars Drama workshop for children aged 3+.
Tickets: £15 (admits 1 includes book) / £25 (admits 2, includes 1 book)
Join us for an evening with the UK’s most celebrated ghost hunter and Most Haunted icon, Yvette Fielding, as she talks about her experiences and her memoir Scream Queen. Seances, Ouija boards, table tipping, knocking phenomena – all in a day’s work...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Scream Queen) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Scream Queen)
The Moonlit Campout Storytime 3+ years
Tickets: £8 (include storytime, book & campfire themed refreshment)
Meet the Dinosaurs Storytime & Craft (3+ years)
Tickets: £10 includes craft activity & book
Join author, Colette Hiller for this interactive workshop for children aged 7 – 11. Boost your child’s vocabulary without even trying! This lively, engaging session introduces 7 – 11 year olds to some marvellous words from Colette’s new book Colossal Words...
Tickets: £15 (admits 1, includes 1 book) / £25 (admits 2, includes 1 book)
Join us for an afternoon with Joanne Burn, author of the acclaimed The Hemlock Cure, as she talks about her new novel The Bone Hunters. In 1824, Lyme Regis is as tumultuous as the sea that surrounds it. Wealthy holidaymakers dance in the Assembly Rooms whilst the poor...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy The Bone Hunters) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Bone Hunters).
Join us for an evening with Joanne Burn, author of the acclaimed The Hemlock Cure, as she talks about her new novel The Bone Hunters. In 1824, Lyme Regis is as tumultuous as the sea that surrounds it. Wealthy holidaymakers dance in the Assembly Rooms whilst the poor...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy The Bone Hunters) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Bone Hunters).
Join us for an evening with Elizabeth O’Connor as she talks about her stunning debut novel Whale Fall, an exquisite coming-of-age story that takes place in a world on the cusp of great change. It is 1938 and for Manod, a young woman living on a remote island off...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy Whale Fall) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Whale Fall).
Join us for an evening with Liz Earle as she talks about her new book A Better Second Half and passes on her tips for living a healthier, happier life. Liz Earle shows us how to future-proof our health in midlife and beyond using evidence-based techniques, ideas and...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of A Better Second Half) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of A Better Second Half)
Join us for an evening of wine tasting with Hannah Crosbie as she talks about her new book Corker, the go-to guide that matches wine with life’s important (and unimportant) events. Wine personality, broadcaster and writer Hannah Crosbie is on a mission to...
Tickets: £25 (Admits one, includes wine tasting and a signed copy of Corker) or £35 (Admits Two, includes wine tasting and one signed copy of Corker).
Join us for an evening with author and ITV news journalist Claire McGlasson as she talks about her novel The Misadventures of Margaret Finch, published in paperback this April. Blackpool, 1938. Miss Margaret Finch – a rather demure young woman – has just...
Tickets: £10 (Admits One and includes a signed copy of The Misadventures of Margaret Finch).
Join us for an evening with Sunday Times bestselling author Kerry Irving as he talks about his new book Forever Max, the heartwarming, inspiring final instalment in the adventures of Max the Miracle dog. A dog can be more than just a best friend. Sometimes they can be...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Forever Max) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Forever Max).
Join us for an evening with bestselling authors Erin Kelly and C.L. Taylor as they come together to talk about the art of successful crime writing and their brand new novels The House of Mirrors and Every Move You Make. Erin Kelly is is one of the most well respected...
Tickets: £8 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of The House of Mirrors or Every Move You Make)
Science workshop, using the ‘Can You See Rainbows in Space?’ Aimed at age 7+
Tickets: £12 (admits one, inc signed book) / £20 (admits two, inc one signed book)
Storytime readying ‘Peters Picnic’ Aimed at age 3+
Tickets: £15 (admits 1) / £25 (admits two) (inc peter rabbit cuddly & sweet treats)
Join us for an evening with bestselling author Christian Lewis as he talks about his new book Hildasay to Home – how he found a family by walking the UK’s coastline. Walking saved his life. Now it will help find him a family. In the follow-up to his Sunday...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy Hildasay to Home or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Hildasay to Home).
Storytime & Craft reading ‘Dear Easter Bunny’ Aimed at age 5+
Tickets: £8 (includes a copy of 'Dear Easter Bunny' and refreshment)
Join us for an evening with bestselling author Christie Watson as she talks about her new novel Moral Injuries, a a page-turning thriller centred around three female medics bound by friendship, fierce ambition and one fatal night they’ve sworn to forget!...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Moral injuries) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Moral Injuries).
Join us to celebrate the Gruffalo’s 25th Birthday Party. Gruffalo storytime and birthday cake. Aimed at age 3+
Tickets: £8 (inc 25th Anniversary Gruffalo book & cake)
Join us for an evening with Fiona Williams as she talks about her stunning debut novel The House of Broken Bricks, a powerful tale of family, loss and life in the countryside. Ain’t nothing wrong with being broken. Nothing at all. You’re like these houses,...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy The House of Broken Bricks) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The House of Broken Bricks).
Join us for an evening with pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher, Dr Charan Ranganath as he talks about his groundbreaking new book Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How it Shapes Us. We talk about memory as a record of the...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Why We Remember) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Why We Remember).
Join us for an afternoon with actress, broadcaster and TV presenter Caroline Quentin as she takes us on a horticultural journey through life with her new book Drawn to the Garden. Caroline Quentin is well known for her lead roles in the award-winning British sitcom...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Drawn to the Garden) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Drawn to the Garden).
Calling all Crime Fiction fans! Join us for the launch of Marie Tierney’s new book Deadly Animals, a gripping debut crime novel everyone is talking about! Thirteen-year-old Ava Bonney possesses an unusual intellect far beyond her years. While her friends play,...
Tickets: £5 (Admits One - Ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Deadly Animals)
Join us for an evening with author, journalist and mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon as she talks about her new book Mad Woman. What if our notion of what makes us happy is the very thing that’s making us so sad? Ten years on from first writing about her...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Mad Woman) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Mad Woman)
Reading ‘A Pinch of Love’ Aimed at age 3+
Tickets: £8 (redeemable against book, inc heart buscuit and a drink)
Join us for an evening with Leo Vardiashvili as he talks about his debut novel Hard by a Great Forest, a page-turning tale of family, sacrifice and our never-ceasing battle with the past. ‘Tbilisi’s littered with memories that await me like landmines. The dearly...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Hard by a Great Forest) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Hard by a Great Forest).
Join Lorraine Kelly in Chester for an evening to discuss her debut novel The Island swimmer. Lorraine Kelly CBE is a Scottish television presenter, journalist and author. She has been on national television for over forty years, with viewing figures for Lorraine...
Tickets: £20 (without book) or £30 (with book)
Reading ‘Snail in Space’ followed by a craft activity. Aimed at age 3+.
Tickets: £10 (includes, book, drink for the parent/carer, and a storytime and craft activity)
Join us for a Lunar New Year: Storytime & Craft reading ‘Luna the Sky Dragon. Aimed at age 5+
Tickets: £10 (includes, book, drink for the parent/carer, and a storytime and craft activity)
Join us for an evening with two bestselling authors as Amy Beashel and Katy Brent come together to talk about the art of writing. Both their books are centred around compelling female perspective and rooted in the power of social media. Spilt Milk What if you said...
Tickets: £10 (redeemable against a copy of Spilt Milk or The Murder After the Night Before)
Join us for an evening with top dog trainer, TV presenter and bestselling author, Graeme Hall, AKA The Dogfather, as he talks about his new book Does My Dog Love Me? Have you ever wondered what your dog is really thinking? Our dogs mean the world to us and as owners...
Tickets: £22 (Admits One and includes a signed copy of Does My Dog Love Me?) or £32 (Admits Two with one signed copy of Does My Dog Love Me?)
Storytime and Craft Reading ‘We Went to Find a Woolly Mammoth’ Age 3+
Tickets: £10 (includes, book, drink for the parent/carer, and a storytime and craft activity).
Join us for a festive afternoon of tea and Storytime reading ‘Pooh at the Palace’ Upstairs at Booka! Age 7+ Festive Dress Encouraged Please make us aware of any dietary requirements at booking (Afternoon tea is vegetarian).
Tickets: £15 (One Child - includes one copy of the book and mini afternoon tea) £25 (Two Children - includes one copy of the book and mini afternoon tea for two)
Free Storytime at Booka Bridgnorth
Tickets: Free (booking required)
Storytime and craft, Reading ‘Merry Whatmas?’. Age 0-7 years
Tickets: £3 (redeemable against a copy of the book)
Storytime and craft reading The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas and making Dinosaur Slime. Age 5-10 years
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a copy of the book)
Free Storytime with Hazel reading Valentine’s Guest House by Sam Sharland
Tickets: Free (booking required)
Join us for one of our Christmas Shopping Evenings at Booka, where our Booksellers will be on hand to help you choose the perfect gifts for Christmas. Enjoy complimentary Fizz on arrival and 10% off all purchases on the night. 5pm – 8pm.
Tickets: This event is free to attend and no booking is required.
Join crime novelist Nicola Upson for the latest instalment in the Josephine Tay mystery series, Shot with Crimson. September, 1939, and the worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of...
Tickets: £8 (without book) £17 (includes signed copy of Shot with Crimson)
Join crime novelist Nicola Upson for the latest instalment in the Josephine Tay mystery series, Shot with Crimson. September, 1939, and the worries of war follow Josephine Tey to Hollywood, where a different sort of battle is raging on the set of...
Tickets: £5
Helen Rebanks will be signing copies of her new book The Farmer’s Wife at Booka on Sunday 25th November 1.30pm – 2.30pm. The Farmer’s Wife is a gorgeous portrait of Helen Rebanks’s Lake District life. As dawn breaks on the farm, Helen Rebanks...
Tickets: £20 (Admits one to the book signing and includes a signed copy of The Farmer's Wife, plus tea or coffee)
Join author Stephanie Snow as she talks about her book Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS. A beautiful and heart-warming collection of stories, this landmark publication tells, for the first time ever, the rich history of the NHS through the ordinary people who have...
Tickets: Free (booking required)
Join Wrexham star striker Paul Mullin at this exclusive event to celebrate the publication of his new book My Wrexham Story. In July 2021, shortly after being named League Two’s Player of the Season and Golden Boot, Paul Mullin sent shockwaves through the EFL...
Tickets: £25 (includes a signed copy of My Wrexham Story)
Join actor, comedian, writer and TV presenter Michael Palin as he talks about his new book Great Uncle Harry, a compelling tale of war and empire. Some years ago a stash of family records was handed down to Michael Palin, among which were photos of an enigmatic young...
Tickets: £35 (admits 1, includes a copy of Great-Uncle Harry) or £20 (admits 1)
Join us for one of our Christmas Shopping Evenings at Booka, where our Booksellers will be on hand to help you choose the perfect gifts for Christmas. Enjoy complimentary Fizz on arrival and 10% off all purchases on the night. If you can’t make this event, there will...
Tickets: This event is free to attend and no booking is required.
Join much loved TV Chef, presenter and writer Nadiya Hussain as she delves into her new book Nadiya’s Simple Spices serving up a delicious selection of her best-loved recipes that make use of simple spices to create sensational flavours. After winning...
Tickets: £35 (includes a signed hardback copy of Nadiya's Simple Spices)
Spend an evening with BBC Gardeners’ World Presenter and the nation’s favourite gardener, Monty Don, as he shares stories from his career and talks about his genre defining new book – The Gardening Book. Monty has been making television programmes...
Tickets: £20 (without book) £35 (with book)
Join us for an afternoon ‘Upstairs at Booka’ as Nina Stibbe talks about her new book Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary Twenty years after leaving London, Nina Stibbe is back in town with her dog, Peggy. Together they take up lodging in the house of...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Went to London, Took the Dog) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Went to London, Took the Dog).
Calling all petrolheads! Join automotive journalist, amateur racing driver and TV presenter Chris Harris as he talks about his new book Variable Valve Timings: Memoirs of a Car Tragic. ‘What defines the car-saddo condition is not being able to recall a time when...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Variable Valve Timings) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Variable Valve Timings)
Join chef, restaurateur, author and favourite of our TV screens, Rick Stein, as he talks about his new cookbook Rick Stein’s Simple Suppers. Collecting over 100 of Rick Stein’s genuinely easy and delicious recipes, Simple Suppers is packed with hassle-free...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Rick Stein's Simple Suppers) or £28 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Rick Stein's Simple Suppers)
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 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)
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)
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)
Street dog rescuer and viral sensation Niall Harbison will be signing copies of his new book Hope: How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life at Booka on Saturday 2nd September 11.00am – 1pm Niall and scruffy band of misfits have been making waves all over...
Tickets: £18.99 includes a signed hardback copy of Hope by Niall Harbison
Join us for an evening with TV presenter and property expert Sarah Beeny as she talks about her journey to live more simply and find her forever home… Throughout her life, Sarah Beeny has been obsessed with the idea of home. From her childhood growing up on a...
Tickets: Tickets: £20 (Admits One & includes a signed copy of The Simple Life) or £30 (Admits Two & includes One signed copy of The Simple Life).
Meet David Walliams and celebrate the release of his brand new book The World’s Worst Monsters! Prepare for a supercharged, one-hour ‘live’ spectacular with David Walliams, Britain’s favourite children’s storyteller which will include hilarious...
Tickets: £20 (includes a signed copy of The World’s Worst Monsters)
Join style influencer and former fashion editor Erica Davies as she talks about her new book Style Chapters, providing practical dressing suggestions for every life stage. Erica Davies knows that clothes can make you feel your best, but what happens when life throws...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Style Chapters) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Style Chapters)
Join us for an evening with popular historian and bestselling novelist Alison Weir as she talks about her new tudor novel Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown. Alison Weir is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Six Tudor Queens series. Now she returns with an...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Henry VIII: The Heart & the Crown) or £25 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Henry VIII: The Heart & The Crown)
Join us for a special Pride themed storytime with Imi who will be reading ‘Grandads Pride’ by Harry Woodgate. Event suitable for ages 3-6 with an accompanying adult. Please book to reserve a child place.
Tickets: £3 (redeemable against any book purchase that day)
Join us for a cream tea with bestselling author A.J Pearce as she talks about her new novel Mrs Porter Calling, a heartwarming, moving and uplifting story of friendship, love and finding courage when all seems lost. London, April 1943. Emmy Lake is an agony aunt...
Tickets: £12 without book (Admits One, includes cream tea. £5 redeemable against a signed copy of Mrs Porter Calling) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes cream tea & a signed copy of Mrs Porter Calling)
Join us for an evening with football writer, pundit, broadcaster, and bona fide legend, Pat Nevin as he talks about his new memoir Football And How To Survive It. Pat takes us on a journey to the less glamorous side of football. From Tranmere to Kilmarnock, he plays...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Football & How to Survive It) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Football & How to Survive It)
Join Amy and Martha for an Origami Workshop, Upstairs at Booka and discover the calming art of Japanese papercraft. In the workshop you will use the ‘Essential Origami’ a book which guides you through basic folding techniques and then provides clear,...
Tickets: £13 (includes a copy of Essential Origami and refreshment).
Help us celebrate Independent Bookshop Week and come along to our Bookshop Social. Carrie and Tim will be in conversation with Caroline Lang as they tell the ‘The Story of Booka’ – building a bookshop from scratch in the midst of a recession, the...
Tickets: £10 (£5 donated to Osnosh)
Be part of the Booka display team – come and create flower themed artwork for our window to help us celebrate Independent Bookshop Week. Learn how to transfer your artwork from paper to window. Aimed at children 7+ (all children must be accompanied by an...
Tickets: £3
Join us for an evening with forager and author John Wright as he talks about his new book The Observant Walker. When we go for a walk, whether in the countryside or city, we pass through landscapes full of natural beauty and curiosities both visible and invisible...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Observant Walker) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Obervant Walker)
Join us for an evening with bestselling author, broadcaster and all-around national treasure, the Reverend Richard Coles, as he talks about his new novel A Death in the Parish, the page-turning sequel to his number one bestseller Murder Before Evensong. Canon Daniel...
Tickets: £20 (Admits One and includes a signed copy of A Death in the Parish) or £30 (Admits Two with one signed copy of A Death in the Parish)
Join us for elevenses with Channel 4 F1 TV Presenter Steve Jones as he talks about his irresistible debut novel Call Time. Bob Bloomfield’s whole life changed when his little brother Tom was tragically killed in childhood. Now a ruthless corporate partner, with...
Tickets: £5 (Admits One with coffee/tea included. Ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Call Time)
Louise Minchin returns to the Storyhouse stage to talk about her new book, Fearless, Adventures with Extraordinary Women: a celebration of the intrepid, brave and trailblazing women who are breaking down barriers, smashing records and challenging stereotypes. Louise...
Tickets: £31 (includes a copy of Fearless, Adventures with Extraordinary Women)
Join us for an evening with bestselling crime writer Mark Billingham as he talks about his brand new novel The Last Dance with fellow crime writer C.L. Taylor. Meet Detective Miller: unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated… He’s a detective,...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Last Dance) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Last Dance)
Join our book club for a meeting with bestselling author Joanna Cannon discussing her latest novel A Tidy Ending – a compellingly crafted mystery featuring an unfulfilled woman fleeing a dark past. Buy your ticket in the shop or online, collect your book...
Tickets: £10 (Admits One, includes a copy of 'A Tidy Ending' and coffee/tea).
Join us for an evening with award winning watchmaker, designer and historian Rebecca Struthers as she talks about her captivating new book Hands of Time, an intricate and personal history of watches, time and the craft of timekeeping. Timepieces are one of...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy Hands of Time) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Hands of Time).
Join us for an evening with the internationally renowned and award-winning author Joanne Harris as she talks about her new novel Broken Light. Broken Light is Joanne’s first standalone novel in 15 years. A bold and timely book that explores how women can feel...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Broken Light) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Broken Light)
Join us for an evening with comedian, TV writer, performer and bestselling author Ruby Wax as she talks about her new book I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was. Checking into a psychiatric institution wasn’t exactly on Ruby Wax’s agenda for 2022...
Tickets: £19 (Admits One & includes a signed copy of I'm Not as Well as I Thought I Was) or £29 (Admits Two & includes One signed copy of I'm Not as Well as I Thought I Was)
Join us for an evening with three bestselling crime authors as Lisa Jewell, Clare Mackintosh and Louise Candlish come together to talk about the art of successful crime writing and their latest novels. Lisa Jewell – The Family Remains Lisa Jewell is the...
Tickets: £10 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Family Remains, The Last Party or The Only Suspect)
Join us for An Evening with Anton Du Beke, the King of the Ballroom and Strictly Come Dancing Royalty, as he talks about his new novel The Royal Show. In 2018 Anton realised a boyhood dream and published the first in a series of bestselling novels. He returns in 2023...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Royal Show) or £19 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Royal Show)
Moreton Hall Event in Partnership with Booka World-leading authority on recovering from disaster, Lucy Easthope joins us to talk about ‘When the Dust Settles’, her best-selling memoir of a life in emergency response.
Tickets: Free event - booking required via the Holroyd Theatre.
Join us for an evening with Nilopar Uddin as we celebrate the paperback publication of her brilliant debut novel The Halfways. Nasrin and Sabrina are two sisters, who on the face of things, live successful and enviable lives in London and New York. When their father,...
Tickets: £9 Admits One and includes a paperback copy of The Halfways.
Join us for an evening with award-winning and international bestselling author Tristan Gooley as he talks about his latest book How to Read a Tree. Do two trees ever appear identical? No, but why? Every small difference is a clue. Each tree we meet is filled with...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of How to Read a Tree) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of How to Read a Tree)
Join us for an evening with writer and broadcaster Mike Parker as he talks about his new book All the Wide Border, a funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England-Wales border. There is a line on the map: to...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of All the Wide Border) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of All the Wide Border)
RESCHEDULED DATE Get your gardening gloves on and join us for an evening with bestselling author and gardener Huw Richards as he introduces a new edition of Veg in One Bed, passing on his tips to grow vegetables easily, organically and abundantly every month. There is...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Veg in One Bed) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Veg in One Bed)
Dr Louise Newson is the UK’s leading medical expert on the menopause; the doctor “who kick started the menopause revolution”. Having transformed the lives of hundreds and thousands of women and their families through her work, Louise is determined to...
Tickets: £28 (includes a signed copy)
Join us for a storytime and book signing with author Rachel Morrisroe. Rachel is the author of ‘The Drama Llama’ and ‘How to Grow a Unicorn’. Free event for children, booking required. All children must be accompanied by an...
Tickets: Free event - booking required
Join us for an evening with Amy Beashel as she talks about her debut adult novel Spilt Milk. What if you said the worst thing a mother could say? What if your husband found out about it in the national press? And what if after all that, you didn’t regret...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Spilt Milk) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Spilt Milk).
Join us for lunch with Bonnie Garmus as we celebrate the paperback publication of her No1 bestselling debut novel Lessons in Chemistry. Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such...
Tickets: £22 (Admits One & includes a buffet lunch and a signed copy of Lessons in Chemistry)
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Katherine May has had to cancel her book tour. All ticket holders have been contacted, we apologise for any inconvenience caused. Join us for an evening with Katherine May, the international bestselling author of Wintering, as she...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Enchantment) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Enchantment).
Join us for an evening with Labour MP and Shadow Cabinet Minister, Lisa Nandy, as she talks about her book All In: How We Build a Country That Works. Britain is in crisis. This timely book by one of the stars of frontline politics shows a way out. In this brilliant...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of All In) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of All In)
Join us on Darwin Day for a Storytime and Draw Along and learn the funny and fascinating story of Charles Darwin and the ground-breaking discoveries that resulted from his love of the humble worm. Age 4 – 8 Children must be accompanied by an adult (no ticket...
Tickets: £5
Join us for an evening with Jojo Moyes, the international bestselling author of Me Before You and The Giver of Stars, as she talks about her new novel Someone Else’s Shoes. Who are you when you are forced to walk in someone else’s shoes? Nisha Cantor and...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Someone Else's Shoes) or £22 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Someone Else's Shoes)
Join acclaimed mind coach, bestselling author and Instagram sensation Vex King as he talks about his latest book Closer to Love, a ground-breaking new guide about love and relationships. Vex King, author of bestselling Good Vibes, Good Life and Healing is the New...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Closer to Love) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Closer to Love)
Join us for an evening with Tom Bullough, the bestselling author of Addlands, as he talks about his new book Sarn Helen: A Journey through Wales, Past, Present and Future. From the author of Addlands, and featuring illustrations by Jackie Morris, Sarn Helen an...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Sarn Helen) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Sarn Helen).
Join us for an evening with Marc Hamer as he talks about his new book Spring Rain, a wise, life-affirming memoir about gardens and what they mean to us throughout our lives. In Spring Rain writer and gardener, Marc Hamer, now in his sixties, shares his path to...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Spring Rain) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Spring Rain).
Join us for a restorative afternoon finding out about Ellie’s lyrical memoir, ‘An Indigo Summer’. Ellie and her Mum, Jeanette will talk about indigo dying and the power of creativity as a way to navigate moments of difficulty in their lives. With the addition of tea...
Tickets: £5 (£3 redeemable against a copy of An Indigo Summer)
Join us at Booka for an evening with local author Haulwen Nicholas as she helps us take control of our lives giving us an understanding of our unique personalities and character traits. Haulwen will talk about her self-help book ‘The Book of Personality...
Tickets: £15 (includes a signed copy of 'The Book of Personality Tests')
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the bookshop, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there… Join Sian on December 23rd for our Night Before...
Tickets: This event is free to attend, but booking is required.
Join us for an evening with Nigel Owens, one of the most famous referees in World Rugby, as he reveals all about his career in his new autobiography The Final Whistle. Nigel Owens first picked up the referee whistle aged 16 after he was told he wouldn’t make it as a...
Tickets: £20 (includes a signed copy of The Final Whistle)
As Christmas approaches, come and join us for a magical and enchanting storytime and Ballet performance at Booka, in partnership with The Ballet Pod. Suitable for ages 3+
Tickets: £3
Join Imi and Martha in the bookshop for a tree decorating workshop & storytime. Create magical decorations for your Christmas tree and then get cosy ready for a Christmas story. Age 4-8
Tickets: £3
Join popular broadcaster and columnist Adrian Chiles as he talks about his new book The Good Drinker, a humorous and heartfelt exploration of the unsung pleasures of drinking in moderation. The recommended alcohol limit is 14 units a week. Adrian Chiles used to put...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Good Drinker) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Good Drinker)
Join us for an evening with political journalist and author Sebastian Payne as he takes us inside the corridors of power and talks about his new book The Fall of Boris Johnson. The Fall of Boris Johnson is the fascinating full account of how a prime minister lost his...
Tickets: £8 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of The Fall of Boris Johnson) or £22 (with book - includes a signed copy of The Fall of Boris Johnson).
Get in the festive spirit and be one of Mrs Christmas’ Elfs for the morning. Help her wrap presents and then you can curl up to for a Christmas storytime! Age 4-8.
Tickets: £3
Join us for one of our Christmas Shopping Evenings at Booka, where our Booksellers will be on hand to help you choose the perfect gifts for Christmas. Enjoy complimentary Fizz on arrival and 20% off all purchases on the night.
Tickets: This event is free to attend and no booking is required.
Join us for one of our Christmas Shopping Evenings at Booka, where our Booksellers will be on hand to help you choose the perfect gifts for Christmas. Enjoy complimentary Fizz on arrival and 20% off all purchases on the night. If you can’t make this event,...
Tickets: This event is free to attend and no booking is required.
Curry sensation! Join us for an evening with chef, TV presenter, food writer and founder of Mowgli Street Food Restaurants, Nisha Katona MBE, as she talks about her latest cookbook Meat Free Mowgli. Environmentalists are calling for us to reduce our meat intake and...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Meat Free Mowgli) or £25 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Meat Free Mowgli)
Are you ready to rock? Join Jeff Kinney for “The Diper Överlöde Show,” an in-person rock concert featuring Rodrick Heffley’s band, Löded Diper. Jeff will MC the epically entertaining show, which will feature performances from Löded Diper as well as opportunities for...
Tickets: Adult: £20 (includes signed book) Child: £17 (includes signed book)
Join bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan as they talk about their new novel Mad Honey, a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves. Olivia fled her abusive marriage to return to...
Tickets: £20 (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Mad Honey)
Join us for one of our Christmas Shopping Evenings at Booka, where our Booksellers will be on hand to help you choose the perfect gifts for Christmas. Enjoy complimentary Fizz on arrival and 20% off all purchases on the night. If you can’t make this event,...
Tickets: This event is free to attend and no booking is required.
Join us for an evening of ‘cosy crime’ as S.J. Bennett talks about her brand-new Christmas mystery, Murder Most Royal. December 2016 – A severed hand is found washed up on a beach next to the Queen’s estate at Sandringham. Elizabeth has become...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Murder Most Royal) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Murder Most Royal). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with Mark Berry – forever known to the world as Bez, as he talks about his extraordinary life captured in his new memoir Buzzin: The Nine Lives of a Happy Monday. Bez first came to prominence at the turn-of-the-1990’s as the...
Tickets: £20 (Admits One and includes a signed copy of Buzzin) or £30 (Admits Two with one signed copy of Buzzin)
RESCHEDULED DATE Calling all foodies! Join us for an evening with Sabrina Ghayour, ‘The Golden Girl of Persian Cookery’ as she talks about her new cookbook Persiana Everyday with a live cookery demo and tiny tastes of dishes from the book. Perisiana...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One. £8 redeemable against a signed copy of Persiana Everyday) or £26 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Persiana Everyday)
Join us for an evening with football legend Martin O’Neill as he talks about his life in football and launches his new autobiography, On Days Like These. Martin O’Neill is one of the most compelling and respected figures in football. His career has taken him...
Tickets: £22 (Admits One & includes a signed copy of Martin O'Neill's autobiography On Days Like These)
Join us for an evening with Rachel Joyce, the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, as a decade on, she resurrects the novel’s beloved characters in Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North. Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Maureen Fry) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Maureen Fry). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Calling all Knitters. Will you help us decorate Booka this Christmas? Come and knit with Jess, Upstairs at Booka from 10am – 2pm on Thursday 20th Oct. Hot chocolate & yarn provided, please bring your own needles. Booking required as spaces are...
Tickets: Free (booking required).
Join us for an evening with writer, fashion stylist and What Not to Wear star Susannah Constantine as she tells her remarkable story captured in her memoir Ready For Absolutely Nothing. You might think you know Susannah Constantine but you may be surprised to learn...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Ready for Absolutely Nothing) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Ready for Absolutely Nothing). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an afternoon with historical fiction authors Liz Hyder and Rebecca F. John as they talk about their books, The Gifts and Fannie. The Gifts – Liz Hyder In an age defined by men, it will take something extraordinary to show four women who they truly...
Tickets: £3 (redeemable against a paperback copy of either book)
Join bestselling poet and beloved novelist Brian Bilston as he talks about his new book Days Like These, a brilliant new way to mark and celebrate every single day of the year. Days Like These contains a poem for every day of the year, each one inspired by an event...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Days Like These) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Days Like These). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join Amy Beashel to celebrate the launch of her new book We Are All Constellations A heartbreaking but hope-filled tale about the stories we tell ourselves to survive… You are strong. You are brave. You are not alone. Seventeen-year-old Iris is happy....
Tickets: Free (booking required).
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)
EVENT CANCELLED Due to unforeseen circumstances our event with Floella Benjamin has been cancelled. All ticket holders have been informed. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Join us for an Evening with Baroness Floella Benjamin, one of the country’s most...
Tickets: £20 (Admits One, includes a signed copy of What Are You Doing Here) or £30 (Admits Two, includes one signed copy of What Are You Doing Here).
Join us for an evening with Save the Children UK’s Gareth Owen as he talks about his memoir When the Music’s Over. In 1993, Gareth Owen volunteered to go to Somalia with an Irish aid agency. Located in a remote desert outpost, he encountered the brutality...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of When the Music's Over). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
RESCHEDULED DATE Join us for an evening with Joanna Cannon, the bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and Three Things About Elsie, as she talks about her new novel A Tidy Ending – a compellingly crafted mystery featuring an unfulfilled woman...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of A Tidy Ending) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of A Tidy Ending). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for a special Pride themed storytime and craft activity with Imi who will be reading ‘Who’s Your Real Mum’ by Bernadette Green and Anna Zobel. Who’s Your Real Mum is a beautifully illustrated story, written with a light and humorous...
Tickets: This event is FREE to attend. Please book a ticket in advance to reserve a place
Join us for afternoon tea with Mary Considine as she talks about her unforgettable new memoir The Island House, transporting readers to the wilds of Cornwall and remote island life. ‘In the January dark, a young man walks slowly into the sea. He can’t see...
Tickets: £10 Includes afternoon tea & £5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Island House. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Andrea Elliot as she talks about her book Invisible Child. Based on nearly a decade of reporting, Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Invisible Child) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Invisible Child). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with Angus D. Birditt, author of ‘Our Isles’ as he talks about his new book ‘A Portrait of British Cheese’, and explore the best of British cheeses through a cheese tasting. Angus D. Birditt is a writer, photographer and...
Tickets: £30 (Admits one, includes a signed copy of 'A Portrait of British Cheese' and cheese tasting) / £40 (Admits two, includes a signed copy of 'A Portrait of British Cheese' and cheese tasting)
Join us for an evening with writer and conservationist Tom Nancollas as he talks about his new book The Ship Asunder, a fascinating and passionate account of Britain’s rich maritime history. If Britain’s maritime history were embodied in a single ship, she...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Ship Asunder) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Ship Asunder). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for a Story Time and Craft, reading the first chapter of The Faraway Tree, on publication day. Aimed at 7-9 years Children must be accompanied by an adult Ticket covers child and adult – Discover the Magic Faraway Tree and explore the amazing lands it...
Tickets: £3 (redeemable against a copy of The Faraway Tree)
As part of our Mindful May activities we are encouraging you to get closer to nature. Come and join local flower farm, Ragged Botanica, as Jodie demonstrates creative ways of bringing nature into our homes. All equipment and refreshments will be...
Tickets: £30
Join us for an evening with Elodie Harper, the bestselling author of Wolf Den, as she talks about The House with the Golden Door, the second part of her mesmerising trilogy set in ancient Pompeii. The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glittering, yet precarious…...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The House with the Golden Door) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The House with the Golden Door). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with Kiran Millwood Hargrave, the bestselling author of The Mercies, as she talks about her new novel The Dance Tree, a heart-stopping story of family secrets, forbidden love and women pushed to the edge. In Strasbourg, in the boiling hot summer...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Dance Tree) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Dance Tree). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for a Book Retreat in the bookshop. The morning will start with a Meditation & Yoga workshop with local Yoga teacher Jess Jones followed by a Bread Therapy workshop and talk with author Pauline Beaumont. From kneading dough, to taking a delicious-smelling...
Tickets: £35
Join Imi for a Mini Mindful Story Time and Craft in the bookshop, reading ‘Thank you for the Little Things’ by Carly Hart. Aimed at children aged 2-6 years Children must be accompanied by adult, ticket includes child and accompanying adult Free Event...
Tickets: This event is free to attend but you must book your place in advance.
NB EVENT POSTPONED. Due to unforeseen circumstances our event with Helen Mort has had to be been postponed. All ticket holders have been contacted. We hope to be able to reschedule the event to a later date and apologise for any inconvenience caused. Join us for an...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of A Line Above the Sky) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of A Line Above the Sky). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with much loved TV presenter Jay Blades, the star of the hit BBC One show The Repair Shop. We’re thrilled to welcome Jay Blades to Oswestry to celebrate the paperback publication of Making It, his Sunday Times Bestselling memoir about...
Tickets: £15 (Admits One & includes a signed copy of Making It) or £25 (Admits Two & includes one signed copy of Making It).
Kick-starting our Mindful May at Booka activities, we have partnered with local environmental entrepreneur Rosie Evans – who is encouraging us all to get outside. Join us for a Guided Mindful circular walk starting and ending at Booka. Taking in local historical...
Tickets: This event is free to attend but you must book your place in advance.
Join us and Rob Biddulph for a Draw Along and Book Signing to celebrate the paperback publication of ‘Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City’. This Draw Along is suitable for children aged 5 – 12 years. Superstar, author and illustrator Rob Biddulph...
Tickets: £3 per child (redeemable against a copy of Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City)
Join us for an evening with bestselling author Patrick Gale as he talks about his new novel Mother’s Boy, a tender story of love, loss and a life hiding in plain sight. Laura, an impoverished Cornish girl, meets her husband when they are both in service in...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Mother's Boy) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Mother's Boy).
Join Jon McGregor, the Costa-award winning, three-times Booker-longlisted author of Reservoir 13 as he talks about his latest novel Lean Fall Stand. When an Antarctic research expedition goes wrong, the consequences are far-reaching – for the men involved and...
Tickets: £5 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Lean Fall Stand) or £9 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Lean Fall Stand)
Join us for a Story time with Yas reading Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny by Emily Ann Davison followed by a Yoga Mini session with Yoga instructor Jess Jones. A funny, reassuring picture book about yoga, mindfulness and finding calm, from debut author Emily Ann Davison...
Tickets: £3 each which is redeemable against a copy of Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny.
Join us for an evening in the company of Lucy Easthope as she talks about her inspiring new memoir When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster. Lucy Easthope lives with disaster every day. When a plane crashes, a bomb explodes, a...
Tickets: £8 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of When the Dust Settles) or £20 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of When the Dust Settles). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with Jess Phillips as she talks about her life as an MP, lifting the lid on what a career in politics is really like. There is nobody in Westminster quite like Jess Phillips. Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015 and Shadow Minister (Home...
Tickets: £12 (Admits One, includes a copy of The Life of an MP) or £20 (Admits Two, includes one copy of The Life of an MP). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join us for an afternoon with author Harriet Young as she talks about her debut novel The Hellion, a historical fiction novel. Whalley, 1537: On a day like any other, a devastating fire changes the lives of two young girls. What happens next triggers a series...
Tickets: This event is free to attend but you must book your place in advance.
Join us for an evening with bestselling novelist and screen writer Natasha Solomons as she talks about her new novel I, Mona Lisa. Listen to my history. My adventures are worth hearing. I have lived many lifetimes and been loved by emperors, kings and thieves. I have...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of I, Mona Lisa) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of I, Mona Lisa). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with travel writer Ben Aitken, author of The Gran Tour, as he talks about his new book The Marmalade Diaries, a portrait of an intergenerational friendship. Recently widowed, Winnie, 84, was in need of some companionship. Someone to help with...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Marmalade Diaries) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Marmalade Diaries). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with journalist and broadcaster Anna Jones as she talks about her new book ‘Divide’, a call to action for town and country to make positive and lasting changes to benefit the environment. ‘Divide’ is a call to action. It...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Divide) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Divide). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
We are thrilled to be hosting a Book Signing with bestselling children’s author Julia Donaldson, to celebrate the publication of her latest books. Julia will be signing copies of her books at Booka on the afternoon of Wednesday 16th March. The Gruffalo will...
Tickets: £6.99 Moles Spectacles (Board Book) Family Ticket; £7.99 The Woolly Bear Caterpillar (Picture Book) Family Ticket or Moles Spectacles & The Woolly Bear Caterpillar Family Ticket - £14
Join us for an evening with Liz Hyder as she talks about her debut adult novel The Gifts. In an age defined by men, it will take something extraordinary to show four women who they truly are… October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Gifts) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The Gifts). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for a Story Time with Yas reading the hilarious new picture book ‘Frank and Bert’ from author of The Suitcase, Chris Naylor-Ballesteros. We will be having two Story Times at 11am and 1pm, aimed at 3-6 year olds. Frank and Bert are the best of...
Tickets: This event is FREE to attend but you must book your place in advance. Please call the shop on 01691 662244 or email hello@bookabookshop.co.uk, to book your space.
Join us for an evening in the company of Andy West as he talks about his unforgettable new memoir The Life Inside, an intimate and authentic story about the search for freedom. Andy West teaches philosophy in prisons. He has conversations with people inside about...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of The Life Inside) or £17 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of The life Inside). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening in the company of Jo Browning Wroe as she talks about her stunning debut novel A Terrible Kindness. It is October 1966 and William Lavery is having the night of his life at his first black-tie do. But, as the evening unfolds, news hits of a...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of A Terrible Kindness) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of A Terrible Kindness). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with Beth Morrey, the Sunday Times Bestselling author of Saving Missy, as she talks about her uplifting and deeply moving new novel Em and Me. A mother. A daughter. A secret waiting to be discovered. For too long – since the sudden death...
Tickets: £7 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Em & Me) or £15 with book (Admits One, includes a signed copy of Em & Me). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening ‘in conversation’ with Rosie Andrews and Joanne Burn as they come together to talk about their new historical novels The Leviathan and The Hemlock Cure, both set in the ‘extraordinary times’ of the mid 17th Century. The...
Tickets: £8 (redeemable against signed copies of The Leviathan & The Hemlock Cure - £4 per book). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
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).
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).
‘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.
‘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).
‘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).
‘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)
‘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).
‘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).
‘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).
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)
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)
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)
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)
‘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
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)
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)
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)
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)
At Home with 4 Indies are thrilled to be hosting this online event with former Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, Gordon Brown. Gordon will be discussing his new book ‘Seven Ways to Change the World’ with Wirral South MP, Alison McGovern When...
Tickets: £28 (live stream plus signed bookplated copy of Seven Ways to Change the World delivered to your door)
Spend the evening in with bestselling author Sue Monk Kidd as she talks about her latest novel The Book of Longings with Elizabeth Buchan. The Book of Longings is an inspiring story set in the first century AD about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from...
Tickets: Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £12 (live stream plus a paperback copy of the book delivered to your door - UK only)
Join bestselling author Peter May as he talks about his new thriller The Night Gate. In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree. A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby...
Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £23 (live stream plus copy of book delivered to your door - UK only)
Escape the sofa and travel the globe with Alexander McCall Smith. Join the master storyteller as he transports you to Germany for the long-awaited return of the hilariously hapless Prof Dr Dr Moritz-Maria Von Igelfeld, then jet to Sweden to hear about the latest...
Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or from £12 (live stream plus a copy of one of the books delivered to your door - UK only)
Join Sunday Times bestselling authors, Marian Keyes and Chris Brookmyre, in conversation for the first time, discussing their new novels, Grown Ups and The Cut with Jude Rogers. Grown Ups (out in paperback) Meet Jessie, Cara AND Nell. Married to brothers Johnny, Ed...
Tickets: Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £12 / £21.99 (live stream plus copy of either book delivered to your door - UK only)
Join Emma Stonex as she talks about her new book, The Lamplighters, one of 2021’s most anticipated debut novels. They say we’ll never know what happened to those men. They say the sea keeps its secrets… 1972. Three keepers vanish from a remote...
Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £18 (live stream plus copy of book delivered to your door)
Join us for this unmissable conversation about ‘American Dirt’ with Jeanine Cummins and Sam Baker. ‘American Dirt’ is an extraordinary story of the lengths a mother will go to to save her son. Lydia Perez owns a bookshop in Acapulco, Mexico,...
Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £10 (live stream plus paperback copy of book delivered to your door - UK only)
Our man in America – join Jon Sopel as he gives his take on the most turbulent US election campaign in living memory. Fear and loathing on the 2020 campaign trail… ’26 February, White House Briefing Room The coronavirus feels like it is changing...
Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £23 (live stream plus copy of book delivered to your door - UK only)
Join author and illustrator Chris Riddell as he talks about his new book Poems to Fall in Love With. Chris will be talking about curating this collection & of course drawing live, if you’ve not seen Chris at work you’re in for a real treat! In Poems to Fall in...
Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £15 (live stream plus copy of book delivered to your door)
Join us for a hilarious and highly entertaining event with bestselling children’s author, Pamela Butchart as she talks about her new book ‘The Broken Leg of Doom’. Hilarious, illustrated school-based antics where everything that happens leads to...
Tickets: £8 (live stream plus signed book delivered to your door - UK only)
Join bestselling author Mick Herron on publication day as he talks about his latest spy thriller Slough House. Fellow author Ann Cleeves will be chief interrogator for the evening. Slough House is the seventh instalment in Mick’s bestselling Slough House series....
Tickets: Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £18 (live stream plus copy of book delivered to your door - UK only)
Join Twitter’s own unofficial poet Laureate, Brian Bilston, as he reads from and answers questions about his new poetry collection. Alexa, what is there to know about love? is a wonderful collection of poems about love in all its forms, covering everything from...
Tickets: £5 (live stream only) or £16 (live stream plus copy of book)
Join Kate Elizabeth Russell, in conversation with Louise O’Neil, as she talks about her novel My Dark Vanessa, one of the most talked about books of 2020 and an instant Sunday Times bestseller. An era-defining novel about the relationship between a...
Tickets: £5
Join Baroness Floella Benjamin for this special ‘Live Steam’ event to celebrate the publication of a new picture book edition of Coming to England charting her her own journey from Trinidad, to London as part of the Windrush generation, to the House of...
Tickets: £12.99 (includes a copy of Coming to England delivered to your door)
Join bestselling crime author Ian Rankin talking about his latest Rebus novel ‘A Song for the Dark Times’ in with fellow crime writer Mark Billingham. **The first 100 people to register for the event with the ‘with book’ option will receive a signed copy...
Tickets: £10 without book or £23 with book (Includes a copy of A Song for the Dark Times delivered to your door)
Join Heather Morris, author of international bestselling novels, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka’s Journey as she talks about her non-fiction debut Stories of Hope. **The first 100 people to register for the event with the ‘with book’ option...
Tickets: £10 without book or £18 with book (Includes a copy of Stories of Hope)
Join Sir Michael Morpurgo, the nation’s favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestselling author of Warhorse as he talks about his new novel Boy Giant. in conversation with Emily Drabble. **The first 50 people to register for the event will receive a...
Tickets: £12.99 (Includes a copy of Boy Giant delivered to your door)
Join bestselling author and TV Presenter Kate Humble as she talks about her new book A Year of Living Simply. If there is one thing that most of us aspire to, it is, simply, to be happy. And yet attaining happiness has become, it appears, anything but simple. Having...
Tickets: £23 (Includes a copy of A Year of Living Simply delivered to your door)
Join Raynor Winn, the international bestselling author of The Salt Path, as she returns with her brilliant follow up The Wild Silence. **The first 100 people to register for the event will receive a signed bookplated copy of The Wild Silence. All other attendees will...
Tickets: £19 (Includes a copy of The Wild Silence delivered to your door)
Join bestselling author and the Queen of Crime Val McDermid as she talks about her latest novel Still Life. **The first 100 people to register for this event will receive a signed copy of Still Life . All others will receive an unsigned hardback copy of the book**...
Tickets: £23 (Includes a copy of Still Life delivered to your door)
Join bestselling crime writer Ann Cleeves as she talks about her new book ‘The Darkest Evening’. **Signed Independent Bookshop Exclusive editions for the first 200 people to register for the event. All others will receive an unsigned hardback copy of the...
Tickets: £22 (Includes a hardback copy of The Darkest Evening delivered to your door)
Join actress, novelist and screenwriter Ruth Jones for this exclusive online launch event as the Gavin & Stacey co-star and co-writer and bestselling author returns with her brand new novel Us Three. Packed with all the heart and empathy that made Ruth’s name as a...
Tickets: £20 (Includes a signed copy of Us Three delivered to your door)
Join much loved television presenter Richard Osman as he talks about his highly anticipated debut novel The Thursday Murder Club. **The first 100 people to register for the event will receive a signed and dedicated copy (with Bookplate) of The Thursday Murder Club....
Tickets: £19 (includes a a copy of The Thursday Murder Club delivered to your door)
Join much loved radio presenter and author Simon Mayo as he talks about his new thriller, Knife Edge. **The first 100 people to register for this event will receive a signed bookplated copy of Knife Edge . All others will receive an unsigned hardback copy of the...
Tickets: £17 (Includes a hardback copy of Knife Edge delivered to your door)
Join journalist, bestselling author and award-winning mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon as she talks about her new book Glorious Rock Bottom. **The first 150 people to register for the event will receive a signed copy (with Bookplate) of Glorious Rock Bottom. All...
Tickets: £21 (Includes a copy of Glorious Rock Bottom delivered to your door)
Join us for a virtual evening with best selling author Jane Fallon as she talk about her book Queen Bee, in conversation with Caroline Smailes. **The first 100 people to register for the event will receive a copy of Queen Bee with signed bookplate. All others will...
Tickets: £15 (Includes a copy of Queen Bee delivered to your door)
Join Matt Haig, the bestselling author of How to Stop Time and The Humans as he talks about his new novel The Midnight Library, a poignant, unique novel about regret, hope and forgiveness. **The first 200 people to register for this event will receive a signed copy of...
Tickets: £21 (Includes a copy of The Midnight Library delivered to your door)
The heart-warming truth about motherhood! We are thrilled to host a virtual event with bestselling author and Vlogger Louise Pentland talking about her new book MumLife with author, speaker and TV presenter Katie Piper. **The first 250 people to register for the...
Tickets: £20 (Includes a copy of MumLife delivered to your door)
Join JoJo Moyes, the Number One bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and Still Me, as she talks about her new standalone novel The Giver of Stars, a spellbinding story of love, community and the power of reading. The first 200 registrants for this event...
Tickets: £15 (Includes a paperback copy of The Giver of Stars delivered to your door)
Join us for an evening with inspirational bestselling author Lemn Sissay as he discusses his memoir My Name Is Why. **The first 300 customers to register for this event will receive a signed paperback copy (with book plate) of My Name is Why. All other registrants...
Tickets: £15 (Includes a paperback copy of My Name is Why delivered to your door)
Settle down with your own afternoon tea on Thursday 23rd July at 4pm and join Rachel Joyce as she talks about her highly anticipated new novel Miss Benson’s Beetle. From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Queenie Malone, and The...
Tickets: £20 (Includes a signed and dedicated copy of Miss Benson's Beetle with bookplate delivered to your door)
Join us for this exclusive event where Curtis Sittenfeld talks to Hadley Freeman about her new book RODHAM and her career so far. ** Every Ticket includes a copy of Rodham** What if Hillary hadn’t married Bill? How might things have turned out for them both, for...
Tickets: £16.99 plus booking fee (includes access to the event and a copy of Rodham delivered to your door)
RAYNOR WINN EVENT – POSTPONED In light of the latest Government advice regarding the Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) and avoiding all non-essential contact and social gatherings, our event with Raynor Winn on 22nd May has been POSTPONED. The publication of...
RUTH JONES EVENT – POSTPONED In light of the latest Government advice regarding the Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) and avoiding all non-essential contact and social gatherings, our event with Ruth Jones on 13th May has been POSTPONED. The publication of...
JOHN CONNELLY EVENT – CANCELLED In light of the latest Government advice regarding the Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) and avoiding all non-essential contact and social gatherings, our event with John Connolly on 24th April has been CANCELLED All ticket holders...
AMY MCLELLAN EVENT – CANCELLED In light of the latest Government advice regarding the Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) and avoiding all non-essential contact and social gatherings, our event with Amy McLellan on 21st April has been CANCELLED All ticket holders...
ABI DARE EVENT – CANCELLED In light of the latest Government advice regarding the Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) and avoiding all non-essential contact and social gatherings, our event with Abi Dare on 7th April has been CANCELLED All ticket holders will be...
BOOKSHOP SOCIAL WITH JENNIFER ROSNER – CANCELLED With the Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) Jennifer Rosner will no longer be travelling to the UK and so our Bookshop Social on Thursday 2nd April has been CANCELLED. All ticket holders will be notified and will be...
OUR ISLES EVENT WITH ANGUS BIRDITT & LILLY HEDLEY – POSTPONED In light of the latest Government advice regarding the Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) and avoiding all non-essential contact and social gatherings, the Our Isles event with Angus Birditt and...
AMANDA OWEN EVENT – POSTPONED In light of the latest Government advice regarding the Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) and avoiding all non-essential contact and social gatherings, our event with Amanda Owen, The Yorkshire Shepherdess, on Wednesday 18th March has...
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled by Lars Mytting and his team who feel that travelling from Norway at the present time would not be appropriate. They send their sincere apologies and plan to visit the UK later in the year.
Join us for an evening with Kerry Irving and Max his springer spaniel as we celebrate the publication of their memoir Max the Miracle Dog, a heart-warming tale of a life-saving friendship. In 2006, a traumatic car accident changed Kerry Irving’s life forever....
Tickets: £7 (redeemable against a signed copy of Max the Miracle Dog). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join Prue Leith and Peta Leith at this special lunchtime event as they talk about their inspirational new cookbook The Vegetarian Kitchen. Featuring one hundred delicious, heartwarming vegetarian and vegan recipes from Prue Leith – (the founder of Leiths School of...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One. Redeemable against a signed copy of The Vegetarian Kitchen) or £25 with book (Admits One. Includes a signed copy of The Vegetarian Kitchen. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening in the company of Gill Hornby as she talks about her wonderfully original and richly imagined novel Miss Austen. Why did Cassandra Austen burn a treasure trove of letters written by her sister, Jane Austen – an act of destruction that has...
Tickets: £8 without book (redeemable against a signed copy of Miss Austen) or £13 with book (includes a signed copy of Miss Austen). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join us for an evening with author, poet and playwright Kiran Millwood Hargrave as she talks about her new novel The Mercies, already tipped as one of the books to read in 2020! On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardo is thrown into...
Tickets: £7 (redeemable against a signed copy of The Mercies). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
Join crime writing superstar Sophie Hannah as she talks about her gripping new thriller Haven’t They Grown. All Beth has to do is drive her son to his Under-14s away match, watch him play, and bring him home. Just because she knows that her former best friend...
Tickets: £10 (redeemable against a signed copy of Haven't They Grown). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
Join bestselling food writer and award winning campaigner Jack Monroe as she talks about her new book Vegan(ish). The inspirational Jack Monroe is the go-to cook for anybody looking to create delicious meals on a tight budget. This collection of simple, affordable...
Tickets: £8 without book (redeemable against a signed copy of Vegan(ish) or £17 with book (includes a signed copy of Vegan(ish). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
Like your thrillers action packed? Join author and screenwriter Adam Hamdy as he talks about his scorching new novel Black 13, the first book in his new Scott Pearce series. In this addictive and fast-paced thriller, ex-MI6 officer Scott Pearce is about to show us...
Tickets: £6 (redeemable against a signed copy of Black 13). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
Come and meet legendary broadcaster and voice of cricket Henry Blofeld as he signs copies of his new book My A-Z of Cricket at this early afternoon book signing. In his trademark style, Blowers takes readers on a journey through the A-Z of cricket recounting his...
Tickets: NB This event is not ticketed, but please arrive on time!
Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an evening with Lemn Sissay, one of Britain’s best loved, award-winning poets and performers, who will be joining us to talk about his highly acclaimed memoir, My Name is Why. How does a government steal a child and then imprison...
Tickets: £10 without book (redeemable against a signed copy of My Name is Why) or £17 with book (includes a signed copy of My Name is Why). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Fresh from this year’s Rugby World Cup, Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an Evening with England coach Eddie Jones! Brilliant, honest, combative – Eddie Jones is a gigantic yet enigmatic figure in world rugby and a true legend of the game. In My Life and...
Tickets: £20 (Includes a signed copy of My Life and Rugby) Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with one of the nation’s best loved chefs as Rick Stein returns to the food he loves best with his new book Secret France. It is almost twenty years since Rick Stein’s last great French food adventure and the publication of his bestselling...
Tickets: £10 without book (Admits One, ticket redeemable against a signed copy of Secret France) or £26 with book (Admits One, includes one signed copy of Secret France)
Join the award winning writer of short stories, Cynan Jones, as he talks about his new novel Stillicide, a series of interconnected dystopian stories telling of a future Britain fighting for water…. Water is commodified. The Water Train that serves the city...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Stillicide). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
NB Change of Venue: This event is now being held at the Wynnstay Hotel, Church Street, Oswestry Twelve men have walked on the moon. But how many have spent an entire season with the Emperor Penguins in Antarctica? Maybe more, likely less. Lindsay McCrae has –...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of My Penguin Year). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Get a glimpse into another world and join us for an evening in the company of Richard Humphreys as he talks about his new book Under Pressure, a compelling and entertaining account of what it was like to serve and live on a nuclear submarine during the Cold War....
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Under Pressure). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Gyles Brandreth – raconteur, former MP, One Show reporter, Just A Minute star, and author of the best-selling word-lover’s companion, Have you eaten, Grandma? – has a passion for poetry. His brilliant new book – Dancing by the light of the moon – is both a celebration...
Tickets: £15 (Includes a signed copy of Dancing by the Light of the Moon). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join bestselling and critically acclaimed military historian Max Hastings as he talks about Operation Chastise and the famous Dambusters raid of 1943. In his new book Chastise, Max Hastings offers a fresh and compelling account of the Dambusters raid. He grew up...
Tickets: £10 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of Chastise) or £25 (with book - includes a signed copy of Chastise). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an evening with documentary filmmaker, journalist and much loved broadcaster Louis Theroux as he reflects on life and strange times in television. In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael...
Tickets: £20 (includes a signed copy of Gotta Get Theroux This). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an evening with Welsh rugby icon and former British & Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton as he talks openly about his career at the highest levels of the game and his new autobiography Open Side. Sam Warburton propelled...
Tickets: £20 (Includes a signed copy of Open Side). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Calling all music fans! Join much loved radio broadcaster and TV presenter Mark Radcliffe as he talks about his new book Crossroads and takes us on a personal journey picking out those moments which changed music history. Standing at the crossroads – the...
Tickets: £10 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of Crossroads) or £17 (with book - includes a signed copy of Crossroads). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join international bestselling author Phillipa Gregory as she talks about her new novel Tidelands, the first in a brand new historical series. England 1648. A dangerous time for a woman to be different… Midsummer’s Eve, 1648, and England is in the grip of civil...
Tickets: £10 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of Tidelands) or £20 (with book - includes a signed copy of Tidelands). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
Join Alix Nathan as she talks about her compelling historical novel The Warlow Experiment, an unforgettably sinister tale of an 18th century human experiment which has unforeseen consequences for all involved. What kind of person keeps a man underground for seven...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of The Warlow Experiment). Includes a coffee/tea on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Get ready to meet Cookie Haque – funny, science obsessed and ready to take on the world! Join author, broadcaster and much loved former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq as she introduces you to Cookie and her adventures in the first of a sparking new series for...
Tickets: £15 Admits One Child & One Adult with signed book (Includes a signed hardback copy of Cookie) & £5 Additional Adult/Child. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening in the company of Susannah Stapleton as she tells the remarkable true story of Maud West, Lady Detective. Maud West ran her detective agency in London for more than thirty years, having started sleuthing on behalf of society’s finest in...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of The Adventures of Maud West). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening in the company of Mike Parker as he talks about his superb new memoir On The Red Hill, telling the story of Rhiw Goch and its inhabitants in an intricately woven celebration of life in modern rural Wales and the redemptive power of nature. In...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of On the Red Hill). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival.
Love a bit of domestic noir and looking for your next gripping read? Then join us for an evening of criminally good conversation and a glass of wine as Shari Lapena, international bestselling author of The Couple Next Door, talks about her latest electrifying thriller...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Someone We Know). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join David Nicholls, the bestselling author of One Day, as he talks about his new novel Sweet Sorrow, a bittersweet and brilliantly funny coming-of-age tale of ordinary lives. One life-changing summer. Sixteen-year-old Charlie meets Fran… Charlie is the kind of...
Tickets: £10 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of Sweet Sorrow) or £20 (with book - includes a signed copy of Sweet Sorrow). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
Join number one bestselling author Clare Mackintosh as she talks about her new novel After the End, a gripping and propulsive exploration of love, marriage, parenthood, and the road not taken. Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. Only now they’re...
Tickets: £8 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of After the End) or £13 (with book - includes a signed copy of After the End). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
Do you have a story that you’d like to tell? Have you ever thought of becoming an author? Do you have lots of good ideas that you’d like to craft into something a bit more substantial? Join award-winning author Edward Docx for an hour of insight, advice,...
Tickets: £12 (Includes 'How to Write a Book' session and a copy of Let Go My Hand) Tickets available from the Bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join bestselling spy novelist Mick Herron as he talks about his new book Joe Country, the latest instalment in his highly acclaimed Slough House series starring Jackson Lamb. If Spook Street is where spies live, Joe Country is where they go to die and as Jackson...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Joe Country). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
In 2016, Katherine Rundell, prize-winning author of five novels for children – found her understanding of the world she lived in upturned: by Brexit, Trump, a sweep across Europe towards nationalism and insularity, terrorist attacks. Literary fiction did not help her...
Tickets: £6 (Includes a signed copy of Why You Should Read Children's Books). Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join journalist, broadcaster and writer Kirsty Wark as she talks about her highly anticipated second novel The House by the Loch. Inspired in part by Kirsty’s childhood memories and her late father, The House by the Loch is a story about the bonds between generations,...
Tickets: £8 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of The House by the Lake) or £17 (with book - includes a signed copy of The House by the Loch). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
Join Victoria Hislop, the bestselling author of The Island, The Sunrise, and Cartes Postales from Greece as she talks about her captivating new novel Those Who Are Loved. Athens 1941. After decades of political uncertainty, Greece is polarised between Right- and...
Tickets: £10 (without book - redeemable against a signed copy of Those Who Are Loved) or £20 (with book - includes a signed copy of Those Who Are Loved). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
No sleep for twenty hours. No food for ten. And a ward full of soon-to-be mothers… Welcome to thelife of a midwife. Join Leah Hazard as she talks about her memoir Hard Pushed chronicling life on the frontline of the maternity ward. Leah Hazard’s life on the NHS...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Hard Pushed). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening in the company of Elizabeth Macneal as she talks about her highly acclaimed debut novel The Doll Factory, an intoxicating tale of love, art and obsession. Set in London in 1850/51, The Doll Factory tells the story of Iris, an apprentice...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of The Doll Factory). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with Colin Butcher as he talks about his new book Molly and Me – an extraordinary tale of second chances and how a dog and her owner became the ultimate pet-detective duo. Ex-policeman Colin Butcher had set up his own pet detective agency...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Molly & Me). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening in the company of Christy Lefteri as she talks about her novel The Beekeeper of Aleppo. In the midst of war, he found love In the midst of darkness, he found courage In the midst of tragedy, he found hope The Beekeeper of Aleppo What will you...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of The Beekeeper of Aleppo). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Calling all cheese lovers! Join us for an evening of tastings and an insight into the craft of artisan cheesemaking with Morgan McGlynn as we celebrate the publication of her new book The Modern Cheesemaker. Morgan McGlynn is one of the youngest women in the business;...
Tickets: £10 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Modern Cheesemaker). Includes cheese tasting & a glass of wine/soft drink. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening in the company of Costa award winning author Jess Kidd as she talks about her enchanting Victorian detective novel Things in Jars. London, 1863. Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age, is taking on her toughest case yet. Reeling...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Things in Jars). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join Erin Kelly, the bestselling author of He Said She Said, as she returns to Booka to talk about her gripping new suspense novel Stone Mothers. You can’t keep the secret. You can’t tell the truth. You can’t escape the past… Marianne grew up...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Stone Mothers). Includes a glass of wine or soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join writer and journalist Kate Spicer as she talks about her life-affirming tragicomic memoir Lost Dog, a tender true story of one woman and her dog, both lost and rescued by love. Kate Spicer is a middle-aged woman trying to steer some order into a life that is...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Lost Dog). Includes a glass of wine or soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for a morning with international bestselling children’s author Francesca Simon as we celebrate 25 years of Horrid Henry with the publication of Horrid Henry Up, Up and Away. Number One for fiendish fun! Horrid Henry is back and naughtier than ever in...
Tickets: £12 Admits One Child & One Adult with signed book (Includes a copy of Horrid Henry Up, Up & Away) & £6 Additional Adult/Child (£3 redeemable against other Horrid Henry book purchase. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with the award winning and bestselling nature-writer, John Lewis-Stempel, as he talks about his new book Still Water: The Deep Life of the Pond. The Pond. Nothing in the countryside is more humble or more valuable. It’s the moorhen’s...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Still Water). Includes a glass of wine or soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
You can use it to make a salad dressing, pickle with it, marinade meat or fish, or toss through roasted vegetables or fruits but there is so much more to vinegar than shaking on your chips. Join award winning food writer and historian Angela Clutton as she talks about...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of The Vinegar Cupboard). Includes a glass of wine or soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Love the suspense of a good psychological thriller and looking for your next compulsive read? Then join us for an evening ‘in conversation’ with Harriet Tyce and Jenny Blackhurst as they come together to talk about their new books ‘Blood Orange’ and...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of either author's book). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening in the company of David Nott one of the world’s most experienced trauma surgeons as he talks about his new book War Doctor: Surgery on the Frontline. For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a...
Tickets: £8 (redeemable against a signed copy of War Doctor: Surgery on the Frontline). Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Looking for your next page turner? Join Laura Shepherd-Robinson as she talks about Blood & Sugar, her debut historical crime thriller. June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock – horribly tortured and branded with a slaver’s mark. Some...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Blood and Sugar). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join one of Britain’s finest thriller writers as Gerald Seymour talks about his latest novel, Battle Sight Zero. The Kalashnikov AK47. A weapon with a unique image. A symbol of freedom fighters and terrorists across the globe. Undercover officer Andy Knight has...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Battle Sight Zero). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening in the company of Diane Setterfield as she talks about her spellbinding new novel Once Upon a River, a multi layered mystery set in the 19th Century. A dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the Thames. The regulars are entertaining...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Once Upon a River). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
This New Year, number one bestselling author Ruby Wax is here to guide you through the chaos of the 21st century with How to be Human – a user’s manual for surviving life. Ruby Wax is one of the most readable, inspirational and engaging writers in the field of human...
Tickets: £15 (includes a signed paperback copy of How to be Human). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Start your journey to a leaner, healthier lifestyle! – join us for an evening with the nation’s favourite healthy cook and fitness sensation, Joe Wicks aka The Body Coach as he talks food and fitness and introduces his new veggie cookbook, the latest...
Tickets: £20 (Includes a signed copy of Veggie Lean in 15). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join one of Britain’s most prolific and successful writers Anthony Horowitz as he talks about his new book The Sentence is Death. Death, deception, and a detective with quite a lot to hide stalk the pages of Anthony Horowitz’s brilliant new murder mystery,...
Tickets: £10 (fully redeemable against a signed copy of The Sentence is Death) Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join us for an evening with Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith as she talks about her life-long passion for food and her new cookbook ‘Prue’ featuring recipes from her own kitchen table. Prue Leith has been at the top of the British food scene for...
Tickets: £10 without book (redeemable against a signed copy of Prue) or £25 with book (includes a signed copy of Prue). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an evening with historian and BAFTA winning broadcaster and TV presenter Dan Snow as he talks about his new book, On This Day in History. In ‘On This Day in History’ Dan Snow tells the story of an important event that...
Tickets: £15 (Admits One - with signed book) or £25 (Admits Two - with one signed book). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join us for an evening with Markus Zusak, the internationally acclaimed, prize-winning, bestselling author of The Book Thief as he talks about his highly anticipated new novel Bridge of Clay. The five Dunbar brothers are living – fighting, dreaming, loving – in the...
Tickets: £10 (Admits One - fully redeemable against a signed copy of Bridge of Clay) or £19 (Admits One & includes a signed copy of Bridge of Clay). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join international bestselling author Jodi Picoult at this lunchtime event as she talks about her latest book A Spark of Light, a powerful and provocative novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart stopping crisis. As one of the world’s most popular...
Tickets: Tickets: £17 (With book - includes a signed copy of A Spark of Light). Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee)
Your Starter for Ten! – change how you see the world around you and join us for an evening with University Challenge Star and BBC Maths Guru Bobby Seagull as he shows us the life changing magic of numbers. Once you know how to see them, numbers are all around us...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of The Life Changing Magic of Numbers). Includes a glass of wine or soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
As part of the Wilfred Owen Festival being held in Oswestry to remember and commemorate the centenary of Wilfred Owen’s death and Armistice Day, Booka Bookshop are delighted to welcome Allan Mallinson to talk about his new book Fight to the Finish: The First...
Tickets: £6 (redeemable against a signed copy of Fight to the Finish). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an evening with Shane Warne, one of the greatest cricketers of the 20th Century, as he talks about his new autobiography No Spin. To many, Shane Warne is the greatest spinner, if not bowler of them all. From the start of his...
Tickets: £25 (includes a signed copy of No Spin: My Autobiography). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join us for an evening with one the UK’s best known TV presenters, Kate Humble, as she talks about her new book Thinking on My Feet, celebrating walking and the small joy of putting one foot in front of the other. Thinking on My Feet tells the story of...
Tickets: £10 without book – Admits One (£8 redeemable against a signed copy of Thinking on My Feet) or £20 with book - Admits One and includes a signed hardback copy of Thinking on My Feet. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an evening with Monty Python stalwart and much loved television globetrotter Michael Palin talking about his latest book Erebus: the Story of a Ship. In this major new work, Michael Palin brings to life the world and voyages of...
Tickets: £20 (Admits One - with signed book) or £30 (Admits Two - with one signed book). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an evening with football legend Kevin Keegan as he tells the story of a remarkable career which saw him rise to become one of the superstars of the sport. Kevin Keegan is one of the greatest players in English football history....
Tickets: £25 (includes a signed copy of My Life in Football). Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening in the company of bestselling author Patrick Gale as he talks about his latest novel Take Nothing With You – a novel of boyhood, coming of age, and the confusions of desire and reality. 1970s Weston-Super-Mare and ten-year-old oddball...
Tickets: £8 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of Take Nothing With You). Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening with award winning and bestselling author Kate Atkinson as she talks about her magnificent new novel Transcription. In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department...
Tickets: £10 (without book - £7 redeemable against a signed copy of Transcription) or £20 (with book - includes a signed copy of Transcription). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
Join bestselling cookery author and entrepreneur Ella Mills as she talks about her new book Deliciously Ella: The Cookbook and shares her passion for delicious healthy food. Ella’s latest book features the most popular, tried and tested recipes from her supper...
Tickets: £10 (£8 redeemable against a signed copy of the book at the event ). Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join us for an evening in the company of Manda Scott as she talks about her latest novel A Treachery of Spies. A Treachery of Spies is an espionage thriller to rival the very best, a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse, played in the shadows, which will keep you...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of A Treachery of Spies). Includes a glass of wine or soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
Join us for an evening with Joanna Cannon, the bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, as she talks about her wonderful second novel Three Things About Elsie, a restorative, wryly perceptive story exploring memory, friendship and old age. There are...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Three Things About Elsie). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online with booking fee.
Join us for an evening with Jasper Fforde, one of Britain’s most original writers, as he talks about his highly anticipated new standalone novel Early Riser. A new Jasper Fforde novel is always a major event. But he’s made his fans wait for Early Riser...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of Early Riser). Includes a glass of wine/soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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)
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).
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).
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)
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.
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)
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).
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)
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)
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).
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).
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).
Join us for an evening in the company of number one bestselling crime author Clare Mackintosh as she talks about her stunning, twisty new psychological thriller, Let Me Lie. The police say it was suicide. Anna says it was murder. They’re both wrong. One year ago,...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of Let Me Lie). Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Love top notch crime fiction? Then join us for an evening ‘in conversation’ with crime writers Sarah Vaughan and Fiona Cummins as they come together to talk about their new books Anatomy of a Scandal and The Collector. Come and hear how they started their...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of either book) Includes a glass of wine/soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Half Term Fun! Join author Karin Celestine as she reads one of her delightful books for children – Small Finds a Home. When Small comes to live with the Tribe there aren’t enough beds to go around. But Emily has an idea… Karin Celestine describes herself as a...
Tickets: £3 (redeemable against book purchase) Available from the bookshop.
Join author and crafter Karin Celestine at this Needle Felting Workshop for adults as she teaches you how to create your very own oak leaf/acorn brooch. Karin Celestine describes herself as a writer of creatures and a felter of tales. In her garden there is a shed and...
Tickets: £30 Includes workshop and all felting materials, plus refreshments. Available from the bookshop.
Join us for an evening in the company of Neil Ansell as he talks about his new book The Last Wilderness – a mesmerising book on nature and solitude by a writer who has spent his lifetime taking solitary ventures into the wild. In The Last Wilderness the...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Last Wilderness). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Discover great debut fiction! Join us for our first event of 2018 as we welcome Imogen Hermes Gowar to Booka to talk about her fabulous debut novel The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock – a spellbinding story of curiosity, love and obsession set in Georgian London. One...
Tickets: £6 (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
As Christmas approaches, come and join us for a magical and enchanting story time as Booka, in partnership with The Ballet Pod, present Ella Bella Ballerina & The Magic Toyshop. Enjoy a special interactive story time with The Ballet Pod Ballerinas followed by a 45...
Tickets: £25 - Includes Story Time, Ballet Workshop, Goody Bag plus refreshments. Tickets available from the Bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee)
Join us for an evening with Andrew Michael Hurley, author of the award-winning bestseller The Loney. as he talks about his second novel, Devil’s Day. All stories in the valley have to begin with the Devil . . . After the blizzard of 1913, it was weeks before anyone...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Devil’s Day). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival. Tickets available from the bookshop, or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for a daytime event with Katie Kirby, the hilariously funny author of Hurrah for Gin, as she talks about her brand new book ‘The Daily Struggles of Archie Adams Aged 2 1/4′ Hot on the heels of her best selling book ‘Hurrah for Gin’ Katie’s new book depicts the...
Tickets: Tickets: £10 (£3 redeemable against a signed copy of The Daily of Archie Adams Aged 2 1/4) Includes a Gin and Tonic cupcake & tea/coffee. Tickets available from the bookshop or purchase online (with booking fee).
Join us for an evening in the company of author and screenwriter Adam Hamdy as he talks about his new thriller, Freefall – the high octane follow-up to his first novel Pendulum. JOHN WALLACE IS A TARGET. Hiding off-grid after exposing the shadowy Pendulum conspiracy,...
Tickets: £5 (redeemable against a signed copy of Freefall). Includes a glass of wine / soft drink on arrival.
Join us for an evening in the company of chef, entrepreneur and food lover Rick Stein as he takes us on another culinary journey and talks about his new book The Road to Mexico and accompanying BBC TV series. In The Road to Mexico, Rick Stein brings his unrivalled...
Tickets: £10 without book – Admits One (£5 redeemable against a signed copy of The Road to Mexico) or £25 with book - Admits One and includes a signed hardback copy of The Road to Mexico (RRP £26)