All Events

• EXTRA Comic Workshop SOLD OUT

  with Abby Bulmer of Phoenix Comics Age 10+

  Event was on Sat 10 May 2025

• Dr Julie Smith

  Open When...

  Event was on Sat 10 May 2025

• Stig Abell and Ava Glass

  Crimes and Thrillers

  Event was on Sat 10 May 2025

• Maz Evans

  Oh What a Knight! Age 7+

  Event was on Sat 10 May 2025

• Superheroes SOLD OUT

  Drop In and Do Workshop Age 5+

  Event was on Sat 10 May 2025

• Nadia Shireen and Charlie Higson

  What's That Noise? Age 4+

  Event was on Sat 10 May 2025

• Bunny v Monkey Trail

  Can you find the characters we've hidden?

  Event was on Sat 10 May 2025

• Dame Jacqueline Wilson

  The Seaside Sleepover Age 6+

  Event was on Sat 10 May 2025

• Rupert Dastur

  WORKSHOP: Beautiful Caves - Creating Compelling Characters

  Event was on Sat 10 May 2025

• Georgina Moore

  WORKSHOP: Preparing for Publication

  Event was on Sat 10 May 2025

• Impromptu Shakespeare

  Improvised Play Inspired by You

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Charlie Higson

  The Name's Bond - Rewriting a Classic

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Booklovers Wine Club SOLD OUT

  Wine and Books to Match Your Mood

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Kit de Waal

  The Best of Everything

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Dame Jacqueline Wilson (adult)

  Think Again

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Simon Jenkins

  A Short History of British Architecture

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Christopher Summerfield

  These Strange New Minds: How AI Learned to Talk and What it Means

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Professor Simon Kyle

  Sleep

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Tracy Borman OBE

  Holbein and The Year That Changed Tudor England

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Julia Samuel with Kit de Waal

  Therapy Works Podcast Recording

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• The Book Spa

  with Sceptre Books

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Marianne Brown

  The Shetland Way: Community and Climate Crisis on My Father’s Islands

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Mary Costello and Elaine Garvey

  A Celebration of the Irish Novel

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Sir Graham Brady

  Kingmaker

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Alayo Akinkugbe, Lucy Steeds and Joe Tucker

  Who's Art For?

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Nadia Shireen

  FOR SCHOOLS Grimwood Age 6+

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Dr Lucy Pollock

  The Golden Rule

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Ellie Stevenson

  WORKSHOP: Family History through Artefacts

  Event was on Fri 9 May 2025

• Mishal Husain

  Broken Threads

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Local Author Showcase

  Come and share your work

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Jonn Elledge

  A History of the World in 47 Borders

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Dan Richards CANCELLED

  Overnight - Stories After Dark

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Giles Milton

  The Stalin Affair

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Diana Henry

  Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Phil Craig

  1945 The Reckoning

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Tim Minshall

  Your Life is Manufactured

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Carol Klein

  Hortobiography

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Daniel Swift

  The Dream Factory - London's First Playhouse

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Chloe Dalton and Lottie Hazell

  Raising Hare and Piglet

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Jennifer Collier (afternoon)

  WORKSHOP: Paper Storybook Gloves

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Susie Dent

  A Woman of Letters

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Julian Treasure and Alice Vincent

  Are You Listening?

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Emma Barnett CANCELLED

  A Love Letter to Mothers

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Jennifer Collier (morning) SOLD OUT

  WORKSHOP: Paper Flowers

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Alix Almond SOLD OUT

  WORKSHOP: Linocut

  Event was on Thu 8 May 2025

• Festival General Knowledge Quiz Night

  Pit your wits to be this year's champions - ONLY ONE TABLE LEFT!

  Event was on Thu 10 Apr 2025

• Under Milk Wood

  A Radio Play

  Event was on Sun 27 Oct 2024

• Ashley John-Baptiste

  Looked After: A Childhood in Care

  Event was on Sun 27 Oct 2024

• Vanessa Feltz

  Vanessa Bares All

  Event was on Sun 27 Oct 2024

• Simon Parkin

  The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad

  Event was on Sun 27 Oct 2024