Book Events in and around Wallingford
Coming Up…

Join us as we welcome Frank and Bert to Wallingford. We’ll be visiting The Family Centre, schools and there’ll be a storytime at the shop too!

Olivia Kiernan is a writer of crime thrillers and suspense fiction. Her novels have been published in multiple territories.

The End of Us is her first standalone thriller after the critically acclaimed Detective Frankie Sheehan series and was listed in The Telegraph's Best of Books and Best of Crime Fiction by the Irish Times.

Q&A and meet the author - tickets £5 (including a glass of wine) from francesmswann@gmail.com

Rebecca Wait will be at Thame Library to discuss her books.

Call Thame Library to book your ticket - 01865 815190

Crime writer Tom Hindle introduces us to his latest bestselling murder mystery, following in the footsteps of A Fatal Crossing, Murder on Lake Garda and Death in the Arctic.

Set in a luxury hotel in Costa Rica, A Killer in Paradise is a story full of twists and turns that keep you guessing to the end. Five friends are reunited after a gap of 10 years, then a body is discovered and it's clear one of them must be responsible!

Hear Tom discuss the ideas behind this latest novel and enjoy a fun evening.

Complimentary drink included in the £10 ticket price. The event will take place the Morrell Rooms, Streatley. Book your seat or through the link below.

This month's book choice is Laura Clark is Away From Her Desk by Helen Russell. Helen will be joining us in the shop to discuss her book.

Alyce Chaucer, granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, was one of the wealthiest women in the fifteenth century, but few details survive of her life. She was born in Ewelme, a few miles from Wallingford, and she and her third husband William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, rebuilt Ewelme church, endowed almshouses and built a school and a palace. Her magnificent alabaster tomb is full of character, and inspired Christina Hardyment to write a series of history mysteries set in Oxfordshire, London and Cornwall during the Wars of the Roses. Alyce is the central character and they have sold very well; the fourth will be published in time for Christmas. Christina’s talk will show how the known facts inform her fictions.

Please use the link below to book or call into the shop. The ticket price (£5) includes a glass of wine or soft drink and is redeemable against the book.

The bookshop is supporting Wallingford's first Independent Authors' Festival on 3rd October. Open to all Oxfordshire authors who are not traditionally published by the big four (Penguin, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Hachette) this is an opportunity for indie authors to showcase their books. There will be workshops, talks and a chance to chat to local authors.

If you are a local author who would like to take a stall, run a workshop or present a talk, please email colinwade40@btinternet.com.

The Wittenham Clumps, a pair of wooded chalk hills in South Oxfordshire, were a major source of inspiration for Paul Nash (1889-1946), one of the finest British artists of the 20th century. The talk explores Nash’s unique and enduring connection with this landscape, showing his Wittenham Clumps work alongside his war art, Surrealism, illustration, photography and design.

Christopher Baines runs the Paul Nash and the Wittenham Clumps website www.nashclumps.org. He regularly lectures on Nash and has been interviewed about him for the BBC television programmes Countryfile and Andrew Graham Dixon’s Paul Nash: The Ghosts of War.

Please use the link below to book or call into the shop. The ticket price (£5) includes a glass of wine or soft drink and is redeemable against the book.

The premise of Cookbook Club is simple. We come together on the first Tuesday of every month to enjoy a meal cooked from a favourite cookbook, discuss recipes and ideas and have a glass (or two) of something fitting. Tickets are limited.

Our cookbook for this month is Dishoom by Kavi Thakrar, Shamil Thakrar and Naved Nasir.

Come along to the shop at 6.30pm if you'd like to discuss the book and swap recipes with the other guests, before heading across to Five Little Pigs for Aimee's take on the recipes and a fabulous two course dinner from the book.

Email the Pigs to book your ticket at littlepigsltd@gmail.com

A book club where you could choose to read your own book!

Come along, chat about the books you're currently reading for 15 minutes or so (or just listen to the discussion - no participation necessary) then read quietly for 45 - 50 minutes in the company of like-minded bibliophiles.

£5 entry, redeemable against your next read

You bring a blanket / cushion and we'll provide the herbal tea and biscuits!

​Please get in touch if interested.

Join us from 7am(!) on 27th October to celebrate the release of the sixth book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas.

We'll raise a glass to the stars who listen and the dreams that are answered...

We'll feast on croissants and tartlets as we predict what the next two books will bring...

And of course we'll play ACOTAR bingo with the winner winning a copy of A Court of Forgotten Melody to be picked up on its release in January 2027.

Pop in to reserve your copy (and your place) or click here.

River - A Poetry Reading with Robert Seatter (5th Nov, 7pm).

Cressida Downing (author of Consider the Ravens) (18th Nov) and lots more...

watch this space...