An evening with Sarah Hilary and Louise Candlish - Sharp Glass and Our Holiday
Warwick Quaker Meeting House - Please use entrance through archway, Warwick, CV34 4SL
Tue 9th July 2024
Sarah Hilary - Sharp Glass Trapped in a house by a man who believes she is someone she isn't, one woman must find a way to escape her captor. The last thing she remembers is standing outside the empty house. One she was employed to pack, ready for removal. Her job is her life. It is her compulsion to take care of an owner’s precious possessions, to do whatever it takes to help them move on. Now she is cold, dirty, damp, trapped in its cellar with no chance of escape, miles from anywhere. His prisoner. And then he returns. Her captor believes she holds the answers to why a young girl was murdered a year ago. He refuses to let her go until she reveals her secrets. But he doesn’t know she has hidden depths, and an anger she works hard to control. The battle lines are drawn. They are the only two people who can solve the mystery of the dead girl, but when the truth is revealed whose life will shatter…?
Sarah Hilary's debut, Someone Else's Skin, won the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year Award and was also a World Book Night selcetion, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and a finalist for both the Silver Falchion and the Macavity Awards in the US. No Other Darkness, the secomd in her DI Marnie Rome series, was shortlisted for a Barry Award. The series continued with Tastes Like Fear, Quieter Than Killing, Come and Find Me and Never Be Broken. Sharp Glass is her third standalome novel, following Black Thorn and Fragile.
Louise Candlish - Our Holiday A gripping, twisty new thriller from the bestselling author of Our House. Charlotte and Perry have owned their cliff top holiday home in Pine Ridge for years. They’ve worked hard for it – why shouldn’t they enjoy it? Even if the locals can’t afford to live in the village these days. Now city friends Amy and Linus have bought a second home nearby and when the two families descend, they plan lazy days at the beach and evenings sipping rosé and watching the sun set from Charlotte’s summer house veranda. But this summer is different. A group of locals – headed by the charismatic Robbie – will stop at nothing to make the second home owners pay for their holiday. By the end of their break, marriages will be torn apart, friendships shattered and crimes exposed. And one of them will have lost their life.
Louise Candlish is the bestselling author of 16 novels and her books are published all over the world. Her book Our House was adapted into a major four-part ITV drama and won the 2019 British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year. She lives in a South London neighbourhood not unlike the one in her books, with her husband, daughter (when she's not at uni), and a fox-red Labrador called Bertie who is the apple of her eye.
General Admission £10.00
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An Evening with Toby Clements - A Good Deliverance
Warwick Unitarian Chapel, Warwick, CV34 4AX
Tue 16th July 2024
From the author of the Kingmaker series, an epic and intimate tale of adventure, myth and the creation of one of literature's greatest stories. Warwick, 1468. One drowsy summer afternoon, Sir Thomas Malory - politician, courtier, outlaw, renowned author of Le Morte D'Arthur - is seized from his garden and dragged to Newgate Prison for reasons unknown.
Shivering in his foul-smelling, filthy old cell, Malory mourns his misspent life as he awaits the execution bell. But when the locking bar lifts, he is greeted by a boy of about twelve winters: the gaoler's son. Giddy with relief, Malory seizes the opportunity to recount his deeds to an audience.
So begins a prison confession of a perilously exciting life full of sieges, battles and court intrigue. A Good Deliverance is the captivating tale of a man at odds with his past and the events that inspired him to write the first great work of prose fiction in English.
Join us for a evening with author Toby Clements who will present his latest book A Good Deliverance. He will talk about his latest book and experieces as an author. There will be a Q&A and Toby will be available to sign copies of his books. Light refreshments will also be provided.
General admission for 1 - includes a copy of the book £18.99
General admission for 2 people - includes one copy of the book £25.00
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Summer thriller event with Phoebe Morgan, Nikki Smith and Emily Freud
Warwick Books, Warwick, CV34 4SL
Tue 23rd July 2024
The perfect event to pick your SUMMER THRILLER.
We will be welcoming 3 authors: Phoebe Morgan whose latest book THE TRIP was published in May with crime writer Nikki Smith, whose book THE GUESTS is set in the Maldives and Emily Freud who had a book published this April called HER LAST SUMMER.
General admission £10.00
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An evening with Annie Garthwaite - The King's Mother
Warwick Unitarian Chapel, Warwick, CV34 4AX
Tue 30th July 2024, 6.30pm
1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – eighteen years old and unstoppable.
Cecily has piloted his rise to power and stands at his shoulder now, first to claim the title King’s Mother. But to win a throne is not to keep it and war is come again. As brother betrays brother, and trusted cousins turn treacherous, other mothers rise up to fight for other sons.
Cecily must focus her will to defeat every challenge. Wherever they come from. Whatever the cost.
For there can be only one King, and only one King’s Mother. From the Wars of the Roses to the dawn of the Tudor age, this is a story of mothers and sons; of maternal ferocity and female ambition - of all they can build and all they can destroy.
Join us for a evening with historical fiction author Annie Garthwaite who will present her latest book The King's Mother. She will talk about her latest book and experieces as an author. There will be a Q&A and Annie will be available to sign copies of her books. Light refreshments will also be provided.
General admission for 1 - includes a copy of the book £16.99
General admission for 2 people - includes one copy of the book £20.99
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/warwick-books
An evening with Robert Harris - Precipice
St Nicholas Church - Warwick, Warwick, CV34 4JD
Fri 30th August 2024
Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley – aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless – is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H.
H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state.
As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is assigned to investigate a leak of top secret documents – and suddenly what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that will alter the course of political history. Seamlessly weaving fact and fiction in a way that no writer does better, Precipice is the thrilling new novel from Robert Harris.
Join us for a evening with author Robert Harris who will present his latest book Precipice. He will talk about his latest book and experieces as an author. There will be a Q&A and Guy will be available to sign copies of his books. Light refreshments will also be provided.
General admission for 1 - includes a copy of the book £22.00
General admission for 2 people - includes one copy of the book £30.00
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/warwick-books
“A venue fit for a king! It was a fantastic evening, they had arranged it all perfectly. I am gobsmacked and over the moon all at once!”
We’re delighted to host a rich series of literary events in and around Warwick. These include our popular 'Meet the author' events. The talks usually last about an hour, followed by questions, and then there is an opportunity to meet the speaker and have a book signed. Previous authors Melvyn Bragg, Jodi Picoult, Kate Williams, Professor Edith Hall and Dr Elizabeth Goldring. These events take place across Warwick including the beautiful Lord Leycester Hospital. We also support Warwick Words Festival.
Refreshments provided by local independent businesses are served at all of our events!
“Huge thanks for a fab event yesterday!”