An afternoon with Clare Mackintosh -
Other People's Houses
Castle Hill Baptist Church, Warwick, CV34 4EX
Thursday 27th February 2025, 2pm
We're welcoming Clare back to Warwick to talk about her stunning new thriller Other People's Houses. This is from the author who brought you the jaw-dropping twist of I Let You Go, the gasp-out-loud ending of Let Me Lie, and the loveable, unpredictable Ffion Morgan in The Last Party and A Game of Lies. The Hill is the kind of place everyone wants to live: luxurious, exclusive and safe. But now someone is breaking and entering these Cheshire homes one by one, and DS Leo Brady suspects the burglar is looking for something, or someone, in particular.
Over the border in Wales, DC Ffion Morgan recovers the body of an estate agent from the lake. There's no love lost between Ffion and estate agents, but who hated this one enough to want her dead - and why?As their cases collide, Ffion and Leo discover people will pay a high price to keep their secrets behind closed doors . .
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An evening with Chris Tutton and Lucy Nolan -
Imaginary Landscapes Poetry and Harp
Warwick Books, Warwick Books, CV34 4SL
Thursday 27th March 2025, 6.30pm
Imaginary Landscapes is a chance to experience both Poetry and Harp with Chris Tutton and Lucy Nolan on Thursday 27 March 6.30pm in Warwick Books. This is a special event featuring the hugely popular collaboration of leading poet, author and raconteur, Chris Tutton with award-winning harpist, Lucy Nolan.
“Magical and mesmerising... An exquisite fusion of words and music”
“An absolute gem” Martin Denny, Windsor Arts Festival
“This should be at the heart of every festival” Andy Stuart, Rye Arts Festival
Chris Tutton is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of eight collections of poetry, the most recent being ‘Short Chapters From Sunset’. Coined by Ned Sherrin as “the master of the short poem” his work has also been described as “absolutely beautiful” by Alexander Waugh with Iain Anderson of BBC Scotland noting that it was “philosophy in poetry form” and the Sunday Times commenting on its “dramatic passion and dignity”
‘The Failing of Angels’ his extraordinary debut novel was published in 2020 - “I have never read such beautiful writing. I was stunned”
“One of the most strikingly written books I’ve read all year” David Hebblethwaite, David ‘s Book World. Reading across the globe.
Lucy Nolan is an award-winning International Harpist, passionate about challenging and evolving new styles of harp playing through collaboration, composition and performance. Featured on Radio 3 and 4 she has also played on Hollyoaks and ITV’s drama, ‘Victoria’ She plays for the UK’s leading orchestras, including the BBC Concert Orchestra, The Hallé and the Royal Northern Sinfonia and has enjoyed performing worldwide, including at the Royal Albert Hall, Lambeth Palace, Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Jaipur Literature Festival and at the World Harp Congress in Hong Kong.
Light refreshments will be available.
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An evening with Keith Kahn-Harris -
Everyday Jews
Warwick Books, Warwick, CV34 4SL
Tuesday 8th April 2025, 6.30pm
Join us for an evening with Keith Kahn-Harris a sociologist and writer, based in London. He is a senior lecturer at Leo Baeck College and a senior research fellow at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. Keith will talk about his latest book and be willing to answer questions and sign books.
Can Jews be allowed to become boring? With Israel and antisemitism constantly in thenews, it seems as though the Jewish people – a fraction of a percentage of the world’s population- have become synonymous with controversy, drama and anxiety. But what if there was another side to this persistently interesting people; one that non-Jews often don’t know about and Jews rarely talk about? This is the stuff of ‘everyday’ Jewishness; the capacity to be ordinary, mundane and sometimes just plain dull. Keith Kahn-Harris lifts the lid on this surprising world in a book for Jews and non-Jews alike. Arguing that his people’s extraordinary public visibility today is harming their ability to live everyday Jewish lives, he celebrates themundanity and mediocrity of a people before it vanishes completely. DR KEITH KAHN-HARRIS is a sociologist and author, based in London. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research and a Senior Lecturer at Leo Baeck College. He also makes time for pursuing other interests outside the community, including extreme metal music and the warning messages in Kinder Surprise Eggs. The author of nine books, his most recent publications are Strange Hate: Antisemitism, Racism and the Limits of Diversity, The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language (Icon) and (co-authored with Rob Stothard) What Does A Jew Look Like? Find out more at kahn-harris.org
Light refreshments will be provided.
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An evening with Fran Hill -
Home Bird
Warwick Books, Warwick Books,, CV34 4SL
Tuesday 29th April 2025, 630pm
Join us for an evening with Fran Hill talking about her latest book Home Bird. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and get your books signed. Light refreshments will be provided.
1979. Jackie Chadwick is 17 and living in a supported bedsit. She's still close to her foster parents and friends with (aka unofficial minder for) Amanda, their irresponsible daughter, but she's enjoying her independence - until a fire leaves her temporarily homeless. Jackie's dad, widower and recovering alcoholic Dave, has just been released from prison and sees this as his chance to make amends. He offers her his spare room - but can their relationship survive him going back on the booze and the arrival of his gin-loving lady friend and her errant son? As things go from bad to worse, Jackie has to decide how many chances you give someone who keeps letting you down.
Bittersweet and funny, Home Bird draws on Fran Hill's own experiences as a teenager in foster care.
'This has all of Fran's trademark quick wit and black humour' Gráinne Murphy
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An evening with Maiwand Banayee -
Delusions of Paradise : Escaping the Life of a Taliban Fighter
Warwick Books, Warwick Books,, CV34 4SL
Tuesday 6th May 2025, 6.30pm
An in-converation format talk with Maiwand Banayee, with a chance to ask questions as well as a book signing.
When Maiwand Banayee was 16, he wanted to become a suicide bomber for the Taliban. In this inspiring tale of survival and self-discovery, the reader will follow Maiwand’s journey down a dark path and his ultimate redemption. Growing up in Kabul amid the Afghan wars, he witnessed atrocities that no child should ever see - rotting corpses, starving families, a neighbourhood torn apart. He escaped to a refugee camp in Pakistan, where religious militants began the gradual grooming of Maiwand and other Afghan boys. These confused and traumatised children were indoctrinated, radicalised and prepared to die in the name of a religious war. But Maiwand escaped this life. Fleeing Afghanistan, he had a life-altering crisis of faith, confidence and meaning, finding new purpose and rebuilding himself. Maiwand taught himself how to read and write in English, and here tells his astonishing story in crystalline prose. Delusions of Paradise offers a powerful warning about the dangers of radical religion, and is a stunning celebration of self-determination and redemption from an important new voice. Maiwand Banayee was born in in Kabul at the onset of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. By the time he was twelve the country was engulfed in civil war and he fled to a refugee camp, where he enrolled in a madrassa and joined the Taliban. At 22 he rejected Islamic extremism and sought asylum in the UK, eventually living in Ireland before returning to England. He has been published in Stinging Fly and War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. This is his first book.
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An evening with Bernie Collins -
How To Win A Grand Prix
Warwick Books, 24 Market Place, CV34 4SL
Tuesday 13th May 2025, 6.30pm
Join us to listen to Bernie talk about her book How To Win A Grand Prix, have the opportunity to ask questions and get your books signed. Light refreshments will be provided.
'Bernie is not only a great strategist, but also a great team player and competitor' Sebastian Vettel. Race-winning team strategist shows how F1 really works. Welcome to Bernie Collins' world. Formula 1 drivers are the public face of Grand Prix racing but behind every driver is a team of several hundred people sharing the same passionate desire to win.
On race day it's the Team Strategist who calls the shots, working under immense pressure to make split second and crucial decisions. Through her eyes and experience as a Performance Engineer and Head of Race Strategy, Bernie takes you behind the scenes of a Formula 1 team - both in the factory and at the races - to uncover what it takes to put two Formula 1 cars on the grid and go racing. How to Win a Grand Prix gives incredible insight of the entire process from design and construction, through pre-season testing, and how a team prepares for each Grand Prix.
For race weekend itself, Bernie recreates it hour-by-hour to plunge the reader behind the pit wall and see what it's actually like to get from grid to podium.
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“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!”