Events archive
A272, An Ode to a Road – An Illustrated Talk with Pieter and Rita Boogaart
You may love or hate the A272, a 99 mile stretch of road winding between Hadlow Down and Winchester, but we, like many locals, have long been baffled as to why a Dutch couple decided to write a book...
An Evening with Peter James
We are delighted that best-selling thriller writer Peter James is once again coming to Steyning, celebrating the release of 'Need You Dead', the thirteenth novel in his hugely popular 'Roy Grace'...
An Evening with Scarlett Thomas
Wednesday 3rd March 7.30pm. We are very excited to announce that we have managed to bag novelist Scarlett Thomas for an intimate evening event at the bookshop! Scarlett will be in West Sussex...
An Author Supper with Richard Fortey
On Thursday 4th May at 7 for 7.30pm we are thrilled to present a very special author supper with natural historian, writer, palaeontologist and TV presenter Richard Fortey. Richard will be talking...
Pony Tails with Susan Jameson
On Tuesday 11th April at 2.30 come and meet author and actress Susan Jameson for pony stories and horsey fun! Susan is very well known as an actress, and has starred in many popular TV programmes,...
Double Signing – Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury
We are dizzy with excitement at the prospect of having 2 legends of children's literature in our shop at once! At 12 midday on Saturday 8th April Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury will be at the...
An Evening with Alison MacLeod
We are very excited to welcome novelist, short-story writer and essayist Alison MacLeod to Steyning for the first time. She will speak at The Gluck Studio in Steyning at 7.30 pm on Thursday 30th...
Creative Writing Workshop with Helen Peters
2.30 pm on Tuesday 21st February. A fun half-term workshop for budding writers aged 7-12 with brilliant children's writer Helen Peters. Helen is the author of 2 of our favourite children's novels,...
Author Supper with Elly Griffiths and Mick Herron
On Wednesday 8th March at 7 for 7.30 pm, we are delighted to present an author supper with award-winning crime writer Mick Herron, and Steyning favourite Elly Griffiths. Mick Herron is the author of...








