Events and Talks

 

The Travel Bookshop hosts several author events every month, from the launch of a local author's first novel, to interviews with the world's best travel writers.

Spaces are limited to 30 people making it the perfect opportunity to meet your favourite travel writer in a relaxed atmosphere and  enjoy a glass of wine while browsing our unparalled collection of travel books.

Tickets are £3 for all talks. Contact us at the shop (by email or phone) to reserve a place or If you would like to reserve a signed copy of the author's book.

 

 

All talks start at 7:00pm (Doors 6:30pm)

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If you would like to organise a talk at The Travel Bookshop then please email Saara on saara@thetravelbookshop.com

19:00 on Saturday 31st of July

Graham Bowley - No Way Down

Join us for an evening with Graham Bowley. Author of No Way Down.

PUBLISHED FOR THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISASTER, THIS IS THE BREATHTAKING STORY OF HOW ELEVEN OF THE WORLD'S BEST MOUNTINEERS LOST THEIR LIVES IN A SINGLE DAY TRYING TO CONQUER K2

The summit of K2, 1 August 2008. An exhausted band of climbers pump their fists into the clear blue sky - joining the elite who have conquered the world's most lethal mountain. But as they celebrate, far below them an ice shelf collapses and sweeps away their ropes. They don't know it yet, but they will be forced to descend into the blackness with no lines. Of the thirty who set out, eleven will never make it back.

£5.00

Thursday 2nd of September at 7:00pm

Frank Dikotter - Mao's Great Famine

Come to The Travel Bookshop and hear Frank Dikotter talk about his fascinating soon-to-be published book, Mao's Great Famine, in which he charts, with thoroughness and precision, Mao's attempts to raise China above its rival superpowers, actions which actually resulted in the deaths of millions of people.

£5.00

Thursday 30th of September at 7:00pm

Jennie Rooney - The Opposite of Falling

Jennie will be talking about her new book, The Opposite of Falling, focusing in particular on the jaunty escapades of the early Thomas Cook Tours which feature in the novel

Jennie will be in conversation with Clare Clark, and they will be discussing, amongst other things, the process of writing historical fiction.

£5.00

Thursday 7th of October at 7:00pm

Roy Moxham on Outlaw: India's Bandit Queen and Me

Join us at The Travel Bookshop to hear Roy Moxham talk about his fascinating new book, Outlaw: India's Bandit Queen and Me.  The book is an account of how he helped Phoolan Devi obtain justice following her shocking plight at the hands of a gang of rapists, her revenge and resulting imprisonment.

£5.00

Thursday 21st of October at 7:00pm

Michael Peel on A Swamp Full of Dollars

Michael Peel talks about his shocking expose of the oil industry in Nigeria, A Swamp Full of Dollars.

£5.00