Theatre · Sidmouth
Tuesday 24 November 2026 · Doors 18:00
Miriam's, Sidmouth
Word Kitchen and Winstone's Pre Xmas Book Cracker is on Tuesday 24 November 2026 at Miriam's, Sidmouth, with doors at 18:00. Tickets start at £9.90, including the booking fee.
Join us in the delightful Miriam's cafe bar in Sidmouth on Nov 24th for an evening of cosy crime with special guest author Stephanie Austin who will talk about how Dartmoor inspires her cosy crime novels. She will be interviewed by Denise Thomas, from Winstone's Books and Denise will also be offering Christmas book present recommendations in her role as the evening's book doctor. The ticket price includes a welcome drink and a donation to Winstone's books for local primary schools initiative which benefits Sidbury, Sidmouth and Newton Poppleford's primary schools. So it will be entertaining and all in a good cause too. A delicious menu will be on offer for food to buy on the night.
Tue 24 NovDoors 19:00
All Saints Arts Centre · Lewes
Tom Shone, chief film critic for the Sunday Times and writer of many books about film including the best seller The Nolan Variations. His talk will explore the building of fictional worlds in filmmaking and in literature. Photo credit: Kathryn Burton
From £6.60including booking fee
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The Electric Press · Leeds
The Long Play Sessions presents a very special evening with Clint Boon, musician, broadcaster, DJ and keyboard player/songwriter with the legendary Inspiral Carpets, celebrating his new book The Manchester Chronicles: True Tales of Music, Madness and Mayhem 1976–2006. Described by Guy Garvey as “the greatest rock and roll book ever written”, it’s Clint’s highly personal journey through three extraordinary decades of Manchester music. From punk and the city’s 1980s indie and psychedelic underground through Madchester, rave, and Britpop, Clint was there as Manchester became one of the most important musical cities in the world. Expect brilliant stories of rehearsal rooms, tiny venues, Top of the Pops, life on the road and encounters with Buzzcocks, Joy Division, The Fall, New Order, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Elbow and Oasis. Join us for an intimate book talk, conversation and audience Q&A, with the chance to hear the stories behind the book directly from one of the defining characters of the Manchester music scene. Clint first found fame creating the unmistakable organ sound of Inspiral Carpets, and has since become a familiar broadcaster, DJ and passion...
From £5.50including booking fee
Get tickets (opens the official seller in a new tab)Fri 27 NovDoors 19:00
Chapters Coffee & Books · Canterbury
This is our first ever Writers Book Club, where the audience are all writers, seeking insight into the writing and publishing process. We’re delighted to welcome award winning author Jan Carson as our first guest author. Jan Carson is a Belfast based writer who has published four novels, three short story collections and three micro-fiction collections. Her novel The Fire Starters won the EU Prize for Literature for Ireland, 2019. The Raptures was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Novel of the Year and Kerry Group Novel of the Year. Jan was the Seamus Heaney Centre Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast in 2025, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has achieved the rank of Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. Her most recent novel, Few and Far Between (Doubleday UK and Scribner US) and micro-fiction collection, No Vacancy (No Alibis Press), were both published in 2026.
From £16.50including booking fee
Get tickets (opens the official seller in a new tab)Fri 27 NovDoors 19:00
Cygnet Theatre · Exeter
This is the opening Night of the Exeter Story Fix (www.artemis-storytelling.co.uk/storyfix): Amy Douglas will be sharing a powerful wondertale that she heard long ago from her mentor, the legendary Scots Traveller-Storyteller Duncan Williamson. The health of the kingdom is bound up with the health of the King. But what makes a good King? What makes a strong King? Crowns weigh heavy and taking power does not guarantee living happily ever after. An ancient tale that feels fresh, needed and relevant in today's troubled times. Award-winning author and storyteller, Amy Douglas has been integral within the modern British storytelling landscape as performer, promoter, mentor and advocate for the past three decades. "one of the leading lights of the contemporary storytelling scene" "warm and engaging" "a magical woman - sit, listen and wonder" "down-to-earth warmth and humour" In the first half, we'll be hearing stories from three Devon-based performance storytellers: Micha Colombo, Henry Everett and Rebecca Bletcher. Expect strong words, mythic resonance and a warm welcome from your host, Katy Cawkwell, current Bard of Exeter.
From £13.80including booking fee
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