• Tom Newton Dunn – Letters From Everest: Unpublished Letters from Mallory’s Life and Death in the Mountains

    The Whitwell Room, The Talbot Hotel New Street, Oundle

    This event is now sold out. If you do not have a ticket you may not get a seat unless we have some last minute cancellations. A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains. On the 8th of June, […]

    £7.00 – £8.00
  • Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC; Rough Justice: Do we have the law we deserve?

    The Whitwell Room, The Talbot Hotel New Street, Oundle

    This event has now sold out. If you would like to be added to the waiting list please email info@authorsinoundle.co.uk stating how many tickets you require. What is justice? Do our legal courts dispense it? Has our judicial process improved, for the victims, the accused and for society? What more must be done to ensure […]

    £8 – £9
  • Tracy Chevalier: The Glassmaker

    The Great Hall New Street, Oundle,, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

    Bestselling historical novelist Tracy Chevalier talks about her new work, The Glassmaker, a story set in 15th-century Venice, but which skips across time. The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass. The setting is Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon […]

    £10 – £14
  • An evening with Sophie Hannah

    The Whitwell Room, The Talbot Hotel New Street, Oundle

    This Event has now sold out. Join Sophie for a high-octane event talking about all her latest projects: Her new book - No one would do what the Lamberts have done You think it will never happen to you: the ring of the bell, the policeman on the doorstep. What he says traps you in […]

    £8.00 – £9.00
  • Otto English: Notorious – History’s Villains and Why They Matter

    History loves a villain. Across the entire span of human civilisation, certain people and groups have been identified as being responsible for the ills of the world and have remained hated for it. In his continuing desire to separate the facts from the fiction of history, Otto English looks at how these legacies were constructed […]

    £8 – £9
  • Antony Johnston: Can You Solve the Murder?

    Oundle Bowling Club Occupation Road, Oundle, Peterborough

    Join us for an unforgettable murder mystery evening with Antony Johnston, author of Can You Solve the Murder? Unleash your inner detective in a captivating, interactive experience. Work in teams of up to six people to uncover hidden clues, interrogate suspects, and piece together the puzzle to identify the culprit. Will you be the one […]

    £8 – £9
  • Tom Surgey: How To Drink Wine

    Queen Victoria Hall 7 West Street, Oundle

    Join Tom Surgey, Philip Amps from Amps Wine Merchants, and Helen Shair from Authors In Oundle for an informative, fun-filled evening with wine to taste, enjoy, and discuss. From grape to glass, Tom’s book is a readable and charismatic guide that will teach you everything you need to know to enjoy wine. Wine is one […]

    £16 – £20
  • Peter & Lisa Fretwell: The Penguin Book of Penguins

    The Great Hall New Street, Oundle,, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

    Publishing in the same year as PENGUIN’S 90th ANNIVERSARY! All are welcome to a charming, informative talk by Peter Fretwell, a leading scientist at The British Antarctic Survey, and artist Lisa Fretwell. There’s something about penguins. Maybe it is their comical waddle, or the fact that their upright gait makes them look like humans. Whatever […]

    £9 – £14
  • Lucy Ash: The Baton And The Cross

    The Great Hall New Street, Oundle,, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

    *SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2025* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZE 2025* *ONE OF HISTORY TODAY’S BEST BOOKS OF 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE* *LONGLISTED FOR THE ONDAATJE PRIZE For more than a millennium, the Russian Orthodox Church has shown astonishing survival skills - from the Mongol yoke to tsarist […]

    £9 – £14
  • Sophy Roberts: A Training School For Elephants

    The Whitwell Room, Talbot Hotel New Street, Oundle, Peterborough, United Kingdom

    Join us on World Book Night 2026 In 1879 King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan to plunder Africa’s resources. The key to the continent, or so he thought, was its elephants – if only he could control them. And so he had four tamed Asian elephants shipped from India to the East […]

    £8 – £10
  • Jo Bell: Boater – A Life on England’s Waterways

    The Whitwell Room, The Talbot Hotel New Street, Oundle

    Join former UK Canal Laureate, Jo Bell, for an interesting talk about her career, life and her love of canals: Step aboard Boater, a mesmerising voyage along the tranquil waterways of England. 'It's not a lifestyle. It's a life'. For over twenty years, Jo Bell, archaeologist and poet, has travelled the waterways of England, meeting […]

    £7 – £8