Derby Book Festival

Save the date: Our 10th anniversary is taking place 13 - 16th November 2025 - see you there! Follow our socials for community project & event updates.

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We have teamed up with the Society of Authors, Derby Libraries and Derbyshire Library Service to organise a series of talks by local authors in libraries across the city and county.

Here is the talk for this week: Steve Bonham

Link for bookings: https://t.co/Q4bNXtC7Ib

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We have teamed up with the Society of Authors, Derby Libraries and Derbyshire Library Service to organise a series of talks by local authors in libraries across the city and county.

Here is the talk for this week:

Book your tickets: https://t.co/fiZI1URMBL

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We have teamed up with the Society of Authors, Derby Libraries and Derbyshire Library Service to organise a series of talks by local authors in libraries across the city and county.

Here are the talks for this week.

Link for booking: https://t.co/tuulU0k4HU

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Our Digital Pass enables you to watch recordings of 14 events filmed during the Festival. You will receive the links giving you access to our YouTube channel after the end of the Festival and they will be available to view for a period of six weeks.

Pass: https://t.co/eafWOsycq4

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You can buy a £60 Pass for 12 events that will be held at QUAD from 13 – 16 November as part of our Autumn Edition 2025! The pass does not include Sir Tony Robinson's event, which should be booked separately.

Buy your pass here: https://t.co/yFzaKHCjlF

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Denise Mina joins us for her latest mystery which ponders the question: if you were responsible for a miscarriage of justice would you admit it? What would you do?

Tickets: https://t.co/aJf7umMWu8

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Step aboard Boater, a mesmerising voyage along the tranquil waterways of England, written by former UK Canal Laureate, Jo Bell. She describes a home to people who live and work in a world quite separate from the land a few feet away on the banks.

Tickets: https://t.co/tNMfdzlfuh

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Historian Victoria Bateman weaves a thrilling narrative that proves women weren't 'missing' from economic life, they were merely hidden. Economica rewrites our understanding of women's role in the economy.

Tickets: https://t.co/7PUJtjwM2m

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Here are this weeks Shared Reading sessions. No need to book, just pop along and see us.

Joining a Shared Reading group is a wonderful way to lift your spirits and improve your well-being.

A warm and friendly welcome awaits you at one of our free sessions 💛

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Join Lanisha Butterfield where she will share the inspirations behind her characters, the real-life stories that helped her writing, and why celebrating where we come from matters with her book 'Flower Block'.

Tickets: https://t.co/metrLpniIg

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Nick Higham brings us the forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission with a daring and fearless approach by drawing on personal diaries, memoirs and once-secret government archives.

Tickets: https://t.co/DGlGfY0UJb

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Iain Dale’s sparkling short biography of Margaret Thatcher brings her to life in all her paradoxes and contradictions, and shows how her election in 1979 really was a turning point in British history.

Tickets: https://t.co/4PlOqtWfpU

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Join the Enchanted Cinema and imagine yourself going to the cinema and becoming part of a pop-up orchestra who create every single sound FX and the musical score! 🎬

Tickets: https://t.co/Yn0H4KAi6n

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Music journalist Paul Morley’s latest book, Far Above the World, is a landmark exploration of undoubtedly one of the UK's greatest creative artists, David Bowie and his legacy as an everlasting cultural force and change-maker.

Tickets: https://t.co/nG5TF52U6g

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Wolfson Prize-winning historian Richard Vinen joins us with 'The Last Titans: Churchill and de Gaulle' which offers a fresh exploration into their lives. By bringing their two stories into one, each man is seen afresh as we gain new insights.

Tickets: https://t.co/KLECGtPM1q

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Unleash your creative talents at this fun ‘Snack and Scribble’ illustration workshop!

Led by Derby illustrator, Mr The Beef, hone your drawing techniques and create your own Dracula illustration 🧛

Buy your tickets here: https://t.co/IE2cM2esam

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Paula Byrne’s joins us with her latest novel, Six Weeks by the Sea, a fascinating story of how Jane Austen, the most famous romance writer of all time, fell in love for the first time.

Tickets: https://t.co/lyiU2g2hR6

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Why did the English Civil War break out? Jonathan Healey joins us with his book 'The Blood in Winter' - which tells the story of an English people's great political awakening, and of a nation that splintered into bloodshed at a terrifying speed.

Tickets: https://t.co/XwEIFosT6G

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Acclaimed historian Tessa Dunlop joins us with 'Lest We Forget'. Published for the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, this moving book examines the inspirations and individuals behind our memorial-studded country.

Tickets: https://t.co/3fypkwQCIv

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Join acclaimed illustrator Claire Powell for a fun-filled creative session that will bring her story Marty Moose to life! Claire will share how her book came to life, with a reading, draw along and quiz 🐭

More information: https://t.co/W6SuWvMrxt