We’re delighted to host a rich series of literary events in and around Warwick. These include our popular author events. The talks usually last about an hour, followed by questions, and then there is an opportunity to meet the speaker and have a book signed. Previous authors Melvyn Bragg, Kit de Waal, Robert Harris, Professor Edith Hall, Dr Elizabeth Goldring, Cressida Cowell and Michael Morpurgo. These events take place across Warwick including the beautiful Lord Leycester Hospital. We also support Warwick Words History Festival.
An evening with AJ West - The Deadly Inheritance of Everest Macdonald
Warwick Books, Warwick, CV34 4SL - Friday 6th November 2026 6.30pm
We're delighted to welcome AJ back to Warwick and for fellow author Stephanie Bramwell-Lawes - Thornby Manor, to be in conversation with him.
More about The Deadly Inheritance of Everest Macdonald......
In 1897, Terriss was stabbed to death outside London’s Adelphi Theatre, a killing that shocked Victorian society. The murderer was swiftly arrested and confined to Broadmoor, the case declared closed. Yet, years later, a sealed package of evidence is passed to Everest by her dying father, which casts doubt on the official verdict and the haste with which it was reached.
Drawn back to wartime London, with her husband and children left behind, Everest begins her investigation, following a trail that leads her into the world of late-Victorian theatre, where fame and fortune mask obsession, envy and cruelty. With time running out and her father’s strength failing, Everest must uncover what really happened on the night Terriss died, and shed light on the unsettling legacy he left behind. Based on an extraordinary true story, The Deadly Inheritance of Everest Macdonald is a dark, atmospheric historical mystery and a compelling adventure, as an unlikely investigator risks everything to pursue one of the most notorious killings of the Victorian stage.
A.J. West is a twice Sunday Times bestselling author of historical fiction, a patron of Humanists UK, and Director on the board of Trustees at the Society of Authors. His novel, The Betrayal of Thomas True reached no.2 on the Sunday Times bestseller list and won the coveted CWA Historical Dagger Award, while his debut novel, The Spirit Engineer, won the Historical Writers’ Association Debut Crown Award. With a distinguished career as a communications director, media training specialist, BBC journalist and broadcaster, he has earned multiple accolades for his work as a writer and broadcaster. He has also produced award-winning documentaries, has written for national newspapers and magazines, and regularly appears on various network television programs discussing current affairs. He is director of The Book Party, the UK’s biggest annual gathering of book bloggers and authors.
Single Ticket and book £18.99
Single Ticket £8
Booking is essential. Please book tickets in the shop or through TicketSource, where a small booking fee will be applied: www.ticketsource.co.uk/warwick-books
An evening with Claire Quinn-The Games We Play, who will be in conversation with author, KJ Whittle
Warwick Books, Warwick, CV34 4SL - Tuesday 10th November 2026, 6.30pm
Join us to celebrate the publication of Claire's latest book, The Games We Play. She will be in conversation with Kerry aka KJ Whittle. There will be a chance to ask questions and get your books signed.
The Games We Play by Claire Quinn
3 Best Friends. 1 Deadly Secret. With Ali's wedding fast approaching, her friendship with Erin and Sophie threatens to implode with deathly consequences when a twisted teenage game comes back to haunt them.
As teenagers, Ali, Erin and Sophie are bonded by a secret, and a promise to protect each other. Years later, Ali’s wedding is looming when the three women set off for their annual couples’ trip, unaware that one final drunken game and a weekend of secrets and revelations will bring their teenage promise back to haunt them. As the truth begins to creep out, making headlines that threaten to pull their lives apart, it puts their friendship to the ultimate test – has it been love or fear holding them together, and if one of them cracks, will any of them survive?
A Reunion To Die For by KJ Whittle
They all wanted their bully dead. Now someone's granted the wish… In a dingy pub, a high school reunion after-party brings five old friends back together. As they catch up after twenty years, painful memories surface, all centred around the disastrous prom night that broke them all apart.
King of the class turned handsome sport superstar, Eric Stewart has led a charmed life since but his old friends know his cruel streak. The more they drink, the more a morbid plan takes shape, with everyone tossing in ideas for how they could get the ultimate revenge. The next morning, they discover Eric has been found dead, exactly the way they drunkenly planned it.
When a cryptic, anonymous message containing a recording of their conversation from the night before starts to circulate, the group knows they need to act, and fast – before they're framed…or worse. Who was listening to them? Who arranged the reunion? And, most importantly, who carried out their murderous plans to the letter?
Single ticket and copy of the book £9.99
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An evening with Liam D'Arcy - The Wine Wally
Warwick Books, Warwick, CV34 4SL - Friday 13th November 2026 6.30pm
Join Liam to taste a few wines and get to know his method and approach!
Liam D'Arcy has spent an unhealthy amount of time over the past few years doing things most of us don't: standing in the supermarket aisle like a weirdo trying to decipher wine labels, filming himself doing wine-tasting experiments and infiltrating the wine industry to pick the brains of experts, slowly building his confidence to figure out what a good wine should actually taste like. He posts his experiences on social media as The Wine Wally. Liam has no wine qualifications, and wanted to write a book for fellow wine wallies like himself who are sick of buying the same bottles in the supermarket every week. Each chapter is based on a real-life 'wine wobble': a common wine dilemma – from how to actually read a wine label, to pairing wine to food – that Liam attempts to answer in fun, relatable language we can all (finally) understand. The intention of this book is to give everyday readers clear, entry-level knowledge about wine so they can feel confident to purchase better bottles in the wine aisle. The book ends by synthesising everything the reader has learned into helpful Cheat Code Cards that provide a snapshot of key information the reader can take with them to the supermarket to help them buy better wine.
Single ticket, wine tasting and copy of the book £20
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