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September 2021
Writing History – Nicola Cornick & Annie Garthwaite in Discussion
Writing HistoryKenilworth Arts Festival and Kenilworth Books have teamed up with English Heritage at Kenilworth Castle for an afternoon event.Join us for a panel discussion about history and fiction – in the stunning surroundings of Kenilworth Castle.Novelists Nicola Cornick and Annie Garthwaite will be in conversation with bookseller and historian, Tamsin Rosewell. They will consider everything from Sir Walter Scott’s influence on the historical novel, to the novelist’s quest to portray an accurate sense of time, place and person.Nicola Cornick’s…
Find out more »Kenilworth Arts Festival
Kenilworth Arts is an annual, multi-genre festival, launched in 2016. The 2021 festival will take place over 4 days in September with events, workshops and exhibitions being held mostly outdoors around the historic town of Kenilworth, Warwickshire.At the heart of our programming is a desire to celebrate and support high quality, original work within the contemporary arts. Kenilworth Arts Festival has historically brought together award-winning, internationally-acclaimed writers, musicians and visual artists from around the country (and beyond!) for one-off, intimate…
Find out more »Festival Literary Weekend Events and Signings
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th SeptemberMeet local authors, illustrators and publishers …Over the weekend of 18th and 19th September we'll be celebrating the work of our many local, authors, illustrators, poets and publishers. This will be set up at Kenilworth Books in Talisman Square throughout the weekend of the Festival. Saturday 10am-12pmJason Cobley, A Hundred Years to Arras1-3pmSimon Wilcox, From Gas Street to the Ganges3-5pmHelen Pilcher, Life Changing (2020), Small Inventions that Made a Big Difference (2021)Tabitha Marsh, illustrator, watch live…
Find out more »October 2021
Tasting Notes LIVE
Join us for a bookish day of fun. A literary festival in a day. Featuring 5 bestselling authors taking to the stage for a 45 minute Q&A followed by a meet and greet, goodie bags for each attendee, breakfast and lunch provided, prizes to be won, bookish stalls to browse and SO much moreBuy your tickets from The Book Taster but be quick as there are only a limited number available!
Find out more »Penguin Live: Caroline Criado Perez: Invisible Women
Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, and in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be injured. If any of that sounds familiar, chances are you’re a woman.Join writer and campaigner Caroline Criado Perez for a discussion of the gender bias that affects our everyday lives. From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, and the media, Invisible Women reveals how in…
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