Derby Book Festival returns from 23 May – 1 June with its Summer Festival with events at venues around Derby with QUAD playing host to a number of events. As usual they have a broad range of genres featuring a host of fascinating authors.
Behind the façade of the Chinese Communist Party, there is a modern dynasty.
23 May
A chronicle of one of the most successful politicians of the 20th century.
23 May
A chronicle of one of the most successful politicians of the 20th century.
23 May
The story of Parkrun, told by the man who started it all.
24 May
A story of love and the search for belonging.
24 May
A story of love and the search for belonging.
24 May
The roots of Q Anon and the rise of the extreme right in the US.
24 May
The first book to examine Vera’s middle-class upbringing in Buxton.
29 May
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A preview of the acclaimed new film adapted from Raynor Winn’s bestseller.
24 May
A devastating analysis of where we’ve gone wrong.
29 May
Set across three generations of a South Yorkshire mining family.
30 May
British Rail’s birth into post-war austerity and how the service was maligned, ruthlessly broken up and privati...
30 May
How do we learn to actually be old?
31 May
A powerful portrait of two prodigiously talented artists and visionaries.
31 May
How lockdown led a woman to find herself custodian of a newly born hare.
31 May
A ridiculously funny history of Britain for adults.
31 May
A vist to 12 of the least popular spots in the UK and Ireland for a city break
31 May
Join two exciting fantasy authors – and they both come from Derby!
01 Jun
Where do the things we buy actually come from?
01 Jun
A new, life-affirming novel about love, family and the joy of freedom.
01 Jun
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