Derby Book Festival returns for its annual Autumn Edition from 17 – 19 November with 12 exciting author events covering a wide range of genres. All 12 events will be held in QUAD and there will also be a Festival Book Fair at Old Library, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Wardwick on Saturday 18 November from 10.30am to 4pm.
As part of the Autumn Edition Festival, there will be a Children’s Book Appeal and you are invited to drop off any previously loved children’s books at QUAD when you come to events over the weekend. Donated books will be distributed via local schools to Derby families in need.
You can buy individual event tickets or a Festival Pass enabling you to see all 12 for £60.
The writers of historical crime thrillers, featuring the darkest of Victorian Edinburgh’s secrets.
17 Nov
How the grandson of a bank robber went from Cambridge and then Parliament.
17 Nov
How the grandson of a bank robber went from Cambridge and then Parliament.
17 Nov
The fastest person to cycle across Europe.
18 Nov
A people’s history of the Oxford English Dictionary.
18 Nov
A people’s history of the Oxford English Dictionary.
18 Nov
How to build a globe, or ‘earth apples’ as they were first known.
18 Nov
The biography of the beloved comedian, written by his son.
18 Nov
A look at ten pivotal moments that have shaped modern Britain.
18 Nov
A reflection on our relationship with the wildlife around us.
19 Nov
Almost 5,000 people in the UK contracted HIV or hepatitis C yet noone has ever been held to account.
19 Nov
Nina’s diary of her return to London in her 61st year.
19 Nov
What kind of country is England today? What does it mean to be English?
19 Nov
wo of the most exciting Irish novelists in conversation with BBC’s Navtej Johal.
19 Nov
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