Book Now 2009 events list
Detailed descriptions of the events are in the Book Now 2009 brochure
(pdf, 713KB) or on the online booking form.
Sunday 1 November
Barring the Bard
Organised by The Richmond Magazine
Coach House, Orleans House Gallery, 7.30pm
Price: £10 (£8.50 concessions)
Alexander Gordon Smith - Furnace Reading
Event for young people
Coach House, Orleans House Gallery, 12.30pm
Price:£4
Alex Milway - Mousehunter, The Curse of Mousebeard
Event for young people
Octagon Room, Orleans House Gallery, 2.30pm
Price: £4
Frances Kiernan - Bookmaking Workshop
Event for young people
Coach House, Orleans House Gallery, 4.30pm
Price: £4
Monday 2 November
Miranda Seymour in conversation with Catherine Arnold - Two Curious Histories
Octagon Room, Orleans House Gallery, 7.30pm
Price: £6 (£5 concessions)
Tuesday 3 November
Sam Delaney - Night of the Living Dad
Coach House, Orleans House Gallery, 7.30pm
Price: £6 (£5 concessions)
Wednesday 4 November
Antony Beevor in conversation with Rosie Alison
Coach House, Orleans House Gallery, 7.30pm
Price: £8 (£7 concessions)
Friday 6 November
Jennie Rooney – Getting Published, Inside the Whale
Old Town Hall, 7.30pm
Price: £6 (£5 concessions)
Saturday 7 November
Simon Hoggart - Life’s Too Short to Drink Bad Wine
Octagon Room, Orleans House Gallery. 3.00pm
Price: £10 (£8.50 concessions) Ticket price includes wine for tasting
Sunday 8 November
Vince Cable
Richmond Theatre, 7:00pm
Price: £15 (£13 concessions)
Tickets from the Richmond Theatre box office: 0844 871 7651 (transaction fee) or www.ambassadortickets.com/richmond
Monday 9 November
Donald Insall - Living Buildings
The Richmond Local History Society Lecture
Price: £10 (£8.50 concessions)
For Local History Society members’ special rate tickets, call 020 8979 9670
Tuesday 10 November
Ben Fogle and James Cracknell - Race to the Pole
Clarendon Hall, York House, 7.30pm
Price: £10 (£8.50 concessions)
Wednesday 11 November
David Owen in conversation with James Naughtie
Duke Street Church, Richmond, 7.30pm
Tickets from artsrichmond on 020 8892 9446 or www.artsrichmond.org.uk
Price: £9 (£8 concessions)
Thursday 12 November
John Boyne and Claire Kilroy on Contemporary Irish Fiction
Old Town Hall, 7.30pm
Price: £8 (£7 concessions)
Friday 13 November
Natasha Mostertt - An Evening of Suspense and the Supernatural
Octagon Room, Orleans House Gallery, 7.30pm
Price: £6 (£5 concessions)
Saturday 14 November
Adam Foulds with Brian Chikwava
Coach House, Orleans House Gallery, 3.30pm
Price: £6 (£5 concessions)
Sunday 15 November
Martin Amis - The Pregnant Widow - Sneak Preview (not due until 2010)
Orange Tree Theatre, 3.00pm
Price: £10 (£8.50 concessions)
Tickets from the Orange Tree Theatre box office: 020 8940 3633
Sunday 15 November
Desert Island Books with Lee Langley
Orange Tree Theatre, 7.00pm
Price: £13 (£12 concessions)
Tickets from the Orange Tree Theatre box office: 020 8940 3633
Tuesday 17 November
Miranda Carter, On The Three Emperors
The Old Town Hall, 7.30pm
Price: £8 (£7 concessions)
Thursday 19 November
Clara Salaman – Shame on You
The Old Town Hall, 7.30pm
Price: £6 (£5 concessions)
Friday 20 November
Dom Joly, Dark Tourism - Sneak Preview (not due out until 2010/11)
7.30pm, Clarendon Hall, York House
Price: £10 (£8.50 concessions)
Saturday 21 November
Tibor Fischer – Good to be God
Octagon Room, Orleans House Gallery, 3.00pm
Price: £6 (£5 concessions)
Sunday 22 November
John Julius Norwich in conversation with John Miller
Orange Tree Theatre, 12.30pm for buffet lunch, 2.30pm for conversation
Price: £12.50 for conversation only, £25 with buffet at Thai Square
Tickets from Orange Tree Theatre box office on 020 8940 3633
Steven Berkoff - You Remind Me of Marilyn Monroe
Orange Tree Theatre, 7.00pm
Price: £10 (£8.50 concessions)
Tickets from the Orange Tree Theatre box office, 020 8940 3633
Monday 23 November
Don Paterson and Jamie McKendrick – Two Faber Poets
Marble Hill House, 7.30pm
Price: £6 (£5 concessions)
In partnership with English Heritage
Tuesday 24 November
Will Self - Psycho Too
Clarendon Hall, York House, 7.30pm
Price: £10 (£8.50 concessions) – £5 of ticket redeemable against book purchase
Wednesday 25 November
Gavin Esler - Power Play
Clarendon Hall, York House, 7.30pm
Price: £10 (£8.50 concessions)
Thursday 26 November
Diana Evans in conversation with Louise Doughty
Old Town Hall, 7.30pm
Price: £8 (£7 concessions)
Friday 27 November
Andrew Lambert - Franklin, Tragic Hero of Polar Navigation
Old Town Hall, 7.30pm
Price: £8 (£7 concessions)
Saturday 28 November
Geoff Dyer - Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
The Coach House, Orleans House Gallery, 3.30pm
Price: £8 (£7 concessions)
AS Byatt in conversation with Tibor Fischer
The Coach House, Orleans House Gallery, 1.00pm
Price: £8 (£7 concessions)
Sunday 29 November
artsrichmond Young Writers Awards
Orange Tree Theatre, 3:00pm
No charge for entry, but those wishing to attend are asked to notify artsrichmond on 020 88929446 or www.artsrichmond.org.uk
Sunday 29 November
Fay Weldon - Chalcot Crescent
Orange Tree Theatre, 7:00pm
Price: £10 (£8.50 concessions)
Tickets from the Orange Tree Theatre box office: 020 8940 3633.
Monday 30 November
Grayson Perry and Jacky Klein
The Coach House, Orleans House Gallery, 7.30pm
Price: £9 (£8 concessions)