The Grove Bookshop, 10 The Grove, Ilkley, LS29 9EG.

We are open 7 days a week. Monday to Saturday 9am-5.30pm; Sundays 10am-4pm

Events

Throughout the year, we host a number of book launches, talks and other fascinating events.

Please see details below, and contact us to book.

 

Broken Biscuits - Adam Farrer

Wednesday 5 March, 2025 - 7pm - £7

Adam returns to The Grove Bookshop with this candid and personal collection of essays, unflinchingly honest and riotously funny. Holding up a mirror to Adam’s own  sense of self-worth (and the mortifying experience of arriving at a teenage party wearing strawberry-patterned short shorts), this book is about growing up and trying to define yourself as a man but somehow always missing the mark.

To reserve a ticket, RSVP here and pay in the shop.

 

An Evening to Celebrate the Launch of Menopause Makes with Authors Jenni Smith & Kay Walsh

Wednesday 12 March, 2025 - 7pm - free

Come along and celebrate the new collection of empowering sewing projects to relax your mind, cool your body and ignite your creativity.

To reserve a ticket, RSVP here. Tickets are free but spaces are limited.

 

Black Wood Women by Michael Stewart

Thursday 20 March, 2025 - 7pm - £7

Black Wood Women is a dark and visceral tale of identity and womanhood. Set in Yorkshire in 1649 it follows Caragh as she tries to build a new life in England - finding refuge deep in the forest with a coven of women. But persecution and misogyny are never far away.

To reserve a ticket, RSVP here and pay in the shop.

 

The Lamb - An Evening with Lucy Rose

Thursday 24 April 2025 - 7pm - £7

'A folk tale. A horror story. A love story. An enchantment.'

Join us for a Q&A with debut author Lucy Rose, whose dark coming-of-age tale, The Lamb, tells the story of Margot and her Mama, who lure strays to their woodland cottage to satisfy their strange appetite... and then, in the middle of a snowstorm, Eden turns up and changes everything.

To reserve a ticket, RSVP here and pay in the shop.

 

An Evening with Rob Cowen, author of The North Road

friday 2 may 2025 - 7pm - £7

Join us for an evening with the author of Common Ground. In his new genre-defying book, The North Road, Rob Cowen follows the story of a highway: the A1, a 400-mile route made up of ancient trackway, Roman road, pilgrim path, coach route and motorway. Cowen follows this ghost road from beginning to end on a personal journey through history, place, people and time.

To reserve a ticket, RSVP here and pay in the shop.

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