To buy tickets, click or tap on an event, and scroll down on the page that appears.
You do not need to bring a printed ticket, email or receipt to our events: we will check your name against a guest list at the door.
If you get stuck, or if you don’t have an email address, please phone or call in to the shop.
January's writing group will be a special session with the Black Mountains Comedy Festival! Something a bit different - exploring comedy writing and performance. Please book your place here >>> https://bmfestivals.com/tickets/stand-up-for-comedy/ Any questions at all, please email [email protected]
Join us for our monthly general knowledge quiz with quizmaster Drew…..this time with a festive twist! A round of drinks for the winning team and of course a prize for the losers to soften the blow. Always a fun evening in the Bookish Loft. £3 per person with teams up to 6 people. options to [...]
Our first pick for 2026 is Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote — a stylish, bittersweet tale of love, freedom, and identity in 1940s New York. After reading the novella, we’ll watch the classic 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn and explore how Capote’s Holly Golightly became one of cinema’s most iconic characters. Tickets include a [...]
About Room 706 When mother of two Kate goes to meet her lover James in a hotel room, she watches in horror when she switches on the TV and realises their hotel has been taken under terrorist siege. Told to stay silent and hidden, Kate is trapped in a room with a man she’s been [...]
A monthly meeting in Book-ish for writers of all levels to write, develop, and share their work in an informal and supportive setting. Members will write something new in every session and should feel free to bring their own writing to share with the group. We usually meet on the second Tuesday of each month. [...]
An Evening with Kate Barron – The Wilderness MumTuesday 17th February | Bookish, Crickhowell Join us for an inspiring evening with Kate Barron, aka the Wilderness Mum, as she shares her extraordinary story of courage, resilience, and adventure. Most people believe the wild years end when motherhood begins. For Kate, they were just beginning. Trading [...]
We can't wait to welcome Book-ish favourite, Jennie Godfrey, to talk about her new book The Barbecue at No. 9. Her debut novel The List of Suspicious Things was a No 1 Sunday Times bestseller and one of our own top staff picks. This is going to be a fabulous evening and we hope you [...]
The Book A Single Man is a 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood. It follows a day in the life of George Falconer, a middle-aged English professor living in Southern California and grieving the sudden death of his partner, Jim. The novel explores isolation, desire, memory, and the small moments of connection that make life bearable, all compressed into a [...]
Join us in Crickhowell for an evening with bestselling author Tim Weaver, in conversation with Alis Hawkins, as he discusses his gripping new thriller The Lost Women — the 15th novel in the much-loved David Raker series. Once a journalist, now a missing persons investigator, Raker is haunted by a case from eighteen years ago, [...]
The Book Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian novel by George Orwell, published in 1949. Set in a future where Great Britain—now “Airstrip One”—is part of the totalitarian superstate Oceania, the story portrays a society under constant surveillance, ruled by Big Brother and enforced by the Thought Police. Through the Ministry of Truth, the Party manipulates [...]
Join us for an evening with Sunday Times bestselling author, journalist and mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon as she discusses her debut novel People Pleaser – a fiercely funny, instantly relatable, and utterly feel-good novel about the pressures women feel to please everyone at the expense of their own happiness. “You’re so desperate to make [...]
Greed, corruption and the race to save an ancient homeland When Jessie Cunningham, a high-flying Toronto lawyer with a round-the-clock schedule, is deserted and betrayed by her jealous partner, she suffers a nervous collapse. To recuperate, she takes up an isolated charity assignment, mapping trees in the forest wilderness of British Columbia. As her guide [...]
To buy tickets, click or tap on an event, and scroll down on the page that appears.
You do not need to bring a printed ticket, email or receipt to our events: we will check your name against a guest list at the door.
If you get stuck, or if you don’t have an email address, please phone or call in to the shop.
January's writing group will be a special session with the Black Mountains Comedy Festival! Something a bit different - exploring comedy writing and performance. Please book your place here >>> https://bmfestivals.com/tickets/stand-up-for-comedy/ Any questions at all, please email [email protected]
Join us for our monthly general knowledge quiz with quizmaster Drew…..this time with a festive twist! A round of drinks for the winning team and of course a prize for the losers to soften the blow. Always a fun evening in the Bookish Loft. £3 per person with teams up to 6 people. options to [...]
Our first pick for 2026 is Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote — a stylish, bittersweet tale of love, freedom, and identity in 1940s New York. After reading the novella, we’ll watch the classic 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn and explore how Capote’s Holly Golightly became one of cinema’s most iconic characters. Tickets include a [...]
About Room 706 When mother of two Kate goes to meet her lover James in a hotel room, she watches in horror when she switches on the TV and realises their hotel has been taken under terrorist siege. Told to stay silent and hidden, Kate is trapped in a room with a man she’s been [...]
A monthly meeting in Book-ish for writers of all levels to write, develop, and share their work in an informal and supportive setting. Members will write something new in every session and should feel free to bring their own writing to share with the group. We usually meet on the second Tuesday of each month. [...]
An Evening with Kate Barron – The Wilderness MumTuesday 17th February | Bookish, Crickhowell Join us for an inspiring evening with Kate Barron, aka the Wilderness Mum, as she shares her extraordinary story of courage, resilience, and adventure. Most people believe the wild years end when motherhood begins. For Kate, they were just beginning. Trading [...]
We can't wait to welcome Book-ish favourite, Jennie Godfrey, to talk about her new book The Barbecue at No. 9. Her debut novel The List of Suspicious Things was a No 1 Sunday Times bestseller and one of our own top staff picks. This is going to be a fabulous evening and we hope you [...]
The Book A Single Man is a 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood. It follows a day in the life of George Falconer, a middle-aged English professor living in Southern California and grieving the sudden death of his partner, Jim. The novel explores isolation, desire, memory, and the small moments of connection that make life bearable, all compressed into a [...]
Join us in Crickhowell for an evening with bestselling author Tim Weaver, in conversation with Alis Hawkins, as he discusses his gripping new thriller The Lost Women — the 15th novel in the much-loved David Raker series. Once a journalist, now a missing persons investigator, Raker is haunted by a case from eighteen years ago, [...]
The Book Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian novel by George Orwell, published in 1949. Set in a future where Great Britain—now “Airstrip One”—is part of the totalitarian superstate Oceania, the story portrays a society under constant surveillance, ruled by Big Brother and enforced by the Thought Police. Through the Ministry of Truth, the Party manipulates [...]
Join us for an evening with Sunday Times bestselling author, journalist and mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon as she discusses her debut novel People Pleaser – a fiercely funny, instantly relatable, and utterly feel-good novel about the pressures women feel to please everyone at the expense of their own happiness. “You’re so desperate to make [...]
Greed, corruption and the race to save an ancient homeland When Jessie Cunningham, a high-flying Toronto lawyer with a round-the-clock schedule, is deserted and betrayed by her jealous partner, she suffers a nervous collapse. To recuperate, she takes up an isolated charity assignment, mapping trees in the forest wilderness of British Columbia. As her guide [...]
