The Firestation

A literary event with a difference.

Novelist Marie Phillips, author of Gods Behaving Badly and publisher Scott Pack host an evening of conversation and banter with a cracking line-up of guest writers.

Don't expect the polite, reserved atmosphere you would normally find at a literary gathering – The Book Swap is irreverent, entertaining and slightly chaotic. You won’t hear boring speeches, the same old questions or authors reading from their latest book - but you could witness almost anything else.

Audience members are required to bring an unwanted book along with them which they will have an opportunity to swap for a different on one on the night. No one leaves empty handed.

This month the Book Swap is joined byJosa Young and Patrick Woodrow.

Josa Young, the author of the acclaimed romantic comedy One Apple Tasted which was hailed as 'the best I've read all year' by bestselling novelist Amanda Craig. Josa was in the audience of the very first Book Swap and enjoyed it so much she wanted to come back to appear on stage.

Thriller writer Patrick Woodrow takes a place on the sofa following the release of his latest book is First Contact, the story of a jungle adventure that goes horribly wrong.

"Certainly a literary event with a difference... I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Book Swap evening doesn't become the popular way to mix books, writers and the reading public." - Robert McCrum, Guardian

"this is exactly the kind of blog-linked, local event that publishers should be really encouraging, a sort of odd cross between a public reading and a book group." - Emma Townshend, Independent

GA £5
Don’t forget to bring a book!

Approximate show times 2 x 45 mins with interval.