Exciting schedule of events & talks with authors

Take a look at the exciting schedule of events, festivals and talks coming up with many of our authors. From book launches to adventure festivals celebrating the very best of the outdoors, exclusive talks with the authors at book festivals and more, we have compiled our highlights below!

14 - 19 October 2025 | Join Harrison Ward at the Motorhome and Caravan show 

Taking place at the NEC in Birmingham, the 2025 Motorhome and Caravan show features some exciting talks and demonstrations including Harrison Ward, author of Cook Out. Click here for more information. 

19 October 2025 | Harrison Ward takes part in Apple Day at Leighton Hall

Taking place on Sunday, October 19, the event will run from 10am to 3pm. The programme includes willow weaving, apple pressing, campfire cooking sessions, market stalls, and tastings of apples, honey, and local ciders. Harrison Ward, author of Cook Out will also return for this year's event. Click here for more information. 

16 October 2025 | TED x Greek Street Women’s Event

Siobhan Daniels, author of Retirement Rebel, is giving a talk at the TED x Greek Street women’s event in London on the 16th October. The theme is 'The power of intergenerational knowledge through the ages. Rising through life: Lessons across every stage’. She will be focussing on how intergenerational discussions can help to combat ageism and help us to reframe the way we think of ageing and what it means to be old.

18 October 2025 | Sara Barnes talks at Ilkley Literature Festival

In 2017, Sara Barnes, author of The Cold Fix, was diagnosed with severe osteoarthritis and found herself facing major surgery and a future of limited mobility. Rather than obsessing about what she could no longer do, she focused on what she could do and took to the water of the tarns, river pools and lakes in her home county of Cumbria. Find out how cold-water swimming changed Barnes’s life, and how it has the power to change yours. 

Click here for more information and tickets.

28 October 2025 | Menopause Talks with Renee McGregor 

Led by Renee McGregor and Dr Catherine Munro, the session will offer evidence-based advice on weight management, eating, and exercising for a healthy body during midlife.

The event will take place online, from 10:30am to 11:30am, hosted by Halton Library. Click here for more information. 

7 November 2025 | Older, Bolder, Colder: Jo Moseley and Sara Barnes

Join Jo Moseley and Sara Barnes at Whitby Lit Fest for their talk Older, Bolder, Colder.

Jo went from ‘crying in the biscuit aisle of Tesco’ to becoming the first woman to paddleboard 162 miles coast to coast aged 54, fundraising and picking up litter. Jo found joy, adventure, and a fresh start in nature. In 2022, aged 57, her childhood dream came true when her first book Stand-up Paddleboarding in Great Britain was published and went on to become a bestseller. Her second book Stand-up Paddleboarding in the Lake District won the Lakeland Book Awards Zeffirellis Guides & Places Award 2025.

Find out about the joy of ageing well, Jo’s third book, and what she is up to next with fellow author, Sara Barnes. Living in the Lake District, the outdoors inspires much of Sara’s writing, including The Cold Fix which discovers strength from cold water swimming, and her novel about three menopausal wild swimmers, The Winter of Our Lives.

Turning 60 is never too old to start something new. The pair will inspire you to be older, bolder, and colder. Click here for more information. 

20 - 23 November 2025 | Kendal Mountain Festival 

Join lots of our authors at the 2025 Kendal Mountain Festival, where over 200 live sessions including 300+ speakers, 150+ films, and 60+ activities will be programmed engaging over 25,000 adventure-seekers and outdoor enthusiasts. 

Join Renee McGregor, author of Fuel for Thought, for an insightful discussion into how we nourish our bodies. 

Helen Mort, author of Ethel, will be in conversation with the authors shortlisted for the 2025 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature which includes Paul Besley's The Search. 

A special event discussing Everest the Hard Waychaired by Julie Summers, Sir Chris Bonington, Tut Braithwaite and others will reflect on the challenges and legacy of that remarkable expedition.Part of the proceeds from ticket sales will support Community Action Nepal.

The new edition of the legendary Extreme Rock book launches at Kendal. Join Grant Farquhar alongside other climbing legends to chat about the book. 

Authors Jo Moseley, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, Anna Paxtonand Nicola Hardy will also be taking part in the festivities. 

Click here for more information. 

14 April - 19 May 2026 | Damian Hall Running Forever UK Tour

Damian Hall is an ultrarunner, coach, author, climate activist, and tea addict. In his first theatre tour, Damian – aka UltraDamo – will deliver stories of breaking long-distance running records and representing Great Britain, to running marathons dressed as a toilet and near-fatal mishaps. How to keep running long and strong and how our best years could still be ahead of us. Click here for more information.