Wirksworth Book Festival The Power of Reading

The Feather Star

The Power of Reading with Vanessa Hall What is single most powerful way to improve your child’s well-being, academic achievement, communication skills, general knowledge and capacity for empathy? Well, obviously […]

Free

Jamie Thrasivoulou Feral poetry launch and open mic

The Feather Star

Award-winning writer, poet, and educator Jamie Thrasivoulou will launch Feral, his third full-length collection of poetry at The Feather Star. Jamie Thrasivoulou is also the lyricist in the band Kez. […]

Free

Great Wirksworth Book Quiz

Memorial Hall 39 St John Street, Wirksworth

Test your literary learning, your English expertise, and your paperback proficiency with questions set by Scarthin Books, last year's quiz winners. Prizes for the winning team donated by Ken's Megastore […]

£20

Alice in Wonderland

Haarlem Gallery The Red Lion, Wirksworth

Follow Alice down the rabbit hole with this fabulous radio style reading by the esteemed Kirk Ireton Light Programme. Tickets are for sale at: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wirksworthbookfestival

£6 – £10

WWII, how it changed womes lives for ever

Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

A talk by Shirley Mann, our local award-winning war novelist. (see The talk will be at at Wirksworth Station on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway as part of the Wirkworthback to […]

WWII, how it changed womens’ lives for ever

Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

A talk by Shirley Mann, our local award-winning war novelist. The talk will be at at Wirksworth Station on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway as part of the Wirkworth back to […]

SIX The Musical

National Stone Centre Portland Lane, Wirksworth

Outdoor theatre in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District! Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the […]

£16 – £17.50