Name: Readers' Day
Start: 2023-10-14T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-10-14T16:00:00+01:00
Location: West Horsley Place

Readers' Day

Guildford Book Festival

Spend the day in the company of some of Britain's best-loved authors as they share their stories, experiences and inspirations.

West Horsley Place

A day with some of the greatest names in fiction: Georgina Moore, Eva Rice, Freya Berry, Jyoti Patel, Ola Mustapha and Elizabeth Noble.•	Opportunity to meet the authors and have books signed•	Optional tour of the house at reduced price of £7 (usually £10)•	Free access to the extensive grounds during breaks•	Light lunch included (please specify what sandwich you would like at the checkout)•	Goody bag included•	Free parking

GEORGINA MOOREThe Garnett Girls, a captivating debut and Sunday Times bestseller from Georgina Moore, is a powerful, big-hearted novel of love and sisterhood and asks whether children can ever be free of the mistakes of their parents.

EVA RICEThis Could be Everything is a coming-of-age story with its roots under the pavements of a pre-Richard Curtis-era Notting Hill that has all but vanished. It’s about what happens when you start looking after something more important than you, and the hope a yellow bird can bring . . .

FREYA BERRYFrom the author of BBC2 Between The Covers pick The Dictator’s Wife comes a gothic tinged tale of obsession and long buried secrets set in a remote and atmospheric Scottish castle. Discover a mystery within a mystery in The Birdcage Library, a novel that will hold you in its spell until the final page.

JYOTI PATELDeeply moving and quietly profound, Jyoti Patel's debut novel traces Nik's emotional journey of revelation and understanding as his late father's facade crumbles and long-held family secrets emerge. The Things That We Lost is a beautifully tender novel that explores family, loss, and the lengths we go to, to protect the ones we love.

OLA MUSTAPHAGrowing up in London with Tunisian parents, wayward Nessie was always caught between cultures. Years later, still struggling with selfsabotaging patterns from her youth, Nessie reflects on her childhood to discover the truth behind her dysfunctional family. Other Names, Other Places is Ola’s debut novel.

ELIZABETH NOBLEFrom the much-loved, bestselling novelist of Love, Iris, and Things I Want My Daughters to Know, Elizabeth Noble’s Other People’s Husbands shares the story of a friendship group whose bonds are forged at the nursery gates, and tested by a betrayal.

Light lunch includes a sandwich, a packet of crisps, piece of fruit and small mini bite.There is a coffee van on-site so bring your reusable cup with you. We will have tap water and cordial available so bring a water bottle with you.

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