• When: Tuesday 21st April @ 7 pm
• Where: Bathwick St Mary’s Church, Darlington St, Bathwick, Bath BA2 4EB
• Ticket (includes book) £10.99

Mick Herron is the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Slough House thrillers, which have been published in over twenty-five languages and are the basis of the award-winning TV series Slow Horses, starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb. Among his other novels are the Zoe Boehm series, also now adapted for TV starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson, and the standalone novels The Secret Hours and Nobody Walks. Herron’s awards include the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and the CWA Gold, Steel and Diamond Daggers.

• Deepings Literary Festival 2026
• Venue: Molecey Mill, Stamford Road, West Deeping PE6 9JD
• Saturday 2 May 2026 @ 4 pm
• Tickets £12.50

Originally hailing from Leeds, Tom Hindle lives in Oxfordshire. He specialises in contemporary whodunits and is a Sunday Times bestselling author who has twice seen his novels chosen as Waterstones’ Thriller of the Month

• Deepings Literary Festival 2026
• Venue: Molecey Mill, Stamford Road, West Deeping PE6 9JD
• Saturday 2 May 2026 @ 11 am
• Tickets £12.50

A former national newspaper journalist, T.M. Logan’s thrillers have sold more than 3 million copies in the UK and are translated into 22 other languages. The Holiday and The Catch have been adapted for television. His new book The Weekend was published this year.

Fiona Lumbers is an acclaimed author and illustrator whose much-loved picture books include Clem and Crab and Grandpa’s Gift. She is also the illustrator of the bestselling Luna Loves… series, written by Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho.

• When: Saturday, April 18 @ 11 AM – 11:45 AM
• Where: Happy Reading Children’s Bookshop, 30a Reading Street, Broadstairs CT10 3AZ
• Ticket: £5 (booking essential)

At this cosy, creative session, children will:

✨ Enjoy an interactive storytime with Fiona Lumbers
🎨 Take part in thoughtful, story-inspired creative activities
💬 Have the chance to ask questions about drawing, storytelling and illustration
🌿 Explore themes of imagination, resilience and everyday adventures

Every child takes home their own copy of Mo’s Stick to treasure!

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• Deepings Literary Festival 2026
• Venue: Lilli’s Tearoom, 3 Market Gate, Market Deeping PE6 8DL
• Saturday 2 May 2026 @ 3 pm
• Saturday 2 May 2026 @ 4:45 pm
• Tickets £20

Milly Johnson is a novelist, performance poet, after-dinner speaker and professional joke-writer and she was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She is published throughout the globe and is a Sunday Times bestseller.