Upcoming events

SUNDAY 1st MARCH, 2pm - 5pm

Michael Morpurgo at Film Premiere in Okehampton
 Sir Michael Morpurgo will be attending the cinematic adaptation of his book 'Waiting for Anya', which will premiere in Okehampton on Sunday 1st March.
Dogberry & Finch Books is proud to be the official bookseller for this highly-anticipated event.
The film will be screened at Okehampton's New Carlton Cinema at 2pm followed by an open Q & A session with Michael Morpurgo at Toast Coffee House, where you'll have the opportunity to have a drink and buy signed copies of Waiting for Anya.
​SATURDAY 7th MARCH, 10am - 11am

World Book Day Free Story-Time Bonanza
​World Book Day is all about getting kids into bookshops and reading just for FUN!
Your local bookshop, Dogberry & Finch Books, is signed up to World Book Day's Share A Million Stories campaign so bring your children along on the Saturday for story-telling, craft activities, and fantabulous freebies.
They can swap their token for their very own, special WBD book - we'll have a great selection to choose from - or get £1 off the price of any book they fancy!  
Don't forget you can also redeem your tokens at Dogberry & Finch Books at ANY time during World Book Day month (27 February – 29 March).
World Book Day is sponsored by National Book Tokens
Illustration © Rob Biddulph
​TUESDAY 17th MARCH, 7pm - 8.30pm

Memoir Writing Workshop
​ Ever thought of writing down your life story or the story of a relative?
Dogberry & Finch Books is hosting a one-off workshop this Spring, focusing on the tools and story-telling skills that will help you to transform lived experience into an art form.
Led by multi-published (under pen names Karen Hayes & Karen Nelson) novelist and poet Karen Eugenia Boreham, author of the critically-acclaimed memoir ‘Song out of Darkness’.  
Limited spaces available. Tickets £15 from the bookshop or via the Get Tickets link below.
​​SATURDAY 18th April 2020, 10am - 12pm

Jo Bradford Smartphone Photography Demo & Photo-Walk
​Fine-art photographer Jo Bradford will be at Dogberry & Finch Books this Spring for a short demo and signing of her best-selling book: ‘Smart Phone Smart Photography', followed by a photo-walk in our beautiful Simmons Park. All welcome at 10am for the workshop and book-signing. If you'd also like to attend the photo-walk, please reserve your space as numbers are limited.
Jo is an award-winning photographer who takes pictures of the wild and windy moor on her doorstep and posts them on Instagram as @greenislandstudios where she has a large and loyal following for her smartphone photography.
She delivers a range of photo-adventures, photo-walks, guided tours, and workshops in smartphone photography from beginner’s sessions to masterclasses from Green Island Studios, her bespoke analogue darkroom, photography workshop and studio space on Dartmoor.
Jo is often featured talking about photography on TV and radio shows including BBC1's Sunday evening prime time TV show Countryfile, and on the BBC and ITV evening news, and on Radio 4.
SUNDAY 26th April 2020, 2.30pm - 5pm 

​Book Talk and Tea with Alan Lee: “The Hobbits Sketchbook”
Dogberry & Finch Books will be the official book stockist for this eagerly-awaited event organised by Friends of Chagford Library.
The Hobbit Sketchbook "celebrates in words and pictures the beautiful work that award-winning artist Alan Lee produced for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, and includes dozens of brand-new paintings and pencil drawings exploring the world of Bilbo Baggins. Since The Hobbit was first published in 1937; generations of readers have fallen under its spell.
That magic was reignited sixty years later, when Alan Lee was commissioned to produce a special illustrated edition, and his delicate pencil drawings and beautiful watercolour paintings have become for many the definitive vision of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In this sumptuous, large-format hardback Alan Lee reveals in pictures and in words how he created these images, which would prove so powerful, matching perfectly with Tolkien's own vision, that they would eventually define the look of Peter Jackson's film adaptations and earn Alan a coveted Academy Award."
Tickets £5 available from Sally's Newsagents in Chagford or Eventbrite. Venue: Jubilee Hall, Chagford, TQ13 8DP
MONDAY 9th NOVEMBER, 7pm - 8pm

Janet Dowling: Devon Ghost Tales
Why should children have all the fun at Halloween?
This Autumn Dogberry & Finch Books will be welcoming acclaimed author, folklorist, professional storyteller & public speaker Janet Dowling to Okehampton for eerie tales and a signing of her stand out book 'Devon Ghost Tales'.
"A beautifully balanced and pitch-perfect collection, this is for all fans of the eerie, uncanny and the downright spooky. Highly recommended."
- Janet Talbot, author of The Faerie Thorn
15 St James Street, Okehampton. EX20 1DJ
01837 657563
info@dogberryandfinch.co.uk