Upcoming events

SATURDAY 9th APRIL 2022, 7.30pm - 8.30pm

Harvey Greenfield is Running Late:
A One-Man Comedy Play by Paul Richards

A groundbreaking one-man piece of comedic theatre that asks a simple question: Is it possible to please everyone, all of the time? And at what cost to your family and health?

In this fast and frenetic comedy, award-winning writer/performer Paul Richards explores our need to please, and why it's sometimes healthy to, every now and then, just sit in a shed and play Subbuteo by yourself, eating biscuits and listen to Meat Loaf.

The show ran at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 to critical acclaim. A run in the heart of London’s West End followed in early 2020, and it is now being developed into a feature film.

Okehampton's Dogberry & Finch Books is delighted to be hosting the opening performance of Paul's 2022 UK Tour, which ends in Glasgow.

'He makes Lee Evans seem narcoleptic by comparison... Ingeniously written and powerfully performed.' The Swindonian

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TUESDAY 17th MARCH 2020, 7pm - 8.30pm

Memoir Writing Workshop with Karen Boreham

Update! Due to the ongoing nationwide coronavirus situation, this event has been postponed.
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

Update! Due to the ongoing nationwide coronavirus situation, this event has been postponed.
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”

Update! Due to the ongoing nationwide coronavirus situation, this event has been postponed.
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

Update! Due to the ongoing nationwide coronavirus situation, this event has been postponed.
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

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