Author Events 2026

Below you will find our upcoming author events in date order. More dates may be added at the end of the list as we go through the year.

Lesley McEvoy
Coffee and Crime
at Valentino’s Restaurant
11:00am
3rd September 2026
SOLD OUT

Lesley McEvoy is a behavioural analyst/profiler and psychotherapist with her own consultancy business and therapy practice. She also writes brilliant crime thrillers which call on her experiences in business and prisons. We’re delighted to have Lesley visit Ripon and tell us about her writing and just how many psychopaths there are out there!
We highly recommend her books which feature Jo McCready and are based in the Leeds/Bradford area. The first title is “The Murder Mile”.
Tickets (£10/£16) are now on sale in the bookshop and online via the button below (online fees apply)

Afternoon Tea with Miranda Mills
at The Little Ripon Bookshop
4pm to 6pm
Friday 11th September 2026
SOLD OUT

An opportunity to meet writer and vlogger, Miranda Mills, and hear about her new book, The Cosy Commonplace Book. She will be chatting with Gill for about an hour and then we’ll be serving tea and cake and Miranda will be signing books.
Tickets are £10 or £27 to include a signed copy of the book. Tickets are on sale now in the bookshop and online using the button below (online fees apply)

We’re delighted to be returning to Lucinda Riley’s incredible world of The Seven Sisters…
Her son, Harry Whittaker, author of Atlas - The Story of Pa Salt, returns with Orlando… Come and hear Harry talking about Orlando and Lucinda Riley’s Seven Sisters series.
Tickets: £10 / £30 (to include a signed copy of Orlando) are on sale now in the bookshop and online (booking fees apply)