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Tom Chesshyre in Conversation with Anna Paxton

Join us at The Partington Theatre Club Room as we wander well-trodden paths, pause at old inns and admire iconic landmarks on an adventure around the undulating, magical terrain of the Peak District… Celebrated travel writer Tom Chesshyre has penned Wild Peaks to mark the 75th anniversary of England’s first national park. In conversation with local hillwalker and ultrarunner Anna Paxton, Tom will transport listeners to the heart of the Peak District as he recounts his month-long tour of the area. Get your tickets online here or in person at Dark Peak Books. £20.00 including a signed copy of Wild Peaks or £5.00 general admission. Learn of his diverse meetings with a rich cast of landowners, farmers, historians, climbers, publicans, rangers, right-to-roamers, mountain rescue members, dreamers, fellow hikers – and not forgetting booksellers. Tom spends the first chapter here in Glossop, where he details visiting Dark Peak Books, staying at the Norfolk Arms and Windy Harbour and Chesshyre is the author of 12 travel books. He has previously contributed to The Times, Sporting Life, the Independent, Sky Sports, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, the Daily Mail and National Geographic.

Wed 15 Apr19:15Baytree Books and Gifts

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Sarah Hilary in Conversation with Anna Caig

Step into Sarah Hilary’s gothic Peak District as the award-winning author discusses her compelling new murder mystery, The Drowning Place at The Oakwood in Glossop Set in the fictional town of Edenscar, the first instalment in this new police procedural series follows DS Joseph Ashe, a young man haunted by the ghosts of his past and struggling with survivor’s guilt, and DI Laurie Bower, an outsider fighting to fit in. Get your tickets online here or in person at Dark Peak Books. Tickets £16.99 including a signed copy of The Drowning Place or £5.00 general admission. Sarah is the critically-acclaimed author of nine novels. Her debut, Someone Else’s Skin, won the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year 2015 and was also a World Book Night selection, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and a finalist for both the Silver Falchion and Macavity Awards in the US. Sarah will discuss her new work with local author Anna Caig whose debut novel, The Wise Witch of Orkney, was published in February.

Fri 17 Apr19:15Baytree Books and Gifts

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Everything We Do Is Music with Liz Alker and Various Artists

George Street Bookshop and The Black Circle present a Freak District special… A panoramic exploration of the ways in which pop and rock were transformed by the pioneering visionaries of classical music, with author & BBC Radio 3 presenter Elizabeth Alker. The evening’s events unfold through talks, live performances, DJ sets and interactive musical experiments. Featuring an ‘in conversation’ between Elizabeth and Glossop-based sound artist Clare Savory. Plus music and DJ sets from artists inspired by the themes explored in the book, including Dark Peak Music Lab, Sensory Leakage, Glossop Record Club and Elizabeth Alker herself. Copies of her book ‘Everything We Do Is Music’ will be available to purchase on the night, courtesy of Dark Peak Books. Event starts 7.30pm; talk starts 8pm, event ends 10.15pm. Tickets available here Reviews include ‘Revelation after revelation . . . I love music more for reading it.’ Guy Garvey ‘Alker joins the dots by following myriad musical ley lines. A fascinating journey into sound.’ Mark Radcliffe

Thu 23 Apr19:30Baytree Books and Gifts

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Sarah Lonsdale Book Launch - Wildly Different

Traverse the globe on an empowering journey with historian Sarah Lonsdale to discover how five women reclaimed nature in a man’s world – from our doorstep in the Peak District to sub-Saharan Africa. In Wildly Different meet Ethel Haythornthwaite, who helped make the Peak District Britain’s first National Park. And Wangari Maathai, who started a movement to plant millions of trees across sub-Saharan Africa. Discover the story of Mina Hubbard, who outraged the exploration community when she stepped into a canoe in northern Labrador. Evelyn Cheesman, who became the first female keeper of insects at London Zoo. Dorothy Pilley, who shocked polite society by donning men’s climbing breeches… The book launch event will include an author Q&A and signing, drinks and nibbles, plus a chance to talk to Sarah about her other book, Rebel Women Between the Wars: Breaking Boundaries, 1918–39. Tickets £12.99 with signed copy of the book, or £3 general admission.  Tickets can be purchased here — Sarah Lonsdale is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at City, University of London. She is the author of the books Rebel Women between the Wars (2020) and The Journalist in British Fiction and Film (2016) and writes for the Times Literary Supplement, History Today and the Sunday Times.

Wed 29 Apr19:00Baytree Books and Gifts

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Brian Groom These Isles Book Talk

Join Glossop Curiosity Club at the Labour Club as Brian Groom talks about his new book These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, published 26th February 2026. Tickets pay-as-you-feel available here. Author Brian Groom returns to Glossop to talk about his new book coming out on Harper Collins in 2026. What is These Isles: A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales by Brian Groom about? An inventive new look at the entwined histories of Britain and Ireland’s nations – and the people who have called them home. Brian Groom, author of the bestselling Northerners, reveals a colourful and often-contested story of the Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans and others who have occupied these islands, along with their culture, languages and passions. Groom explores the role of religion and the British Empire, international diasporas and internal migration, gender relations and war in this entertaining narrative. With forays into popular culture, sport, music, language, literature and art, These Isles stretches from 800,000-year-old footprints on a Norfolk beach to the changing fortunes of the early 21st century. It offers a uniquely rich and kaleidoscopic vision of the shared stories of people across Britain and Ireland – past and present. Books available to buy at Dark Peak Books & Gifts or on the night.

Wed 6 May19:00Baytree Books and Gifts

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