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Borderlines Book Festival

Borderlines 2025!

We are back and ready to do it all again. Look forward to a bookish weekend (plus a couple of extra special events) full of prose, poetry and incredible authors.

4-16th November 2025.

Events

Borderlines - LJ Ross Borderlines - LJ Ross International best-selling author, L J Ross, will chat about her upcoming novel, Berwick. Berwick is the 24th DCI Ryan novel, in which he faces his most gruelling, personal case...

International best-selling author, L J Ross, will chat about her upcoming novel, Berwick. Berwick is the 24th DCI Ryan novel, in which he faces his most gruelling, personal case yet as his beloved wife Anna stands accused of murder.

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Borderlines - Eleanor Tweddell Borderlines - Eleanor Tweddell Struggling with change? Author and change specialist, Eleanor Tweddell, will share insights from her book, Another Door Opens, and introduce the five practical steps to help you...

Struggling with change? Author and change specialist, Eleanor Tweddell, will share insights from her book, Another Door Opens, and introduce the five practical steps to help you move forward with confidence and creativity.

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Borderlines - MW Craven & Abir Mukherjee Borderlines - MW Craven & Abir Mukherjee Join award-winning crime authors, M W Craven & Abir Mukherjee, for an evening of thrilling conversation. They will discuss their hit novels and new & upcoming releases. ...

Join award-winning crime authors, M W Craven & Abir Mukherjee, for an evening of thrilling conversation. They will discuss their hit novels and new & upcoming releases.

This event is sponsored by Eric Hagan opticians

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Borderlines - Jenny Uglow Borderlines - Jenny Uglow Jenny Uglow travels back to 1781 to follow ‘the father of ecology’, Gilbert White, across a single year in his Naturalist’s Journal. From frost to summer drought, from the...

Jenny Uglow travels back to 1781 to follow ‘the father of ecology’, Gilbert White, across a single year in his Naturalist’s Journal. From frost to summer drought, from the migration of birds to the sex lives of snails and the coming of harvest, Uglow illuminates this quirky, warm-hearted man.

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Borderlines - Graham Robb Borderlines - Graham Robb Prize-winning author Graham Robb will take you on a seriously funny time-travelling adventure around the ‘spindly, sea-wrecked islands’ of Britain.

Prize-winning author Graham Robb will take you on a seriously funny time-travelling adventure around the ‘spindly, sea-wrecked islands’ of Britain.

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Borderlines - Mike Berners-Lee Borderlines - Mike Berners-Lee Sustainability & carbon accounting expert, Mike Berners-Lee, will examine the accelerating climate crisis. Can humanity thrive if we raise standards of honesty in our politics,...

Sustainability & carbon accounting expert, Mike Berners-Lee, will examine the accelerating climate crisis. Can humanity thrive if we raise standards of honesty in our politics, our media, and our businesses?

This is event is sponsored by Architects Plus

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Borderlines - Dave Felton Borderlines - Dave Felton Join Dave Felton, publisher of ‘Cumbria 1,000 Years of Maps’ by William Shannon, as he discusses the most important charts, surveys and maps from ten centuries of Cumbrian...

Join Dave Felton, publisher of ‘Cumbria 1,000 Years of Maps’ by William Shannon, as he discusses the most important charts, surveys and maps from ten centuries of Cumbrian cartography in an illustrated talk.

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Borderlines - Jenn Ashworth Borderlines - Jenn Ashworth After burn-out & a lockdown, author Jenn Ashworth needed to walk and to walk away. Tackling Wainwright’s Coast to Coast, Jenn embarked on a journey of reconnection, self...

After burn-out & a lockdown, author Jenn Ashworth needed to walk and to walk away. Tackling Wainwright’s Coast to Coast, Jenn embarked on a journey of reconnection, self-discovery and a life altering diagnosis.

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Borderlines - Alan Johnson Borderlines - Alan Johnson Former Labour cabinet minister and author, Alan Johnson, will discuss his recent biography. Harold Wilson: Twentieth Century Man explores the achievements and life of the four-time...

Former Labour cabinet minister and author, Alan Johnson, will discuss his recent biography. Harold Wilson: Twentieth Century Man explores the achievements and life of the four-time election winning Prime Minister.

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Borderlines - Tea & Cake with K J Whittle Borderlines - Tea & Cake with K J Whittle Come along for tea & cake with author K J Whittle, as she talks about her debut novel, ‘Seven Reasons to Kill Your Dinner Guests’. A devilish who dun-it that asks the...

Come along for tea & cake with author K J Whittle, as she talks about her debut novel, ‘Seven Reasons to Kill Your Dinner Guests’. A devilish who dun-it that asks the question – what would you do differently if you knew when your time was up?

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Borderlines - Poetry Open Mic Night Borderlines - Poetry Open Mic Night Join us for an evening of poetry and performance. From nervous newbies to seasoned pros, all levels of experience welcome.  

Join us for an evening of poetry and performance. From nervous newbies to seasoned pros, all levels of experience welcome.

 

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Borderlines Book Festival

Borderlines 2025!

We are back and ready to do it all again. Look forward to a bookish weekend (plus a couple of extra special events) full of prose, poetry and incredible authors.

4-16th November 2025.

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