Here it is folks, the full schedule for my Lands End to John o Groats walk.

I know exactly where I’m going to be every single day between the 12^th May and 8^th October, five full months of geographical precision; an organisational feat that I’ve never accomplished before!

Strap in, this is going to be a long and complex post, but I’ll do my best to be clear about it!

There are two different types of bookshop appearances planned:

EVENTS which will be a full talk from me, telling the story about the walk across Europe and giving readings from the book. (Usually ticketed but that is the choice of the bookshop and not something I can affect). There might be refreshments, there will be a talk, questions and a book signing. For ticket details, contact the bookshop.

POP-UP signing: something much more informal, just me turning up to the bookshop and signing a few copies for them to sell as ‘signed by the author’. I’ll usually stay about an hour and be happy to sign books for anyone who turns up but the date probably won’t be locally advertised and will be much more low key. Usually in the last hour before closing (so usually 4pm)

 

MAY

13^th May – Penzance – End of the World Bookshop – pop-up signing

15^th May – Helston – The Bookshop in Helston – EVENT 7pm

17^th May – Penryn – Insight Bookshop – EVENT 2pm

19^th May – Mevagissey – nothing planned

21^st May – Fowey – Shrew Books – pop-up signing, 4pm

26^th May – Tavistock – Book Stop – pop-up signing (AM, another unusual morning signing)

30^th May – Exeter – nothing planned

 

JUNE

3rd June – Wiveliscombe – Chocolate Bookshop – EVENT 2pm

4^th June – Wellington – Bookshop on the Blackdowns pop-up signing

5^th June – Taunton – Brendon Books – EVENT 6.30pm

7th June – Langport – Snug Bookshop – pop-up signing 

9^th June – Castle Cary – Bailey Hill Bookshop – pop-up signing 

11^th June – Frome – Sherlock & Pages – pop-up signing

Also Frome – Hunting Raven bookshop – pop-up signing 

Also Frome – EVENT – Good Heart Cafe, 7.30pm 11th June 

13^th June – Bath – Mr B’s – pop-up signing

14^th June – Corsham – The Corsham Bookshop – pop-in book signing

17^th June – Swindon – Bert’s Books – pop-up signing, 4pm

21st June – Burford – Mad Hatter Bookshop – pop-up signing

22nd – Chipping Norton – Jaffe and Neale bookshop – pop-up signing 

25^th June – Banbury – nothing planned

28^th June – Daventry – Suddenly on Sheaf Street – pop-up signing.

JULY

1^st July – Market Harborough – Quinn’s Bookshop –  EVENT, 6.30pm

2^nd July – Kibsworth Beauchamp – Kibworth Books – pop up signing

3^rd July – Leicester – The Leicester Bookshop (in Saints of Mokka coffee shop) – pop up signing 3pm

7^th July – Nottingham – Five Leaves Bookshop – EVENT, 7pm

9th July – Long Eaton – Stories with the Yes Tribe – Copper Cogs café 7pm

10^th July – Belper – Dormouse Books – pop up signing 

11^th July – Cromford – Scarthin Books – pop up signing 

14^th July – Chesterfield – Waterstones – pop-up signing

16^th July – Sheffield – Juno Books – pop-up signing

16th July – Sheffield – Independent EVENT, contact me for details – evening

19^th July – Holmfirth – Read bookshop – EVENT

21^st July – Slaithwaite – A New Leaf bookshop – EVENT

22^nd July – Halifax – Book Corner – pop up signing 

23^rd July – Hebden Bridge – EVENT Hebden Bridge Library 5.15pm

24th July – Haworth – Wave of Nostalgia – pop-up signing 

26^th July – Skipton – The Little Bookshop – pop-up signing 1pm

27th July – Grassington – Stripey Badger – pop-up signing 4pm 

AUGUST

4^th August – Sedburgh – signing at Westwood Books

8^th August – Penrith – The Hedgehog Bookshop – pop-up signing, 4pm

11^th August – Carlisle – Bookends – pop up signing 

^19th August – Moffat – event 7pm Studio Theatre 

23rd August – Biggar – Atkinson-Pryce Books – pop-up signing 4pm

28^th August – Edinburgh – The Lighthouse bookshop – pop-up signing

29^th August – Edinburgh – Rare Birds Books – pop-up signing

29^th August – Falkirk – EVENT

SEPTEMBER

2^nd September – Kinross – Read and Relax – EVENT

7^th September – Aberfeldy – nothing planned

15^th September – Granton-on-Spey – nothing planned

19^th September – Inverness – nothing planned

26^th September – Dornoch – The Dornoch Bookshop – pop-up signing 

 

OCTOBER

5^th October – John O’Groats!

8^th October – ORKNEY! – Orkney Libraries – EVENT 6.30pm

Shetland Islands? Watch this space

 

So, if you’ve read this far well done. There are plenty of dates and places where I have nothing planned yet, but hopefully bookshops in those locations will come through as the summer and the tour progresses.

BOOK GROUPS AND OTHER SELF-ORGANISED EVENTS

If you can see that I’m in your area and would like to organise a small event for me to read to your book group or friends, a la Simon Armitage, please do get in touch. I’m open to dates in between the advertised ones above, and if I have no bookshop event as I pass through your town and you’d like to organise something, let’s do it!

WALKERS AND RAMBLERS

You are all welcome to join me any time, just get in touch.

Please use the contact form on this website or message me through social media.

My walking route is made using Slow Ways, a walking network created to make it easier to walk between towns. It made creating this huge challenge much easier; and making a route that walks between bookshops rather than taking the rural long distance paths that always seek the less inhabited places needed Slow Ways to facilitate the route planning.

See my public route here: https://beta.slowways.org/user/waylist/lejog/14807