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 (followed by the opportunity to walk 3 miles with me into Falmouth)

18^th May – Falmouth – Falmouth Bookseller – pop-up signing (AM, an unusual morning signing)

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

4^th June – Wellington – nothing planned

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

9^th June – Castle Cary – nothing planned

10^th June – Bruton – Stripy Duck – an UNCONFIRMED event (if you’re local to this bookshop, pop in and tell them you’re excited about me, maybe they’ll confirm it!)

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

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

14^th June – nothing planned

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

20^th June – Abingdon – nothing planned

21^st June – Oxford – nothing planned

23^rd June – Bicester – nothing planned

25^th June – Banbury – nothing planned

28^th June – Daventry – Suddenly on Sheaf Street – pop-up signing, maybe EVENT. (Again, if you’re local, go in and tell them you’ll come and they might upgrade me!)

 

JULY

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

2^nd July – Kibsworth Beauchamp – nothing planned

3^rd July – Leicester – nothing planned

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

9^th July – Derby – nothing planned

10^th July – Belper – nothing planned

11^th July – Cromford – nothing planned

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

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

19^th July – Holmfirth – Read bookshop – EVENT

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

22^nd July – Halifax – nothing planned

23^rd July – Hebden Bridge – nothing planned

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

29^th July – Pateley Bridge – Paper People Books – EVENT 6.30pm

 

AUGUST

2^nd August – Hawes – nothing planned

4^th August – Sedburgh – nothing planned

5^th August – Kendal – nothing planned

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

11^th August – Carlisle – nothing planned

18^th August – Thornhill – nothing planned

20^th August – Sanquhar – nothing planned

25^th August – Biggar – Atkinson-Pryce Books – pop-up signing (A morning signing)

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

4^th September – Perth – nothing planned

7^th September – Aberfeldy – nothing planned

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

19^th September – Inverness – nothing planned

26^th September – Dornoch – nothing planned

 

OCTOBER

5^th October – John O’Groats – nothing planned

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

 

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