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20 February 2025 (3 days to go!)
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An Evening with Michael Amherst
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Author of The Boyhood of Cain

A poignant debut novel about a boy on the precipice of adulthood, struggling to understand how he might give and deserve love.

Michael Amherst was born and brought up around Tewkesbury and later lived in Ledbury.

His short fiction has been longlisted for the BBC National Short Story Prize and shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, among others. Meanwhile, his book-length essay, Go the Way Your Blood Beats, a meditation on truth and desire, won the 2019 Stonewall Israel Fishman Award for Nonfiction (sponsored by the American Library Association).

He is also the winner of the 2020 Hubert Butler Essay Prize and was shortlisted for the 2021 Observer/Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts. His work has also been published in the Guardian, New Statesman, the Spectator, The White Review and Contrappasso magazine.

The Boyhood of Cain is his first novel.

7:30pm Thursday 20 February

The Upper Floor, The Old Grammar School, Church Lane, Ledbury HR8 1DN


Tickets are just £8 and are available from Ledbury Books and Maps (from the shop, 01531 633226 or online)
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13 March 2025 (24 days to go!)
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Ledburied welcomes Harriet F. Townson and Natalie Marlow
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Ledbury Books and Maps is delighted to announce that its crime writing festival, Ledburied, is hosting an evening with Harriet F. Townson and Natalie Marlow.
7:30pm Thursday 13 March
The Upper Floor, The Old Grammar School, Church Lane, Ledbury HR8 1DN


Harriet F. Townson is the pen name of bestselling author Harriet Evans. She has written thirteen novels, several of which have been Sunday Times bestsellers, two of which were Richard and Judy Book Club selections and one which won the Good Housekeeping Book of the Year.
She lives in Bath with her family and in her scant spare time rereads Dorothy L Sayers. D is for Death was hailed by Marian Keyes as ‘an instant classic’.


Natalie Marlow is a historical crime novelist with a fascination for the people and landscapes of the Midlands. Born into a family of storytellers, she takes inspiration from the colourful stories her grandparents told. Her debut novel, Needless Alley, received glowing reviews from press and readers. The second in the series, The Red Hollow, was named one of the Financial Times’ best new thrillers.
Natalie holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and is currently working on the next book in the William Garrett series.


Tickets are just £8 and are available from

Ledbury Books and Maps (from the shop, 01531 633226 or online)
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