Ryedale Book Festival
Events archive
27th October - Ryedale Spookfest
Celebrating the eerie and the macabre, the depraved and the blood thirsty. A festival of the regions’ best horror writers and publishers. Terror in the written word had a new home in Ryedale and Malton was the place to be… for those who dared….
13th October - Black Camp 21 with Bill Jones
Turning historical fact into gripping fiction Bill Jones’s debut novel embarks on a gut-wrenching journey from French battlefields to what is now known as Eden Camp.
5th October - An evening with Alexander McCall Smith
A special 20th Anniversary evening with this extraordinarily accomplished writer, who will be talking about the latest book in his No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.
22nd September - Words from the vine with Peter Stafford Bow
Peter Stafford-Bow will be reading from his recently-published novel Corkscrew accompanied by a tutored wine tasting.
22nd September - The Art of the Short Story with Chris Power
A discussion on the very precise art of short story writing and the announcement of the winner of our 2018 Short Story Competition.
22nd September - The Book Festival for children in Malton
Dragons and wizards, magic, fantasy thrillers, stories, puppets, biscuits, drawing and fun for children of all ages.
21st September - A Musical Memoir with Alan Johnson
Award winning author and former Home Secretary took the audience on a musical journey through his life.
21st September - How to Train Your Dragon with Cressida Cowell
Everyone enjoyed the film How to Train Your Dragon and met the author, Cressida Cowell for a book signing.
8th September 2018 - Fairy Tales for Grown Ups with Jen Campbell
We heard about the fairy tales that inspired Jen Campbell’s collection of short stories “The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night”.
29th June 2018 - Journeys in Malton, Day One
An exclusive celebratory dinner featuring the authors of The Optician of Lampedusa and The Girl from Aleppo along with a craft workshop and a journey into happiness.
30th June 2018 - Journeys in Malton Day Two
An inspirational day of journeys through books featuring Viking voyages, migrating animals, treasure hunts, seaside histories, hotel secrets, Italian retreats, tales of survival and storytelling.
1st July 2018 - Journeys in Malton Day Three
Visitors joined walker and writer Andrew White on a six mile walk along a section of the Wolds Way from East Heslerton to Scampston Park.
27th January 2018 - Magical Stories at Kirkby Library
An afternoon of magical book events and our Magic Story Quiz.
6th October 2017 -The Mile Roses and Mandy Coe
Multi instrumental folk musicians and performance poetry with The Mile Roses and Mandy Coe.
9th November 2017 - Julia Chapman
Julia Chapman, author of the Dales detective mysteries, Date with Death, and Date with Malice.
September 22nd 2017 - Leanda de Lisle
Historical writer, Leanda de Lisle and hear about her new book, Tudor – The Family Story, a fascinating tale of our most vivid royal dynasty.
September 22nd 2017 - Austentatious
Austentatious is an improvised comedy play starring a cast of the country’s quickest comic performers. Every single show the cast conjure up a brand new ‘lost’ Jane Austen novel based on nothing more than a title suggested by the audience.
September 22nd 2017 - Oskar's Amazing Adventure
The tale of a puppy’s search for friendship in the wilderness of the Alps with storytelling, physical theatre, puppetry music, song and even close up magic.
September 23rd 2017 - Malton
Thrillers, historical fiction, crime, racing, literary heroes, fast cars, space travel and station cats. We had something for everyone in September 2017 in Malton.
September 23rd 2017 - Malton for kids
Stories, art, pottery and more for young readers and pet-lovers with special guest appearances from Lauren Child, Tim Hopgood and Andrew Cope.
September 7th 2017 - Wendy Holden
Visitors met Wendy Holden and heard about her extensive writing career and latest books and found out about what it was like editing a news column for a celebrity IT girl in the 90s.
July 13th 2017 - Kirkbymoorside
MP and author Rachel Reeves told the remarkable story of Alice Bacon, narrating one woman’s extraordinary progression from the coalfields to the Commons.
April 1st 2017 - Nunnington Hall
A range of activities that are designed to appeal to book lovers of all ages at the romantic National Trust property at Nunnington Hall.
