Local author Leanda de Lisle will be talking about her new book Sisters who would be Queen based on Lady Jane Grey and her sisters Katherine and Mary.

Jeff Hawksworth lives locally and since finishing “proper work” has discovered a love of writing, having so far published five novels.

He will talk about his experience of writing and about his latest book The Tack Chest, an historical novel set in the farming communities of Hartshill, Mancetter and Atherstone areas.