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Jacqueline Riding Hard Streets
Jacqueline Riding

Author Talk
Jacqueline Riding: Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s London

Saturday 30 May | at QUAD, DE1 3AS. 1:00pm - 2:00pm

£10

Venue: QUAD, DE1 3AS

Patrick Gale and Joanna Cannon Reunited

Author Talk
Patrick Gale and Joanna Cannon: Reunited

Saturday 30 May | at QUAD, DE1 3AS. 3:00pm - 4:00pm

£12

Venue: QUAD, DE1 3AS

Dungeons and Dragons Workshop

Young Adults
Introduction to Dungeons and Dragons Family Workshop

Saturday 30 May | at QUAD, DE1 3AS. 3:00pm - 4:00pm

£6

Venue: QUAD, DE1 3AS

DBF featured
Read the Summer Edition Festival Programme for 2026!

Over 70 events across city venues

Claudia Hammond Overwhelmed
Claudia Hammond

Author Talk
Claudia Hammond: Overwhelmed: Ways to Take the Pressure Off

Saturday 30 May | at QUAD, DE1 3AS. 5:15pm - 6:15pm

£10

Venue: QUAD, DE1 3AS

DBF featured
Read the Summer Edition Festival Programme for 2026!

Over 70 events across city venues

Kadiatu Kanneh Mason To be Young Gifted and Black
Kadiatu Kannegh Mason

Author Talk
Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason: To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Saturday 30 May | at QUAD, DE1 3AS. 7:30pm - 8:30pm

£12

Venue: QUAD, DE1 3AS

James Cheshire The Library of Lost Maps
James Cheshire

Author Talk
James Cheshire: The Library of Lost Maps

Sunday 31 May | at QUAD, DE1 3AS. 11:00am - 12:00pm

£10

Venue: QUAD, DE1 3AS

Madeleine Pownall Absent Minds
Madeleine Pownall

Author Talk
Madeleine Pownall: Absent Minds: The untold story of the women who changed psychology forever

Sunday 31 May | at QUAD, DE1 3AS. 1:15pm - 2:15pm

£10

Venue: QUAD, DE1 3AS

Dominic Gregory Lifeboat at the End of the World
Dominic Gregory

Author Talk
Dominic Gregory: Lifeboat at the End of the World

Sunday 31 May | at QUAD, DE1 3AS. 3:30pm - 4:30pm

£10

Venue: QUAD, DE1 3AS

James Payne Great Art Explained
James Payne

Author Talk
James Payne: Great Art Explained: The Stories Behind the World's Greatest Masterpieces

Sunday 31 May | at QUAD, DE1 3AS. 5:30pm - 6:30pm

£10

Venue: QUAD, DE1 3AS

Janina Ramirez Legenda
Janina Ramirez

Author Talk
Janina Ramirez: Legenda: The Real Women Behind the Myths That Shaped Europe

Sunday 31 May | at QUAD, DE1 3AS. 7:30pm - 9:00pm

£15

Venue: QUAD, DE1 3AS

Steve Farnsworth Painting Faces
Steve Farnsworth

Author Talk
Steve Farnsworth: Painting Faces: Being a Life of that Capital Artist, Joseph Wright of Derby

Sunday 19 July | at Old Library, Derby Museum & Art Gallery, DE1 1HS. 1:30pm - 2:30pm

£10

Venue: Old Library, Derby Museum & Art Gallery, DE1 1HS