Borderlines 2025!

We are back and ready to do it all again. Look forward to a bookish weekend (plus a couple of extra special events) full of prose, poetry and incredible authors.

4th - 16th November 2025.

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Events happening here ...

Saturday, 15th November 2025

Eleanor Tweddell - Another door opens: five steps for navigating change in work and life

Struggling with change? Author and change specialist, Eleanor Tweddell, will share insights from her book, Another Door Opens, and introduce the five practical steps to help you move forward with confidence and creativity.

Saturday, 15th November 2025

Jenny Uglow - A Year with Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer

Jenny Uglow travels back to 1781 to follow ‘the father of ecology’, Gilbert White, across a single year in his Naturalist’s Journal. From frost to summer drought, from the migration of birds to the sex lives of snails and the coming of harvest, Uglow illuminates this quirky, warm-hearted man.

Saturday, 15th November 2025

Graham Robb - The Discovery of Britain: An Accidental History

Prize-winning author Graham Robb will take you on a seriously funny time-travelling adventure around the ‘spindly, sea-wrecked islands’ of Britain.

Saturday, 15th November 2025

Mike Berners-Lee - A Climate of Truth: Why We Need It and How To Get It

Sustainability & carbon accounting expert, Mike Berners-Lee, will examine the accelerating climate crisis. Can humanity thrive if we raise standards of honesty in our politics, our media, and our businesses?

Sunday, 16th November 2025

Dave Felton - Cumbria 1,000 Years of Maps

Join Dave Felton, publisher of ‘Cumbria 1,000 Years of Maps’ by William Shannon, as he discusses the most important charts, surveys and maps from ten centuries of Cumbrian cartography in an illustrated talk.

Sunday, 16th November 2025

Jenn Ashworth - The Parallel Path: Love, Grit and Walking the North

After burn-out & a lockdown, author Jenn Ashworth needed to walk and to walk away. Tackling Wainwright’s Coast to Coast, Jenn embarked on a journey of reconnection, self-discovery and a life altering diagnosis.

Sunday, 16th November 2025

Alan Johnson - Harold Wilson: Twentieth Century Man

Former Labour cabinet minister and author, Alan Johnson, will discuss his recent biography. Harold Wilson: Twentieth Century Man explores the achievements and life of the four-time election winning Prime Minister.

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