Welcome to You’re Booked – bringing the very best of Harrogate International Festivals to your digital doorstep. Here you’ll find a host of author interviews, book reviews, and a peak inside their houses as authors share with us their bookshelves, their must-reads and the book they always go back to.
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An Interview With… Oyinkan Braithwaite
Meet Oyinkan Braithwaite author of the #TheakstonAward shortlisted My Sister The Serial Killer
An Interview With… Jane Harper
Meet Jane Harper author of the #TheakstonAward shortlisted Joe Country
Book Of The Month: July 2020
Our July Book Of the Month is: Cry Baby, by Mark Billingham.
Meet Author Mark Edwards
Mark sits down with us to talk about The House Guest, his brilliant new psychological thriller.
Meet Karen Hamilton Author Of The Last Wife
Karen Hamilton is back with The Last Wife, her hotly anticipated second novel.
Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year Shortlist Announced
International shortlist revealed for crime writings premier prize.
Book Of The Month: June
We are so excited to share that The Last Wife by Karen Hamilton is our June pick for the HIF Book Of the Month!
Meet John Marrs Author Of What Lies Between Us
Meet the fantastic author John Marrs, as he talks about his new book 'What Lies Between Us' and glimpses the bright lights of Hollywood.
Author’s Bookshelf with Romy Hausmann
Romy Hausmann author of our Book of the Month, Dear Child, welcomes us into her cabin In the woods and shares the books that make her bookshelves.
Book of the Month: May 2020
Check out our Book of the Month for May!
Great Audiobooks To Listen To In Lockdown
There has never been a better time to get into audiobooks.
Books to keep your teens entertained
Books To Keep Your Teens Entertained With a little helping hand from recent TV and film adaptations including Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, books written with
Ideas for children
We’ve gathered together some of our favourite activities and resources from across the internet, and hope that these help you on your home educating journey.
Book of the Month: April 2020
We've hand-picked our Book of the Month for April
Q&A with Marion Brunet
The author of our March Book of the Month tells all...
Telling Good Stories with HIF
Are you a natural storyteller?
Spotlight on HIF: Mini-Libraries
Spotlight on HIF: Mini-Libraries If you're a Harrogate native or a regular visitor, you might have been lucky enough to spot one of our bright blue mini community libraries dotted around town. The mini
Love is in the Air: Books About Love
Love is in the Air: Books About Love ♥♥♥ It's that time of year again - the Hallmark cards, the meal-for-two restaurant deals, the Love Island recouplings around the fire pit, the smug Instagram
Books to Help You Love Reading Again
Books to Help You Love Reading Again Was one of your New Year's Resolutions to read more? After losing weight and getting fit, it's one of the most common resolutions, but just like
Library League
Library League Coming soon...