Events

After a speedy AGM, explorer and biologist Dr Myles Ripley will describe his work with an Earthwatch expedition in the Amazonian jungle.

An illustrated talk by Christine Craghill on the decline of the statesman or yeoman farmers in the nineteenth century.

Rachel’s Storytime will be coming to Sedbergh Little People.

One Day At A Time is the first publication by Rebecca Andrew-Crowe. Much more than a book, it is an initiative to help others and create reform within the NHS for patients who find themselves in despair.

An Evening of  words, music, comedy and dinner with Roger Stevens

Local author Audrey Wilson will be bringing her wonderful Nanna Strawberry books, where you can chat to her and get your copies signed.

Roger Stevens is one of the UK’s best poets writing for children. His poetry collections are constantly high in the book charts and his lively performances all over Britain introduce thousands of children to creativity through language.

These free workshops will be running throughout the day, no booking required.

Alex will be at Westwood Books where you can chat to him about his Book Town explorations and get your copies of the book signed.

Alex will be at Westwood Books where you can chat to him about his Book Town explorations and get your copies of the book signed.

We are thrilled to announce that Amanda Owen, the Yorkshire Shepherdess will be attending Sedbergh Book Town Festival.

Claire Griffel has been writing stories and poems since she was little. She is a children’s storyteller and has her own magic dust and carpet.

These free workshops will be running throughout the day, no booking required.

Claire Griffel has been writing since she was little. She is a storyteller, artist, teacher, writing workshop tutor with a background that has included work from gardening to shoe sales.

Come and hear from our panel of local authors about their journey to getting published. Then get your chance to ask questions so you can do it too.
Come prepared with your burning questions!

Join us for some glitz and glamour with a Great Gatsby inspired dinner to celebrate the end of the festival.

Gordon Fletcher, expert underwater photographer, will show us some of the colour and variety in the living world to be discovered beneath the surface of Morecambe Bay.

An illustrated talk by Diana Mathews showing a range of different craft and some of their unusual owners over the years.

Apple Days were started in 1990 mainly in the UK as an annual celebration of apples and orchards, and we hope that this third Sedbergh Apple Day will be one of many in the future. All you need to bring on the day are apples and sterilised bottles.

An illustrated talk by Trevor Hughes on the history of the Yards of Kendal, one of the most characteristic features of the town.

An illustrated talk by Robert Western on the events leading up to the provision of a railway link in Sedbergh and the subsequent history including a proposed line to Hawes

Many stalls with a wide range of goods for early Christmas shopping, craft fair, coffees lunches and teas plus seasonal music by Town Band.

Peter Mawby, ornithologist, photographer, conservationist has studied dippers in our area for many years. Here are his latest findings.

Sedbergh’s shops and businesses welcome you for some evening shopping. Plenty of food, entertainment and much much more!

An illustrated talk by Mike Winstanley exploring the ways in which people sought to ‘make ends meet’ and get through hard times including the Poor Law and the increasingly dreaded workhouse.

A December edition of Sedbergh’s growing spring and summer producers market, showcasing the stalls that have made it so popular. You will find the best crafts, made by the stall holders themselves, and delicious food locally produced by the traders. New for this year there will be hot food. Stalls will run along the eastern half of Main Street. The town’s shops and cafes will be open as usual as a perfect complement to the stalls.

Archaeological investigations of a Bronze Age Fenland settlement – speaker Fiona Robinson Zeki

An illustrated talk by Peter Roebuck describing the origins and impact of cattle droving.

An illustrated talk by Adrian Braddon about a force of Yorkist royalists, German mercenaries, Irish Levies and the person they had crowned King Edward VI.

An illustrated talk by Diane Elphick on the wide ranging roles of women.

An illustrated talk by Geoff Brambles examining the ways in which the natural behaviour of water and its human management have influenced the physical growth, urban morphology and and economic development of Kendal.