Literary Lunch Event

Reading throughout her childhood, Lucy Mangan was the archetypal bookworm. She used her passion to ensure that books would help her navigate the challenges not just of this world, but also of many others. Bookworm’s much anticipated sequel takes us further still, asking a wider spread of questions, including the most important of all: do books prepare us for life? If so, how?

Revisiting books of all genres that ferried her through each important stage of life – falling in love, finding a job, becoming a mother, navigating grief – Lucy has composed an ode to our favourite bookish spaces from the smallest bookstall to the grandest of libraries.

Books not only shelter our souls through hard times and help us find ourselves when we feel lost. They also help us connect with the people we love through shared stories.

Lucy Mangan writes for The Guardian, Stylist magazine, The Telegraph and many other publications.

Tickets can be purchased to just the talk or the talk and the Literary Lunch.
Options are available at the check-out.

Our popular Literary Lunch gives you a chance to meet Lucy Mangan in advance of the talk – in the relaxed surroundings of the Dining Hall at Cedars House. Lucy will join guests for lunch at 12.30pm before the short walk across to Cedars Hall where the talk will begin at 2pm. Lunches must be ordered by 10 October 2025.

Menu:
Leek and potato soup, followed by a white chocolate and raspberry panna cotta with berry compote
The soup is accompanied by artisan breads.

Please contact the box office on 01749 834483 if you have any special dietary requirements.