Griffin Books will bring its summer programme of online events to a thrilling conclusion next week when they welcome radio presenter turned author, Simon Mayo, into their virtual bookshop. Mayo will be talking to Griffin Books owner Mel Griffin, on Wednesday 29 July, about his debut contemporary thriller, Knife Edge. Chillingly resonant with today’s headlines, Knife Edge is a pacey race against time thriller … Read More

Join Griffin Books and bestselling author, Rachel Joyce, this Wednesday (22 July) for the perfect summer event. Rachel will be talking to Griffin Books owner, Mel Griffin, about her captivating new novel, Miss Benson’s Beetle, an uplifting and redemptive story of a glorious female friendship against the odds.  Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold … Read More

Penarth’s independent bookshop, Griffin Books, has announced a stellar line-up of online events for July. First to step into their virtual bookshop is broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes. On Thursday 16 July, Haynes will be talking about her Women’s Prize Shortlisted book, A Thousand Ships, in which she retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective. The devastating consequences … Read More

Join Griffin Books and bestselling thriller writer Louise Candlish next Wednesday evening for a discussion of the author’s latest novel ‘The Other Passenger‘, newly published by Simon & Schuster.  Candlish is the author of thirteen novels, including ‘Our House’, winner of the British Book Awards 2019 Crime & Thriller Book of the Year and shortlisted for several other awards.  A bestseller … Read More

Join Griffin Books and crime fiction writers Emma Kavanagh, Philip Gwynne Jones and Katherine Stansfield on Friday 26 June, for an evening exploring the darker side of human experience. Hosted in partnership with Crime Cymru, this online event forms part of Griffin Books’ wider Independent Bookshop Week celebrations. Delve into three new novels that each unearth painful secrets of the past, journeying to a small … Read More

Broadcaster and author, James Naughtie, will headline a week of online events organised by Penarth bookshop, Griffin Books. The event forms part of the shop’s wider Independent Bookshop Week celebrations, which will run from 20-27 June. As special correspondent for BBC News, James Naughtie, is one of the country’s best-known broadcasters. He has reported for the BBC from around the world for more … Read More

The next author to step into Griffin Books’ virtual bookshop is prize-winning author and art critic, Laura Cumming. In her Sunday Times bestselling book, On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons, Laura Cumming takes a closer look at her family story as she uncovers the mystery of her mother’s disappearance as a child. She will be speaking to bookshop owner … Read More

On Friday 15 May at 7.30pm, a virtual comedy gig will take place to raise money for four local charities: Chapter, FareShare South Wales, Llamau and Dragon’s Heart Hospital. The line-up includes several Welsh comedians, including:  BBC Radio 5 Live’s Elis James BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Newsjack presenter Kiri Pritchard-McLean 2019 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Jordan Brookes The event will … Read More