Book Signings

Belles Berry

Belles Berry is Dame Mary Berry’s daughter and an accomplished chef in her own right. Belles has been immersed in food all her life, testing recipes since the age of five. She has travelled the world learning about all aspects of the food chain with a particular focus on nutrition, energy, and gut health. She has worked in the food industry for over 30 years and is the founder of The Great Taste Company. Freshly perimenopausal at age 51, struggling to balance her hormonal ups and downs while parenting three teenage kids, Belles felt inspired to use her culinary talents to look deeper into how she could help ease menopausal symptoms through food and help women everywhere through their “second spring”.

Ben Miller

Ben has become one of the UK’s most beloved children’s authors. He has published eleven books and was in the top 10 biggest bestselling Children’s Fiction Author list in 2021 and 2022. His titles include Once Upon A Legend, The Day I Fell Into A Fairytale; How I Became a Dog Called Midnight; The Boy Who Made the World Disappear; and the Christmas Elf Chronicles. Ben rose to fame as one half of the eponymous comedy duo behind the BAFTA winning THE ARMSTRONG AND MILLER SHOW (BBC) with Alexander Armstrong. Currently playing the title role in the hit ITV series PROFESSOR T, Ben is also known for his performances as Bough in the JOHNNY ENGLISH feature films, the Colonel in PADDINGTON, and Richard Poole in the DEATH IN PARADISE (BBC).

Alexander Armstrong

Growing up in the North-East of England and now himself the father of four boys, Alexander Armstrong knows all about the joy of sharing stories. His debut novel for children, Evenfall: The Golden Linnet, is inspired by his childhood and the mystical history of the ancient North. It’s a story that has lived in his head for years and he is delighted to share it. Alexander has been part of some of the most successful programmes of recent times from Armstrong and Miller to Have I Got News for You via Classic FM, Doctor Who, Hey Duggee, Horrible Histories, Pointless and Danger Mouse.

Molly Oldfield

Molly Oldfield is the host of ‘Everything Under the Sun’, a weekly podcast answering questions from children all around the world. The podcast went straight to Number 1 on the ‘kids and family’ Apple podcasts chart, when it launched in November 2018 and it won Bronze for ‘Best Family Podcast’ at the British Podcast Awards 2019. Molly is full of unusual facts and knowledge. She is known as The Original QI Elf and spent twelve years researching and writing questions for the BBC quiz show.

Ben Tish

Ben Tish is a chef, restaurateur and cookbook author known for his soulful, ingredient-led cooking that champions flavour. With a long-standing love affair with the food and culture of the Mediterranean, Ben’s passion culminated in Mediterra, a celebrated cookbook that explores the sun-soaked simplicity and depth of this vibrant cuisine. Now, as Chef Director at Cubitt House, Ben brings his signature warmth and precision to all eight London pubs. His menus blend a respect for British seasonality with Mediterranean flair.

Torie True

Torie True is the author of Chilli & Mint: Indian Home Cooking from a British Kitchen which was published in 2021 and subsequently shortlisted for a Gourmand World Cookbook Award. Her new book is Seven Kitchens: A Journey Through India’s Culinary Heritage. She has learnt her craft over the past 20 years from her travels to India, as well as her husband’s Indian family who are based in the UK and Kolkata. She is passionate about cooking with spices and aims to instil this love and enthusiasm in those who attend her popular cookery classes, demonstrations and book tour talks.

Agnes Stamp

Agnes Stamp is Country Life’s Acting Deputy Features Editor. She has worked for the magazine in various guises since 2013—across print, digital, and specialist editorial projects—before joining the Features Desk in 2023. A graduate of London’s Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, she previously worked for luxury titles including Wallpaper* and GQ. An equestrian and canine enthusiast, Agnes has also written for Horse & Hound and holds a postgraduate certificate from Liverpool University in veterinary business management.

Victoria Summerley

Victoria Summerley is an award-winning national newspaper journalist who specialises in writing about gardens and gardening. Former executive editor of The Independent, in 2010 she won the prestigious Garden Media Guild Journalist of the Year award, and she writes an award-winning blog.

Cariad Lloyd

Cariad Lloyd is a writer, actor, comedian, podcaster and improviser. She is the creator and host of the award-winning podcast, the Griefcast, where she talks to people about their experiences of grief and death. In 2023, Cariad wrote the critically acclaimed, Times bestseller You Are Not Alone, based on her grief lessons from the show. Cariad has also appeared in Peep Show, Alan Partridge, Have I Got News for You, QI and a number of other comedy shows on TV and radio. She is one of the creators of hit improv show Austentatious, currently on tour and performing throughout December in London’s West End. She co-hosts Sara and Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club podcast with Sara Pascoe, and recently joined the judging panel for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Sophia Money-Coutts

Sophia Money-Coutts is a journalist and author who spent five years working as Features Director at Tatler. Prior to that she worked as a writer and an editor for the Evening Standard and the Daily Mail in London, and The National in Abu Dhabi. She writes the Modern Manners column for The Sunday Telegraph.