Saturday 7th November 2026
10am to 2pm
FREE ENTRY!
As part of our all-day Book Festival, Pavilions Teignmouth will be holding a Book Fair across the Auditorium and Foyer on our Ground Floor
A great selection of stalls to suit all tastes and all ages – from both BookSellers & Authors, and featuring both National and South West based Writers!
There will be an array of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and childrens’ books on sale on the day!
Attending the Event:
INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS
First Draft Books – An independent bookshop for curious readers of all ages, based in Bovey Tracey & popping up around South Devon.
Come discover your next great read with us.First Draft will also be selling titles from Authors participating in the Author Panels taking place between 4pm and 8pm on the day.
Gumshoe Books – Gumshoe Books specialises in new crime and mystery books. We will have the following displays:
- Local authors (Devon & South West)
- Crime classics
- Christmas and seasonal murder mysteries & puzzle books
- Broad range of current crime fiction and authors
Rachel’s Reads – I sell a range of new books, of different genres, as a blind-date-with-a-book style, wrapped up with clues as to the story inside. These I sell for adults and children. Books are a range of authors,souced via wholesales and shops by me. I also sell my own bookmarks I designed myself, as well as a pre-loved cart of nearly new books.
The Dawlish Bookshop – Our bookshop has a good range of subjects, but for a book fair we like to focus on books about Dawlish, Teignmouth, Exeter and South Devon. We will also have some vintage comics, older children’s books and some general interest books too. The Dawlish Bookshop on Facebook
Design For Today – Design For Today is a small press inspired by a love of mid-century design and auto-lithography. We publish ephemera, objects of curiosity, books to read and touch, and above all, use ‘old school’ craft printing. We always print responsibly, using quality paper and bindings, plant-based inks and always at printers that respect human rights and the environment. We elaborate with innovate illustrators, supporting new talent, and inspirational design. www.designfortoday.co.uk
TEIGNMOUTH WRITERS’ STALL
A mix of fiction and non-fiction from a group of local authors, some of who are traditionally published and some who self-publish. All published to a professional standard.
Elizabeth Ducie – Elizabeth Ducie gave up a highly successful career as a manufacturing consultant to tell lies for a living. She is the author of the Jones Sisters thrillers, set in the sometime murky world of international pharmaceuticals; and the Coombesford Chronicles, cosy crime set in a typical English village. I 2026, she received a life-time achievement award at the Women in Publishing summit
Mary Kitt – Mary has been writing since she was a child. She has published two biographies: ‘My Mother my Mirror’, exploring the influence our mothers have on our lives; and ‘The Life of Brian by the Wife of Brian’, an in-depth tale of a spiritual journey in the 1960s. She has also written a book of poetry called ‘Love in a Bundance’, with themes ranging from bottoms to Atlantic storms. Mary’s passion is human connection. She writes with an unusual purity, openness and humour, inviting the reader to share her most intimate explorations and deepest thoughts.
John Ludlam John Ludlam was born in 1960, in north London. He was educated in Enfield and Newcastle upon Tyne. The first words he wrote for public consumption were punk rock lyrics. Following spells as a sound engineer, a teacher of English and a stagehand, he became a journalist, working as a sub-editor for the South China Morning Post and a video producer for the Visnews and Reuters news agencies.More than thirty years spent covering international news, including assignments in Iraq, Jerusalem and Hong Kong, taught him that geopolitics will never leave us alone. We Are Made is the first in a series of novels examining what geopolitics does to people.
John lives in Teignmouth, on the south Devon coast. John’s novel is WE ARE MADE: ‘London, 1938. William is grieving over his former teacher and mentor, killed fighting for the Republicans in Spain. As Europe slides towards war, he abandons his dream of a life in academia to support his family by working in a factory manufacturing Spitfire parts. And then he bumps into Elizabeth, an old school friend. It isn’t long before the pair are falling in love – but Elizabeth is no longer the girl he remembers. ‘Caught in a web of counter-espionage, street-fighting, family tension and conflicting desires, William investigates suspicious behaviour at the factory, unleashing tragic consequences that catapult him into the dangerous world of Franco’s Spain, where he must confront what it means to be civilised.’
Wendy Hayden-Sadler
James Armstrong
Tim Fisher
https://teignmouthwriters.co.uk
AUTHORS
A C Brokenshaw – My first historic fiction novel will be published in November 2026. Born in a small Cornish village, Billy, a young tin miner embarks on a gruelling four-month transoceanic voyage from Plymouth, where steerage accommodation tests his resilience. During the Bendigo gold rush in Australia, Billy faces escalating threats and hardships, including the challenges of avoiding unsavoury characters and the lure of drink and gambling. Is there a glimmer of hope that a fortune can be made? A true, yet fictional story about my second great-grandfather. The novel draws on family history and extensive research into mining, emigration, the voyage to Australia and nineteenth-century gold mining. I have also written a number of short stories, several based on my grandfather, a tailor during wartime and one based on my suffragette great-aunt, a milliner. They both lived and worked in Newton Abbot.Author Website
Ruth Delacourt – I will be selling my contemporary literary fiction novel The House in Elmhurst.www.ruthdelacourt.com
Bob Fairbrother – I will be launching my 3rd title and second in my trilogy Project Deadhead II. It is a crime / political thriller set slightly in the future with dystopian overtones. My 2nd book is called Scorched Planet Policy, and this explores climate change, attitude to our planet, AI, and how we deal with finding our identify and forgiving ourselves when our values our tested to the limit. My First book is Project Deadhead which has scored 4.3 on Amazon and Goodreads, a thriller which seemed far-fetched when it was being written but has become too close to reality. www.bobfairbrotherauthor.com
Felice Hardy – Felice has been a travel writer for most of her career, touring the world for a variety of newspapers and lifestyle magazines. She lives in Somerset with her writer husband and a small black dog. Her three children all live in Devon. Her recent book, The Tennis Champion Who Escaped the Nazis, was published by AdLib in the UK and USA. It was also translated into Czech. Her book featured on a 45-minute episode of BBC World Service’s Lives Less Ordinary during the Wimbledon tournament this year. www.felicehardy.com Felice will also be appearing on stage at the 4pm Author Panel – tickets available for this here
Nigel Hicks – Five books, mostly photography led, about southwest England:Wild Southwest, Beautiful Devon, Beautiful Cornwall, Beautiful Somerset, Beautiful Dorset.
Plus also several books about the Philippines: eg Wild Philippines,Exploring the Philippines, Blue Skies Guide to the Philippines.
All books fit into the travel and nature genres.www.nigelhicks.com
Jody Merelle – Author of Still Here: 70 Questions for Navigating Life. A thought-provoking book of 70 questions designed to help you pause, reflect and find a positive way forward when life feels difficult or uncertain. Combining personal stories, therapeutic insights and space for your own thoughts, Still Here explores hope, wellbeing, self-belief, relationships, dreams and finding meaning in everyday life. It aims to be accessible and non-prescriptive, inviting you instead to think about the answers that are right for you. Written by Devon-based psychotherapist and wellbeing practitioner Jody Merelle, Still Here draws on more than 20 years of experience helping people through difficult life events.
Chris Miller – Desert Messiah is a gripping political thriller that explores the hidden motives behind the 2003 American invasion of Iraq. When BBC war correspondent Cathy Ashby receives a highly classified White House document, she is sent to Baghdad in search of the truth. There, she crosses paths with the enigmatic and dangerous Saleh al-Fulan, a rogue Muslim cleric with secrets of his own. As Cathy delves deeper, she uncovers a web of deception far greater than she ever imagined-one that puts her life at risk and changes her forever. Blending fiction with meticulously researched detail, this novel delivers a compelling and thought-provoking journey into war, truth, and consequence. www.chrismillerauthor.com
E. I. Parr – Tempo of the Beating Hearts A contemporary romantic drama for older adults, set on the edge of Dartmoor – This uplifting, witty, and deeply moving novel explores how older adults navigate life and relationships after isolation, loss, and heartbreak. It begs the question: is there an age limit on romantic love? But to find out how it all ties together, you will have to see where bats and a Romahome fit in! And whose heart will eventually beat the fastest. Thistle in the Long Grass A psychological drama set mainly during the 1970’s and 1980’s – A psychological, and at times disturbing drama which draws the reader into the lives of three very different young women living in southern England during the mid-20C.
Jonathan Posner – I will be offering my Tudor action adventure novels, as well as various anthologies I have contributed to (short stories / articles).
See more at https://jonathanposnerauthor.com or on Amazon. Jonathan will also be appearing on stage at the 4pm Author Panel – tickets available for this here
AUTHORS – ADULT/YOUNG ADULT/CHILDREN
Susie Bower – Susie is a traditionally-published author of 6 children’s books. For 8-12 year olds: School for Nobodies, The Three Impossibles, The Dangerous Life of Ophelia Bottom and The Invisibles (Pushkin Press); for reluctant readers: Spotlight Sam (Oxford University Press) and for early years: SHOO! (Pushkin Press). Susie lives in Teignmouth and is represented by Silvia Molteni at Peters, Fraser and Dunlop. susiebower.co.uk
Madeline Dyer/M.J. Dyer – A selection of titles for children, teenagers, and adults, ranging from fantasy to thrillers. I am a Lambda-award-finalist and SIBA-award-winning author, represented by Amy Collins at Talcott Notch Literary Services.www.MadelineDyer.co.uk – for children’s and young adult books, plus poetry, plus the following websites for my pen names: www.mjdyerbooks.com – for adult thrillers www.elinannalise.com – for adult romance books
Charles Dunrod – After four years of development, I released my debut children’s book, What Flutters Above, on 5th September 2025. The story celebrates curiosity, courage and inclusion, and has been created with children’s emotional realities at its core. It is written to reflect a diverse range of experiences, especially for children who rarely see themselves in stories.
Dawn Head – ‘Harry the Hungry Seagull’ and ‘Harry Meets the Teignmouth Beast’ are children’s books about a naughty seagull. They are based here in Teignmouth with amazing illustrations. www.devonsandbox.co.uk
Diana Townsend – I originally created Ussons Ltd to promote books and other creative works created by my family. To date, it has published 11 books, including my own memoirs, the first novel in a historical fiction series about the early days of football, my mother’s memoir and one of her travel books, and the first three books in the children’s series, The Dittos of Dawlish which I have co-written with my brother David Hardie. https://ussons.co.uk/
Please note – Our Book Fair is now fully booked for stalls
