Top signings in town

Get your books signed by the authors. In town next week our man in the burka John Simpson is signing copies of his memoirs, the Private Eye team are out autographing copies of their annual and Christopher Lee comes out of life as a Middle-Earth vampire to promote his autobiography...

John Simpson

Our man in the burka, John Simpson was the first and most uniquely disguised reporter into Kabul a couple of years ago and he has remained pretty much the numero uno face of telly war reportage in the Gulf Wars over the past 20 years. His new book, The Wars Against Saddam: The Hard Road To Baghdad, is his fourth volume of memoirs. He tells both the history of Iraq and describes many of his own experiences there, including what some dubbed his ultimate coup, that of being 'on the spot' during the catastrophic bombing in Northern Iraq by US 'friendly fire' in April that left 18 Kurds and Simpson's own interpreter dead. He is the first of the pop TV reporters to have been published. Expect many more. John Simpson signs copies.

Journalist Martin Gurdon brings a fresh angle to chick lit with Hen And The Art Of Chicken Maintenance: Reflections On Keeping Chickens - a witty guide on how to keep the little cluckers happy and a-laying. Gurdon and his favourite, a Buff Sussex pullet called Peeping Chicken, sign copies.

Christopher Lee

From Vampire lord to Middle-Earth destroyer, Christopher Lee has been at the cutting edge of evil throughout the last 45 years of movie history. He reveals more about his dark side in Lord Of Misrule, his autobiography.

Private Eye

Ian Hislop, Francis Wheen, Craig Brown and co. sign copies of The Private Eye Annual.