Whitby - Coast

Filling a Heart-Shaped Hole: The Romance Panel: Rowan Coleman, Jess Kitching, Jenna Warren - Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre

Date:
Fri 7 Nov 2025 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

About Filling a Heart-Shaped Hole: The Romance Panel: Rowan Coleman, Jess Kitching, Jenna Warren - Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre

Get ready for a swooningly-good panel...The Sunday Times bestselling author Rowan Coleman (who lives down the road in Scarborough) has written many award-winning novels. She’ll discuss her latest, Never Tear Us Apart, a spellbinding tale of love, strength and sacrifice set during World War Two on the island of Malta, as well as her Scarborough/Whitby set Romcom, The Good Boy.

Originally from Bradford Jess Kitching now lives in Australia. She brings to Whitby her new novel - a poignant, life-affirming love story, The Life Experiment. Perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Matt Haig, it follows the lives of two people whose lives are turned upside down when they enter an experiment that predicts when they will die.

They’re joined by Jenna Warren, bookshop owner and author from Saltburn, whose second novel The Hometown Bookshop is an uplifting tale of friendship and connection. It tells the tale of actress Charlotte who has it all: a starring role in a West End show, a glittering social life, and an equally high-flying boyfriend. But when her perfect existence abruptly falls apart, she retreats to her hometown on the North Yorkshire coast, finding a summer job in the local bookshop.

Buy Tickets

Performances

Performance Date & TimeTicket PriceTicket Link
Friday 7 November 12:00pm – 1:00pm Standard: £5.00 Book Now
Swipe left or right to view performance info

More like this

Literary Lunch with Steph McGovern
Harrogate - Heart

Literary Lunch with Steph McGovern - The Crown…

16 Oct 25

Bookings open to Friends of the Festival at 10am on Friday 27 June…

Great Expectations: Barbara Havelocke and Lucinda Hawksley
Whitby - Coast

Great Expectations: Barbara Havelocke and Lucinda…

8 Nov 25

Great Expectations meets Killing Eve.Dubbed ‘gloriously Gothic’ (Daily…

Visit North Yorkshire logo
Leyburn - Dales

Ghostly Tales By David Brown - Leyburn Arts Centre

2 Nov 25

David Brown is a semi professional storyteller specialising in ghost and…

Visit North Yorkshire logo
Settle - Dales

Book Launch: Journeys of Hope - Settle Victoria…

22 Oct 25

Alison Marshall talks about her new book Journeys of Hope: The Letters of…

You May Also Like

Stay up to date

Sign up to receive North Yorkshire inspiration direct to your inbox

A woman looks out over the Yorkshire Dales