Big Read 2026: Knaresborough Library - Knaresborough Library

This event is now sold out. You can still attend the Big Read at these alternative locations: Shipley, Bingley, or York.

Please note Big Read events are for adults aged 18 and over.

The north’s biggest book club is back. For the 15th Big Read, Harrogate International Festivals is touring libraries across the north with The Whisper Man by Leeds-based author, Alex North, a Sunday Times bestseller and now a Netflix film starring Robert De Niro.

Pick up a free copy at the library, then join our Reader in Residence, bestselling author Julie Mae Cohen, for a relaxed one-hour conversation about the book. Whether you are a book club regular or have never been to a book event, you are very welcome.

The Whisper Man is a crime thriller which explores themes including child abduction, loss and bereavement.

This event at Knaresborough Library will take place in the Library Meeting Room.

Dr Julie Cohen’s award-winning, bestselling novels have sold over a million copies worldwide. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing and Publishing and is a popular teacher of creative writing. Her latest novel, written as Julie Mae Cohen, is THE BEST OF ENEMIES.