Tickets are now on sale for an evening with a popular author at Leamington's Waterstones next month.

Tanya Sweeney is set to discuss her debut novel Esther is Now Following You on 26 February 2026.

The evening will consist of an author talk followed by an audience Q&A. 

Tanya Sweeney will be joined in conversation with Alice Slater and copies of both author's books will be available at the event.

For the last fifteen years, Tanya Sweeney has been a columnist in a number of Irish newspapers and magazines, among them the Dubliner, STELLAR, U, Irish Tatler, and the Irish Times Magazine.

She is currently a journalist and Weekend magazine columnist at the Irish Independent and is a regular contributor on Irish radio & TV. Her work in the music, film amd TV industries helped inspire her debut novel, Esther is Now Following You, a funny, fresh and deeply affecting story about celebrity fandom and what happens when it all becomes a bit too real.

Tanya Sweeney is set to discuss her debut novel Esther is Now Following You in February 2026 (image via Waterstones)

Sweeny's book Esther is Now Following You is an irresistible debut novel about obsession and celebrity fandom.

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Esther first sees Ted walking in a park in London. They lock eyes and for a fraction of a second, she feels something she's never felt before.

She starts by reading up about his life in Canada and his work as an actor. Then she watches every interview with him online. It isn't long before she's joined Ted's fan site online where her and the 'Tedettes' stalk his every move.

When Ted gets a new celebrity girlfriend, Esther decides that things have gone far enough. She leaves her husband, takes all their savings, and buys a one-way ticket to Canada.

After all, Ted might not know it yet, but they are meant to be together – he just needs a little bit of persuading.

Alice Slater, who will join Sweeny, is a writer and ex-bookseller from London. Her debut novel, Death of a Bookseller, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller and won Debut Crime Book of the Year at Capital Crime's Fingerprint Awards 2024. She co-hosts literary podcast What Page Are You On? and her second novel, Let the Bad Times Roll, is out now. 

Tickets can be booked online here.

General admission is £5 and for plus card holders £3.