Pam Ayres - Doggedly Onward : A Life in Poems

National treasure, poet, and broadcaster Pam Ayres MBE comes to Tring Book Festival for an unmissable evening of laughter, verse, and storytelling! The bestselling UK poet since records began (after Ted Hughes), Pam returns to celebrate her career-defining collection, Doggedly Onward: A Life in Poems. Tracing six decades of hilarious insights into daily life, family, and the natural world, join us for a warm, joyful, and uplifting event with one of Britain's most beloved entertainers.


Date	Saturday 14^th November 2026
Time	1:00 PM
Doors Open	12:15 PM
Venue	The Dembe Theatre (Formerly The Court Theatre)

Standard Seats	£22.00
Standard Ticket and Signed Copy of Doggedly Onwards	£43.00
Members earn 5 points per ticket

About the Book: Doggedly Onward – A Life in Poems

For over fifty years, Pam Ayres has provided wise, witty, and deeply relatable observations on the delights and tribulations of everyday life. In *Doggedly Onward*, Pam gathers her life's work into a single, beautifully illustrated volume spanning from the 1970s to the 2020s.

Annotated with her own candid reflections, the collection traces her journey from young womanhood and navigating boyfriends to the joys and terrors of new motherhood, grandparenthood, a procession of beloved dogs, countryside life, and the sober business of ageing.

About Pam Ayres

Pam Ayres MBE is a poet, writer, broadcaster, and entertainer who first captured the nation's heart on TV’s *Opportunity Knocks* in 1975. Appointed an MBE in 2004 for services to literature, she is the author of numerous bestselling poetry collections—including The Works and You Made Me Late Again!—as well as a popular children's book series about British wildlife. A regular on Glastonbury stages and TV shows like Would I Lie To You?, This Morning, and Channel 5's The Cotswolds, Pam remains Britain’s most read and adored performance poet.