The First Line

From 22nd November to 8th December

Your chance to bid on a piece of LITERARY, MUSIC & FILM history

Come in and peruse the first lines of classic picture books, bestselling novels, the Booker Prize winner, one of the greatest thinkers alive, everybody’s favourite movie, the song we all love, the funniest play ever written, the music score from the King’s Coronation, the book that changed Britain’s culinary landscape, ancient stories told anew, Booker Prize, Academy Award, BAFTA winners and more…

Each handwritten by their authors!

First Line Auction

This way

Our Patrons, composer Roxanna Panufnik and illustrator Axel Scheffler,

along with

Philip Ardagh, Rick Astley, Brian Bilston, Rob Brydon, Shami Chakrabarti, Tracy Chevalier, Joseph Coelho, Cressida Cowell, Richard Curtis, Abi Daré, Benji Davies, Julia Donaldson, Michael Frayn, Stephen Fry, Mark Haddon, Joanne Harris, Samantha Harvey, Charlie Higson, Claire Keegan,

Marian Keyes, Alexander McCall Smith, Val McDermid, Michael Morpurgo, David Nicholls, Ben Okri, Adele Parks, Liz Pichon, Philip Pullman,

Catherine Rayner, Claudia Roden, Carlo Rovelli, Katherine Rundell,

Philippe Sands, Sathnam Sanghera, Nick Sharratt, Posy Simmonds,

Nigel Slater, Meera Sodha, Emma Thompson, Petroc Trelawny, Sarah Waters, Jacqueline Wilson, Asako Yuzuki.

Each card comes with a signed certificate of authenticity.

Please note that end times are staggered between 6.00 and 10.00pm on 1st December, so you may bid on different lots!