Down Burrow Lane with Sir Michael Morpurgo – Book-signing Event

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Saturday 31st October 2026 – 4.30pm to 5.30pm

Dogberry & Finch Books are thrilled to be hosting a book-signing event this autumn for Down Burrow Lane: Life and Love on the Farm by Michael Morpurgo.

The long-awaited memoir of love, loss and a Devon farm that changed thousands of lives – Michael Morpurgo’s most personal and moving book to date.

Fifty years ago, Michael and Clare Morpurgo packed their young family into a car in London and set off for a remote farm in rural Devon, down a narrow track called Burrow Lane. It was on this magical farm that Michael, then a young schoolteacher, became a writer.

Over the years, it would inspire many of his best-loved books, including War Horse and Private Peaceful. Here, Michael and Clare raised their family and, in many ways, grew up themselves. They also welcomed more than 100,000 children from towns and cities to experience life in the countryside through their charity, Farms for City Children.

This is the remarkable love story of Michael and Clare, and an account of the joys and hardships of life on the farm across five decades: a journey through the seasons and years that shaped the land around them, and the lives of the children forever changed by their time there.

Michael Morpurgo will be signing copies of Down Burrow Lane that are purchased at the event or pre-ordered from Dogberry & Finch Books. We’ll also have other wonderful new titles by Michael Morpurgo there to choose from – more information to come.

Please note:

  • Michael will ONLY be signing books purchased at the event or in advance from Dogberry & Finch Books, so you are politely requested not to bring along any of his books that you already own.
  • In order to allow as many people as possible to enjoy this signing event, the books will be signed without dedications.

If you have any queries please do contact us at the bookshop: Tel: 01837 657563 or email us at [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you there!

‘A warm, rich, generous book. A pleasure from first page to last.’ KATHERINE RUNDELL

‘A moving, vulnerable portrait of love, nature and a life well-lived’ RORY STEWART

‘Touching and extraordinary, this true story seems like a fairy tale’ JOANNA LUMLEY