SELBY Library and Selby Town Hall team up on September 8 to present Bookish, a show all about books from Harrogate Theatre associates Laura Mugridge and Tom Adams.

Laura is a Fringe First-winning theatre maker and comedian, while Tom is a performer and composer who has written music for myriad British theatre companies.

Last year, the duo devised and performed a show in an East Dulwich book shop inspired by the London A-Z, a book picked randomly out of a hat with more than 60 other suggestions in it.

What resulted was a playful and relaxed show that took in personal stories, a kazoo solo, an acoustic version of Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street and a ridiculous recorded interview where Tom went to meet a London cabbie in his house.

From this one-off performance they developed Bookish, a fun, entertaining and irreverent look at a five very different books that incorporates theatre, cabaret and literature. Next Thursday's ticket holders will choose two books ahead of the 7pm show from a list that includes Roald Dahl’s Tales Of The Unexpected, Ginger Rogers’ autobiography and The Dairy Book Of Family Cooking.

Depending on the titles selected, the audience could experience anything from a quiz on cheese to a song about bees, ruminations on taxidermy or confessions of a former ballroom dancing career.

"This new piece of literature-inspired theatre promises to be really fantastic fun," says Chris Jones, Selby Town Council's arts officer. “It’s a very light-hearted celebration of the written word by two incredibly warm, inventive and highly acclaimed theatre makers.

"As the show was developed to be performed in bookshops, for a change of scenery from Selby Town Hall we thought it would be a great idea to work with Selby Library and host the show in an environment where people will be surrounded by books."

In another change from the norm, Bookish will be a "pay what you think it’s worth" event. "Tickets are available for free but I’ll be there afterwards shaking a bucket, encouraging audience members to make a contribution depending on their enjoyment of the show," says Chris.

"If you decide you didn’t enjoy yourself, you don’t have to pay anything, but if you loved it, you can make a contribution based on how much pleasure it gave you!”

Doors open at 6.30pm and free seats can be reserved on 01757 708449.