Over the last thirty years, Christopher Hitchens has established himself as one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals. In this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens retraces the footsteps of his life to date, from his childhood in Portsmouth, with his adoring mother and reserved Naval officer father; to his life in Washington DC. Hitch-22 [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2010
David Mitchell
Friday 28th May 2010 – 8.00pm
David Mitchell’s eagerly awaited new novel is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet. A junior clerk in Japan is tasked with exposing the previous Chief Resident’s corruption. He becomes dangerously intrigued by a midwife, leading to disastrous betrayal by those they trust the most. Don’t miss the brilliant author of Cloud Atlas.
Melvyn Bragg
Friday 28th May 2010 – 8.00pm
A broadcaster and novelist who combines intelligence with clarity and enthusiasm, Melvyn Bragg has probably done as much to encourage interest in the arts and sciences as anyone in Britain over the last few decades. For this special Cathedral appearance he recounts highlights from his career in both radio and television as represented by two [...]
Bill Bryson Signing
Friday 28th May 2010 – 4.00pm
Beloved American author Bill Bryson is joining us to sign copies of his latest book, At Home, in which he studies the history of humans through a domestic telescope. With delightful digressions into the history of nearly everything else, from food preservation to toilets, this witty, insightful and enjoyable book will delight and fascinate readers.
Matthew Hooton
Thursday 27th May 2010 – 8.00pm
Matthew Hooton, a graduate of the MA creative writing course at Bath Spa, won the inaugural Greene & Heaton Prize for his acclaimed debut novel Deloume Road, which is published in May by Jonathan Cape. Reminiscent of Steven King’s novella The Body (filmed as Stand by Me) and Mary Lawson’s Crow Lake, and yet with [...]
Barbara Trapido
Wednesday 26th May 2010 – 1.04am
Sex and Stravinsky, the latest novel from Barbara Trapido, draws together a cast of characters like dancers on a stage; Josh, teaching mime, Zoe, desperate for ballet lessons and Hattie, dreaming of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella. Their separate lives interweave and gravitate towards the mysterious boy Jack. Another lyrical novel from this three times Whitbread nominated author.
China Miéville
Tuesday 25th May 2010 – 8.00pm
One of the boldest and most inventive talents working in any genre of fiction at the moment, China Mieville has just become the first author to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award for the third time with his haunting crime mystery, The City and the City. His brand new book, Kraken, plunges us headlong into [...]
Faber New Poets
Tuesday 25th May 2010 – 8.00pm
Join us for an entertaining night of poetry where we will listen to the best poets of this generation as they read from their latest collections. The four poets of the evening will be Joe Dunthorne, whose début Submarine is being currently being adapted into a film; Annie Katchinska who was a Foyle Young Poet [...]
Matthew Sweeney
Friday 21st May 2010 – 8.00pm
Sweeney is both an eloquent poet and a gifted teacher of writing poetry. Join us for a rare evening in which he will read from his own poems and discuss the craft of poetry.
Andy McNab
Thursday 20th May 2010 – 8.00pm
We are delighted to welcome Andy McNab back to Bath for the publication of his new book, War Torn.
