Part of the Topping & Company Year of Picador Red Dust Road is the memoir of renowned poet and novelist Jackie Kay. A frank and moving account of her life so far, written with humour, pathos and generosity.
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Francis Pryor
Tuesday 27th July 2010 – 7.30pm
Eminent archeologist and historian Francis Pryor explores the history of the British landscape and the people who helped shape it.
A Walk Around Bath
Sunday 25th July 2010 – 3.00pm
Discover Bath on Foot: Walks and Quizzes contains seven walks which begin and end at the magnificent West Front of Bath Abbey. Carefully chosen for all the family, whether residents or visitors to Bath, these fascinating walks take you to the nooks and crannies as well as the more famous sights of this most popular [...]
Jekka McVicar
Tuesday 20th July 2010 – 8.00pm
Jekka McVicar’s passion for herbs is shown in this brilliant new book, Jekka’s Herb Cookbook. Learn how to use herbs to their full potential! “The queen of herbs” – Jamie Oliver.
Carol Drinkwater
Friday 16th July 2010 – 7.30pm
Acclaimed actress and travel writer recounts with warmth and humour the challenges she faces while running her olive farm.
Christopher Ricks
Thursday 15th July 2010 – 8.00pm
True Friendship looks closely at three outstanding poets of the past half-century – Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell – through their relationship to two great predecessors, T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. This is a fascinating, brilliant, almost forensic work of analysis, and a rare chance to hear one of the great critics.
Jonathan Lee and Jennie Rooney
Tuesday 13th July 2010 – 8.00pm
Join two authors for the launch of their new novels, Who is Mr Satoshi? and The Opposite of Falling.
Nicola Upson
Tuesday 13th July 2010 – 7.30pm
The latest in Nicola Upson’s acclaimed Josephine Tey series, Two for Sorrow is a darkly unsettling tale of an old crime that won’t stay buried.
Tim Parks
Monday 5th July 2010 – 8.00pm
Join Tim Parks as he reads from his new book and discusses his experience of a mystery illness which led him to confront difficult truths about the relationship between the mind and the body, the modern world and his life as a writer.
Louise Doughty
Saturday 3rd July 2010 – 8.00pm
Whatever You Love is the tale of a woman driven to avenge the death of her daughter. A beautifully constructed, moving and sophisticated novel exploring grief, love and loss.
