'The environment is the most urgent political problem of our time'. Roger Scruton, regarded as one of Britain's most important philosophers, will be joining us to talk about his new ...More details »
Writer-adventurer Richard Grant's Crazy River: A Plunge Into Africa describes the first descent down the unexplored Malagarasi River in Tanzania, known by the locals as "the river of bad spirits". The journey begins with ...More details »
Married Love is Tessa Hadley's second collection of stories - a beautifully crafted piece of writing. Hadley writes of relationships, everyday experiences and generational family dramas. Using an accomplished and elegant style, ...More details »
Leading military historian and broadcaster Saul David joins us in the Bookshop to talk about his new book All The King's Men; a fascinating study of the extraordinary one and ...More details »
One of Britain's finest actors, Simon Callow will be the face of Dickens for the 2012 bicentennial year celebrations. In this entertaining biography he reveals an original genius, and offers a ...More details »
Join us for an evening with Samantha Harvey, one of the most important new voices in British literary fiction right now. Her first novel, The Wilderness, was shortlisted for the Orange ...More details »
The Fabulous Baker Brothers, Tom and Henry Herbert, are the fifth generation of master bakers behind the Hobbs House Bakery, based in Gloucestershire but supplying many local Bath bakeries. Tom, ...More details »
From a motorway service area to her ambivalent relationship with religion, Wendy Cope covers a wide range of experience in her new collection. Her mordant humour and formal ingenuity are ...More details »
In his new collection of stories, Jon McGregor harnesses the power of the flat fenland landscape, depicting a collection of intriguing characters and poignant events. A man builds a tree ...More details »
Helen Dunmore's The Greatcoat is a thrilling ghost story set in wartime and post-war East Yorkshire. This mesmerising tale tells the story of newly married Isabel who, left alone in ...More details »
Andrew Miller's Pure is the 2011 Costa Book of the Year. It is a beautifully written book and a flawless testimony to Andrew's skill as a writer of exceptional command. ...More details »
Join us on St Patrick's Day for Tamasin-Day Lewis, whose latest book Food You Can't Say No To continues to make the most of seasonal ingredients rather than spending extravagantly. ...More details »
John Lanchester's Capital is one of the most anticipated books of 2012. It is a state-of-the-nation novel about post-crash London which teems with the varied, frantic life of the capital. ...More details »
Written by one of the world’s legendary advertising men, Hegarty on Advertising contains over four decades’ worth of wisdom from the man behind hugely influential campaigns for brands such as ...More details »
George R. R. Martin, the author of the widely successful series A Song of Ice and Fire, will be discussing his long and distinguished career. Adapted into the hugely popular US television ...More details »
Adam Thorpe is a rare breed: extremely gifted both as a novelist and as a poet. In Voluntary, his sixth collection of poems, he takes us on a wide-ranging journey ...More details »
Nicola, Master Certified Coach and local author will be talking about her book Who Do You Want To Be?, in which she shares her years of life coaching experience. Her ...More details »
Charles Dowding is one of our leading growers of organic vegetables; an early pioneer of vegetable boxes, he has been running organic gardening courses from his farm in Somerset, growing ...More details »
With Rubicon and Persian Fire, Tom Holland established himself as one of our finest historians of the great empires of antiquity. In the Shadow of the Sword tells the story of how ...More details »
Join us to discover the things that all authors need to know about self-publishing. Self-publishing is a process, not a single product, and one that many authors are engaging with already ...More details »
Paul Durcan is one of our most major poets. Praise in Which I Live and Move and Have My Being is his first major work for five years. Here, in ...More details »
Billy Smith is a 19 year old spending his gap year working at the local museum. When his mother is murdered in a bungled street robbery it falls to him ...More details »
With The Girl Who Fell From The Sky, Simon Mawer has written a tense, gripping story of wartime intelligence and love. Marian Sutro is an outsider: the daughter of a ...More details »
Anna Del Conte is the Queen of Italian cookery; her books have been a culinary inspiration throughout Europe, providing guidance and kitchen companionship to lovers of Italian food for all ...More details »
With Nelson: the Sword of Albion, John Sugden has written the most definitive and intimate biography of Nelson ever published. We think that we are familiar with the man behind ...More details »
We are delighted to welcome Jim back again as he draws us into the murky world of a local murder enquiry. This gripping new novel Death’s Door is set just ...More details »
The Fabulous Baker Brothers, Tom and Henry Herbert, are the fifth generation of master bakers behind the Hobbs House Bakery, based in Gloucestershire. Tom, master baker, and Henry who runs ...More details »
The Train in the Night is a memoir not quite like any other. From the morning Nick Coleman woke up to find that he couldn't hear, it is an account of ...More details »
We're particularly delighted to welcome Jon McGregor for an evening of short story performances from his latest work This Isn't The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Somone Like You. ...More details »
Waiting for Sunrise is the novel of this season. Engaging and full of suspense, this is a thrilling read! Vienna. 1913. Lysander Rief, whilst awaiting his first appointment with the ...More details »
Sidney Chambers is a thirty-two year old bachelor. Charming and handsome, Sidney is an unconventional clergyman who can go where the police cannot. This time he must investigate a suspect ...More details »
From the author of the Booker shortlisted and highly acclaimed The Glass Room comes a new, gripping story of wartime intelligence and love. Marian Sutro is an outsider: the daughter ...More details »