Bath Events and Reading Groups
In this beautiful Georgian city we host all sorts of literary occasions from reading groups to large events. We are home to a vibrant all year round event programme, culminating every year in our Autumn Literary Festival which runs from September through to the end of November.
Fiona Stafford for Time and Tide: The Long, Long Life of Landscape
Tuesday 19th March, 7.30pm
Join us for Time and Tide, the new book from the author of Jane Austen, The Brief Life of Flowers and The Long, Long Life of …
View event detailsGennaro Contaldo's Verdure
Wednesday 20th March, 7.30pm
‘When I was growing up in Italy, meat was usually only served on Sunday and we had fresh fish on Friday, so vegetables played a very …
View event detailsMartin and Daniel Sixsmith on Putin and the Return of History
Thursday 21st March, 7.30pm
Join us for an original and informative look at Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics.Putin is a paradox. …
View event detailsJekka McVicar & 100 Herbs to Grow
Monday 25th March, 7.30pm
An evening with the Oueen of Herbs, Jekka McVicar as she discusses her new and comprehensive guide to the best culinary and medicinal herbs.Jekka McVicar details …
View event detailsJessica Bull and Sophie Irwin on Regency Reimaginings
Tuesday 26th March, 7.30pm
‘Exceptional - the Austen whodunnit I feel like I’ve been waiting my whole life for! I loved it’ SOPHIE IRWINOn the 26th of March, we welcome …
View event detailsEarl Spencer for A Very Private School
Wednesday 27th March, 7.30pm
Joining us to talk on A Very Private School, his poignant memoir, Earl Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight …
View event detailsBanjo Beale for Wild Isle Style
Thursday 28th March, 7.30pm
Living on the remote island of Mull has inspired Banjo to be resourceful and inventive in his design outlook. With sustainability and budget in mind, he …
View event detailsSam Carr on All The Lonely People: Conversations on Loneliness
Tuesday 2nd April, 7.30pm
We're delighted to be welcoming psychologist Dr. Sam Carr to speak on his new book All The Lonely People, which is a collection of writings on …
View event detailsJess Joy and Charlotte Mia on How Not to Fit In: An Unapologetic Guide to Autism and ADHD
Wednesday 3rd April, 7.30pm
A handbook-meets-rallying cry by late-diagnosed neurodivergent campaigners Jess Joy and Charlotte Mia, founders of the fast-growing online community @IAmPayingAttention.In the UK today it is estimated that …
View event detailsAndrew O'Hagan for Caledonian Road
Thursday 4th April, 7.30pm
Andrew O'Hagan has been nominated for the Booker Prize, voted one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists in 2003, and won the E. M. Forster …
View event detailsEco Book Group
Monday 8th April, 7pm
Through a blend of books on topics such as Ecology and Sustainability, Nature to Fiction, we want to explore the current Climate Change crisis, and what …
View event detailsThe Country Lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner & Rosamond Lehmann by Harriet Baker
Tuesday 9th April, 7.30pm
How could the countryside change your life? This absorbing account of the ‘country lives’ of three of our finest writers offers an uplifting, unexpected answer.Harriet Baker …
View event detailsRachael Allen with Max Porter for God Complex
Wednesday 10th April, 7.30pm
Join us for a reading and discussion with the writer of astonishing poems, Rachael Allen, chaired by the great Max Porter.God Complex, Rachael Allen’s second collection, …
View event detailsDaniel Susskind for Growth: A Reckoning
Thursday 11th April, 7.30pm
Daniel Susskind is a Research Professor in Economics at King’s College London and a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford …
View event detailsAmber Guinness for Italian Coastal
Tuesday 16th April, 7.30pm
Join us for an evening with Amber Guinness, author of A House Party in Tuscany, for her new cookbook Italian Coastal and celebrate recipes and stories …
View event detailsAnne Somerset for Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers: A Personal History
Tuesday 16th April, 7.30pm
It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn't be more wrong.In Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers, Anne Somerset masterfully …
View event detailsPhilippa Forrester for Wild Woman: Empowering Stories from Women Who Work in Nature
Wednesday 17th April, 7.30pm
Join us to celebrate an engaging blend of conservation stories and humorous, personal anecdotes from Philippa Forrester about women who, like her, choose to live and …
View event detailsCarrie Etter for Grief's Alphabet
Thursday 18th April, 7.30pm
Grief's Alphabet by Carrie Etter is a shattering elegy for the poet's mother, opening a pathway through grief in spite of the impossible task of expressing …
View event detailsAnthony Horowitz for Close to Death
Thursday 18th April, 7.30pm
'Easily the greatest of our living crime writers’ - SUNDAY TIMES'One of the country's most recognisable writers' - ITV NewsHow do you solve a murder …
View event detailsWintering's Katherine May for Enchantment: Reawakening Wonder in an Exhausted Age
Monday 22nd April, 7.30pm
From the internationally bestselling author of Wintering comes this balm for anxious times and an invitation to rediscover the feelings of awe and wonder available to …
View event detailsAn Evening with Liz Earle
Tuesday 23rd April, 7.30pm
Champion of women's health and beauty, author Liz Earle shows us how to future-proof our health in midlife and beyond using evidence-based techniques, ideas and wisdom …
View event detailsDerek Gow
Wednesday 24th April, 7.30pm
We are delighted to welcome Derek Gow, farmer, rare species reintroduction specialist and ecologist for the publication of his latest book, Hunt for the Shadow Wolf.Hunt …
View event detailsAn Evening with Paul Muldoon
Wednesday 24th April, 7.30pm
Come for an evening in the bookshop to encounter Paul Muldoon's electric new poems live.In Joy In Service On Rue Tagore, Muldoon navigates an alphabet of …
View event detailsAn Illustrated Guide to Clinical Psychology
Thursday 25th April, 7.30pm
What does a day in the life of a practising clinical psychologist look like? Which therapeutic approaches do they use? How do you become a clinical …
View event detailsNaoise Dolan for The Happy Couple
Thursday 25th April, 7.30pm
'I pure LOVED The Happy Couple. So witty, observant, wise and funny. Nihilistic about heteronormative relationships but so charmingly done I barely noticed. I cannot tell …
View event detailsMichael Zee & Breakfast of China
Monday 29th April, 7.30pm
Join us for a fabulous Zao Fan: Breakfast of China cookery demo with tastings in the bookshop.Breakfast in China is an important affair. At dawn, the …
View event detailsTheo Parish in Bath
Tuesday 30th April, 7pm
‘An uplifting, hopeful, empowering memoir that celebrates self-discovery and self-love’ - Alice OsemanJoin us for an evening with illustrator and graphic novelist Theo Parish to celebrate …
View event detailsGardners' World's Frances Tophill
Tuesday 30th April, 7.30pm
Join us for an evening with Gardeners’ World star Frances Tophill as she talks about creating a beautiful small garden from scratch. She has amassed a …
View event detailsNorthern Mexican Cooking with Karla Zazueta
Wednesday 1st May, 7.30pm
Join us for a true taste of Mexico and let yourself be transported to the Baja peninsula, rolling corn tortillas in the sun, sipping on a …
View event detailsBrad Evans for How Black Was My Valley
Thursday 2nd May, 7.30pm
How Black Was My Valley is a people's history of the former mining communities of South Wales.Weaving together the personal with the political, it offers a …
View event detailsAdam Smyth on The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives
Monday 6th May, 7.30pm
A celebration of the printed book, told through the lives of 18 people who took it in radical new directions.This is an extraordinary story of skill, …
View event detailsAlice Vincent for Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival
Monday 6th May, 7.30pm
Alice Vincent is the author of three books, including Rootbound: Rewilding a Life, which was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize and named as one of the …
View event detailsGeorgina Hayden
Tuesday 7th May, 7.30pm
Talk, Demo & Tastings.'If you like Greek food, you'll adore Greekish!' Itamar Srulovich, Honey & CoWe're chuffed to welcome Georgina back to the bookshop to cook …
View event detailsHannah Crosbie Corker Wine Tasting
Wednesday 8th May, 7.30pm
Wine TastingJoin us this evening for a 'deeply unserious' wine tasting in the bookshop with one of the most exciting voices in wine today. Hannah is …
View event detailsCatherine Prasifka for This is How You Remember It
Thursday 9th May, 7.30pm
We are so thrilled to welcome Catherine Prasifka to the bookshop this May for her new book This is How You Remember It. Catherine's debut novel …
View event detailsPaula Byrne on Hardy Women: The Mothers, Sisters, Wives, Muses of Thomas Hardy
Monday 13th May, 7.30pm
"He understands only the women he invents - the others not at all"Paula Byrne is the author of the bestselling biographies The Real Jane Austen, Mad …
View event detailsCold Kitchen with Caroline Eden
Tuesday 14th May, 7.30pm
‘Caroline Eden is an extraordinarily creative and gifted writer. Red Sands captures the sights, tastes and feel of Central Asia so well that when reading this …
View event detailsRobert Hardman for Charles III: New King, New Court, The Inside Story
Wednesday 15th May, 7.30pm
A brilliant insider’s portrait of Charles III by the bestselling biographer and royal commentator Robert Hardman.Join us for an evening with renowned historian Richard Hardman who …
View event detailsBooker Prize Shortlister Neel Mukherjee for Choice
Monday 20th May, 7.30pm
‘Dazzling…by turns comic, lyrical and heartbreaking’ Monica AliA publisher, who is at war with his industry and himself, embarks on a radical experiment in his own …
View event detailsBaking with Pride: Demo, Talk & Tastings with Bake Off's Janusz Domagala
Wednesday 22nd May, 7.30pm
A Pride-filled baking extravaganza with beloved Great British Bake Off contestant Janusz Domagała.Get ready to celebrate Pride with Janusz's Baking with Pride: an outrageous collection of …
View event detailsFrank Gardner for Invasion
Thursday 23rd May, 7.30pm
Frank Gardner has been the BBC's Security Correspondent since 2002. In 2004, while filming in Saudi Arabia, he was ambushed by terrorists, shot multiple times and …
View event detailsImtiaz Dharker for Shadow Reader
Thursday 23rd May, 7.30pm
‘Imtiaz Dharker’s poetry shines a light in the dark. She is interested in how things work, in art, in history, in politics… You cannot hear her …
View event detailsTea Obreht for The Morningside
Monday 27th May, 7.30pm
Téa Obreht is the author of The Tiger's Wife, winner of the Orange Prize (now the Women's Prize for Fiction) and a finalist for the National …
View event detailsJuano Diaz: Slum Boy
Monday 27th May, 7.30pm
You’ve read the fictional story of SHUGGIE BAIN - now read the real story of SLUMBOY.'What a brave and powerful story. If you like Shuggie Bain …
View event detailsSusan Dennard
Tuesday 28th May, 7pm
We're so excited to announce an evening with Susan Dennard and ST Gibson to celebrate the literary gem that is The Hunting Moon and the highly …
View event detailsMax Hastings for Operation Biting
Tuesday 28th May, 7.30pm
In February 1942 RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly-identified radar network on the coast of Nazi-occupied Europe, codenamed Würzburg. The brilliant scientist Dr.R.V. Jones proposed …
View event detailsAn Evening with Colm Toibin for Long Island: The long-awaited sequel to Brooklyn
Wednesday 29th May, 7.30pm
Colm Tóibín is the author of ten previous novels, including The Master, Brooklyn, and The Magician. Three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Toibin was appointed …
View event detailsSu Scott for Pocha: Simple Korean Food from the Streets of Seoul
Wednesday 29th May, 7.30pm
An evening of Korean Street Food from UK based Korean chef and author of the critically acclaimed Rice Table. Join us to celebrate the first ever …
View event detailsMarlon James: A Decade Since the Booker Prize
Thursday 30th May, 7.30pm
The winner of the 2015 Man Booker prize & literary star Marlon James returns to the bookshop to celebrate and discuss the book that won him …
View event detailsCat Bohannon for Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Sunday 2nd June, 7pm
Join us for an evening with Cat Bohannon and her Women's Prize for Non-fiction longlisted book, Eve.‘A rare book: scholarly, funny, accessible and very important.’ - …
View event detailsBooker Prize winner Richard Flanagan for Question 7
Monday 3rd June, 7pm
'Richard Flanagan’s Question 7 is the strangest and most beautiful memoir I’ve ever read. Magnificent.’ -Tim Winton, Sydney Morning Herald – ‘Best Reads of the Year’'Sometimes …
View event detailsAn Evening with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Thursday 6th June, 7pm
Join us for an evening of great gut health and more, with writer, broadcaster, campaigner and River Cottage impresario, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.In his new book How to …
View event detailsBritish Museum Lectures - Sarah Vowles on Michelangelo: the last decades
Monday 10th June, 7pm
Tracing the final 30 years of Michelangelo's career, curator Sarah Vowles examines how the great master used art and faith to explore the common human experience …
View event detailsBaillie Gifford 'Winner of Winners' James Shapiro for The Playbook
Wednesday 12th June, 7pm
James Shapiro, who teaches English at Columbia University in New York, is author of several books, including 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare …
View event detailsYuan Yang for Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in New China
Monday 17th June, 7pm
Join us for an evening with Yuan Yang for Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China, a sweeping yet intimate portrait of modern China …
View event detailsAn Evening with Alison Weir for Mary I: Queen of Sorrows
Tuesday 25th June, 7pm
We are delighted to welcome the incomparable Alison Weir to Bath for her new historical fiction masterpiece, Mary I: Queen of Sorrows.Adored only child of King …
View event detailsJoanne Harris for The Moonlight Market
Monday 1st July, 7pm
From the internationally bestselling author of Chocolat and The Gospel of Loki comes The Moonlight Market, a spellbinding modern fairytale where worlds collide and magic is …
View event detailsMelissa Hemsley on Real Healthy
Monday 8th July, 7pm
Real Healthy is a life-friendly cookbook for time-poor people who want healthy food that’s quick, convenient and tasty, too. Melissa Hemsley provides simple, doable, and delicious …
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