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.
Ghouls, Goblins, and Aliens: SFFH Reading Group
Wednesday 28th January, 7pm
Welcome to Ghouls, Goblins and Aliens, our Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror reading group. Your hosts, May and Roxane, will guide you through what’s great, what’s …
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David McCloskey for The Persian
Thursday 29th January, 7pm
What happens when a spy is forced to reckon with the consequences of his deception?Kamran Esfahani, a Persian Jewish dentist from Stockholm, dreams of starting afresh …
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Tiny Tales ~ Our Picture Book Reading Group
Tuesday 3rd February, 10am
Welcome to Tiny Tales! At 10:00am, Claud will read a handful of brilliant new picture books carefully selected. It will last for approximately 45 minutes.Tiny Tales …
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World Literature Reading Group
Sunday 8th February, 7pm
Our World Literature Reading Group aims to showcase literature written outside of the anglophone world. On our journey we will make a variety of stops in …
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Tiny Tales ~ Our Picture Book Reading Group
Tuesday 10th February, 10am
Welcome to Tiny Tales! At 10:00am, Claud will read a handful of brilliant new picture books carefully selected. It will last for approximately 45 minutes.Tiny Tales …
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Jake Wild Hall for Alanis Morissette
Thursday 12th February, 7pm
We're delighted to host Bad Betty Press founder Jake Wild Hall alongside award-winning poet Vanessa Kisuule for an evening of conversation about Jake's debut collection, Alanis …
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Robert Colls on George Orwell: Life and Legacy with John Gray
Thursday 19th February, 7pm
Join Robert Colls to celebrate his latest publication- George Orwell: Life and Legacy. This event will be chaired by John Gray, author of Feline Philosophy and …
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Tiny Tales ~ Our Picture Book Reading Group
Tuesday 24th February, 10am
Welcome to Tiny Tales! At 10:00am, Claud will read a handful of brilliant new picture books carefully selected. It will last for approximately 45 minutes.Tiny Tales …
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Justine Picardie for Fashioning The Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict and Couture
Tuesday 24th February, 7pm
Published ahead of the centenary of Queen Elizabeth II's birth, this beautifully illustrated book uncovers the hidden history of the Crown and how it survived a …
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Tim Weaver for The Lost Women
Thursday 26th February, 7pm
Join beloved local author, Tim Weaver, for the book launch of his latest novel: The Lost Women.THE WOMEN WHO DISAPPEAREDBefore he was a missing persons investigator, …
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Francis Spufford for Nonesuch
Monday 2nd March, 7pm
'One of the finest prose stylists of his generation.' The Times 'My God can he write.' Richard OsmanIt's the summer of 1939. London is on the …
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Dame Prue Leith on Being Old...And Learning to Love It!
Monday 2nd March, 7pm
Dame Prue Leith is first and foremost a businesswoman, who made her name at Michelin starred restaurant Leith's, and Prue Leith's school of Food and Wine, …
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Magnificent Mushroom Supper with Claire Thomson
Wednesday 4th March, 7pm
A simple & intimate bookshop supper with best-selling author and professional chef Claire Thomson to celebrate her latest cookbook, Mushroom: 80 Recipes Celebrating Remarkable Mushrooms.Claire will …
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Clinical Nutritionist Dominique Ludwig
Thursday 5th March, 7pm
Dominique Ludwig is one of the UK's leading clinical nutritionists and we welcome her to talk about this much-anticipated practical nutrition guide and cookbook - No-Nonsense …
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World Literature Reading Group
Sunday 8th March, 7pm
Our World Literature Reading Group aims to showcase literature written outside of the anglophone world. On our journey we will make a variety of stops in …
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Ece Temelkuran for Nation of Strangers
Monday 9th March, 7pm
Join Ece Temelkuran for an insightful evening as she discusses her new book, Nation of Strangers, with Caroline Sanderson.Across the world the number of refugees and …
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Ping Coombes and Rice
Tuesday 10th March, 7pm
We're overjoyed to welcome back Bath's Ping Coombes for a live cookery demo and tastings to celebrate this new beautiful homage to Rice. Ping's first book, …
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Object in Focus: The Asante Ewer
Wednesday 11th March, 7pm
We're delighted to welcome curator and author Lloyd de Beer to the bookshop for our first British Museum lecture of 2026, Object in Focus: The Asante …
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Common Treasures 2 with Amica Dall of Assemble
Thursday 12th March, 7pm
Join Amica Dall, one of the founding members of Turner prize winning Assemble, to discuss Common Treasures 2. Assemble is a London-based organisation who design and …
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Julian Barnes for Departure(s)
Monday 16th March, 7pm
'A master of fiction with whole worlds living in his prose' OBSERVERJoin us to celebrate Julian Barnes' 80th birthday when he will speak to Andrew Kelly …
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Michael Pollan for A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness
Tuesday 17th March, 7pm
Michael Pollan's new book, A World Appears, is a pioneering search for consciousness in the brain and beyond.When it comes to consciousness, there is one point …
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Antony Beevor for Rasputin and the Downfall of the Romanovs
Wednesday 18th March, 7pm
'A must read for understanding the epic downfall of the Romanov dynasty' - Douglas SmithHow could a barely literate peasant from Siberia determine the fate of …
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Mark Haddon for Leaving Home
Thursday 19th March, 7pm
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time's author takes his own life as raw material, writing about growing up in the cultural wastelands of …
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Gennaro's Hidden Italy
Monday 23rd March, 7pm
‘A brilliant book by one of the masters of Italian cuisine’ – STANLEY TUCCIWe welcome back the warm and charismatic master of Italian cuisine, Gennaro Contaldo …
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Jess Elliott Dennison for Weekend Recipes
Wednesday 25th March, 7pm
We're thrilled to welcome Jess Elliott Dennison, food writer and the founder of Elliott’s Edinburgh. Her cookbook Midweek Recipes was a runaway success, becoming our bestselling …
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An Evening with Mary Berry
Thursday 26th March, 7pm
We're thrilled to announce our event with Mary Berry in celebration of her new book, My Gardening Life.'In another life I may have been a gardener'Well-known …
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Life of Pi's Yann Martel for Son of Nobody
Monday 30th March, 7pm
Life of Pi author & Booker Prize winner comes to Bath!Martel is an original, strange and subtle thinker - Ursula K. Le GuinThe past is never …
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Chocolate Baking with Edd Kimber
Tuesday 31st March, 7pm
Join us with master baker, Edd Kimber as he chats and cooks from his love letter to chocolate: Chocolate Baking: The Ultimate Guide to Cakes, Cookies, …
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Susan Owens for Constable's Year
Wednesday 1st April, 7pm
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of his birth, Susan Owens offers a nuanced understanding of the life and work of John Constable.'A marvellous book' Ali …
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John Lanchester for Look What You Made Me Do
Thursday 2nd April, 7pm
What if the year's most talked about TV show was all about your marriage?Kate, thirty years into her marriage, has a seemingly idyllic metropolitan, North London …
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World Literature Reading Group
Sunday 12th April, 7pm
Our World Literature Reading Group aims to showcase literature written outside of the anglophone world. On this journey we will make a variety of stops in …
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Charles Dowding with Grow Together
Tuesday 14th April, 7pm
An evening with Somerset's favourite No Dig guru, Charles Dowding.Getting the most from a veg patch is what all gardeners want. With a little forethought and …
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Pioneering Scientist Suzanne Simard
Thursday 16th April, 7pm
Suzanne Simard discovered that every tree in a forest is linked by underground fungi, allowing them to communicate and build communities around powerful, nurturing Mother Trees. …
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Tim Anderson's JapanEasy Kitchen
Friday 17th April, 7pm
We're thrilled to welcome back our favourite Japanophile, Tim Anderson who will chat and cook from his newest cookbook JapanEasy Kitchen: Simple Recipes Using Japanese Pantry …
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Giulia Enders on Organ Speak: What it really means to listen to our bodies
Tuesday 21st April, 7pm
The international bestselling author of Gut returns with a spellbinding journey through the human body.In a world that is becoming ever louder and more complicated, sometimes …
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The Racine Effect: Classic French Recipes with Henry Harris
Wednesday 22nd April, 7pm
A love letter to French Cooking and the restaurant that defined a generation of British dining - Bouchon Racine.‘I want to eat everything in this beautiful …
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Tim Parks for Across Sicily with Garibaldi's Thousand: An adventure in landscape and Italian memory
Wednesday 22nd April, 7pm
We're delighted welcome Tim Parks for Across Sicily with the Thousand. Tim is a friend of the bookshop and an acclaimed novelist and travel writer. We …
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Mary Beard for Talking Classics
Friday 24th April, 7pm
'The reigning Queen of Classics' - The SpectatorWhat's exciting about a piece of bread 4,000 years old? Or some pots of paint abandoned in the eruption …
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Nathan Outlaw with On Fish
Monday 27th April, 7pm
We're thrilled to welcome back Cornwall's best fish man and Michelin-star chef Nathan Outlaw.For anyone wanting to know more about seafood and how to cook it, …
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Brin Pirathapan for Elevate
Tuesday 28th April, 7pm
Cookery Demo & TastingsA bold debut cookbook from 2024 MasterChef winner Brin Pirathapan is all about making everyday basics extraordinary. Rooted in his Tamil Sri Lankan …
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A Supper & Talk with Berdoulat's Patrick Williams
Thursday 30th April, 7pm
This evening, we will be serving the book's featured recipe, known as 'The Truth' - Green Street sausage with a warm potato salad - with a …
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Hawai'i: a kingdom crossing oceans
Thursday 30th April, 7pm
We're delighted to welcome lead curator Alice Christophe to the bookshop to discuss the companion book for the current British Museum exhibition: Hawaiʻi: a kingdom crossing …
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Jess Venner for The Lost Voices of Pompeii with Helen Carr
Tuesday 5th May, 7pm
Join two historians as they discuss a unique perspective on the history of Pompeii...We know how the people of Pompeii died, but how did they live?Drawing …
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Patrick Radden Keefe for London Falling
Thursday 7th May, 7pm
'One of those authors I will always read, no matter what the subject matter . . . a masterclass in compelling narrative non-fiction' - The Guardian …
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World Literature Reading Group
Sunday 10th May, 7pm
Our World Literature Reading Group aims to showcase literature written outside of the anglophone world. On our journey we will make a variety of stops in …
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Pioneering Vegetarian Cookery Writer Helen Graham
Thursday 14th May, 7pm
We welcome a pioneering new voice in Vegetarian Cookery with a celebration of bold, vibrant dishes designed to inspire and put vegetables exactly where they belong: …
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Sharon Blackie for Ripening
Tuesday 19th May, 7pm
'Ripening show us how we can move through life with vision and sensitivity. A fascinating, thought-provoking and authoritative read' Katherine MayIn this world, in which our …
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Ozlem Warren takes us to the heart of Istanbul's food scene
Wednesday 20th May, 7pm
'A gorgeous love letter to Istanbul. I couldn't love this book more' Diana HenryDelicious recipes inspired by the vibrant mosaic of Istanbul cuisine from the author …
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Sophia Smith Galer for How to Kill a Language
Thursday 21st May, 7pm
As Sophia Smith Galer's Nonna lay dying, she realised it wasn't just a beloved grandmother she was losing - it was the language she spoke, too. …
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Siri Hustvedt for Ghost Stories
Friday 22nd May, 7pm
The tender memoir of the forty-three years Siri Hustvedt spent with her husband, writer, poet and filmmaker Paul Auster – from their first encounter in 80s …
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Nicholas Shakespeare for Frame 37
Wednesday 27th May, 7pm
'A remarkable contemporary thriller... A triumph' William Boyd'An absorbing thriller with shades of John le Carre' Evening StandardIn a world of lies, proof is powerJohn Dyer …
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An Evening with Colm Toibin
Monday 1st June, 7pm
In The News from Dublin, Colm Tóibín delves into the days and nights of those living far from home: lives of great longing, at a great …
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Samar Yazbek for Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life
Wednesday 3rd June, 7pm
Samar Yazbek met with hundreds of survivors from Gaza asking each of them about their experience of October 7, 2023, and what their life has been …
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Learn How to BBQ with Genevieve Taylor
Monday 8th June, 7pm
Master the art of cooking over fire with a live BBQ demo with tastings in our courtyard.Bristol fire chef Genevieve Taylor's new book, How to BBQ …
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Catherine Cho for The Devoted
Tuesday 9th June, 7pm
A stunning, page-turning love story of family and fate from Catherine Cho, author of the acclaimed memoir, Inferno.Eunha grows up in a quiet village in Hong …
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Graeme Corbett for Life in Bloom
Monday 15th June, 7pm
Fill your life with flowers and discover the art of natural, seasonal arranging with celebrated florist Graeme Corbett of @bloomandburn. Graeme Corbett of Bloom & Burn …
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Cal Flyn for The Savage Landscape
Tuesday 23rd June, 7pm
Cal Flyn comes to Bath to celebrate The Savage Landscape - a brilliant investigation of our relationship to the natural world. Cal's previous book, Islands of …
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