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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.

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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 …

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Gennaro 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 …

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Martin 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. …

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Jekka 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 …

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Jessica 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 …

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Earl 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 …

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Banjo 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 …

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Sam 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 …

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Jess 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 …

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Andrew 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 …

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Eco 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 …

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The 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 …

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Rachael 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, …

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Daniel 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 …

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Amber 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 …

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Anne 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 …

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Philippa 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 …

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Carrie 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 …

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Anthony 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 …

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Wintering'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 …

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An 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 …

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Derek 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 …

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An 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 …

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An 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 …

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Naoise 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 …

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Michael 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 …

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Theo 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 …

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Gardners' 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 …

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Northern 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 …

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Brad 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 …

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Adam 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, …

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Alice 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 …

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Georgina 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 …

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Hannah 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 …

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Catherine 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 …

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Paula 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 …

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Cold 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 …

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Robert 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 …

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Booker 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 …

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Baking 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 …

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Imtiaz 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 …

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Frank 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 …

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Juano 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 …

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Tea 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 …

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Susan 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 …

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Max 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 …

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An 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 …

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Su 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 …

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Marlon 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 …

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Cat 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.’ - …

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Booker 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 …

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An 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 …

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British 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 …

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Baillie 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 …

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Yuan 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 …

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An 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 …

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Joanne 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 …

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Melissa 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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