St Andrews Events and Reading Groups
We're delighted to bring our all-year-round Literary Festival to our bookshop in St Andrews. We have a packed calendar which ranges from readings in the bookshop to evenings with literary stars.
Cafe Cuil's Clare Coghill
Thursday 22nd January, 7.30pm
Burns Night Warmer with Clare Coghill for Cafe Cuil CookbookDramatic recipes from a dramatic locale - Clare Coghill joins us with recipes from her Isle of …
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Book Salad
Tuesday 27th January, 7pm
Book Salad meets on the last Tuesday of every month. To make a salad you put together lots of different things you'd like to eat, and …
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Ali Smith on Glyph
Friday 30th January, 7.30pm
Ali Smith on GlyphShe's been called 'Scotland's Nobel-laureate in waiting.' We are so happy that Ali Smith is returning to the bookshop for Glyph, the sister …
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Oliver Bullough on Everybody Loves Our Dollars
Tuesday 3rd February, 7.30pm
Oliver Bullough on Everybody Loves Our DollarsFrom the bestselling author of Moneyland and Butler to the World, a revelatory new anatomy of global money laundering, the …
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Roger Illsley on Wrighting Wrongs
Wednesday 4th February, 7.30pm
Roger Illsley on Wrighting WrongsJoin Roger Illsley for a fascinating look into Dundee's history. You may not have heard of her before, but Frances Wright was …
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Sci-Fi/Fantasy by Women Book Group
Thursday 5th February, 7pm
Welcome to the 'Strange Worlds Society'!Meeting on the last Thursday of every month, the 'Strange Worlds Society' will celebrate science fiction and fantasy books by women.This …
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Mark Haddon
Thursday 5th February, 7.30pm
Mark Haddon on Leaving Home'I loved Leaving Home. It made me honk with laughter at times, and feel incredibly moved at others. I found it tender, …
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Gavin Francis for The Unfragile Mind
Wednesday 11th February, 7.30pm
Gavin Francis on The Unfragile MindThe last time Gavin Francis was here he delighted us with tales of connection for The Bridge Between Worlds. He returns …
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Graeme Macrae Burnet on Benbecula
Thursday 12th February, 7.30pm
Graeme Macrae Burnet on BenbeculaGraeme Macrae Burnet returns for St Andrews for another twisted tale set on a remote Scottish island.On 9 July 1857, Angus MacPhee, …
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Louise Welsh on The Cut Up
Wednesday 18th February, 7.30pm
Louise Welsh on The Cut UpLouise Welsh returns with another Cutting Room novel and her beloved literary creation, Rilke.It's hard to be good when living is …
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Ryan Cahill
Saturday 21st February, 7.30pm
Ryan Cahill with Justin Lee Anderson on Of Blood and Fire‘Of Blood and Fire swept me away’ - John GwynneBorn in fire. Tempered in blood.Epheria is …
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Keza MacDonald on Super Nintendo
Monday 23rd February, 7.30pm
Keza MacDonald on Super NintendoGet ready for some extreme 1990s nostalgia with Keza MacDonald, video games editor for The Guardian.From the instant classics to the hidden …
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Shona MacLean
Thursday 26th February, 7.30pm
Shona MacLean on The Cromarty Library CircleFrom the bestselling author of The Bookseller of Inverness comes the unforgettable story of a Scottish town on the cusp …
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Justine Picardie on Fashioning the Crown
Monday 2nd March, 7.30pm
Justine Picardie on Fashioning the CrownJust in time for Queen Elizabeth's centenary year, Justine Picardie joins us for this fascinating look at recent British history through …
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Bake Off's Prue Leith Returns to St Andrews
Tuesday 3rd March, 7.30pm
**Please note this event is taking place on the 3rd of March 2026**Prue Leith on Being Old...and learning to love it!Forever young at heart, Prue Leith …
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Nancy Birtwhistle on Clean Magic
Wednesday 4th March, 7.30pm
Nancy Birtwhistle on Clean MagicMake your home sparkle with Nancy Birtwhistle, your guide to a cleaner, greener new year.From sorting stubborn stains to Basic Magic, Pure …
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Mary Berry
Tuesday 17th March, 7.30pm
Mary Berry on My Gardening LifeWe're absolutely delighted to announce our event with Mary Berry - just in time for the first blooms of the year …
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Douglas Stuart on John of John
Sunday 17th May, 7.30pm
Douglas Stuart on John of JohnThe Booker Prize winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo comes to St Andrews for his stunning new, Hebrides-set novel, …
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