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.
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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Andrew Edwards
Monday 9th February, 7.30pm
Andrew David Edwards on Money and the Making of the American RevolutionThis February we will be joined by Andrew to discuss a new interpretation of the …
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Peter Ormerod
Tuesday 10th February, 7.30pm
Peter Ormerod on David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God The story of how David Bowie's search for meaning inspired him to write …
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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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Stereoscope Magazine Launch
Friday 13th February, 6.30pm
We will be celebrating the launch of STEREOSCOPE magazine's 21st edition, the mini-issue, Machina. On the night there will will be a roster of poets and …
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Brigid Ehrmantraut
Tuesday 17th February, 7.30pm
Brigid Ehrmantraut on Celtic MagicJoin us for a captivating introduction to Celtic magic and revealing its integration into daily life from antiquity to the Middle Ages.Druids …
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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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Jim Crumley on Symphonic
Thursday 19th February, 7.30pm
Jim Crumley on SymphonicKathleen Jaime has called Jim Crumley 'Our predominant writer of the natural world...a naturalist with great gifts of observation.' Tune in with Jim …
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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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Book Salad
Tuesday 24th February, 6.30pm
Book Salad meets on the last Tuesday of every month, at 6:30pm. To make a salad you put together lots of different things you'd like to …
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Tom Hindle on A Killer in Paradise
Wednesday 25th February, 7.30pm
Tom Hindle on A Killer in ParadiseJoin Tom Hindle for his latest page-turning murder mystery, A Killer in Paradise.When five old friends are invited to join …
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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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A Book and a Bite
Thursday 5th March, 6.30pm
The theme of this book group a simple - incontrovertibly fine books accompanied by slightly more controversial, interpretive food pairings for each selection.For our second book …
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Francis Spufford on Nonesuch
Friday 6th March, 7.30pm
Francis Spufford on NonesuchJoin Francis Spufford for a spell-binding fantasy novel set in the Blitz, from the author of Golden Hill.It's the summer of 1939. London …
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Hester Musson
Tuesday 10th March, 7.30pm
Hester Musson on The Night HagThe thrilling new historical mystery from the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Beholders.Scotland, 1886. Lil is an archaeologist who has dedicated …
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John Goodlad on Food From the Sea and The Salt Roads
Thursday 12th March, 7.30pm
John Goodland on Food From the Sea and The Salt RoadsWe are thrilled to welcome John Goodland to the bookshop for a talk on both the …
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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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Uni of St Andrews student Callisto Lodwick
Wednesday 18th March, 7.30pm
Callisto Lodwick on The Drowned SirenJoin us this spring for the launch of University of St Andrews Student Callisto Lodwick's thriller debut.She was driven by success. …
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Antony Beevor
Monday 23rd March, 7.30pm
Antony Beevor on Rasputin - And the Downfall of the Romanovs'THE GOLD STANDARD OF NARRATIVE HISTORY' - DAN SNOWHow could a barely literate peasant from Siberia …
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Jenni Fagan on The Delusions
Friday 3rd April, 7.30pm
Jenni Fagan on The DelusionsJoin the award-winning Scottish author Jenni Fagan (Ootlin, Luckenbooth, The Panopticon) for her new novel The Delusions which Irvine Welsh has called …
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Ian Bradley
Monday 6th April, 7.30pm
Ian Bradley on The Last Enchanted PlacesJoin Emeritus Professor at St Andrews University for an insightful event on Spa Towns of Europe.Ian Bradley has been fascinated …
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Kapka Kassabova
Wednesday 8th April, 7.30pm
Kapka Kassabova on Borrowed LandEssential and revelatory reading. It's full of quiet rage on behalf of the old land - and the health and dignity of …
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Marion Todd
Tuesday 14th April, 7.30pm
Marion Todd on Watch Them FallPlease join us for an event with local author Marion Todd for her latest crime novel.DI Clare Mackay will be pushed …
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Sara Wheeler on Jan Morris: A Life
Wednesday 29th April, 7.30pm
Sara Wheeler on Jan Morris: A LifeA captivating authorised biography of the legendary writer Jan Morris. She was the twentieth century. Who wouldn't want to write …
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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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Lachlan Goudie
Monday 18th May, 7.30pm
Lachlan Goudie on The Secrets of PaintingA new history of painting as told through the eyes and hands-on insights of a practising artist. The first question …
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Cal Flyn with Dan Richards
Tuesday 19th May, 7.30pm
Cal Flyn on The Savage Landscape'A thrilling, tender, acute tour through the wildernesses of the world outside us and the far wilder worlds inside. Why does …
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Sarah Raven
Wednesday 27th May, 7.30pm
Sarah Raven on A Year of Cut Flowers'Bright, beautiful and achievable' - Mary Berry Tips, tricks and everything you could possibly wish to know about planning, …
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