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.
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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Chef Samin Nosrat
Monday 30th March, 7.30pm
***This event is now taking place at Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews, 7 Greyfriars Garden, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9HG.***Samin Nosrat on Good ThingsSamin …
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Book Salad
Tuesday 31st March, 6.30pm
Book Salad meets on the last Tuesday of every month, at 6:30pm. You're very welcome to join us! To make a salad you put together lots …
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Peter Ormerod
Wednesday 1st April, 7.30pm
Peter Ormerod on David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and GodThe story of how David Bowie's search for meaning inspired him to write the …
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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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A Book and a Bite
Monday 6th April, 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 third book …
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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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Tim Anderson
Thursday 9th April, 7.30pm
Tim Anderson on JapanEasy KitchenThis April we will be joined by expert cook Tim Anderson for an excursion into Japanese pantry staples that will take your …
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Marion Todd
Tuesday 14th April, 7.30pm
Marion Todd on Watch Them Fall**This event will now be taking place at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church**Please join us for an event with local author Marion …
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Polly Barton
Wednesday 15th April, 7.30pm
Polly Barton on What Am I, A Deer?'A tender and nuanced novel exploring love, obsession, alienation, work and language with an immense sense of interiority. Polly …
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John Lanchester
Thursday 16th April, 7.30pm
John Lanchester on Look What You Made Me Do'An absolute riot . . . totally compulsive.' Observer From the bestselling author of Capital comes this blackly …
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Tim Parks
Tuesday 21st April, 7.30pm
Tim Parks on Across Sicily with Garibaldi's ThousandElegantly written, full of wit and charm, this is travel writing at its very best -- Orlando Figes The …
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Ghillie Basan
Wednesday 22nd April, 7.30pm
Ghillie Basan on LevantineJoin us for a whisky tasting and culinary adventure with world cookery writer and journalist Ghillie Basan. Ghillie will be including her books …
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James Holland on The Visionaries
Thursday 23rd April, 7.30pm
James Holland on The VisionariesAcclaimed historian and bookshop favourite, James Holland, returns this May to celebrate his latest work, The Visionaries, which explores the making of …
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Anthony Horowitz
Friday 24th April, 7.30pm
Anthony Horowitz on A Deadly EpisodeWhat a thrill to welcome back the master of mystery Anthony Horowitz for an unputdownable new mystery in the Hawthorne and …
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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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Alex Howard on The Ship's Cat
Tuesday 5th May, 7.30pm
Alex Howard on The Ship's CatFirst there was The Ghost Cat, then there was The Library Cat, now Alex Howard joins us to celebrate the wonderfully …
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Chris Brookmyre on Quite Ugly One Evening
Thursday 14th May, 7.30pm
Chris Brookmyre on Quite Ugly One EveningIt's the return of Chris Brookmyre, half of Ambrose Parry and, as Chris Whitaker has said, a 'storytelling mastermind.' Join …
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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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Sara Sheridan
Wednesday 20th May, 7.30pm
Sara Sheridan on The Jewel KeepersFeaturing real historical events and places amid its fiction, The Jewel Keepers is an immersive, evocative story tinged with romance and …
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Lamorna Ash on Don't Forget We're Here Forever
Friday 22nd May, 7.30pm
Lamorna Ash on Don't Forget We're Here ForeverExplore the youth's turn to faith in an age of uncertainty with Lamorna Ash.Lamorna Ash was raised with about …
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Dave Goulson on Eat The Planet Well
Tuesday 26th May, 7.30pm
Dave Goulson on Eat The Planet WellHow can we eat well without harming the planet? Join Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex and acclaimed …
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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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Katja Hoyer on Weimar
Thursday 28th May, 7.30pm
Katja Hoyer on WeimarWe're delighted to welcome Katja Hoyer, author of Beyond the Wall for an eerily relevant new history of Weimar Germany.Weimar looms large in …
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Jennifer Saint
Thursday 4th June, 7.30pm
Jennifer Saint on This Immortal Heart An epic story of love and war as two opposing deities find themselves drawn to each other against all odds. …
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Honey & Co. Daily
Thursday 11th June, 7.30pm
Honey & Co. on Honey & Co. DailyBring some everyday pleasure into your kitchen with Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer, the brilliant chefs behind Honey & …
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Olly Smith on Death by Noir
Tuesday 16th June, 7.30pm
Olly Smith on Death by NoirOlly Smith has long been a favourite amongst our booksellers and browsers alike. Now, he turns his palette and pen towards …
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Robert Harris for Agrippa
Tuesday 1st September, 7.30pm
Robert Harris on AgrippaA visit from Robert Harris is always a highlight of our Literary Festival. He returns to St Andrews with a new compelling new …
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Father Ted's Ardal O'Hanlon
Saturday 19th September, 7.30pm
Ardal O'Hanlon on A Plot to Die ForThe first in a mystery series from the much-loved Irish actor, writer and comedian, for readers who enjoy the …
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British Museum Lectures: The Tudor Heart
Wednesday 28th October, 7.30pm
Rachel King on The Tudor HeartA new title in the British Museum's Object in Focus series that tells the remarkable story of an enamelled gold necklace …
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