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Harriet Tyce - Witch Trial

Sunday 28 June 10.30am-11.30am 15 (12) Harriet Tyce Witch TrialA dark, original and compulsive legal thriller from the bestselling author of Blood Orange which…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Patrick Galbraith - Uncommon Ground: Rethinking our relationship with the countryside

Sunday 28 June 12pm-1pm 12 (10)Patrick Galbraith Uncommon Ground: Rethinking our relationship with the countryside Patrick Galbraith takes us on an extraordinar…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Susan Owens - Constable's Year: An Artist in Changing Seasons

Sunday 28 June 12pm-1pm 12 (10) Susan Owens Constable's Year: An Artist in Changing SeasonsShaped by the cycle of the natural world, a fresh look at the life an…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Mandy Morton Tea at 3 -'The Tabby in Black'

Sunday 28 June 3pm-4pm 15 Mandy Morton Tea at 3 - 'The Tabby in Black' Join festival favourite Mandy Morton for an afternoon tea as she reads from the latest bo…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Cooks & Books: Mowgli's Nisha Katona for The Curry Bible

Nisha Katona's warmth, authenticity and ability to conjure delicious flavour from just a handful of ingredients have led to her being one of our most trusted an…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

Local Author Showcase - Middlesbrough

Our open call for local authors received so many brilliant applications we are holding two local author showcase events this year!

Central Library, Middlesbrough

Chris Chibnall - Writing Dorset @ Beaminster Festival

GENERAL PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 7 APRIL 2026Chris Chibnall is a BAFTA, Royal Television Society, Broadcasting Press Guild and Peabody award-winning screenwriter, e…

St Mary's Church, Beaminster

The poet on the sofa - Clare Pollard

We're pleased to welcome Clare Pollard as our guest 'on the sofa' this year. An engaging character and a good reader, Clare is widely published, is a poet, play…

Oddfellows Hall, Dorking

Two-time Academy Award Winner Sir Roger Deakins for Reflections: On Cinematography

Please note: due to immense demand, this event is now taking place at The Assembly Rooms.Sixteen time Academy Award nominee and two-time Academy Award winner Ro…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

Candice Carty-Williams for Queenie is Working on It

Award-winning author Candice Carty-Williams visits bath for her scalpel-sharp, poignant and hilarious new book, _Queenie Is Working on It_.How is it possible fo…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Harriet Beveridge with Will it Make the Boat go Faster

Local author, Harriet Beveridge launches the 3rd edition of the bestselling cult classic, _Will It Make the Boat Go Faster?__'A compelling read'_ Sir Chris HoyH…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

John Kampfner @ Beaminster Festival

GENERAL PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 7 APRIL 2026JOHN KAMPFNER is an award-winning author, broadcaster, foreign-affairs commentator and conference speaker.

St Mary's Church, Beaminster

Queer Book Group - Fundamentally

Nadia is an academic who's been disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, Rosy. She decides to make a getaway, accepting a UN job in Iraq.

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely

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Meet Genevieve Marenghi, author

Genevieve Marenghis novel, No Oil Painting , is an art heist book with, as its centrepiece, Ham House, where Genevieve worked for many years as a National Trust…

The CornerHOUSE, Surbiton

Alan Parks Launches Deception

Alan Parks, bestselling author of the Harry McCoy series, returns with World War 2 thriller Deception.Deception is the second novel in the acclaimed Joseph Gunn…

Waterstones - Argyle Street, Glasgow

Robin Ince: Normally Weird & Let the Quiet Ones Rise

Join us for a unique evening with acclaimed comedian, author, broadcaster Robin Ince.

Mold Library, Mold

Laugh-Able and UnmedOKAYted Presents: "Neurodivergent Moments". Q&A W/Joe Wells & Abigolah Schamaun

Laugh-Able Comedy Night (in association UnMedocayted Podcast and Vision Redbridge Libraries) brings you an evening with comedians, writers and authors Joe Wells…

Wanstead Library, London

Daisy Johnson

A hypnotic and haunting story of longing and survival, losing yourself and finding your family'elemental, fundamental, irresistable...

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely

Candice Carty Williams

Join Afrori Books and Sunday Times Bestseller Candice Carty-Williams. First Black female winner of Book and Author of the year at the National Book Awards.

Komedia, Brighton and Hove

Fierce Female Rage Fantasy with Soraya Bouazzaoui and C.L Clark

Join us for an evening of epic fantasy, female rage and myth retelling as we welcome authors SORAYA BOUAZZAOUI for her debut novel _AICHA_ and C.L.

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Poetry in Motion - two poetry workshops

Two Poetry Workshops with Chris Woodhouse (Palace Theatre's Creative Writing Tutor)Two Poetry Workshops withChris Woodhouse (Palace Theatre's Creative Writing T…

Palace Theatre, Paignton

And The World Spins Anyway: Georgie Jones

Ever found yourself hovering over the sink, eating pasta straight out of the saucepan, utterly convinced that everyone else is out there living sleek, well-oile…

Market Theatre, Ledbury

Helen McGinn AKA Knackered Mother Wine Tasting

Join tv's wine expert Helen Mcginn (aka _Knackered Mother_) to learn about some excellent wine that doesn't have to be expensive!_'The perfect blend of accessib…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Oscar Winning Cinematographer Sir Roger Deakins in Bath

Two-time Academy Award winner from 16 nominations, and five-time BAFTA award winner from 11 nominations, SIR ROGER DEAKINS - widely regarded as the greatest cin…

Komedia, Bath

Ruth Fainlight

Acclaimed photographer Emily Andersons film portrait Somewhere Else Entirely offers an intimate exploration into life and work of American-born poet Ruth Fainli…

Market Theatre, Ledbury

Independence Day In The United States: 250 Years On

The Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, is one of the most significant national holidays in the United States of America.

Loch Leven Library, Kinross

Big Toon Reading Challenge July Book Social

A social event to choose new books, create a pin badge and talk about the challenge.Come along to our July Book Social to chat about books, design custom pin ba…

City Library, Newcastle Upon Tyne

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Moor Poets Presents: An Open Mic Poetry Evening • Special Guest, Fiona Benson

Moor Poets is a community of friendly poets based in and around Dartmoor in Devon for more, see moorpoets.weebly.com.

Ashburton Arts Centre, Ashburton

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Diversion

Diversion is Ledbury Poetrys bi-monthly spoken word and open mic night, hosted by the inimitable EmmaClowsley, with a focus on spoken word and up-and-coming poe…

Market Theatre, Ledbury

Nigel Planer - Young Once @ Beaminster Festival

GENERAL PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS 7 APRIL 2026Nigel Planer, beloved as Neil the hippy from The Young Ones and a founding figure of the 80s alternative comedy scene,…

St Mary's Church, Beaminster

Christopher Edge

The Bookery is delighted to welcome bestselling and awardwinning childrens author Christopher Edge for a thrilling, interactive event inspired by his electrifyi…

The Bookery, Crediton

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Ledbury Poetry Slam!

It's a knockout night in Ledbury as poets take the page onto the stage to compete for points that lead to prizes!

Market Theatre, Ledbury

Joshua Seigal Lets the Words Out - Poetry Performance

Joshua Seigal [https://www.joshuaseigal.co.uk/videos] will make you giggle and also make you think. He truly brings words to life!

Ely Library, Ely

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Un/Safe: Karen McCarthy Woolf

Whether it's via tattoos, trees or the totemic quality of cats, Karen McCarthy Woolf pulls us into the processes of gentrification and class division with an im…

Market Theatre, Ledbury

Writing for Picture Books

Picture books are deceptively simple and extraordinarily hard to get right. In this workshop, you'll discover the magic to getting those few words just right.Ti…

Alton Community Centre, Alton

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason

Join author Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason as she discusses her powerful new book 'To BE Young, Gifted and Black'.

St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne

Lisa Jewell

IT WAS THE NIGHT SHE ALMOST DIED.Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely

An Evening with Best Selling Author Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell will be in conversation about her writing and in particular her newly published novel It Could Have Been Her.

The Vestry Hall, Cranbrook

Ben Kane - A Land Aflame

211 BC: Hannibal's struggle against the Romans in Italy continues, but the Carthaginians have been utterly defeated on Sicily.

Brendon Books, Taunton

Jeremy Atherton Lin for Deep House: the Gayest Love Story Ever Told

_A Book of The Year for The New Yorker and Electric Lit and A Time out 10 Best Books of 2025__"a Fabulously Riveting Hybrid Memoir and Queer History Lesson...

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

An Evening with Robin Ince

Join us for a very special evening with comedian Robin Ince, author of many books including 'Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal' and a new poetry book "Let the Q…

Huntingdon Methodist Church, Huntingdon

Charles Cumming

_A YOUNG COUPLE ON THE RUN_Max Radinsky thought he was living the perfect life in Athens.

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely

Writing Retreat with Rachel Hewitt - on Writing About the Outdoors

Acclaimed author Rachel Hewitt (author of 4 non-fiction books, including the best-selling Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey, and In Her Nature…

Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate

Darren McGarvey: The Trauma Industrial Complex

Trauma Industrial Complex: The Live ShowOrwell Prize-winning author and BAFTA-winning documentary maker Darren McGarvey presents an entertaining multi-media exp…

CentreStage, Kilmarnock

Sally Hayden for This Is Also A Love Story

Orwell Prize-winning author of _My Fourth Time, We Drowned,_ Sally Hayden comes to the bookshop for her latest piece of reportage.

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

An Evening of Crime & Suspense with Chris McDonald & Sarah Mellor

Step into an evening of sharp twists and suspense as Chris McDonald and Sarah Mellortake the stage to talk all things crime fiction.

Mold Library, Mold

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Amelia Blackwell - The Haunting of a Bront

The Bookery is delighted to welcome Amelia Blackwell for an evening of literary mystery and historic intrigue as she discusses her new novel, The Haunting of a…

The Bookery, Crediton

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Full Circle - Blake, The Beats And The Downs

Enjoy visionary poetry and jazzy music celebrating William Blake, the American Beats and the unique South Downs landscapes.

The Novium, Chichester