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Alfred Janes, Maker of Pictures, Talk and Book Launch With Dr Ceri Thomas

Join us for this free talk with Dr Ceri Thomas marking the launch of his new book, Alfred Janes, Maker of Pictures.Contact the Gallery for all access informatio…

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea

Sermons: An Evening With Kate Ireland

An evening of spoken word, electro and ambient sounds in the serene beauty of Sacred Trinity Church.

Sacred Trinity Church, Salford

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Nicola Mills

Nicola will amaze you with her voice and stories of working class life, to singing in some of Europe’s finest Opera houses, to then taking opera to the streets.…

Floral Hall, Hornsea

Lunch With Author Beth Mcdonough

To celebrate the launch of A Year in Water, join author Beth McDonough for a fabulous lunch at Andiamo, Milngavie.Hosted by Daydreams Bookshop, this lunch is pe…

Andiamo - Milngavie, Glasgow

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Celebrated author Kevin Crossley-Holland will be presenting a fascinating talk he has created especially for the Woolpit Festival: And Their Skins were Green (F…

Woolpit Institute, Bury St Edmunds

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John Lydon

Lydon will reflect on the Sex Pistols, Public Image Limited (PiL), his art and his life’s story during informal evenings of conversation and audience questions.…

Darwen Library Theatre, Darwen

Jim Davidson Live - Last Man Standing... Just!

The hilarious Jim Davidson is back at the Casino Rooms on the Saturday 21st November 2026 in an intimate seated at tables format show.In the ever-evolving book…

Casino Rooms, Rochester

Faber Academy: Writing Day with Sarfraz Manzoor

This is a one day workshop designed to equip you with everything you need to start writing for newspapers, magazines and online publications, taught by Sarfraz…

The Common Room, Newcastle Upon Tyne

The Haunted Landscape 2026: Magic, Fairies and Old Gods

This year, The Haunted Landscape, an annual dive into magic, ghosts and folklore, entertains the Great God Pan with Professor Ronald Hutton and Sara Hannant, me…

Conway Hall, London

Scrobblefest 2026

This event celebrates the book and other dramatisations of: The Box of Delights by John Masefield.

Hereford Town Hall, Hereford

Big God Poetry Book Launch

Mark Reid launches his debut collection of poetry 'big God'A collection of poems about hope, hopelessness, faith, doubt, joy, sadness and so much moreGuest on n…

Hamilton Road Community Hub, Bangor

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Goosebumps of Delight

A sequel to The Ghost of a Smile, and spookily appropriate for a show between Halloween and Christmas, two (more) of Charles Dickens' ghost stories, with a comi…

St Neots Library, St Neots

Killer Conversations: Doug Johnstone

Doug Johnstone is celebrating a landmark twentieth year as a published writer with his twentieth novel, Ghost Notes, which is the seventh in his acclaimed and a…

Loch Leven Library, Kinross

Paradise Garden Presents Scott Lavene

Scott Lavene is a British singer-songwriter and storyteller whose work blends kitchen-sink realism with dark humour, poetic grit, and a distinctly English sense…

Paradise Garden, Cardiff

Bowes Book Club: Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

Uncover secrets and deception in Alice Feeney’s gripping thriller at Bowes Book Club.Unravel the web of secrets within Rock Paper Scissors, Alice Feeney’s psych…

The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

Three Poets: Medbh McGuckian, Moyra Donaldson & Ruth Carr

Enjoy an inspiring afternoon with three of Northern Ireland’s most distinguished poets.

Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Bellaghy

Ashley Douglas on With My Own Hand

We welcome historian and translator ashley douglas to st andrews to talk about the life of marie maitland, a story of forbidden but enduring love, and the stren…

Topping & Company Booksellers, St Andrews

Sophie Oliver for What the Dresses Know

An exciting new history of modernism that re-examines the movement through some of its most brilliant female artists.Pioneering women were at the heart of the m…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Kate Dylan for Soul Sworn

"a sizzling romance and a breathlessly pacy plot. Magnificent!" - saara el-arifi"soul sworn is a cut of the knife and a wrench of the heart. . . .

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

Poetry Workshop- Less Is More - Monday

Good poems don’t always explain themselves. We’ll experiment with implication, ambiguity, omission and restraint, looking at how to trust an image, leave space…

Morocco Bound , London

Hermione Lee in Conversation

The much-acclaimed, award-winning literary biographer Hermione Lee will be in conversation about her latest work which recounts the life of the Booker Prize win…

Woodbridge Library, Woodbridge

Emily Wilson Journeys Through Ancient Literature

From the widely celebrated translator whose renditions of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad have captured a generation's imaginationIn this sharp and entertaining tour…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Dean Atta - Big Man in Conversation

Join BAFTA winning & best selling author Dean Atta with his latest novel 'Big Man'In conversation with Manganaro BIG MAN is his adult debut, a tender and daring…

Picnic Coffee, Bath

Emily Wilson Journeys Through Ancient Literature

From the widely celebrated translator whose renditions of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad have captured a generation's imaginationIn this sharp and entertaining tour…

St Swithin's Church, Bath

Donna Ashworth for the Art of Being Easily Pleased

'Donna Ashworth's words are sunshine for the soul. And this new collection is full of her best work.' - MATT HAIGThis November we're joined by Donna Ashworth to…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

Poetry in Motion

The book is finished.Poetry In Motion: Islands In KAYZWORLD is done, and on Monday 23 November it comes off the page and into The Night Owl in Digbeth.

Luna Springs, Birmingham

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An Evening with Sarah Raven

LEARN HOW TO BRING THE OUTSIDE IN FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON WITH _SARAH RAVEN'S POCKET CHRISTMAS._PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW TAKING PLACE AT CHRIST CHURCH ON TU…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Poetry Workshop With Julie Stevens

Adult Poetry Workshop - 24th November 2026 at 2:00-4:00You are welcome to join poet Julie Stevens in a friendly and fun workshop.There will be entertaining prom…

Huntingdon Commemoration Hall, Huntingdon

Literature Festival 2026 - Author Event - Diane Hinds - Trinidad's Untold History - Free Event

Diane M. Hinds is an author and distinguished entertainment publicist with a profound connection to Trinidad, stemming from her formative years on the island be…

Sandwell Central Library, West Bromwich

Festival Event: Michael Smith - Towards the Coldest Place: the Long March to the South Pole

Best-selling author Michael Smith chronicles the 2,000 year quest to stand at the South Pole, starting with the ancient Greek scholars and reaching a dramatic c…

Temple Methodist Church, Taunton

Henry Normal

Henry is co-writer and producer of some of the biggest hits of British TV and film of recent years.

Band on the Wall, Manchester

Allie Esiri for Sleep

‘This book will bring a little magic into your day and into your heart’ Helena Bonham CarterWe're delighted to be hosting award-winning poetry curator Allie Esi…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Donna Ashworth on The Art of Being Easily Pleased

"Donna Ashworth's words are sunshine for the soul. And this new collection is full of her best work." - MATT HAIG"Donna is a human disco ball and this book will…

Topping & Company Booksellers, St Andrews

Ghosts in the Stones: Supernatural Tales in Gloucestershire With Kirsty Hartsiotis

Ghosts in the Stones: Supernatural Tales in Gloucestershire with Kirsty Hartsiotis - Wednesday 25th November 2026 at 7.30pmDiscover mysterious, funny and romant…

Tetbury Goods Shed Arts Centre, Tetbury

Jen Calleja and Delphine Grass: Creative Translation

Join us for two talks on creative translation: Delphine Grass: 'Off Script and Onto the Page: Translation Between Creation and Critique' Jen Calleja: 'The Life-…

New College, Oxford

Arts Richmond Literature Festival: Julian Lloyd Webber

Arts Richmond Literature Festival: Julian Lloyd Webber Talking about his book Bows & Arrows The Autobiography.Wednesday 25th November | 7:30PM Tickets 15 10% of…

The Exchange, Twickenham

Aspects of Practice - Jen Calleja and Delphine Grass: Creative Translation

Join us for two talks on creative translation: Delphine Grass: 'Off Script and Onto the Page: Translation Between Creation and Critique' Jen Calleja: 'The Life-…

New College, Oxford

Caitlin O'ryan: At What Point

Caitlin O’Ryan is an actor and poet from Greater Manchester, now based in London. Her poetry is known for being vulnerable, confronting and deeply relatable.Her…

Komedia, Brighton and Hove

Odyssey Translator Emily Wilson for Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea

Please note that this event is now taking place at Tollcross Central Hall."Emily Wilson's brilliant reconsiderations of the ancient world-through the figure of…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

Matthew Rice for A Year in the Garden

Join us for an evening with a renowned artist and author of _how to look, draw & paint_, _rice's language of buildings_, and _oxford_.

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Jay Rayner

_'It's time to share a little more of my love for home cooking and the merry dance of appetite and technique that lies behind the dishes I make__,_ _to bring to…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely

Hollie McNish & Harry Baker

Spoken word sets from Hollie McNish & Harry Baker.

Brighton Dome, Brighton

An Intimate Evening With Peter Cox

Go West arrived on the charts like a comet. With classic hits like We Close Our Eyes, Call Me, Faithful, and King of Wishful Thinking, which featured on the Jul…

Darwen Library Theatre, Darwen

An Evening With Author Clare Whitfield

Join us for an evening of GOTHIC SUSPENSE as we talk to author CLARE WHITFIELD about her latest book THE LAST HANDMAID, and touch upon her earlier crime novels.…

Pheonix Lane, Tiverton

Ian Rankin on The Heights

_The Heights_: a gleaming, high-end high-rise looming over Hyde Park. Newly built from steel and smoked glass, a billionaire's playground offering sumptuous sui…

Topping & Company Booksellers, St Andrews

Crime Thriller Book Club - the Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Join us for our BRAND NEW Crime Thriller Book Club.Each month we will talk about a different book - read your copy and bring it with you as we delve into the de…

Guiseley Theatre, Leeds

Si Leeds Literary Prize Writers'conference

Join us for the SI Leeds Literary Prize Writers' Conference in the inspiring setting of Arvon's newly refurbished creative writing centre in Yorkshire's Lumb Ba…

Lumb Bank, Hebden Bridge

Simon Yates - My Mountain Life

A fascinating and humorous evening, acclaimed by both regular theatre patrons and outdoor enthusiasts alike! On the remote Siula Grande in Peru in June 1985, mo…

The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage