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Terry Deary: 'A History of the World in Ten Wars'

Join Terry Deary, the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, for a lively and laugh-out-loud exploration of history's most pivotal conflicts, told only as he can.I…

The Milton Rooms, Malton

Pulitzer Prize Winner Hernan Diaz for Ply

This autumn, we welcome Hernan Diaz, the Pulitzer prize-winning, booker-longlisted, Sunday Times bestselling author of _Trust._ in 2024, _Trust_ was also named…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Robert Harris

A Most Anticipated Book of 2026 in _The New York Times_, BBC Culture, the _Mirror_ and _Radio Times.__From the bestselling author of Conclave comes a new compel…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely

Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

Mackintosh Queen's Cross, Glasgow

Vaseem Khan for The Man with the Golden Compass

VASEEM KHAN comes to Topping & Company Booksellers Bath to celebrate his brand new book in his _Q_ _Mysteries _series _The Man with the Golden Compass._Fresh fr…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Perilous Enchantment:The True History of Faeries

"Inviting, charming, funny, sometimes horrifying and always informative, a wonderfully personal and lively introduction to the world of fairies" -- marion gibso…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

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Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen

Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

Tolbooth, Stirling

Victoria Hislop for The Wine-Dark Sea

Greece, 1946. In the power vacuum remaining after the Second World War, a brutal civil war erupts between rival left- and right-wing factions.

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

British Museum Lectures: Rachel King for The Tudor Heart

This book tells the remarkable story of a spectacular chance find of a pendant associated with Henry VIII and his first wife Katherine of Aragon, as well as Mar…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

Lemn Sissay - Let the Light Pour In

Spend an evening with a master of the spoken word, BAFTA award-winning author, activist, performer and Sunday Times number one bestseller, Lemn Sissay OBE as he…

Curve Theatre, Leicester

Crime Thriller Book Club - To The Dogs by Louise Welsh

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

Authors at the Armouries 2026

Our annual book festival is back!Come and meet over 100 authors in vibrant Leeds and enjoy anunforgettable book signing.

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds

Oliver Bullough

Oliver Bullough is an award-winning author and journalist who writes about financial crime.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne

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Tim Hayward

It's 7:30 pm: clear your mind of the cares of the day. relax and fix yourself a drink.

Topping & Company Booksellers, St Andrews

New

Attila The Stockbroker - Fiery Words for Hellish Times

As the news goes from awful to worse, Attila the Stockbroker chronicles his times in poem and song as he has done for more than four decades.

Mac Arts, Galashiels

Edge Street Live presents Brian Bilston

HOW TO LAY AN EGG WITH A HORSE INSIDEBrian Bilston has been described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate; with over 500,000 follower…

Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Bellaghy

Storytelling Saturdays ' Theatre of Widdershins - Grumble Grumble

Join Potton based Theatre of Widdershins for a story in a suitcase. Featuring a different story every month, with well known titles such as The Princess + The P…

The BIGG Theatre, Biggleswade

Victorian Book Group: The Boundless Deep Tennyson Biography by Richard Holmes

Welcome to the book group with a historic twist! Revisit old favourites and discover forgotten classics in this monthly meet-up.

Holst Victorian House, Cheltenham

Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds

Hannah Snyed

A selkie woman comes ashore to dance under moonlight and finds herself caught in the arms of a sailor.

Calstock Arts, Calstock

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Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim And The Old Firm Legends (Live Show followed by a Q&A)

Live show followed by Q&A!What could be worse for a Celtic Legend and a Rangers Legend than being locked up in a police cell together on the day of the Old Firm…

The Tivoli Theatre, Aberdeen

Observational Writing with Margaret Jennings

Creative Writing workshop - learning to look carefully at the World - observational writing with Margaret Jennings.

The Pallant Centre, Havant

Dr. John Cooper Clarke -'ave It!

POET; TV & RADIO PRESENTER; CULTURAL COMMENTATOR;One of Britains outstanding poets - Sir Paul McCartneyFantastically entertaining.

Mandela Hall, Belfast

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Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

The Subscription Rooms, Stroud

Nicola Mills

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

Floral Hall, Hornsea

Haunted Kenilworth: Ghostly Tales from The Past

Join local historian Adam Wood as he reveals long-forgotten stories of deeply disturbing events from Kenilworths past, where something has been experienced over…

The Priory Theatre, Kenilworth

Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

Electric Palace, Bridport

Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter

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

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

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

Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

Palace Theatre, Newark

Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

Bakewell Town Hall, Bakewell

Hollie McNish & Harry Baker

Spoken word sets from Hollie McNish & Harry Baker.

Brighton Dome, Brighton

The Makings of a Murderer - The Undercover Detective

Join Peter Bleksley, a founding member of Scotland Yard’s undercover unit and former star of Channel 4’s Hunted, as he lifts the lid on the most dangerous and h…

Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham

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

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

Talk - Blake Morrison: On Memoir

On MemoirAs the recent furore over Raynor Winns The Salt Path has shown, memoir is the most fraught and contentious of genres, one that raises huge issues about…

Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh

Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

St George's Bristol, Bristol

Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

The Glee Club, Cardiff Bay

Rachel Khoo's Smallest Restaurant in Paris

A thoroughly parisian evening of french food and storytelling with The Little Paris Kitchen's Rachel Khoo.It begins in a tiny bedsit near the Bastille.

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Brian Bilston - How To Lay An Egg With A Horse Inside

With over 500,000 followers on social media and a host of sell out shows across the country, Brian Bilston is one of the UK’s most popular poets.He has publishe…

Union Chapel, London

Simon Yates of Touching the Void Pleasure and Pain

Simon Yates of Touching the Void returns to Mac Arts, Galashiels with his new talk Pleasure and Pain!Touching the Void mountaineer Simon Yates is a veteran of o…

Mac Arts, Galashiels

Writing for Wellbeing with Christine Lawrence

Creative Writing workshop - the power of writing for good health.

The Pallant Centre, Havant

Victorian Book Group: The Christmas Hirelings by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Welcome to the book group with a historic twist! Revisit old favourites and discover forgotten classics in this monthly meet-up.

Holst Victorian House, Cheltenham

Festive Story Bazaar

The legendary edition is back! Expect Storytelling, poetry, music, laughter and a good old festive knees-up as we gather in the warmth of the caf and share snac…

Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton

Writing Retreat with Rachel Hewitt - on Life Writing

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