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Magick in 7 Objects

Explore the nature and history of magic through an illustrated talk by Imperial College historian Dr. Thomas Waters. Stone Age symbols. Lavish spellbooks.

Conway Hall, London

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Workshop - Landscape and Place: A Creative Reading and Writing workshop with Kirsty Gunn

Kirsty Gunn is a novelist, essayist, short story writer, and professor of creative writing.

Nairn Community & Arts Centre, Nairn

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Bake Off's Mel Giedroyc for The Comeback

Join us to celebrate the brand new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author MEL GIEDROYC - _THE COMEBACK_ - a funny, big-hearted story of second chances._SOME…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

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Spitnights | Pure Poetry

poetry for non-poetry fansA memorable night with the UK's best poets, showing just how entertaining, moving and hilarious they can be using nothing but words.li…

The Ministry of Sound, London

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Creative Writing for Young Teens

Do you enjoy reading or writing stories? Would you like to write something new? In this workshop young writers will use fun exercises to develop a short story.

Balfron Library, Balfron

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Wine Tasting with Helen McGinn and Olly Smith

Much loved TV-wine expert Helen McGinn brings you the ultimate guide to choosing the best bottle of wine at your local supermarket.Celebrating the breadth and q…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely

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Wine and Crime - 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…

Nairn Community & Arts Centre, Nairn

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Robert Harris: Agrippa

We're delighted to welcome international bestselling author Robert Harris to Penarth this autumn to celebrate the release of his new novel, Agrippa .Few thrille…

Paget Rooms, Penarth

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Comic Fun: How to draw a pirate with Neil Slorance

Neil Slorance is a Glasgow based comic artist. Best known for his work on the award winning all ages comics Dungeon Fun and Pirate Fun as well as his work with…

Balfron High School, Balfron

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Meet the Author: Lin Anderson

Lin Anderson is a Scottish author and screenwriter known for her bestselling crime series featuring forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod.

Balfron High School, Balfron

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Inua Ellams

Pick a word, any word. Prompted by audience suggestion and open conversation, Ellams searches through his archive, unearths refined or raw gold, and presents hi…

Nairn Community & Arts Centre, Nairn

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Gordon Brown on The Future Starts with Us

Every day we see evidence of the fracturing of the rules-based order. War, mass migration, economic disruption and climate collapse fill our screens.At the same…

Topping & Company Booksellers, St Andrews

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Faber Academy: Writing Day with Richard Scott

‘The houses are haunted’, writes Wallace Stevens and maybe, by this, he means poetry.Join Faber Academy tutor Richard Scott for this workshop in which you’ll co…

The Common Room, Newcastle Upon Tyne

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Page To Stage - Our Dramatic Playreading Club

What happens when a great play is stripped back to its essentials? Grab a hot or chilled beverage from the Pouring Room Bar and make your way up to the Loft Stu…

Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate

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Nicola Sturgeon - Frankly

In her captivating memoir, Nicola Sturgeon takes readers from her working-class roots in Ayrshire to the forefront of Scottish politics as the countrys longest-…

Nairn Community & Arts Centre, Nairn

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McLellan Book Festival: Jim Crumley

Welcome to the McLellan Book Festival 2026 - running alongside the McLellan Arts Festival.Jim Crumley [http://www.jimcrumleynature.com] has been a full-time Sco…

Brodick Town Hall, Isle of Arran

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McLellan Book Festival: Andrew Greig and Lesley Glaister

Welcome to the McLellan Book Festival 2026 - running alongside the McLellan Arts Festival.Andrew GreigAndrew Greig [https://andrew-greig.weebly.com/] has writte…

Brodick Town Hall, Isle of Arran

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McLellan Book Festival: Sally Magnusson and Kirsty Wark

Welcome to the McLellan Book Festival 2026 - running alongside the McLellan Arts Festival.Sally MagnussonBestselling author, journalist and broadcaster Sally Ma…

Brodick Town Hall, Isle of Arran

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McLellan Book Festival: Ajay Close

Welcome to the McLellan Book Festival 2026 - running alongside the McLellan Arts Festival.Ajay Closes debut novel, Official and Doubtful [https://ajayclose.co.u…

Brodick Town Hall, Isle of Arran

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Character Creation and Comic Making with Neil Slorance

Neil Slorance is a Glasgow based comic artist. Best known for his work on the award winning all ages comics Dungeon Fun and Pirate Fun as well as his work with…

Balfron High School, Balfron

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Carys Davies - Clear

1843\. On a remote island the sole occupant, last speaker of a dying language, leads a life of quiet isolation which is overturned when he finds a man unconscio…

Nairn Community & Arts Centre, Nairn

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McLellan Book Festival: Amy Liptrot

Welcome to the McLellan Book Festival 2026 - running alongside the McLellan Arts Festival.Amy Liptrot [https://canongate.co.uk/contributors/0000000460171821-amy…

Brodick Town Hall, Isle of Arran

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McLellan Book Festival: M.K. Hardy

Welcome to the McLellan Book Festival 2026 - running alongside the McLellan Arts Festival.Morag Hannah and Erin Hardee are two geeky women who write under the p…

Brodick Town Hall, Isle of Arran

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Ben Okri - The Magic Lamp

Ben Okri, one of the foremost authors of our time and a Booker Prize-winner, grew up in Peckham and attended John Donne Primary School.

Bold Tendancies And Franks Cafe, London

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McLellan Book Festival: Book Festival Finale

Welcome to the McLellan Book Festival 2026 - running alongside the McLellan Arts Festival.Short Stories and Music with Brean Hammond, John Inglis, Tim Pomeroy a…

Brodick Town Hall, Isle of Arran

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Dougie Strang - The Bone Cave

A vivid account of a journey through the Scottish Highlands, The Bone Cave follows a series of folktales and myths to the places in which theyre set.

Nairn Community & Arts Centre, Nairn

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Family Storytelling with Chip Colquhoun

Join us for an hour of interactive family entertainment from Oxford Owl (and Guinness World Record-holding) storyteller Chip Colquhoun! Sunday 6th September fro…

Niche Comics And Bookshop, Huntingdon

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The Appeal's Janice Hallett for The Silent Appeal

Join us in Bath to celebrate JANICE HALLETT as she makes her triumphant return to Lockwood in the much anticipated sequel to her record-breaking bestselling deb…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

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Daniel Susskind for What Should My Children Do?

_"Daniel susskind writes with verve, style and conviction about one of the most important issues of our age" - rory stewart__ "A pathbreaking, thought-provoking…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

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An Evening with Robert Harris

Robert Harris returns to Ancient Rome with his latest thriller Agrippa.Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever…

Michael Croft Theatre, London

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Morvern Graham for Seasonal Folktales

Embrace the changing seasons with this beautifully illustrated collection of myths and folklore.In these magical retellings of classic Celtic and Nordic folktal…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

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James Naughtie - Chaos and Contradictions: Trumps second term

Renowned Scottish Journalist and political commentator James Naughtie was a sell-out guest at the Book Festival in 2022, discussing the changing world around us…

Duthac Centre, Tain

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Carys Davies - Clear

1843\. On a remote Scottish island, Ivar, the sole occupant, leads a life of quiet isolation until the day he finds a man unconscious on the beach below the cli…

Duthac Centre, Tain

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A Night of Gothic Mystery with Jack Jewers & Jess Kidd

Take a journey through the dark past as we celebrate two excellent new historical mysteries that mix Gothic atmosphere with the bright lights of the theatrical…

Waterstones - Argyle Street, Glasgow

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Yotam Ottolenghi for Simple Too

_It's a noisy world out there, so stop, take a minute or two, listen to the soup bubble or the egg crackle...

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

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Open Mic Poetry - Evening

8th September 2026 7 - 9pm Open mic poetry event open to all . You are welcome to be part of the audience and listen to the poems. We would love to hear poems f…

Huntingdon Commemoration Hall, Huntingdon

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Chef Dara Klein with La Trattoria

Fresh from _Brawn_ and _Trullo_, Celebrated Chef, _Dara Klein_ Has Just Opened Her Own Restaurant, _Tiella_ on Colombia Road to Huge Acclaim and Rave Reviews.Th…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

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Rachel Morley

The poet John Betjeman coined the phrase 'church crawling' to describe his days out visiting churches.

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely

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Dear Grace with Claire & Grace Thomson

DEAR GRACE is the next cookbook from beloved chef Claire Thomson (aka @5oclockapron), a warm, wise piece documents a mother's recipes and her daughter's first k…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Reading Group - The French Lieutenant's Woman

Both critically lauded and immensely popular with readers, John Fowles' Lyme Regis-set tale of romantic obsession in an age of repression is both a satisfyingly…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely

Gordon Brown for The Future Starts With Us

Every day we see evidence of the fracturing of the rules-based order. War, mass migration, economic disruption and climate collapse fill our screens.At the same…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Christopher de Hamel for The Migrants

In the course of a long career at Sotheby’s and at Cambridge University, Christopher de Hamel has probably handled more medieval manuscripts than anyone alive a…

Topping & Company Booksellers, St Andrews

The Patron Saint of Prostitutes - the Life & Times of Josephine Butler

Once called the most distinguished Englishwoman of the nineteenth centuryJosephine Butler is hardly remembered today, shrouded in the mist of history, despite b…

Florence Park Community Centre, Oxford

Church Crawling with Rachel Morley

Join Rachel Morley, Director of The Friends of Friendless Churches, in Elim Church this September to celebrate her debut book: _Church Crawling_.

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Big Toon Reading Challenge September Book Social

A social event to choose new books, create a reading journal and talk about the challenge.Come along to our September Book Social to share your reading progress…

City Library, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Vinny Peculiar + special guest Amanda Thorpe at Betsey Trotwood

Vinny Peculiar aka 'the Tony Hancock of pop UNCUT' plays a rare London show at East London's Betsey Trotwood Cellar Bar showcasing songs from the new album 'The…

The Betsey Trotwood, London

Children's Imaginative Mending Workshop with Celia Pym

Join us for a mending workshop with textile artist Celia Pym, to celebrate the publication of her latest book, _Socks_.Vouchers cover the cost of a copy of the…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Andrew Davies

The undisputed maestro of literary adaptation finally turns his razor-sharp pen on the most challenging subject of all: himself.

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely