Books & Literature in United Kingdom- Page 6

Literary events across the UK — author talks, book launches, poetry readings and workshops.

826 events and experiences

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📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct14:00

Daniel Stables Fiesta

A journey through human festivity, told through colourful travel narratives set at some of the world's most eye-catching festivals.

The Beacon, Wantage

From £14

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·14:00

Daniel Stables Fiesta

The Beacon, Wantage

From £14

Dennis Sewell - Turncoat: Roundhead to Royalist

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct15:30

Dennis Sewell - Turncoat: Roundhead to Royalist

Who was George Downing? He was one of the English Civil War's most cunning spies and head of Oliver Cromwell's military intelligence, before spectacularly defec…

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £11

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·15:30

Dennis Sewell - Turncoat: Roundhead to Royalist

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £11

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct18:30

Sir Nicholas Hytner - a Life in Stages

The multi award-winning theatre and film director (and former director of the National Theatre) joins us to discuss his storied career and the art and alchemy o…

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £15

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·18:30

Sir Nicholas Hytner - a Life in Stages

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

Translating Claire de Duras: the Rediscovery and Translation of a Major French Writer

Launching Claire de Duras: Ourika, Edouard, and Olivier (Oxford University Press).Join us on Thursday 29 October 2026 for an evening with the scholar who redisc…

Queen's College, Oxford

Translating Claire de Duras: the Rediscovery and Translation of a Major French Writer

Queen's College, Oxford

Free

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct15:00

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon Tank Command

Former tank commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE offers a gripping and unique account of the evolution of tank warfare, in collaboration with The Tank Museum.…

The Beacon, Wantage

From £14

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·15:00

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon Tank Command

The Beacon, Wantage

From £14

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct14:00

Victoria Hislop - the Wine-Dark Sea

The much-loved author, whose books have sold over 10 million copies worldwide, brings us a riveting tale of families flung across continents amid the Greek civi…

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £13

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·14:00

Victoria Hislop - the Wine-Dark Sea

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £13

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct19:30

Joanne Harris: Sleepers in the Snow

Sleepers in the Snow is an astonishing, original, and powerful novel of love, loss, mystery, and dementia from bestseller Joanne Harris, winner of the Creative…

Oundle School, Peterborough

From £9

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·19:30

Joanne Harris: Sleepers in the Snow

Oundle School, Peterborough

From £9

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct16:30

Sir Max Hastings - Plunder

Philip Lidbury Heath Memorial TalkIn the final weeks of the Second World War, the Western Front witnessed extraordinary scenes of heroism and horror.

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £13

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·16:30

Sir Max Hastings - Plunder

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £13

Simon Mason Crime and Wine the Big Town Read the Dangerous Stranger

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct18:00

Simon Mason Crime and Wine the Big Town Read the Dangerous Stranger

Meet Ryan and Ray (Wilkins: no relation ) Oxford's newest, quirkiest but most successful detectives.

The Beacon, Wantage

From £14

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·18:00

Simon Mason Crime and Wine the Big Town Read the Dangerous Stranger

The Beacon, Wantage

From £14

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct10:00

Workshop Alix Almond

Join the popular artist and printmaker for our ever-popular linocut workshop! Bring along an idea that inspires you, and Alix will guide you through the process…

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £40

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·10:00

Workshop Alix Almond

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £40

Workshop Jarred Mcginnis - Memory and Story

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct10:00

Workshop Jarred Mcginnis - Memory and Story

We all remember events in a different way depending on our circumstances when they happened.

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £25

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·10:00

Workshop Jarred Mcginnis - Memory and Story

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £25

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct12:30

Harriet Tyce - Witch Trial

The million-copy bestselling novelist and star of The Traitors brings us her latest smash hit.

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £13

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·12:30

Harriet Tyce - Witch Trial

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £13

Celia Imrie - the Elegant Hustler: Adventures From a Life on the Move

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct20:00

Celia Imrie - the Elegant Hustler: Adventures From a Life on the Move

Join the stage and screen actress, official national treasure and windy Celebrity Traitors superstar as she journeys back in time and shares the most memorable…

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

Price not specified

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·20:00

Celia Imrie - the Elegant Hustler: Adventures From a Life on the Move

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

Price not specified

John Sweeney and Daniel Trilling - Turning Right

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct20:00

John Sweeney and Daniel Trilling - Turning Right

Over recent years right wing parties and organisations have seen increased support both here and in Europe.

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £11

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·20:00

John Sweeney and Daniel Trilling - Turning Right

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £11

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct17:00

Teen Reading Group - the Lie Tree

The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric gothic novel by award-winning author Frances Hardinge.

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely

From £5

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·17:00

Teen Reading Group - the Lie Tree

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely

From £5

Matt Coyne and Helen Russell - the Book Taster Event: Fabulous Fiction

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct18:30

Matt Coyne and Helen Russell - the Book Taster Event: Fabulous Fiction

Matt Coyne, author of the bestselling Frank and Red, is back with his latest - a hilarious story of the 60 year old, sweary nun, who drives like a lunatic and s…

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £11

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·18:30

Matt Coyne and Helen Russell - the Book Taster Event: Fabulous Fiction

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £11

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct12:00

Nicola Moorby Turner and Constable

Born just fourteen months apart, one in London and the other in rural Suffolk, J. M. W. Turner and John Constable went on to change the face of British art.

The Beacon, Wantage

From £14

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·12:00

Nicola Moorby Turner and Constable

The Beacon, Wantage

From £14

Nigel Biggar and Brian Harrison - This Sceptered Isle?

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct14:00

Nigel Biggar and Brian Harrison - This Sceptered Isle?

It's become fashionable to have a certain narrative about Britain. In decline, both economically and on the world stage.

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £11

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·14:00

Nigel Biggar and Brian Harrison - This Sceptered Isle?

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £11

Gavin Stoneystreet - William Morris and His Gardens

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct13:30

Gavin Stoneystreet - William Morris and His Gardens

William Morris's patterns have become part of our national consciousness, but less attention has been given to the gardens that inspired his designs and influen…

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £13

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·13:30

Gavin Stoneystreet - William Morris and His Gardens

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £13

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct17:00

Baroness Minette Batters - Harvest

Join the first female president of the National Farmers' Union - headquartered just down the road in Stoneleigh - as she tells the story of how she fought for B…

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £13

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·17:00

Baroness Minette Batters - Harvest

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £13

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct16:00

Jack Perks the Great British River

From sparkling springs and babbling brooks to urban canals and muddy estuaries, discover the fascinating journey of our rivers and the wildlife that calls them…

The Beacon, Wantage

From £14

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·16:00

Jack Perks the Great British River

The Beacon, Wantage

From £14

Jonn Elledge - 31 Inventions That Built our World

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct18:30

Jonn Elledge - 31 Inventions That Built our World

The author of the Sunday Times bestseller A History of the World in 47 Borders takes us on a journey through the ideas and technologies that made modernity poss…

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £12

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·18:30

Jonn Elledge - 31 Inventions That Built our World

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £12

The Untold Story of Sculpture with Jo Baring

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct19:00

The Untold Story of Sculpture with Jo Baring

Lyrical and beautifully illustrated, Totem is a celebration of art, those creating it and those it means something to.For forty thousand years, we have been car…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

From £7

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 29 Oct·19:00

The Untold Story of Sculpture with Jo Baring

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

From £7

Festival Event: Bruce Thompson - No Ordinary Neighbour

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 30 Oct19:00

Festival Event: Bruce Thompson - No Ordinary Neighbour

There was seemingly nothing unusual about Erwin Stahlberg when the author Bruce Thompson met him for the first time.

Brendon Books, Taunton

From £9

📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 30 Oct·19:00

Festival Event: Bruce Thompson - No Ordinary Neighbour

Brendon Books, Taunton

From £9

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 30 Oct18:30

Warhammer Games Caf

Throw some dice or try your hand at the hobby as our popular Warhammer workshop returns!

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £10

📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 30 Oct·18:30

Warhammer Games Caf

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £10

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Sat 31 Oct19:00

Dungeons and Dragons Games Caf

Bring your friends into a world of magic, mayhem and mystery this Halloween with our talented team of Dungeon Masters.

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £10

📚 Books & Literature

📅Sat 31 Oct·19:00

Dungeons and Dragons Games Caf

Crowne Plaza Stratford Upon Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon

From £10

Cheltenham - Tuesday Book Group - Endling by Maria Reva

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Tue 3 Nov18:00

Cheltenham - Tuesday Book Group - Endling by Maria Reva

This books a single place in our November 2026 Tuesday book group at our Cheltenham store. The price of this ticket includes a copy of the book.

The Terrace, Cheltenham

Price not specified

📚 Books & Literature

📅Tue 3 Nov·18:00

Cheltenham - Tuesday Book Group - Endling by Maria Reva

The Terrace, Cheltenham

Price not specified

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

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Wed 4 Nov19:30

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…

Pavilion Theatre, Worthing

From £17

📚 Books & Literature

📅Wed 4 Nov·19:30

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

Pavilion Theatre, Worthing

From £17

Book Lovers' Supper Club Murder Mystery Night

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Wed 4 Nov18:45

Book Lovers' Supper Club Murder Mystery Night

Murder mystery, four authors, interviews, supper, book signings, meet the authors.

Hassocks Hotel, Hassocks

From £35

📚 Books & Literature

📅Wed 4 Nov·18:45

Book Lovers' Supper Club Murder Mystery Night

Hassocks Hotel, Hassocks

From £35

Cheltenham - Thursday Book Group - Endling by Maria Reva

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 5 Nov18:00

Cheltenham - Thursday Book Group - Endling by Maria Reva

This books a single place in our November Thursday book group at our Cheltenham store. The price of this ticket includes a copy of the book.

The Terrace, Cheltenham

Price not specified

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 5 Nov·18:00

Cheltenham - Thursday Book Group - Endling by Maria Reva

The Terrace, Cheltenham

Price not specified

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📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 5 Nov

Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair

The Radical Book Fair showcases the best in radical and progressive publishing and ideas for building a better tomorrow, featuring book stalls, activist stalls,…

Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh

Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair

Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh

Price not specified

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 6 Nov19:30

John Hegley's Biscuit of Destiny

John Hegley's Biscuit of Destiny at The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol

The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol

From £13

📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 6 Nov·19:30

John Hegley's Biscuit of Destiny

The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol

From £13

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Sat 7 Nov15:30

Nick Harkaway - The Taper Man

The Bookery is delighted to welcome acclaimed author Nick Harkaway for a very special event celebrating the publication of his highly anticipated new thriller,…

Crediton Congragation Church, Crediton

From £6

📚 Books & Literature

📅Sat 7 Nov·15:30

Nick Harkaway - The Taper Man

Crediton Congragation Church, Crediton

From £6

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Wed 11 Nov19:30

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

From £21

📚 Books & Literature

📅Wed 11 Nov·19:30

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

City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds

From £21

Kevin Crossley-Holland: Celebrated poet @ Southwold Literary Festival

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 13 Nov17:00

Kevin Crossley-Holland: Celebrated poet @ Southwold Literary Festival

Kevin Crossley-Holland is a prize-winning poet, translator from Anglo-Saxon (including Beowulf), re-teller of traditional tale (The Penguin Book of Norse Myths…

Southwold Arts Centre, Southwold

From £7

📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 13 Nov·17:00

Kevin Crossley-Holland: Celebrated poet @ Southwold Literary Festival

Southwold Arts Centre, Southwold

From £7

Felicity Goodall: The life of Suffolk writer & naturalist Mea Allen

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 13 Nov14:00

Felicity Goodall: The life of Suffolk writer & naturalist Mea Allen

Felicity Goodall is a former journalist who worked on regional newspapers before spending several years as a freelance foreign correspondent in Norway.

Southwold Arts Centre, Southwold

From £7

📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 13 Nov·14:00

Felicity Goodall: The life of Suffolk writer & naturalist Mea Allen

Southwold Arts Centre, Southwold

From £7

Southwold Literary Festival Saturday Day Ticket

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 13 Nov10:00

Southwold Literary Festival Saturday Day Ticket

Tickets gives you entry to :Rebecca Bishop: 10.00am Heidi Swain: 11.30am John Boyne: 2.00pm Ben Aaronovitch: 4.00pmUnreserved seating.

Southwold Arts Centre, Southwold

From £78

📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 13 Nov·10:00

Southwold Literary Festival Saturday Day Ticket

Southwold Arts Centre, Southwold

From £78

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Sat 14 Nov10:30

Literary Escape Festival

Book lovers, discover your next favourite read at the Literary Escape Festival, a UK-wide celebration of independent authors, books, creativity and small busine…

Ps & Gs Church, Edinburgh

Price not specified

📚 Books & Literature

📅Sat 14 Nov·10:30

Literary Escape Festival

Ps & Gs Church, Edinburgh

Price not specified

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Mon 16 Nov

Book Week Scotland

An annual celebration of books and reading, with hundreds of unique, exciting events and activities that celebrate the transformative power of reading taking pl…

Various venues: Scotland, Scotland

Price not specified

📚 Books & Literature

📅Mon 16 Nov

Book Week Scotland

Various venues: Scotland, Scotland

Price not specified

Free

📅Thu 19 Nov19:30

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

Free

📅Thu 19 Nov·19:30

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

The Subscription Rooms, Stroud

Free

Books on Tyne: The Newcastle Book Festival

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 19 Nov

Books on Tyne: The Newcastle Book Festival

Newcastle Libraries and the Lit & Phil have come together to present Books on Tyne.

Newcastle City Library, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Price not specified

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 19 Nov

Books on Tyne: The Newcastle Book Festival

Newcastle City Library, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Price not specified

Book Launch -'Chemistry?'by Owen Crispin

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 20 Nov18:00

Book Launch -'Chemistry?'by Owen Crispin

Come along and celebrate new author Owen Crispin's first Book Launch - 'Chemistry?'During the evening you will hear from the author himself about the process as…

Nordic Church and Cultural Centre, Liverpool

From £8

📚 Books & Literature

📅Fri 20 Nov·18:00

Book Launch -'Chemistry?'by Owen Crispin

Nordic Church and Cultural Centre, Liverpool

From £8

Free

📅Fri 20 Nov19:00

Open Mic Night

Following the great success of our previous 'Open Mic Night' it's back again.Come along and share an extract from your favourite book or poem or song or just co…

Lundin Links Library, Leven

Free

📅Fri 20 Nov·19:00

Open Mic Night

Lundin Links Library, Leven

Free

📅Fri 20 Nov19:30

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

Free

📅Fri 20 Nov·19:30

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

Electric Palace, Bridport

Free

📅Sat 21 Nov19:30

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

Free

📅Sat 21 Nov·19:30

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

Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter

Free

📅Wed 25 Nov19:00

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

Free

📅Wed 25 Nov·19:00

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

Palace Theatre, Newark

Free

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 26 Nov19:30

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

Price not specified

📚 Books & Literature

📅Thu 26 Nov·19:30

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

Bakewell Town Hall, Bakewell

Price not specified

📚📚 Books & Literature

📅Sat 28 Nov10:30

Cove and Kilcreggan Book Festival

Expect lively book discussions with well-known authors, a brilliant volunteer run cafe with amazing home baking, a chance to get up close and personal with your…

Cove Burgh Hall, Helensburgh

From £8

📚 Books & Literature

📅Sat 28 Nov·10:30

Cove and Kilcreggan Book Festival

Cove Burgh Hall, Helensburgh

From £8

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