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Spread the Word - Poetry Night at The Cutlers

Join us at our next Spread the Word open mic night! This regular event takes places in venues across Rotherham, this months will be at The Cutlers Pub on Westga…

Cutlers Arms, Rotherham

Poetry & Jazz Cafe

The renowned Poetry & Jazz Cafe takes flight in the Festival of Chichester. Acclaimed poets Kate Noakes and Martyn Crucefix link with Mike Careys Big House Jazz…

Assembly Room & Old Courthouse, Chichester

Callum McSorley for 'Rat Race'

_'Destined to become a very big name' - Peter James__'The vibe is Taggart rewritten by Mick Herron' - The Times_A firm favourite among Booksellers, and one of S…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

Melissa Harrison - The Given World

The Bookery is delighted to welcome award winning novelist and nature writer Melissa Harrison for an evening celebrating the publication of her new novel, The G…

Crediton Congragation Church, Crediton

Local Author Showcase - Darlington

Our open call for local authors received so many brilliant applications we are holding two local author showcase events this year!Darlington Library will host M…

Darlington Library, Darlington

A Night of Dark Romantasy with Heba Al-Wasity

Heba Al-Wasity is joined by Kirsty Logan for a discussion of her delicious dark slow-burn romantasy, Weavingshaw!Weavingshaw sees a Saint who trades in secrets…

Waterstones - Argyle Street, Glasgow

Olly Smith

IN AN IDYLLIC SUSSEX TOWN, MURDER IS FERMENTING..Barclay Flint is the charmingly eccentric proprietor of The Bottle Bank wine shop, nestled in a picturesque Sus…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Ely

Fitzcarraldo Editions Annual Summer Party

We are thrilled to welcome back Fitzcarraldo Editions, hosting their Annual Summer Party.

Bold Tendancies And Franks Cafe, London

Christopher de Hamel on The Migrants: A Memoir with Manuscripts

Join us to celebrate the new memoir from author of _Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts,_ Christopher De Hamel!Christopher de Hamel is one of the world's best-…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Andrew Raymond - An Evening with the Author

Andrew Raymond, author of the DCI Lomond series, joins us to launch The Long Isle, the first chapter in a new Hebridean crime series.Andrew's slices of Tartan n…

Waterstones, Oban

An Evening with Lorraine Kelly

Join Scotland’s favourite broadcaster, Lorraine Kelly, for a special, intimate evening at the Whitehall Theatre.

Whitehall Theatre, Dundee

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An Evening with Patrick Gale

An evening with best selling novelist Patrick Gale talking about his books and in particular 'Love Lane'.

St Dunstans Church, Cranbrook

Hope Reese- ' The Women Are Not Fine' in conversation

'The Women Are Not Fine' is a feminist true crime investigation into a group of Hungarian women, driven to desperate acts, who poisoned their husbands in the ea…

Waterstones, Cheltenham

#storytime Joanne Harris and the Storytime Band

Its a kind of musical storytelling show , combining original music, songs, images and stories as part of an exploration of different forms of narrative.

St Lucius C Of E Church, Huddersfield

Benedict Anning for Atomic Coffin

"A TENSE AND CLAUSTROPHOBIC HORROR NOVEL THAT DRIPS WITH ATMOSPHERE, TENSION AND THREAT, _ATOMIC COFFIN_ IS A COLD WAR FEVER DREAM OF SPIES, SUBMARINES AND INTE…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

Crime Thriller Book Club - Gabriels Moon by William Boyd

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

The Seven Year Slip's Ashley Poston for The Someday Garden

Join us for an evening with ASHLEY POSTON, author of _The Seven Year Slip_ and _The Dead Romantics,_ to celebrate her new novel: _THE SOMEDAY GARDEN_.Ashley wil…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Bath

Dirty Laundry

Dirty Laundry Summer Spectacular featuring Diz UndoneDoors: 7.30 | Show starts 8pmDirty Laundry returns to the Merlin for its biggest summer show yet headlined…

Merlin Theatre, Frome

Guid Crack: Midsummer Dreaming with Harriet Grindley

Dreams pursued, wishes granted or nightmares uncovered, how far would you go to make your dreams come true?

The Waverley Bar, Edinburgh

Bloodlands with Lucy Beckett

The Blood Lands are the lands between Germany and Russia, whose boundaries and peoples have changed and changed again under the pressure of empires and wars.

Markenfield Hall, Ripon

Helen Bain - The Daffodil Days

Saturday 27 June 1pm-2pm 12 (10)Helen Bain The Daffodil DaysA mesmerising debut novel imagining a pivotal year in the marriage of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes in…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Writer Day: An Introduction to Novel Writing and Publishing

Always wanted to write and publish your own novel? Join writer and publisher Gillie Hatton for a full day of friendly and informal sessions giving an introducti…

Central Library, Middlesbrough

Sir Terry Waite KCMG CBE

Saturday 27 June 4pm-5pm 12 (10) Sir Terry Waite KCMG CBE Our Festival Patron discusses his lifes work. As a British human rights activist and author we are thr…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Patrick Gale - Love Lane

Saturday 27 June 4pm-5pm 12 (10) Patrick Gale Love Lane When A Place Called Winters Harry Cane returns from Canada his arrival triggers unwelcome self-examinati…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Jay Griffiths - How Animals Heal Us

Saturday 27 June 10am-11am 12 (10) Jay Griffiths How Animals heal Us Pet-owners and animal-lovers instinctively know that animals heal.

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Katie da Cunha Lewin - The Writer's Room: The Hidden Worlds that Shape the Books We Love

Saturday 27 June 5.30-6.30 12 (10)Katie da Cunha Lewin The Writer's Room: The Hidden Worlds that Shape the Books We LoveThe Bronts study in the parsonage; Virgi…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Sylvia Plath and Dylan Thomas with Dr Amanda Golden & Dr Sin Round

Join us for a talk and discussion about Sylvia Plath and Dylan Thomas with Dr Amanda Golden and Dr Sin round.

Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea

Crime, Coffee and Cake with Roshan Pitteea - Wibsey Library

Join us for on our Crime, Coffee and Cake tour as part of Crime Reading Month.Enjoy coffee (or tea) and cake and conversation with Roshan Pitteea, author of 'Ca…

Wibsey Library, Bradford

Simon Barnes - How to Fly: Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects, and Humans

Date: Saturday 27 June Time: 1pm-2pm Tickets: 12 (10) Simon Barnes How to Fly: Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects and Humans This book brings together all as…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

What a Wonderful World Festival - Poets Go Wild

Join us at Hauxley for a free event of poetry and music as part of the What a Wonderful World Festival. Join published poets Paul Mein, Catherine Ayres and youn…

Hauxley Wildlife Discovery Centre, Amble

Summer Wellbeing Workshop: Braiding Sweetgrass

Join us for an afternoon of wellbeing inspired by one of our 2026 The Bookshelf picks, Braiding Sweetgrass.We begin with a relaxed Shared Reading session led by…

Calderstones Mansion House, Liverpool

Lorraine Kelly

Join us for a matinee event with national treasure and beloved broadcaster Lorraine Kelly for her stunning new novel!Evie has come home to Orkney and finally fo…

Topping & Company Booksellers, St Andrews

Sarah Perry - Death of an Ordinary Man

Date: Saturday 27 June Time: 11.30am-12.30pm Tickets: 12 (10) Sarah Perry Death of an Ordinary Man This is not a book about grief: it is a book about dying, and…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Juliet Nicolson - The Book of Revelations: Women and Their Secrets From the 1950s to the Present Day

Date: Saturday 27 June Time: 2.30pm-3.30pm Tickets: 12 (10) Juliet Nicolson The Book of Revelations: Women and Their Secrets From the 1950s to the Present Day A…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Professor Matei Candea - Reason, Carnival and Honour

Saturday 27 June 11.30am-12.30pm 12 (10) Professor Matei Candea Reason, Carnival and HonourWhat does free speech really mean?

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Stories History Forgot

Join us for a fun, interactive writing workshop where well uncover South West LGBT+ figures from the past and bring their lives vividly onto the page. Using cre…

Bideford Quay, Bideford

Professor Anna Whitelock - The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global Britain

Saturday 27 June 2.30 pm-3.30pm 12 (10)Professor Anna Whitelock The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global BritainA panoramic history of the arrival of th…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Sarah Vaughan - Based On A True Story

Saturday 27 June 5.30pm-6.30pm 12 (10) Sarah Vaughan Based On A True Story The gripping new suspense novel from the bestselling author of 'Anatomy of a Scandal'…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Lorraine Kelly for The Island Secret

_'LORRAINE IS A BORN STORYTELLER' - MARIAN KEYES_We're delighted to be joined by national treasure Lorraine Kelly to celebrate her latest novel, _The Island Sec…

Topping & Company Booksellers, Edinburgh

Dame Jacqueline Wilson - Picture Imperfect

Date: Saturday 27 June Time: 10am-11am Tickets: 15 (12) Dame Jacqueline Wilson Picture Imperfect The feel-good new adult novel and instant Sunday Times bestsell…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Evensong & Notes from the Choir: The Book Tour

Tim Popple of Quires and Places that they Meme is coming to Derby as part of his book tour to launch his new book: Evensong - Notes from the Choir.Following Cho…

Derby Cathedral, Derby

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Robin Ince - Let the Quiet Ones Rise - poems about standing up and standing out

Sunday 28 June 1.30pm -2.30pm 12 (10)Robin Ince Let the Quiet Ones Rise - poems about standing up and standing out.An hour of stories and poems from our Festiva…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Richard Negus - Words From The Hedge - A Hedgelayers View of the Countryside

Sunday 28 June 10.30am-11.30am 12 (10) Richard Negus Words From The Hedge - A Hedgelayers View of the CountrysideA passionate evocation of the history, beauty a…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Ruth Dugdall - The Cate Austin crime series

Sunday 28 June 4.30pm-5.30pm12 (10) Ruth Dugdall The Cate Austin crime series.Cate Austin is a probation officer, juggling the demands of the job with being a s…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Mary-Jane Riley - Beattie Cavendish and the Highland Hideaway

Beattie Cavendish and the Highland Hideaway The compelling mystery series is set at the dawn of the Cold War 1949.

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Will Stone - Conversations With Rilke by Maurice Betz translated by Will Stone

Sunday 28 June 4.30pm-5.30pm 12 (10)Will Stone Conversations With Rilke by Maurice Betz translated by Will StoneAn intimate portrait of Rainer Maria Rilke's lif…

Harvest House, Felixstowe

Tishani Doshi & Anthony Joseph

Tishani Doshi and Anthony Joseph read from their striking new collections. Egrets, While War (Bloodaxe Books) is Tishani Doshis fifth collection, offering a lyr…

Market Theatre, Ledbury

Blake Morrison On Memoir: An A-Z of Life Writing

Sunday 28 June 1.30pm-2.30pm 12 (10)Blake Morrison On Memoir: An A-Z of Life WritingAn exploration of narrative non-fiction, its challenges, ethics and charms,…

Harvest House, Felixstowe