Books & Literature in St Andrews

Celebrating 25 Years of Routledge Classics

To celebrate the occasion, we will be hosting a discussion around the theme of identity and self-identity, moderated by Tony Bruce, Senior Publisher of Routledg…

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Mary Lawson on Solace in Winter

It is deep winter, 1969. As the Vietnam War drives young men north across the Canadian border, widower Jack's quiet life is overturned by two accidents that hap…

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Alice Loxton on A History of Britain in 21 Paintings

From an image carried by St Augustine when he arrived on our shores in 597AD and a glittering portrait of a Tudor queen to Stubbs' majestic rendering of Whistle…

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John Boyne on The Weight of Angels

Rather than dying impoverished in Paris at forty-six, what if Oscar Wilde had lived to bear witness to the momentous events and cataclysmic changes at the start…

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Michael Simpson on Terminal City

Vancouver, Canada, has long been held up as an environmentally conscious coastal refuge and model of progressive urban planning.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Ben Mervis on The Festive Baker

An expertly curated and extraordinary collection of more than 170 sweet and savory baking recipes to mark festive events, celebrations, and cultural traditions…

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British Museum Lectures: the Bayeux Tapestry

This January we're joined by Sue Brunning from the British Museum to discuss the history of The Bayeux Tapestry.The British Museum have produced a number of bea…

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Queer Fiction Reading Group

Welcome to our Queer Fiction Reading Group!This is an inclusive reading group open to anyone to come together to read and discuss LGBTQIA+ literature, with titl…

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Victoria Mackenzie on Each Leaf, Each Curve of Stem

The celebrated art critic, the revered Professor of Art John Ruskin, the author of countless books, the campaigner for social reform, the man who taught a gener…

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Andrew Cotter on the Owl Carver

A remote Scottish fishing village in the depths of a highland winter is not where Cal Hannah wants to be.

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