Chicken Hill Comic Book Club with Beccy Blake
2026-02-22 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/London) | Waterstones, 4-5 Milsom St, Bath, BA1 1DA, United Kingdom
Join Waterstones for a fun-filled lucky-dip draw-a-long and character-inventing workshop with wonderful Beccy Blake, creator of the fantastic new comic book Chicken Hill.

Welcome to Chicken Hill: join Ferdy, Gripper and Tink as they investigate all things strange in their seriously weird town. Three hilarious and off-the-wall stories in one full-colour graphic novel, perfect for fans of Dog Man and Bunny vs Monkey.

Age range for the event is 8+.Books will be available for purchase after the event from 11am or with a ticket.Beccy will be signing copies of the book!

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Sam Prentice-Jones for Arcana: The Lost Heirs
2026-02-24 18:30 - 19:30 | Waterstones, 4-5 Milsom St, Bath, BA1 1DA, United Kingdom
Join Waterstones for an exciting event celebrating Arcana: The Lost Heirs, the stunning new YA fantasy romance graphic novel by Sam Prentice-Jones. If you love the magical drama of Lore Olympus and the heartfelt vibes of Heartstopper, this is your next obsession!

Meet Sam, the brilliant author-illustrator behind the new series, as he shares his creative journey, insider tips, and advice for aspiring authors and artists. Explore gorgeous artwork, discover the secrets of building epic worlds, and get inspired to create your own stories.

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Justine Picardie for Fashioning The Crown
2026-02-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Bath Elim Church, Charlotte Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 2ND, United Kingdom
Published ahead of the centenary of Queen Elizabeth II’s birth, the beautifully illustrated book Fashioning The Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict and Couture uncovers the hidden history of the Crown and how it survived a tumultuous era and two world wars. Drawing on original research in the Royal Archives and her own experiences at Balmoral, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, Justine Picardie explores the family feuds and international conflicts that challenged the Crown, and how royal fashion is wielded as a weapon.

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Cash Cow with Alev Scott
2026-02-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Mr B’s Emporium Bookshop, 14-15, John St, Bath, BA1 2JL
Author and journalist Alev Scott visits Mr B’s Emporium for her new work of non-fiction, Cash Cow, a compelling and thought-provoking deep dive into the morally complex global fertility industry.

Cash Cow explores the commodification of the maternal body, exposing how the IVF, surrogacy and milk industries operate around the world, leading Alev to question who exactly, if anyone, should be making a profit.

Alev will be in conversation with Marisa Bate, feminist freelance journalist and author of And Still We March and The Periodic Table of Feminism.

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Tim Weaver for The Lost Women
2026-02-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
Join beloved local author, Tim Weaver, at Topping and Company for the book launch of his latest novel: The Lost Women.

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Francis Spufford for Nonesuch
2026-03-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
Francis Spufford is the author of three novels and five highly-praised works of non-fiction. Francis Spufford visits Topping and Company for his latest book, Nonesuch.

It’s the summer of 1939. London is on the brink of catastrophic war. Iris Hawkins, an ambitious young woman in the stuffy world of City finance, has a chance encounter with Geoff, a technical whizz at the BBC’s nascent television unit…

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Dame Prue Leith on Being Old…And Learning to Love It!
2026-03-02 19:00 - 20:30 | St Swithin’s Church, 37 The Paragon, Bath, BA1 5LY, United Kingdom
Dame Prue Leith is first and foremost a businesswoman, who made her name at Michelin starred restaurant Leith’s, and Prue Leith’s school of Food and Wine, as well as judge on The Great British Bake Off. She has written more than a dozen cookery books, seven novels, and Relish, her original memoire in 2013, and has worked as a columnist for Daily Mail, The Guardian and the Daily Mirror.

She joins Topping and Co at St Swithin’s Church for her book Being Old… And Learning to Love It!

In this candid, uplifting, and funny book, Dame Prue Leith explores the trials and taboos of growing older – along with its unexpected joys.

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Magnificent Mushroom Supper with Claire Thomson
2026-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
A simple and intimate bookshop supper at Topping and Company with best-selling author and professional chef Claire Thomson to celebrate her latest cookbook, Mushroom: 80 Recipes Celebrating Remarkable Mushrooms.

Claire will be cooking and sharing the stories behind the book. The evening will consist of a three course meal with drinks, followed by a brief conversation and Q&A during pudding. Spaces are limited.

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Dominique Ludwig for No-Nonsense Nutrition
2026-03-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
Dominique Ludwig is one of the UK’s leading clinical nutritionists and Topping and Company welcomes her to talk about this much-anticipated practical nutrition guide and cookbook – No-Nonsense Nutrition. The ultimate science-based plan to transform health and feel amazing.

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Ece Temelkuran for Nation of Strangers
2026-03-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
Join Ece Temelkuran for an insightful evening as she discusses her new book, Nation of Strangers, with Caroline Sanderson at Topping and Company.

Across the world the number of refugees and exiles, the dispossessed and displaced, the politically homeless and the economically excluded is growing.

Now, as oppression spreads and temperatures rise — as we face competing crises and learn, again and again, that no institution is so concrete it can’t turn to dust, and no home is too strong to be destroyed — Ece Temelkuran has written Nation of Strangers: a series of letters from one stranger to another.

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Ping Coombes and Rice
2026-03-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
Topping and Company is overjoyed to welcome back Bath’s Ping Coombes for a live cookery demo and tastings to celebrate this new beautiful homage to Rice.

Growing up in Ipoh, Malaysia, Ping Coombes was inspired by her mother’s cooking. Now living in the UK and travelling globally, she draws inspiration from her heritage and delivers food with modern twists and local ingredients. Ping stunned the MasterChef judges with food inspired by her Malaysian heritage when she won the competition in 2014 and then again in 2022 when she won MasterChef Champion of Champions, becoming the first double MasterChef Champion.

Her Malaysian recipes are frequently featured in the press, and her first book MALAYSIA topped the bestseller lists. She regularly hosts supper clubs and events in Bath and across the UK, as well as masterclasses at her Ping at Home Kitchen.

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Between Two Fires with Christopher Buehlman in conversation with Joe Abercrombie
2026-03-23 19:00 - 20:30 | St Swithin’s Church, 37 The Paragon, Bath, BA1 5LY, United Kingdom
Christopher Buehlman visits Mr B’s Emporium for the highly anticipated UK release of his novel, Between Two Fires.

Already a huge TikTok sensation, this epic historical horror novel set in Medieval France follows a disgraced knight and a young orphan of the Black Death, who journey together across a plague-ridden landscape to confront evil in a macabre battle of angels and demons.

Christopher will be in conversation with Lord Grimdark himself, Joe Abercrombie, bestselling British fantasy author of The Devils.

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Lázár with Nelio Biedermann
2026-03-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Mr B’s Emporium Bookshop, 14-15, John St, Bath, BA1 2JL
Nelio Biedermann visits Mr B’s Emporium from Germany to discuss his debut novel, Lázár (translated by Jamie Bulloch) which is already setting him on the path to becoming an international literary phenomenon at the age of just twenty-two. It has been a huge bestseller in Germany and Switzerland, and won the German Booksellers Prize as voted for by independent bookshops across the country.

This event is programmed as part of the Curious Minds Festival: A Festival to Ignite Ideas.

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An Evening with Mary Berry for My Gardening Life
2026-03-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Bath Pavilion, N Parade Rd, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4EU
‘In another life I may have been a gardener’.

Well-known and loved as a cookery writer and presenter, My Gardening Life is Mary Berry’s deeply personal account of the second great love of her life, gardening. She shares her love of growing plants, visiting gardens, and getting hands-on in her own plot.

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Life of Pi's Yann Martel for Son of Nobody
2026-03-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
Life of Pi author & Booker Prize winner comes to Bath!

In this masterpiece of myth, history and domesticity, Son of Nobody explores how stories become facts, the price we pay to share them and how we live – then, now and always.

Yann Martel is the author of a short story collection, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and of four novels, Self, Beatrice & Virgil, Life of Pi (for which he was awarded the 2002 Man Booker Prize), and The High Mountains of Portugal.

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Mary Beard for Talking Classics
2026-04-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Bath Pavilion, N Parade Rd, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4EU
In Talking Classics, Mary Beard points to the surprising connections between antiquity and the present. From revolutionaries to dictators, Bob Dylan to Beyonce, she joins forces with the varied modern characters who have been transfixed by the ancient world. After half a century teaching and studying classics, she fills the book with lively stories, curious facts and some good gossip. Talking Classics explains why the deep past does really affect us all.

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