Literary

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• Bath Children’s Literature Festival

  Sep 26

  26 September 2025 - 5 October 2025

  Bath Children’s Literature Festival

• An Evening with Susie Dent & Len Pennie

  Oct 2

  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with Susie Dent & Len Pennie

• Natalie Cassidy: Happy Days

  Oct 3

  7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

  Natalie Cassidy: Happy Days

• Creative Writing Masterclass with Fleur Hitchcock

  Oct 4

  10:30 am - 12:00 pm

  Creative Writing Masterclass with Fleur Hitchcock

• Meet Liz Pichon

  Oct 4

  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

  Meet Liz Pichon

• The Lion Inside 10th Anniversary Celebration

  Oct 5

  3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

  The Lion Inside 10th Anniversary Celebration

• The Magic of Stories with Hugh Bonneville

  Oct 5

  5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

  The Magic of Stories with Hugh Bonneville

• An Evening with Raymond Blanc

  Oct 7

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with Raymond Blanc

• Bloody Awful in Different Ways with Andrev Walden, in conversation with Claire Fuller

  Oct 7

  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  Bloody Awful in Different Ways with Andrev Walden, in conversation with Claire Fuller

• Graham Robb for The Discovery of Britain

  Oct 7

  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  Graham Robb for The Discovery of Britain

• Sarah Howe for Foretokens

  Oct 8

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Sarah Howe for Foretokens

• An Evening with Ben Elton

  Oct 8

  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with Ben Elton

• Martin Parr for Utterly Lazy and Inattentive

  Oct 9

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Martin Parr for Utterly Lazy and Inattentive

• Thomasina Mier’s Mexican Table

  Oct 9

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Thomasina Mier’s Mexican Table

• Role Model with Elle McNicoll

  Oct 9

  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  Role Model with Elle McNicoll

• Dr Julia Shaw for Green Crime: Inside the Minds of the People Destroying the Planet, and How to Stop Them

  Oct 10

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Dr Julia Shaw for Green Crime: Inside the Minds of the People Destroying the Planet, and How to Stop Them

• Charlie Higson for Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee

  Oct 10

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Charlie Higson for Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee

• Stanza 25: poetry workshop

  Oct 11

  2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

  Stanza 25: poetry workshop

• Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

  Oct 13

  13 October 2025 - 15 October 2025

  Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

• Sabrina Ghayour’s Persiana Easy

  Oct 13

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Sabrina Ghayour’s Persiana Easy

• Alex Riley for Super Natural: How Life Thrives in Impossible Places

  Oct 13

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Alex Riley for Super Natural: How Life Thrives in Impossible Places

• An Evening with the Boy, the Mole, the Fox & the Horse’s Charlie Mackesy

  Oct 14

  6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

  An Evening with the Boy, the Mole, the Fox & the Horse’s Charlie Mackesy

• Wendy Erskine for The Benefactors

  Oct 14

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Wendy Erskine for The Benefactors

• Folklore: A Journey Through the Past and Present

  Oct 14

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Folklore: A Journey Through the Past and Present

• Mona Awad for We Love You, Bunny

  Oct 15

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Mona Awad for We Love You, Bunny

• Nicola Sturgeon for Frankly

  Oct 16

  6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

  Nicola Sturgeon for Frankly

• Cursed Daughters with Oyinkan Braithwaite

  Oct 16

  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  Cursed Daughters with Oyinkan Braithwaite

• Home Educators Workshop: Discover Jane Austen

  Oct 21

  10:30 am - 12:00 pm

  Home Educators Workshop: Discover Jane Austen

  £6.50
• Celebrating Black History Month: Lanre Bakare for We Were There

  Oct 21

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Celebrating Black History Month: Lanre Bakare for We Were There

• Monsterland with Nicholas Jubber

  Oct 21

  7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

  Monsterland with Nicholas Jubber

• Peter Ross for Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland

  Oct 22

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Peter Ross for Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland

• Philip Pullman ‘The Rose Field’ Masquerade Ball at Waterstones

  Oct 22

  22 October 2025 @ 10:00 pm - 23 October 2025 @ 12:30 am

  Philip Pullman ‘The Rose Field’ Masquerade Ball at Waterstones

• An Evening with Jung Chang of Wild Swans

  Oct 23

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with Jung Chang of Wild Swans

• Celebrating Black History Month: Kehinde Andrews for Nobody Can Give You Freedom

  Oct 23

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Celebrating Black History Month: Kehinde Andrews for Nobody Can Give You Freedom

• Celebrating Black History Month: The Mixed-Race Experience with Emma Slade Edmondson and Nicole Ocran

  Oct 24

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Celebrating Black History Month: The Mixed-Race Experience with Emma Slade Edmondson and Nicole Ocran

• It’s Not a Cult with Joey Batey, in conversation with Natasha Pulley

  Oct 24

  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  It’s Not a Cult with Joey Batey, in conversation with Natasha Pulley

• Susie Wolff: Driven

  Oct 24

  7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

  Susie Wolff: Driven

• Janina Ramirez for Legenda: The Real Women Behind the Myths the Shaped Europe

  Oct 27

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Janina Ramirez for Legenda: The Real Women Behind the Myths the Shaped Europe

• An Evening with TJ Klune

  Oct 27

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with TJ Klune

• Little Women

  Oct 28

  28 October 2025 - 1 November 2025

  Little Women

• A Halloween Extravaganza with Eric LaRocca

  Oct 28

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  A Halloween Extravaganza with Eric LaRocca

• The Japanese Pantry wth Emiko Davies

  Oct 28

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  The Japanese Pantry wth Emiko Davies

• Alison Weir for Queens at War

  Oct 29

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Alison Weir for Queens at War

• Leon Craig for The Decadence

  Oct 29

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Leon Craig for The Decadence

• In Conversation with Alan Davies

  Oct 29

  7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

  In Conversation with Alan Davies

• An Evening with Andrzej Sapkowski of The Witcher

  Oct 30

  6:15 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with Andrzej Sapkowski of The Witcher

• British Museum Lectures: Nordic Noir

  Oct 30

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  British Museum Lectures: Nordic Noir

• Olly Smith Wine Tasting

  Oct 30

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Olly Smith Wine Tasting

• Moth Dark with Kika Hatzopoulou

  Oct 30

  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  Moth Dark with Kika Hatzopoulou

• Anne Brontë: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

  Nov 1

  11:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Anne Brontë: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

• An Afternoon with Nick Offerman!

  Nov 1

  11:30 am - 2:00 pm

  An Afternoon with Nick Offerman!

• An Evening with B.K. Borison of First Time Caller

  Nov 2

  5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with B.K. Borison of First Time Caller

• Chloe Michelle Howarth for Heap Earth upon It

  Nov 4

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Chloe Michelle Howarth for Heap Earth upon It

• The Wax Child with Olga Ravn

  Nov 4

  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  The Wax Child with Olga Ravn

• Sarah Hendrickx asks Could I Really Be Autistic?: Your First Steps to Self-Discovery

  Nov 5

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Sarah Hendrickx asks Could I Really Be Autistic?: Your First Steps to Self-Discovery

• Frankenstein with MinaLima’s Miraphora Mina & Eduardo Lima

  Nov 6

  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  Frankenstein with MinaLima’s Miraphora Mina & Eduardo Lima

• Chef Stephen Harris with The Sportman at Home

  Nov 6

  7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

  Chef Stephen Harris with The Sportman at Home

• A Signing with Beloved Children’s Author Oliver Jeffers!

  Nov 7

  4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

  A Signing with Beloved Children’s Author Oliver Jeffers!

• An Evening with Angela Harding

  Nov 7

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with Angela Harding

• An Evening with Zadie Smith

  Nov 9

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with Zadie Smith

• The Fay Weldon Lecture: The Afterlife of Women’s Writing

  Nov 10

  6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

  The Fay Weldon Lecture: The Afterlife of Women’s Writing

• Tom Gilbey’s Thirsty Wine Tasting

  Nov 10

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Tom Gilbey’s Thirsty Wine Tasting

• An Evening with Adalyn Grace of Belladonna

  Nov 11

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with Adalyn Grace of Belladonna

• Zoe McGee on Courting Disaster

  Nov 11

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Zoe McGee on Courting Disaster

• Abir Mukherjee for The Burning Grounds

  Nov 12

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Abir Mukherjee for The Burning Grounds

• An Evening with Olivie Blake of The Atlas Six

  Nov 13

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with Olivie Blake of The Atlas Six

• Silk Roads: A Flavour Odyssey with Anna Ansari

  Nov 13

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Silk Roads: A Flavour Odyssey with Anna Ansari

• An Evening with Jay Kristoff

  Nov 17

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with Jay Kristoff

• An Evening with Joe Sacco of Footnotes in Gaza and Palestine

  Nov 18

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with Joe Sacco of Footnotes in Gaza and Palestine

• An Evening with Chloe Gong of These Violent Delights

  Nov 18

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with Chloe Gong of These Violent Delights

• Skye McAlpine’s Christmas Companion

  Nov 18

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Skye McAlpine’s Christmas Companion

• An Evening with M.R. Carey and Claire North

  Nov 18

  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  An Evening with M.R. Carey and Claire North

• Jean Sprackland for Night Vision

  Nov 19

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Jean Sprackland for Night Vision

• Jeanette Winterson for One Aladdin Two Lamps

  Nov 20

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Jeanette Winterson for One Aladdin Two Lamps

• Japanese Whisky Tasting with Dave Broom

  Nov 21

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Japanese Whisky Tasting with Dave Broom

• Andrew Graham Dixon for Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found

  Nov 21

  7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

  Andrew Graham Dixon for Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found

• Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

  Nov 25

  25 November 2025 - 30 November 2025

  Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

• Carol Ann Duffy for A Christmas Eve Ghost Story

  Nov 27

  6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Carol Ann Duffy for A Christmas Eve Ghost Story

• Stanza 25: poetry workshop

  Nov 29

  2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

  Stanza 25: poetry workshop

• A Tudor Christmas

  Dec 4

  7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  A Tudor Christmas

• BANES Women Leadership Network December Book Club

  Dec 7

  4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

  BANES Women Leadership Network December Book Club

  Free
• Christmas Evening Special Guest: Harriet Lowther

  Dec 11

  3:45 pm - 6:00 pm

  Christmas Evening Special Guest: Harriet Lowther

• Harry Christmas

  Dec 16

  7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

  Harry Christmas

• What The Dickens

  Dec 19

  12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

  What The Dickens