Literary

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

Oct 13

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

13 October 2025 - 15 October 2025
Mona Awad for We Love You, Bunny

Oct 15

Mona Awad for We Love You, Bunny

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Nicola Sturgeon for Frankly

Oct 16

Nicola Sturgeon for Frankly

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cursed Daughters with Oyinkan Braithwaite

Oct 16

Cursed Daughters with Oyinkan Braithwaite

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Home Educators Workshop: Discover Jane Austen

Oct 21

Home Educators Workshop: Discover Jane Austen

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

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

Oct 21

Celebrating Black History Month: Lanre Bakare for We Were There

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Monsterland with Nicholas Jubber

Oct 21

Monsterland with Nicholas Jubber

7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Peter Ross for Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland

Oct 22

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

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Philip Pullman ‘The Rose Field’ Masquerade Ball at Waterstones

Oct 22

Philip Pullman ‘The Rose Field’ Masquerade Ball at Waterstones

22 October 2025 @ 10:00 pm - 23 October 2025 @ 12:30 am
An Evening with Jung Chang of Wild Swans

Oct 23

An Evening with Jung Chang of Wild Swans

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Celebrating Black History Month: Kehinde Andrews for Nobody Can Give You Freedom

Oct 23

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

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Celebrating Black History Month: The Mixed-Race Experience with Emma Slade Edmondson and Nicole Ocran

Oct 24

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

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
It’s Not a Cult with Joey Batey, in conversation with Natasha Pulley

Oct 24

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

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Susie Wolff: Driven

Oct 24

Susie Wolff: Driven

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Janina Ramirez for Legenda: The Real Women Behind the Myths the Shaped Europe

Oct 27

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

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
An Evening with TJ Klune

Oct 27

An Evening with TJ Klune

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Little Women

Oct 28

Little Women

28 October 2025 - 1 November 2025
A Halloween Extravaganza with Eric LaRocca

Oct 28

A Halloween Extravaganza with Eric LaRocca

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The Japanese Pantry wth Emiko Davies

Oct 28

The Japanese Pantry wth Emiko Davies

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Alison Weir for Queens at War

Oct 29

Alison Weir for Queens at War

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Leon Craig for The Decadence

Oct 29

Leon Craig for The Decadence

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
In Conversation with Alan Davies

Oct 29

In Conversation with Alan Davies

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
An Evening with Andrzej Sapkowski of The Witcher

Oct 30

An Evening with Andrzej Sapkowski of The Witcher

6:15 pm - 9:00 pm
British Museum Lectures: Nordic Noir

Oct 30

British Museum Lectures: Nordic Noir

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Olly Smith Wine Tasting

Oct 30

Olly Smith Wine Tasting

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Moth Dark with Kika Hatzopoulou

Oct 30

Moth Dark with Kika Hatzopoulou

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Anne Brontë: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Nov 1

Anne Brontë: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
An Afternoon with Nick Offerman!

Nov 1

An Afternoon with Nick Offerman!

11:30 am - 2:00 pm
An Evening with B.K. Borison of First Time Caller

Nov 2

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

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Chloe Michelle Howarth for Heap Earth upon It

Nov 4

Chloe Michelle Howarth for Heap Earth upon It

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The Wax Child with Olga Ravn

Nov 4

The Wax Child with Olga Ravn

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Sarah Hendrickx asks Could I Really Be Autistic?: Your First Steps to Self-Discovery

Nov 5

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

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Frankenstein with MinaLima’s Miraphora Mina & Eduardo Lima

Nov 6

Frankenstein with MinaLima’s Miraphora Mina & Eduardo Lima

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Chef Stephen Harris with The Sportman at Home

Nov 6

Chef Stephen Harris with The Sportman at Home

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
A Signing with Beloved Children’s Author Oliver Jeffers!

Nov 7

A Signing with Beloved Children’s Author Oliver Jeffers!

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
An Evening with Angela Harding

Nov 7

An Evening with Angela Harding

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
An Evening with Zadie Smith

Nov 9

An Evening with Zadie Smith

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The Fay Weldon Lecture: The Afterlife of Women’s Writing

Nov 10

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

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Tom Gilbey’s Thirsty Wine Tasting

Nov 10

Tom Gilbey’s Thirsty Wine Tasting

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
An Evening with Adalyn Grace of Belladonna

Nov 11

An Evening with Adalyn Grace of Belladonna

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Zoe McGee on Courting Disaster

Nov 11

Zoe McGee on Courting Disaster

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Abir Mukherjee for The Burning Grounds

Nov 12

Abir Mukherjee for The Burning Grounds

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
An Evening with Olivie Blake of The Atlas Six

Nov 13

An Evening with Olivie Blake of The Atlas Six

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Silk Roads: A Flavour Odyssey with Anna Ansari

Nov 13

Silk Roads: A Flavour Odyssey with Anna Ansari

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
An Evening with Jay Kristoff

Nov 17

An Evening with Jay Kristoff

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
An Evening with Joe Sacco of Footnotes in Gaza and Palestine

Nov 18

An Evening with Joe Sacco of Footnotes in Gaza and Palestine

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
An Evening with Chloe Gong of These Violent Delights

Nov 18

An Evening with Chloe Gong of These Violent Delights

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Skye McAlpine’s Christmas Companion

Nov 18

Skye McAlpine’s Christmas Companion

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
An Evening with M.R. Carey and Claire North

Nov 18

An Evening with M.R. Carey and Claire North

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Jean Sprackland for Night Vision

Nov 19

Jean Sprackland for Night Vision

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Jeanette Winterson for One Aladdin Two Lamps

Nov 20

Jeanette Winterson for One Aladdin Two Lamps

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Japanese Whisky Tasting with Dave Broom

Nov 21

Japanese Whisky Tasting with Dave Broom

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Andrew Graham Dixon for Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found

Nov 21

Andrew Graham Dixon for Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Nov 25

Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

25 November 2025 - 30 November 2025
Carol Ann Duffy for A Christmas Eve Ghost Story

Nov 27

Carol Ann Duffy for A Christmas Eve Ghost Story

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Stanza 25: poetry workshop

Nov 29

Stanza 25: poetry workshop

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
A Tudor Christmas

Dec 4

A Tudor Christmas

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
BANES Women Leadership Network December Book Club

Dec 7

BANES Women Leadership Network December Book Club

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Free
Christmas Evening Special Guest: Harriet Lowther

Dec 11

Christmas Evening Special Guest: Harriet Lowther

3:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Harry Christmas

Dec 16

Harry Christmas

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
What The Dickens

Dec 19

What The Dickens

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm