Workshop: Writing Nature Now – Ecopoetry With Carrie Etter
Bath Central Library 19-23 The Podium, Bath- No events scheduled for 23 May 2024.
- No events scheduled for 24 May 2024.
Week of Events
Workshop: Freedom to Write – Life Writing with Andy West and Yvonne Dukes
Workshop: Freedom to Write – Life Writing with Andy West and Yvonne Dukes
How do we write about our own lives, and the people and places that shape us? Freedom to Write is a creative writing venture run by Yvonne Jewkes and Andy West. They host an annual residential writing retreat in Ross-on-Wye and creative writing workshops in London. This two-hour taster workshop is an opportunity to try your hand at […]
Lunchtime Talk: Eggs, Evolution and Life on Earth with Jules Howard
Lunchtime Talk: Eggs, Evolution and Life on Earth with Jules Howard
Zoologist Jules Howard takes us on a mind-bending journey into the revolutionary story of eggs, evolution and life on earth, inviting us to take a fresh look at the fascinating evolution of the animal egg. A simple shape which has played a dramatic role in how life on earth has come to be. Every egg there has […]
The Imposter Cure with Dr Jessamy Hibberd
The Imposter Cure with Dr Jessamy Hibberd
Millions of us suffer from imposter syndrome, letting our insecurities and doubts hold us back from enjoying our successes. Clinical psychologist Dr Jessamy Hibberd explains how to stop feeling like a fraud, banish self-doubt and be our best selves in this practical and reassuring talk. Dr Jessamy Hibberd is a respected chartered clinical psychologist, author and commentator. She […]
John Connolly: The Instruments of Darkness
John Connolly: The Instruments of Darkness
The number one bestselling author and radio host, John Connolly, joins Joe Haddow for a chat about his new Charlie Parker novel, The Instruments of Darkness. They’ll talk about how to keep a returning character fresh in each book, and why Maine makes a great setting for a crime novel. John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book […]
Poetry in the City! Poetry Reading and Open Mic
Poetry in the City! Poetry Reading and Open Mic
A festival favourite! Bath poet and University of Bristol lecturer Carrie Etter will read from her new, fifth collection, Grief’s Alphabet, alongside local poets, with an open mic. Come read your poem (up to 40 lines) to a welcoming audience! During the breaks there will be a chance to mingle, have a drink from the bar and chat […]
Zeinab Badawi: An African History of Africa
Zeinab Badawi: An African History of Africa
Award-winning broadcaster Zeinab Badawi introduces her ground-breaking and epic history of Africa, An African History of Africa told through the voices of the Africans themselves – and charting the history of the oldest inhabited continent on the planet. The history of Africa is the story of the origins of human civilisation. Africa is the birthplace of humankind itself, yet […]
Vintage Books Proof Party
Vintage Books Proof Party
A unique opportunity to get an early copy of THE destination read for 2024, from Costa-prize-winning author Francesca Segal, Welcome to Glorious Tuga. Set sail for a tropical paradise where secrets don’t stay hidden for long… Welcome to Glorious Tuga celebrates a fictional island and the eccentric community who live there. Enchanting, uplifting and very funny, this is […]
Kate Molleson: Sound Within Sound
Kate Molleson: Sound Within Sound
Join author, journalist, critic and BBC Radio 3 broadcaster Kate Molleson for a celebration of her radical book, Sound Within Sound, which tells the impassioned and exhilarating story of the composers who dared to challenge the conventional world of classical music in the 20th century. She talks to music writer, Hugh Morris. Traversing the globe from Ethiopia and the […]
Claire Douglas & Tim Weaver
Claire Douglas & Tim Weaver
Bestselling psychological thriller writers Claire Douglas and Tim Weaver know a thing or two about building tension and creating unexpected twists and turns – they join Gill McLay to chat about their latest suspenseful books, The Wrong Sister and The Last Goodbye. Claire Douglas worked as a journalist for fifteen years, but dreamed of being a novelist since the age of seven. She finally got […]
Viv Groskop: One Ukrainian Summer
Viv Groskop: One Ukrainian Summer
Comedian, broadcaster and writer Viv Groskop makes a welcome return to the festival to launch her memoir One Ukrainian Summer, a poignant and often comical account of coming-of-age story of first love in the time after the Cold War and before Putin. A love letter to a unique moment in history. She talks to Joanna Nadin. Autumn 1993. The […]
Harriet Evans: D Is For Death
Harriet Evans: D Is For Death
A special pre-publication event with bestselling author Harriet Evans as she launches her first novel in her new crime series, writing as alter ego Harriet F. Townson. D is For Death features Dora Wildwood, who, fleeing an unsuitable marriage, runs away to London in 1935 and immediately stumbles on a dead body. It’s Miss Marple meets Cold Comfort Farm meets Fleabag! […]
Damien Lewis: Ungentlemanly Warfare
Damien Lewis: Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Sunday Times bestselling author and former war correspondent, Damien Lewis, explores the untold stories of six of the most daring escapes pulled off by warriors of the world’s most famous fighting force in the Second World War. His new book, and these stories, form the inspiration behind Guy Ritchie’s film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. ‘Damien […]
Ruby Wax: Navigating Tough Times
Ruby Wax: Navigating Tough Times
Much-loved comedian Ruby Wax opens up about her unflinchingly honest story of her struggles with mental health and different treatments over the years in I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was. She talks to positive psychologist, Miriam Akhtar (The Little Book of Happiness) and reveals her top tips for navigating life’s toughest moments and trying to stay sane […]
Workshop: Writing Nature Now – Ecopoetry With Carrie Etter
Workshop: Writing Nature Now – Ecopoetry With Carrie Etter
How do we write about nature now, as we face the climate crisis? Poet and lecturer Dr Carrie Etter addresses how we combine our love of nature with our concerns about the climate crisis in our own poetry. You’ll come away with a new familiarity with the field of ecopoetry as well as the draft of a […]
Lunchtime Talk: The Life of Gwen John with Alicia Foster
Lunchtime Talk: The Life of Gwen John with Alicia Foster
Art historian, curator and novelist Dr Alicia Foster, author of Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris and curator of the recent successful exhibition of the same name at the Holburne Museum, Bath, offers a lively, meticulously researched portrait of Gwen John as a vital and utterly compelling figure in 20th-century art. It demolishes the myth of Gwen John as […]
Catherine Coldstream: Cloistered
Catherine Coldstream: Cloistered
In Cloistered, Catherine Coldstream tells of the 12 years she spent as a contemplative nun in a strictly enclosed community in the 1990s. Her memoir paints a picture of life in a traditional Carmelite monastery in the Northumberland countryside, with all the beauty and mystery of a world devoted to prayer and work. But all is not […]
George Monbiot
George Monbiot
How can you fight something if you don’t know it exists? Legendary environmentalist and Guardian columnist George Monbiot takes on the ideology that controls our lives. An iconoclast unafraid to speak truth to power, George Monbiot has been fighting for a better future for our planet for decades. Now, returning to the festival, he joins journalist and […]
Abigail Dean & Stig Abell
Abigail Dean & Stig Abell
Global bestselling author Abigail Dean joins journalist and Times Radio host, Stig Abell, for a chat about their new novels, love of crime fiction and publishing that pivotal second book. Abigail’s debut novel (Girl A) was a global bestselling thriller, which focussed on trauma. Her new novel, Day One, centres around a community, devastated by a school shooting. Stig’s latest, Death In […]
Becky Hunter: Meet Me When My Heart Stops
Becky Hunter: Meet Me When My Heart Stops
Bristol-based author and editor, Becky Hunter, joins Sunday Times bestselling author Georgina Moore for a chat about her new novel, Meet Me When My Heart Stops. What if your soulmate could only ever be the love of your afterlife? Prepare to have your heartstrings tugged. Becky Hunter lived and worked in London for several years before moving to Mozambique to volunteer with […]
Conn Iggulden: Nero
Conn Iggulden: Nero
Travel to the heart of a Roman dynasty drenched in danger and intrigue with master storyteller, Conn Iggulden, as he introduces the first instalment of his brand-new Nero trilogy. ‘Iggulden tells an absolutely cracking story . . . The pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent’ THE TIMES Conn Iggulden is one of the most successful authors of […]
Harpsichord Conservation Talk with Cesar Hernandez
Harpsichord Conservation Talk with Cesar Hernandez
Join Cesar Hernandez for a one-hour experience in our sumptuous Withdrawing Room, including an overview of the harpsichord.
Quantum Mechanics, Light & Future of Technology
Quantum Mechanics, Light & Future of Technology
In this talk Dr Alex Davis introduces the quantum theory of light and summarises the century of scientific progress underlying modern research.
Spotlight on the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Spotlight on the Women’s Prize for Fiction
The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the UK’s most prestigious annual book award celebrating and honouring fiction written by women. Every year, a panel of five women – all passionate readers and at the top of their respective professions – choose the winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. One of this year’s judges, author Ayọ̀bámi […]