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Sat 10 Oct14:00
£22Literature
Sat 10 Oct18:00
£10Literature
Sat 10 Oct19:00
Bestselling Canadian author Emily St. John Mandel joins us to discuss her electrifying new novel Exit Party – exploring parallel worlds, political unrest and blurred realities. In…
Sat 10 Oct19:00
£12Literature
Tue 13 Oct08:00
Beloved author, screenwriter and Waterstones Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce brings his trademark wit and warmth to a moving conversation about books, imagination and the…
Tue 13 Oct19:00
£12Literature
Thu 15 Oct08:00
Two of Northern Ireland’s most acclaimed, contemporary authors, Louise Kennedy and Wendy Erskine, join BBC 6 Music broadcaster Deb Grant for an unmissable conversation about…
Thu 15 Oct19:00
£10Literature
Fri 16 Oct08:00
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear two of the world’s most visionary poets read and discuss their sublime poetry, exploring political engagement and the interplay between…
Fri 16 Oct18:30
Poetry; Literature
Sun 18 Oct08:00
An inspiring conversation with acclaimed author and campaigner Natasha Walter about building a more connected and hopeful future. Drawing on her powerful and urgent new book…
Sun 18 Oct08:00
The Poet Laureate Simon Armitage returns to present his exhilarating new verse translation of Gilgamesh, one of the world’s oldest and most compelling, surviving works of…
Sun 18 Oct13:00
Between The Covers Live! is on the road to celebrate Agatha Christie, the bestselling novelist of all time, with a line-up guaranteed to deliver a thrilling dive into the world of…
Sun 18 Oct14:00
£10Literature
Mon 19 Oct08:00
Join acclaimed musician, songwriter and novelist Willy Vlautin for a special evening celebrating his powerful new novel, The Left and the Lucky. Set in Portland, Oregon, the novel…
Mon 19 Oct18:30
£10Literature
Mon 19 Oct19:00
£10Literature
Tue 20 Oct08:00
Spend an evening with one of Britain’s greatest contemporary writers as M. John Harrison discusses his remarkable new novel, The End of Everything, with acclaimed writer Helen…
Tue 20 Oct19:00
£10Literature
Wed 21 Oct08:00
Lady Hale, the first female President of the UK Supreme Court and author of the Women’s Prize longlisted With the Law on Our Side, joins acclaimed writer Lara Feigel, author of…
Wed 21 Oct19:00
£12Literature
Wed 21 Oct19:30
£15Literature
Thu 22 Oct08:00
See Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hernan Diaz (Trust) discuss his brilliant new novel Ply. Set centuries from now, Ply follows an orphan in a city on the brink of profound change…
Thu 22 Oct19:00
£10Literature
Fri 23 Oct13:00
Dave Haslam, author of the memoir Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor and books including My Second Home: Sylvia Plath in Paris, 1956, leads us through strategies to express a true…
Fri 23 Oct18:30
£10Literature
