Ely Events and Reading Groups
In this atmospheric medieval city, just over an hour from London by train, author events range from reading groups and intimate events in the bookshop to the drama of performances under the world-renowned Octagon of Ely Cathedral. We hold events all year round, but in the autumn there is a special focus on the Ely Literary Festival.
Olly Smith
Thursday 25th June, 7pm
In an idyllic Sussex town, murder is fermenting..Barclay Flint is the charmingly eccentric proprietor of The Bottle Bank wine shop, nestled in a picturesque Sussex town …
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Queer Book Group - Fundamentally
Tuesday 30th June, 7pm
Nadia is an academic who's been disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, Rosy. She decides to make a getaway, accepting a UN …
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Daisy Johnson
Wednesday 1st July, 7pm
A hypnotic and haunting story of longing and survival, losing yourself and finding your family'Elemental, fundamental, irresistable... Her greatest achievement yet' Kiran Millwood Hargrave'An astonishingly beautiful …
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Lisa Jewell
Monday 6th July, 7pm
It was the night she almost died.Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house …
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Charles Cumming
Wednesday 8th July, 7pm
A YOUNG COUPLE ON THE RUNMax Radinsky thought he was living the perfect life in Athens. But when his girlfriend, Yasmine, is forced to flee the …
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Swallows
Sunday 12th July, 10.30am
A rich and exciting feline fantasy world in which epic battles for territory and honour are played out, perfect for fans of Brian Jacques' Redwall series.When …
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Reading Group - Thomas de Quincey
Tuesday 14th July, 7.30pm
Far more than a memoir of addiction, de Quincey's celebrated and vastly influential Confessions are a hallucinatory, path-breaking exploration of the links between experience, imagination and …
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Reading Group - Death and The Gardener
Tuesday 14th July, 7.30pm
Through long winter mornings in Bulgaria, a man sits by the bedside of his elderly father.His father, who created and left behind a garden, blooming from …
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Peter Grainger
Thursday 16th July, 7pm
When Caroline Thorpe succeeded in casting doubt on the verdict of the inquest into her brother's death, she could not have anticipated what would follow.Freddie was …
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Alison Weir
Tuesday 21st July, 7pm
From the author of the Six Tudor Queens series, a new novel about two Boleyn cousins, close as sisters – and the truth that will change …
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David Baldacci
Friday 31st July, 7pm
REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD . . .After turning informant for the FBI against a global criminal empire, Walter Nash has lost everything he …
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Reading Group - The Cafe with no Name
Tuesday 11th August, 7.30pm
It is 1966, and Robert Simon has just fulfilled his dream by taking over a cafe on the corner of a bustling Vienna market. He recruits …
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Reading Group - Burnt Shadows
Tuesday 11th August, 7.30pm
From the 1945 destruction of Nagasaki to the post-9/11 invasion of Afghanistan, Kamila Shamsie's much-admired novel is both an involving family saga and an exploration of …
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Susie Dent
Friday 21st August, 7pm
When mysterious symbols appear as graffiti around Oxford, lexicographer Martha Thornhill recognises them from an alphabet created by a deceased writer whose papers she once worked …
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Neil Price
Thursday 3rd September, 7pm
Who do we think of when we think about the Vikings? Most of us are familiar with the seafaring marauders who raided, traded and settled the …
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Rachel Morley
Tuesday 8th September, 7pm
The poet John Betjeman coined the phrase 'church crawling' to describe his days out visiting churches. In the spirit of Betjeman, Morley's book captures the magical …
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Andrew Davies
Thursday 10th September, 7pm
The undisputed maestro of literary adaptation finally turns his razor-sharp pen on the most challenging subject of all: himself. Andrew Davies has written his way into …
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Tim Spicer
Friday 11th September, 7pm
This story is not just another history of the SAS. It is the only biography of an extraordinary man, 'whose courage made it easier for us …
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Monday 14th September, 7.30pm
It's a noisy world out there, so stop, take a minute or two, listen to the soup bubble or the egg crackle... and let simple cooking …
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Edith Hall
Thursday 17th September, 7pm
The story of Medea, a maligned and misunderstood woman of Greek mythology, from one of Britain's foremost classicistsMothers who kill their children are universally abhorred but …
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Alison Bruce
Friday 18th September, 7pm
TWO BODIES. TWO DECADES APART. ONE DEADLY CONNECTION.When an arson attack reveals a fresh corpse alongside remains from nearly twenty years ago, DS Ronnie Blake and …
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Alycia Pirmohamed
Monday 21st September, 7pm
As a young Muslim woman, Alycia Pirmohamed grew up with her body as racialised and her faith as seemingly dangerous. Her affinity to the natural world …
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Irvine Welsh
Tuesday 22nd September, 7pm
From the Author of Trainspotting...Molly and George Warburton are used to living life their own way. Now, in the ferocious heat of Sin City, the couple …
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Ed Conway
Wednesday 23rd September, 7pm
Ed Conway is a writer and broadcaster. He is the Economics and Data Editor of Sky News and a regular columnist for The Times and Sunday …
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Tim Hayward
Thursday 24th September, 7pm
It's 6 o'clock: clear your mind of the cares of the day. Relax and fix yourself a drink. It's The Cocktail Hour.The moment Tim Hayward started …
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Charles Moseley
Monday 28th September, 7pm
Hereward the Wake, for a thousand years, has been hailed as a national hero, a brave warrior making a stand against England’s new masters, the Normans. …
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Sarah Clegg
Wednesday 7th October, 7pm
We often think of them as tiny, glittering creatures fluttering about in pastel tulle, but fairies haven't always been so benign. Here, historian Sarah Clegg explores …
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Victoria Hislop
Tuesday 20th October, 7pm
Beloved, bestselling author Victoria Hislop explores the turbulence of the post-war era in Greece in this unforgettable and riveting new novel that will delight those fans …
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Robert Harris
Wednesday 21st October, 7pm
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, BBC CULTURE, THE MIRROR AND RADIO TIMES.From the bestselling author of Conclave comes a new …
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