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St Andrews Events and Reading Groups

We're delighted to bring our all-year-round Literary Festival to our bookshop in St Andrews. We have a packed calendar which ranges from readings in the bookshop to evenings with literary stars.

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Book Salad

Wednesday 19th November, 7pm

Book Salad normally meets on the last Tuesday of every month, but this month we meet on Wednesday 19th. To make a salad you put together …

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Felicity Cloake

Thursday 20th November, 7.30pm

Felicity Cloake on Peach Street to Lobster Lane~ Coast to coast in search of real American cuisine ~'A glorious freewheel through the culinary quirks and delights …

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Skye McAlpine for The Christmas Companion

Monday 24th November, 7.30pm

Skye McAlpine on The Christmas CompanionJust in time for starting the Christmas preparations Skye McAlpine is joining us with a helping hand and new ideas with …

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Emeritus Professor David McCrone

Tuesday 25th November, 7.30pm

David McCrone on Changing Scotland'David McCrone is the pre-eminent sociologist of Scotland. For several decades, he has been investigating the transformation of Scotland from a fairly …

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Mairi Kidd on Poor Creatures

Wednesday 26th November, 7.30pm

Mairi Kidd on Poor CreaturesMairi Kidd's admirable literary career includes three books celebrating fierce historical women like Warriors and Witches and Damn Rebel Bitches, as well …

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Tim Siadatan

Thursday 27th November, 7.30pm

Tim Siadatan on Padella 'Recipes that are a joy to prepare and to polish off' Yotam Ottolenghi Join us for a night dedicated to the love …

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Topping & Company Working Group

Wednesday 3rd December, 7pm

Join us for the final meeting of the 'Topping & Co Working Group' which explores the rapidly changing character of work in the modern world.Over the …

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Sci-Fi/Fantasy by Women Book Group

Thursday 4th December, 7pm

Welcome to the 'Strange Worlds Society'!Meeting on the last Thursday of every month, the 'Strange Worlds Society' will celebrate science fiction and fantasy books by women.This …

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Festive St Andrews Bookshop

Thursday 11th December, 5pm

Mark your calendars, because the Topping & Company St Andrews Festive Evening is returning for another year.You are invited to join us in the bookshop for …

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Cafe Cuil's Clare Coghill

Thursday 22nd January, 7.30pm

Clare Coghill Cafe Cuil CookbookDramatic recipes from a dramatic locale - Clare Coghill joins us with recipes from her Isle of Skye cafe.Cuil: Scots Gaelic n. …

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Ali Smith on Glyph

Friday 30th January, 7.30pm

Ali Smith on GlyphShe's been called 'Scotland's Nobel-laureate in waiting.' We are so happy that Ali Smith is returning to the bookshop for Glyph, the follow-up …

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Gavin Francis for The Unfragile Mind

Wednesday 11th February, 7.30pm

Gavin Francis on The Unfragile MindThe last time Gavin Francis was here he delighted us with tales of connection for The Bridge Between Worlds. He returns …

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Keza MacDonald on Super Nintendo

Monday 23rd February, 7.30pm

Keza MacDonald on Super NintendoGet ready for some extreme 1990s nostalgia with Keza MacDonald, video games editor for The Guardian.From the instant classics to the hidden …

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Bake Off's Prue Leith Returns to St Andrews

Tuesday 3rd March, 7.30pm

**Please note this event is taking place on the 3rd of March 2026**Prue Leith on Being Old...and learning to love it!Forever young at heart, Prue Leith …

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