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.
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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Book Salad
Tuesday 24th February, 6.30pm
Book Salad meets on the last Tuesday of every month, at 6:30pm. To make a salad you put together lots of different things you'd like to …
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Tom Hindle on A Killer in Paradise
Wednesday 25th February, 7.30pm
Tom Hindle on A Killer in ParadiseJoin Tom Hindle for his latest page-turning murder mystery, A Killer in Paradise.When five old friends are invited to join …
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Shona MacLean
Thursday 26th February, 7.30pm
Shona MacLean on The Cromarty Library CircleFrom the bestselling author of The Bookseller of Inverness comes the unforgettable story of a Scottish town on the cusp …
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Justine Picardie on Fashioning the Crown
Monday 2nd March, 7.30pm
Justine Picardie on Fashioning the CrownJust in time for Queen Elizabeth's centenary year, Justine Picardie joins us for this fascinating look at recent British history through …
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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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Nancy Birtwhistle on Clean Magic
Wednesday 4th March, 7.30pm
Nancy Birtwhistle on Clean MagicMake your home sparkle with Nancy Birtwhistle, your guide to a cleaner, greener new year.From sorting stubborn stains to Basic Magic, Pure …
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A Book and a Bite
Thursday 5th March, 6.30pm
The theme of this book group a simple - incontrovertibly fine books accompanied by slightly more controversial, interpretive food pairings for each selection.For our second book …
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Francis Spufford on Nonesuch
Friday 6th March, 7.30pm
Francis Spufford on NonesuchJoin Francis Spufford for a spell-binding fantasy novel set in the Blitz, from the author of Golden Hill.It's the summer of 1939. London …
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Hester Musson
Tuesday 10th March, 7.30pm
Hester Musson on The Night HagThe thrilling new historical mystery from the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Beholders.Scotland, 1886. Lil is an archaeologist who has dedicated …
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John Goodlad on Food From the Sea and The Salt Roads
Thursday 12th March, 7.30pm
John Goodlad on Food From the Sea and The Salt RoadsWe are thrilled to welcome John Goodland to the bookshop for a talk on both the …
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Mary Berry
Tuesday 17th March, 7.30pm
Mary Berry on My Gardening LifeWe're absolutely delighted to announce our event with Mary Berry - just in time for the first blooms of the year …
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Uni of St Andrews student Callisto Lodwick
Wednesday 18th March, 7.30pm
Callisto Lodwick on The Drowned SirenJoin us this spring for the launch of University of St Andrews Student Callisto Lodwick's thriller debut.She was driven by success. …
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Antony Beevor
Monday 23rd March, 7.30pm
Antony Beevor on Rasputin - And the Downfall of the Romanovs'THE GOLD STANDARD OF NARRATIVE HISTORY' - DAN SNOWHow could a barely literate peasant from Siberia …
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Chef Samin Nosrat
Monday 30th March, 7.30pm
Samin Nosrat on Good ThingsSamin Nosrat taught a generation the principles of good, instinctive cooking with Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. She'll join us a St Marks …
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Book Salad
Tuesday 31st March, 6.30pm
Book Salad meets on the last Tuesday of every month, at 6:30pm. You're very welcome to join us! To make a salad you put together lots …
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Peter Ormerod
Wednesday 1st April, 7.30pm
Peter Ormerod on David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and GodThe story of how David Bowie's search for meaning inspired him to write the …
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Jenni Fagan on The Delusions
Friday 3rd April, 7.30pm
Jenni Fagan on The DelusionsJoin the award-winning Scottish author Jenni Fagan (Ootlin, Luckenbooth, The Panopticon) for her new novel The Delusions which Irvine Welsh has called …
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Ian Bradley
Monday 6th April, 7.30pm
Ian Bradley on The Last Enchanted PlacesJoin Emeritus Professor at St Andrews University for an insightful event on Spa Towns of Europe.Ian Bradley has been fascinated …
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Kapka Kassabova
Wednesday 8th April, 7.30pm
Kapka Kassabova on Borrowed LandEssential and revelatory reading. It's full of quiet rage on behalf of the old land - and the health and dignity of …
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Tim Anderson
Thursday 9th April, 7.30pm
Tim Anderson on JapanEasy KitchenThis April we will be joined by expert cook Tim Anderson for an excursion into Japanese pantry staples that will take your …
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Marion Todd
Tuesday 14th April, 7.30pm
Marion Todd on Watch Them FallPlease join us for an event with local author Marion Todd on her latest crime novel.DI Clare Mackay is looking for …
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Polly Barton
Wednesday 15th April, 7.30pm
Polly Barton on What Am I, A Deer?'A tender and nuanced novel exploring love, obsession, alienation, work and language with an immense sense of interiority. Polly …
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John Lanchester
Thursday 16th April, 7.30pm
John Lanchester on Look What You Made Me Do'An absolute riot . . . totally compulsive.' Observer From the bestselling author of Capital comes this blackly …
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Tim Parks
Tuesday 21st April, 7.30pm
Tim Parks on Across Sicily with Garibaldi's ThousandElegantly written, full of wit and charm, this is travel writing at its very best -- Orlando Figes The …
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Ghillie Basan
Wednesday 22nd April, 7.30pm
Ghillie Basan on LevantineJoin us for a culinary adventure through the Levante with world cookery writer and journalist Ghillie Basan, author of books including Seafood Journey: …
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Anthony Horowitz
Friday 24th April, 7.30pm
Anthony Horowitz on A Deadly EpisodeWhat a thrill to welcome back the master of mystery Anthony Horowitz for an unputdownable new mystery in the Hawthorne and …
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Sara Wheeler on Jan Morris: A Life
Wednesday 29th April, 7.30pm
Sara Wheeler on Jan Morris: A LifeA captivating authorised biography of the legendary writer Jan Morris. She was the twentieth century. Who wouldn't want to write …
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Douglas Stuart on John of John
Sunday 17th May, 7.30pm
Douglas Stuart on John of JohnThe Booker Prize winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo comes to St Andrews for his stunning new, Hebrides-set novel, …
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Lachlan Goudie
Monday 18th May, 7.30pm
Lachlan Goudie on The Secrets of PaintingA new history of painting as told through the eyes and hands-on insights of a practising artist. The first question …
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Cal Flyn with Dan Richards
Tuesday 19th May, 7.30pm
Cal Flyn on The Savage Landscape'A thrilling, tender, acute tour through the wildernesses of the world outside us and the far wilder worlds inside. Why does …
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Sarah Raven
Wednesday 27th May, 7.30pm
Sarah Raven on A Year of Cut Flowers'Bright, beautiful and achievable' - Mary Berry Tips, tricks and everything you could possibly wish to know about planning, …
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