York Events and Reading Groups
Opening in autumn 2025 opposite York Minster, the largest independent bookshop in the country will be home to a year-round programme of author events.
For queries about the events listed, please email york@toppingbooks.co.uk.
Lady Hale on With the Law on Our Side
Friday 26th September, 7pm
Brenda Hale, Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, made history as the first woman to serve on the newly created Supreme Court, was appointed …
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Elizabeth Day for One of Us
Tuesday 30th September, 7pm
Elizabeth Day is the author of five novels and four works of non-fiction, including her Sunday Times bestselling novel Magpie, and hit memoir How to Fail. …
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An Evening with Hollie McNish
Wednesday 15th October, 7pm
Hollie McNish comes to York!One of the first events we will be hosting in York to celebrate our new bookshop opening is with the extraordinary poet …
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An Evening with Michael Palin
Wednesday 15th October, 7pm
Topping & Company Booksellers present an evening with the legendary Michael Palin.Michael Palin found fame as a member of the much-adored Monty Python. Since then, he's …
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Diana Henry for Around the Table
Wednesday 22nd October, 7pm
'Diana Henry's food writing is a gift... I so loved reading this book. It is poignant, funny, and just plain great.' ~ Stanley TucciDiana Henry is …
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Natasha Brown for Universality
Monday 27th October, 7pm
NOW LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025.A MUST-READ NOVEL OF 2025 IN THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, GQ, ELLE, & OTHERS.Natasha Brown's debut novel Assembly was shortlisted …
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Rory Stewart for Middleland: Dispatches from the Borders
Thursday 30th October, 7pm
Middleland tells the other side of the story to Rory Stewart’s bestselling memoir Politics on the Edge, and brings together the strange, surprising, and often uplifting …
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An Afternoon with Rick Stein
Tuesday 11th November, 12.30pm
Rick Stein, one of the nation's most-loved chefs, celebrates the most wonderful time of the year with a book to cosy up and hunker down with. …
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Femina's Janina Ramirez on Legenda: The Real Women Behind the Myths that Shaped Europe
Wednesday 12th November, 7pm
'Passionate, provocative and brilliant' ~ LUCY WORSLEYProfessor Janina Ramirez is a Sunday Times bestselling author, an Oxford lecturer, BBC broadcaster and researcher. She has presented and …
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Olly Smith for WINE: Everything You Need to Know
Thursday 13th November, 7pm
Olly Smith is the UK's best-loved wine expert, with 18 years' presenting wine on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen. He has written about wine for the Mail on …
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