@michael.palin joins us to discuss 'In Nigeria' on the 11th of June at 7pm! Hear all about his travel stories at @bathpavilion and ask the Monty Python star questions about his writing and life. Link to book places at the bio.
Topping & Company Bath May line-up:
1st – ‘How To Age’ with Liz Earle
5th – Garden Designer Lottie Delamain
5th – Women in Classics: Jess Venner
6th – Sara Wheeler on Jan Morris
7th – Patrick Radden Keefe: Crime in London
7th – Georgina Hayden: ‘Medesque’
8th – Greg Doran: Shakespeare, Love and Loss
11th – Pulitzer Prize-winning Cristina Rivera Garza
12th – James Hawes on Irish history
13th – Keza MacDonald for ‘Super Nintendo’
14th – Demo and tastings with Helen Graham
18th – Joe Woodhouse: Vegetarian cooking
18th – Robin Ince’s Neurodiverse life
19th – Sharon Blackie: ‘Ripening’
20th – Turkish food with Ozlem Warren
21st – Naturalist John Wright
21st – Sophia Smith Galer: ‘How to Kill a Language’
22nd – Siri Hustvedt on Paul Auster
26th – Calum Harris: ‘Batch’
27th – Nicholas Shakespeare for ‘Frame 37’
28th – Honey & Co in Bath
29th – Sarah A. Parker
Visit our website for the full programme.
Actress turned author Hannah Murray joins us for her shockingly honest & deeply intimate memoir about acting, fame, mental illness and her struggle leaving a cult-like organisation whose belief in magic shattered her reality.
Hannah Murray comes to Bath on Tuesday 2nd June, places available through our website which is linked in our bio!
#independentbath #books #independent #independentbookstore #independentbookshop
Join the author behind 'Love Me Do' and 'The Bell Witches' @lindseykelk as she takes to the page as Elle Kelk for the first time to publish 'Hit or Miss'!
This event will be led by @katieellisbrown known as one half of @ellishunterauthor of 'Blood Bound'.
This is sure to be a lovely evening, so make sure you save the evening of Thursday 4th June in your calendar! Link in the bio for the website.
#visitbath #bathevents #romancerecommendations #booksellerrecs #visitbristol
Chef Jad Youssef invites readers to experience the warmth, generosity and soul of Lebanese cooking. Featuring authentic recipes from his family’s kitchen in Lebanon and his award-winning restaurant, ‘Lebnani’ reveals secret spice blends, time-honoured techniques and family dishes that bring people together. Join us on the 4th of June to see his live demo with tasters for everyone!
'Istanbul' is Özlem Warren’s heartfelt tribute to a city that has animated so much of her cooking, and a warm celebration of making and sharing its delicious food. Inspired by the rich and nuanced heritage of Istanbul’s food scene, this cookery book brings a taste of this city to readers’ tables, wherever they are in the world. Join us for a talk and demo! Info on the website.
Colm Tóibín joins us in Bath to discuss his new book, 'The News from Dublin,' so to celebrate this, Bookseller Miro wrote a review:
"Colm Tóibín’s 'The News from Dublin' is a devastating collection, filled with exiles, strained families and lives suspended between memory and regret. Echoing Joyce without imitation, these stories are less about Dublin itself than about the ache of being far from home.
Tóibín excels at the unsaid: longing, shame and tenderness simmer beneath deceptively simple prose, where emotional restraint only deepens the impact. Two pieces stand out in particular, 'The Catalan Girls' and 'A Free Man,' both balancing distance, intimacy and heartbreak with sublime precision."
Don't miss out! Click the link in the bio for more info.
🗓️ Monday 1st June
⌚ 7pm (doors 6:30)
📍 @christchurchbath , Bath
@archana__raghavan , our lovely colleague, had her last day today before she moves to Copenhagen.
Thank you to this sweet bookseller for filling our days with joy. We’re so sad to say goodbye but thrilled to see her thrive in Denmark. She’s a ray of sunshine that sparks inspiration wherever she goes. The last three years have been special as she recommended endless books whilst juggling her full PhD studies.
We’re thankful to have had a wonderful colleague who is now a lifelong friend. ♥️📚
~Sammi
Journalist Samar Yazbek met with hundreds of survivors from Gaza asking each of them about their experience of October 7, 2023, and what their life has been like since then. She has selected twenty-six of these narratives to share with the world. Yazbek shares stories that reveal a dystopia, but the survivors remain determined to share their stories and cling to the hope that their voices will resonate.
‘Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life’ is adapted from one of the flyers dropped on the residents of Gaza minutes before a bombing.
Samar Yazbek is a Syrian author and journalist. She has published two short story collections, seven novels, four non-fiction literary narratives, and has been translated into over twenty languages. Yazbek has been an advocate for women's rights in Syria. She took part in the uprising against the Assad regime and was forced into exile soon after. The author was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 'International Writer of Courage'.
She will be joined by her translator, Leri Price.
🗓️ Wednesday 3rd June
⌚ 7pm (doors 6:30)
📍 Topping & Company Bath
#palestine #gaza #womenjournalists #visitbath #bath
Join us for a break from reality and be immersed in our fantasy authors’ magical worlds. Here’s our developing spring and summer line-up:
29th May: @sarah.a.parker.author
1st July: @authorsorayab and @clclarkwrites
28th August: @saaraelarifi
We’d love to see you at one or more of these evenings, and stay tuned for more book discussions in this genre. Link in the bio for event info.
#fantasyevents #visitbath #bathevents #fantasyrecs #independentbooksellers
Join Erin Maglaque as she discusses with Harriet Baker the new history of the female body. Combining memoir with archival research, Erin unravels a past of birthing, caring and desiring – with radical implications for how we understand our bodies today. Save the evening of Monday 22nd June in your diaries for an illuminating conversation! #visitbath #bathevents #femalebody #visitbristol #booksellerrecs
Teatime Tuesday officially begins ☕️🍪✨️Inspired by @sophiasgaler voyage into languages, our first video celebrates the power of language. What’s your favourite word in your language? #fyp #teatime #tuesdays #bath #books
