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Michael Palin returns to Bath!

With his eightieth birthday looming, it crossed the adventurer's mind that now might be the time to hang up his boots and take things easy. Then the opportunity to visit Africa’s most populous nation arose. A few weeks later, he was at Lagos airport, camera crew in tow.

At one moment he is in vibrant but chaotic Lagos, the next in the deserted streets of Nigeria’s hyper-modern capital, the next in the polluted oil fields of the Niger Delta. He is welcomed as a guest by an emir and harangued by a passerby in Benin. He hears the testimony of a kidnap victim of the terrorist group Boko Haram and experiences the spiritual ecstasy of a mega church.

He experiences the contradictions of a country that has so much natural wealth and human talent and yet simultaneously grapples with corruption, religious strife and inequality.

With photographs from the trip, wry humour and fascinating insights, Michael Palin portrays an incredibly complex country.

Meet the man behind some of the most beloved travel narratives. Link in the bio to join us.

🗓️ Thursday 11th June
⌚ 7pm (doors 6:30)
📍 Bath Pavilion

Board art by Bookseller Andie.

#michaelpalininnigeria #bathevents #visitbath #michaelpalin #whattodoinbath

In Hannah Murray's new memoir ‘The Make-Believe’, the ‘Skins’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ star traces her inspiring journey from a spiritual awakening to a mental health breakdown. From her involvement with a seductive, cult-like organisation, Hannah has a message to share with her readers.

Swipe for Yoana’s chat with the author to discover Hannah's connection to Bath and Bristol and for a glimpse into her incredible story.

And to meet our special guest, find the link in the bio and secure your place at this memorable evening!

🗓️ Tuesday 2nd June
⌚ 7pm (doors 6:30)
📍 @stswithinsbath, Bath

#visitbath #bathevents #visitbristol #skins #gameofthrones

In Hannah Murray's new memoir ‘The Make-Believe’, the ‘Skins’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ star traces her inspiring journey from a spiritual awakening to a mental health breakdown. From her involvement with a seductive, cult-like organisation, Hannah has a message to share with her readers.

Swipe for Yoana’s chat with the author to discover Hannah's connection to Bath and Bristol and for a glimpse into her incredible story.

And to meet our special guest, find the link in the bio and secure your place at this memorable evening!

🗓️ Tuesday 2nd June
⌚ 7pm (doors 6:30)
📍 @stswithinsbath, Bath

#visitbath #bathevents #visitbristol #skins #gameofthrones

In Hannah Murray's new memoir ‘The Make-Believe’, the ‘Skins’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ star traces her inspiring journey from a spiritual awakening to a mental health breakdown. From her involvement with a seductive, cult-like organisation, Hannah has a message to share with her readers.

Swipe for Yoana’s chat with the author to discover Hannah's connection to Bath and Bristol and for a glimpse into her incredible story.

And to meet our special guest, find the link in the bio and secure your place at this memorable evening!

🗓️ Tuesday 2nd June
⌚ 7pm (doors 6:30)
📍 @stswithinsbath, Bath

#visitbath #bathevents #visitbristol #skins #gameofthrones

In Hannah Murray's new memoir ‘The Make-Believe’, the ‘Skins’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ star traces her inspiring journey from a spiritual awakening to a mental health breakdown. From her involvement with a seductive, cult-like organisation, Hannah has a message to share with her readers.

Swipe for Yoana’s chat with the author to discover Hannah's connection to Bath and Bristol and for a glimpse into her incredible story.

And to meet our special guest, find the link in the bio and secure your place at this memorable evening!

🗓️ Tuesday 2nd June
⌚ 7pm (doors 6:30)
📍 @stswithinsbath, Bath

#visitbath #bathevents #visitbristol #skins #gameofthrones

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.

🍢 Outside BBQ demo 🍢

Come along to our courtyard for @thebeefyboys' proper bangin' barbecue to celebrate their new book, 'Great British BBQ'. The award-winning Beefy Boys, now a Bath favourite restaurant, are coming to the bookshop to fire up the coals and turn their tongs to the much-maligned British barbecue. To join the fun, visit our website and secure your places!

🗓️ Monday 1st June
⌚ 7pm (doors 6:30)
📍 Topping & Company Bath

Darragh McGee, academic at the University of Bath and authority on the changing relationship between gambling and sport, joins us on Tuesday 2nd June. Join us for his insights on how gambling hijacked sport. We highly recommend this event – link in the bio to join! #visitbath #bathevents #toppingandcompany #uniofbath #gambling

This Tea Time Tuesday ☕️ 🫖, we tried doing a ✨️ one minute challenge ✨️ with bookseller Yoana on her favourite reads at the moment, including Istanbul, the new book by @ozlems_turkish_table with which we have an event with tomorrow (Wednesday 20th May)! Looking forward to seeing you all there!! 🌟
#independentbookshop #teatime #foodreels #challange #Istanbul

Good food can make any moment feel special, and in Honey & Co. Daily, that’s exactly what Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer bring to the table. Here the award-winning restaurateurs and authors celebrate the everyday, with food that looks great and tastes sensational without taking all day to prepare. Drawing on the menu they serve at Honey & Co. Daily, their café in Store Street, London, this book is all about easy food for everyday pleasure.

We’ll place an Olive & oregano G&T into your hand, offer tasters of Fried Manouri grape & bean salad and their signature chocolate mousse. Settle in for a live cookery demo of Chrieme - sea bream in spiced pepper and tomato sauce.

Join them on Thursday 28th May – visit our website for more info!

#visitbath #bathevents #foodbath #honey&co

Seasoned vegetarian chef @joe_woodhouse brings us his new book, ‘Weeknight Vegetarian’, containing new and familiar lunch and dinner ideas for amazing flavours!

Our chef this Monday is known for using minimal ingredients to maximise flavours. Into the sound of a lentil and crunchy vegetable salad with tahini dressing, oyster mushroom cheesesteak with potato salad or a red lentil moussaka? With Joe, you'll discover different ways of elevating your dishes.

🌟 The week ahead in events 🌟

🧠🥗 Monday 18th May: Robin Ince / Joe Woodhouse
🇹🇷 Wednesday 20th May: Ozlem Warren
🌱🗣 Thursday 21st May: John Wright / Sophia Smith Galer
❤️ Friday 22nd May: Siri Hustvedt

From neurodiversity, vegetables, Turkish cuisine, grasslands, the world in ten languages, to Siri Hustvedt’s life shared with novelist and filmmaker Paul Auster, this will be a week packed full of goodness!

More info on our website.

@robinince1969 @ozlems_turkish_table @johnwrightmushrooms @sophiasgaler @sirihustvedt #visitbath #bathevents #visitbristol #foodbath #bathbooks

Seasoned vegetarian chef @joe_woodhouse brings us his new book, ‘Weeknight Vegetarian’, containing new and familiar lunch and dinner ideas for amazing flavours!

Our chef this Monday is known for using minimal ingredients to maximise flavours. Into the sound of a lentil and crunchy vegetable salad with tahini dressing, oyster mushroom cheesesteak with potato salad or a red lentil moussaka? With Joe, you'll discover different ways of elevating your dishes.

🌟 The week ahead in events 🌟

🧠🥗 Monday 18th May: Robin Ince / Joe Woodhouse
🇹🇷 Wednesday 20th May: Ozlem Warren
🌱🗣 Thursday 21st May: John Wright / Sophia Smith Galer
❤️ Friday 22nd May: Siri Hustvedt

From neurodiversity, vegetables, Turkish cuisine, grasslands, the world in ten languages, to Siri Hustvedt’s life shared with novelist and filmmaker Paul Auster, this will be a week packed full of goodness!

More info on our website.

@robinince1969 @ozlems_turkish_table @johnwrightmushrooms @sophiasgaler @sirihustvedt #visitbath #bathevents #visitbristol #foodbath #bathbooks

Seasoned vegetarian chef @joe_woodhouse brings us his new book, ‘Weeknight Vegetarian’, containing new and familiar lunch and dinner ideas for amazing flavours!

Our chef this Monday is known for using minimal ingredients to maximise flavours. Into the sound of a lentil and crunchy vegetable salad with tahini dressing, oyster mushroom cheesesteak with potato salad or a red lentil moussaka? With Joe, you'll discover different ways of elevating your dishes.

🌟 The week ahead in events 🌟

🧠🥗 Monday 18th May: Robin Ince / Joe Woodhouse
🇹🇷 Wednesday 20th May: Ozlem Warren
🌱🗣 Thursday 21st May: John Wright / Sophia Smith Galer
❤️ Friday 22nd May: Siri Hustvedt

From neurodiversity, vegetables, Turkish cuisine, grasslands, the world in ten languages, to Siri Hustvedt’s life shared with novelist and filmmaker Paul Auster, this will be a week packed full of goodness!

More info on our website.

@robinince1969 @ozlems_turkish_table @johnwrightmushrooms @sophiasgaler @sirihustvedt #visitbath #bathevents #visitbristol #foodbath #bathbooks

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

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

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