Books and authors featured in our weekly, online literary events.
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Stephen Rutt
The Seafarers: A Journey Among BirdsThe British Isles are remarkable for their e...The British Isles are remarkable for their extraordinary seabird life: spectacular gatherings of charismatic Arctic terns, elegant fulmars and stoic eiders, to name just a few. Often found in th... -
David Gange
The Frayed Atlantic EdgeOver the course of a year, leading historian...Over the course of a year, leading historian and nature writer David Gange kayaked the weather-ravaged coasts of Atlantic Britain and Ireland from north to south: every cove, sound, inlet, islan... -
Laura Cumming
On Chapel SandsUncovering the mystery of her mother’s disap...Uncovering the mystery of her mother’s disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story. Autumn 1929 – a young girl is... -
C.J. Schüler
Along the Amber RouteFollowing the Amber Route from the Baltic to...Following the Amber Route from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, C. J. Schüler charts the origins of amber, the myths and legends that have grown around it, and the dazzling artefacts crafted fro... -
Sally Magnusson
The Ninth ChildLoch Katrine waterworks, 1856. A Highland wi...Loch Katrine waterworks, 1856. A Highland wilderness fast becoming an industrial wasteland. No place for a lady. Isabel Aird is aghast when her husband is appointed doctor to an extraordi... -
Natalie Haynes
A Thousand ShipsIn A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classic...In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective. The devastating consequences of the fall of Troy stretch... -
Ian Cobain
Anatomy of a KillingOn the morning of Saturday 22nd Apr...On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a car and crossed the countryside to the town of Lisburn. Within an hour, they had kill... -
Leonie Charlton
MarramSeven years after her mother's death, Leonie...Seven years after her mother's death, Leonie Charlton is still gripped by memories of their fraught relationship. In May 2017, Leonie trekked through the Outer Hebrides in the company of a frien... -
Bernadette Russell
How to Be HopefulHow to Be Hopeful is your essential to...How to Be Hopeful is your essential toolkit to rediscovering hope, empowering you to help create a kinder world. Whether we're grieving or afraid, worn down by everyday troubles or relent... -
Richard Coles
Bringing in the SheavesFrom his ordination, through Advent and Chri...From his ordination, through Advent and Christmas to Lent and Easter, Reverend Coles gives us a unique insight into his daily experience in the ministry, with all the joy, hope, drama and diffic... -
Edward J Cowan
For Freedom Alone: The Declaration of ArbroathThe Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, ...The Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, is one of the most remarkable documents to have been produced anywhere in medieval Europe. Signed by 51 Scottish nobles, it confirms Scotland’s status... -
Richard Coles
Fathomless RichesFATHOMLESS RICHES is the Reverend Richard Co...FATHOMLESS RICHES is the Reverend Richard Coles's warm, witty and wise memoir in which he divulges with searing honesty and intimacy his pilgrimage from a rock-and-roll life of sex and drugs in ...
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