
To celebrate the publication of Robin’s new book, ‘The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity’ the award winning comedian is setting out on a tour of talks and book-signings at 100 independent bookshops around the UK.
“Ince makes profound – and funny – reflections on our tiny lives in a massive universe”
The Observer
“The Importance of Being Interested is sparkling. It made my brain throb at times, but also made it buzz”.
The Independent
Read Robin’s blogs from the road here. Or watch videos recorded on tour here.
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100 Bookshop Tour Dates
(More being added all the time so check back regularly)
October 1 – 3 – Laugharne Weekend Festival. Info and tickets.October 4 – Online Book Launch on The Cosmic Shambles Network with Tim Minchin. Free to watch here.October 5 – Online event with Facebook group Go StargazingOctober 7 (Publication Day)4pm Chorleywood Bookshop (The bookshop of Robin’s childhood). Signing.7pm Tring – Our Bookshop – Launch event with talk and signing
October 8St Helens – The Book Stops Here. Afternoon signing and talk.Manchester – Blackwells Bookshop (Venue TBC). Talk and signing.
October 9 – Glasgow – Mount Florida Books. Evening talk followed by conversation with Josie Long.October 10Stewarton – The Book Nook. 11am. Talk and signing.Carlisle – Borderlines Book festival. Afternoon In Conversation with Lee Randall.
October 11Settle – Limestone Books. Lunchtime.Ilkley – Ilkley Literature festival. Evening.
October 12Wotton-Under-Edge – Cotswold Book Room. Afternoon Talk.Bristol – Bookhaus – Evening.
October 13Sidmouth – Winstone Bookshop – 3:00pm talk.Exeter – Oxfam. 6:00pm
October 14 – Crickhowell – Book-Ish. Evening.October 15Pontypridd – Storyville Bookshop. Lunchtime.Swansea – Cover to Cover. Evening.
October 16Cardiff – Shelf Life Books. Lunchtime.Penarth – Griffin Books. Evening.
October 17 – Birmingham – Think Tank. 1pm.October 18 – Oxford – Blackwell Books.October 19 – Hebden Bridge – The Book Case. 6:30pmOctober 20Chorlton Bookshop – Lunchtime.Cheadle – Greenhouse Books. 4pmBramhall – Simply Books. Evening.
October 21stCrosby – Pritchard’s Bookshop. Afternoon.Liverpool – The Reader at Calderstones Park. 4pmLiverpool – Merseyside Skeptics (with News from Nowhere). Evening.
October 22Harrogate – Raworths Literature Festival. Lunchtime.Leighton Buzzard – Book. Evening.
October 23Wivenhoe – The Wivenhoe Bookshop. Lunchtime.Colchester – Red Lion Books. Afternoon.
October 24Norwich – Norwich Science Festival Show – Norwich Arts Centre (with The Book Hive). 5pm
October 25Okehampton – Dogberry and Finch. Lunchtime.Crediton – The Bookery. Evening.
October 26Totnes – East Gate Bookshop. Lunchtime.Ivybridge – The Ivybridge Bookshop. Afternoon Teatime.Plymouth – Plymouth Humanists. Evening.
October 27Liskeard – The Bookshop. Late Morning.Mevagissey – Hurley Books. Afternoon.Penzance – Acorn Theatre with The Edge of the World Bookshop. Evening Show.
October 28 – Falmouth – Beerwolf Books. Evening.October 29Bridgwater – The Snug Bookshop. Afternoon Teatime.Taunton – Brendon Books. Evening.
October 30Caversham – Fourbears Books. Lunchtime.Eastbourne. The Lamb Inn. Evening.
October 31Uckfield – The Picturehouse – Late morning + movie.Shoreham-by-Sea – The Ropetackle (with City Books). Evening.
November 1 – Margate – The Margate Bookshop. 7pm.November 2 – Canterbury – Gulbenkian theatre: The Linda Smith Lecture. Evening.November 4Gerrards Cross – Gerrards Cross Bookshop. Afternoon Signing.Chorleywood – Chorleywood Bookshop. Evening Talk.
November 5Market Harborough – Quinn’s Bookshop. Afternoon.Leicester – National Space Centre. Evening.
November 6Southampton – October Books. Afternoon Talk.Winchester – P&G Wells. Evening.
November 7 – Berkhamsted Book Festival in association with Waterstones BerkhamstedNovember 8Southwold – Ways With Words. 11:15amSpecial London Launch Event with Katie Mack, Helen Czerski, David McAlmont, Helen Zaltzman & Hugh Warwick. Kings Place. 7:30pm.
November 9 – Stratford-Upon-Avon Literary Festival. 3:30pmNovember 10 – Nottingham – Five Leaves Bookshop. Evening.November 11 – Ely – Topping and Co. Evening.November 12Harrogate – Imagined Things. Afternoon signing.Ripon – The Little Bookshop. Evening.
November 13Holmfirth – Read. Afternoon.Leeds – Truman Books. Evening.
November 15 – Bath – Topping and Co. Evening.November 17 – Farnham – Blue Bear Bookshop. EveningNovember 18Letchworth – David’s Bookshop. Afternoon.Cambridge – Cambridge Junction. Evening.
November 19November 20November 21Dulwich BooksStoke Newington BookshopWord on the WaterWanstead Tap with Newham Bookshop
November 24Malvern – Malvern Book Co-Operative. AfternoonLedbury – Ledbury Bookshop. Evening.
November 25 – Hay on Wye – Hay Festival Talk.November 26Shrewsbury – Book Festival with Pengwern Books. 1pmSedbergh – Westwood Books. Evening
November 27Corbridge, Whitley Bay & Newcastle. Forum Bookshops. Three events across afternoon and evening.
November 28 – Malton. Kemps General Store. 8pm.November 29 – Edinburgh. Portobello Bookshop. Evening.November 30Edinburgh – Lighthouse Bookshop. 1pmLinlithgow – Far From the Maddening Crowd. Evening.
December 1Hexham – Cognito Books. 4:30pm.Hexham – Queens Hall. 7:30pm.
December 2Barnard Castle – McNab’s Bookshop. LunctimeBarnard Castle – Witham Hall. 7:30pm.
- December 3
- Saltburn – The Book Corner. 2pm
- Stockton – The Drake Bookshop. 7pm.
- December 4 – Newcastle – The Stand. 4pm
- December 5
- Halifax – The Book Corner. Afternoon.
- Hull – Wrecking Ball Press. 7pm
- December 6 – Hull – JE Books. Lunchtime.
- December 7 – Warwick – Warwick Books. Evening
- December 8 – Tonbridge – Mr Books. 7pm.
- December 9 – Hungerford – The Hungerford Bookshop. Evening.
- December 10 – London – Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People with The Cosmic Shambles Network Bookshop. Evening.
- December 11 – London – Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People with The Cosmic Shambles Network Bookshop. Matinee.
- December 11 – London – Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People with The Cosmic Shambles Network Bookshop. Evening.
- December 17 – London – Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People with The Cosmic Shambles Network Bookshop. Evening.
- December 18 – London – Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People with The Cosmic Shambles Network Bookshop. Evening.
Hi
The link for the Letchworth event (Nov 18th) is incorrect – takes you to the Bath event page.
Cheers
Good spot, thank you. Corrected.
Hi, The link for Kew takes you to the Bookseller Crow site.
Fixed. Thank you
Hi, I’m trying to book the Birmingham event on October 17th but I can’t find a link, I get taken to the actual museum.
Can you please send me the link?
Should be under the Whats On section of the museum site
Amy plans to do a bookstore Chester/north Wales area?
We’ve already done our Wales leg last month I’m afraid!
Swansea, Crickhowell,Pontypridd,Cardiff,Penarth, All South Wales. Appreciate you can’t go everywhere but nothing North Wales, nearest was Liverpool.