Books Events in York

Check out happening books events all around York, EN

Harry Potter Walking Tour in York

Fri, 15 May The Cholera Burial Ground GBP 10 to 14

Frankly: Nicola Sturgeon in conversation

Sat, 06 Jun at 06:15 pm Room PZA/103, Piazza Building Free

Songs of Nature: An evening of words and music

Tue, 09 Jun at 06:00 pm Central Hall Free

The Wind in the Willows

Sat, 30 May at 11:00 am York Theatre Royal

Behind the Scenes of All Creatures Great and Small

Sat, 30 May at 02:30 pm Tempest Anderson Hall, Free

An Evening with Fiona Mozley at Waterstones York

Thu, 04 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 22

Andrew Sean Greer at Waterstones York

Tue, 30 Jun at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 20

Shane Embury in Conversation: Life? And Napalm Death

Tue, 26 May at 07:30 pm The Crescent Community Venue

YORK Toy, Train & Sci-Fi Fair on Saturday 30th May 2026

Sat, 30 May at 10:30 am University of York Sports Centre

BOTANICALLY BRONTË A Literary Cocktail Experience

Sat, 15 Aug at 01:00 pm Lower Friargate Free

Space Journal: The art and science of cosmic exploration

Sun, 31 May at 03:30 pm Tempest Anderson Hall, Free

Celtic Magic: A practitioner’s guide

Sat, 06 Jun at 03:45 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

Human Kindness in a Volatile World

Sun, 07 Jun at 06:30 pm Room PZA/103, Piazza Building Free

An Evening with Jonathan Sims - Waterstones York

Thu, 09 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 26

An Evening with Jennifer Saint - Waterstones York

Wed, 22 Jul at 07:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 22

Robert Harris at Tempest Anderson Hall - Waterstones

Thu, 03 Sep at 06:30 pm Museum Gardens GBP 18 to 40

Shakespeare 2026: Relevance, resilience and no more Hamlet

Thu, 04 Jun at 07:15 pm Room CL/057 - Church Lane Building Free

Bad Influence: How the internet hijacked our health

Mon, 08 Jun at 06:15 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

An Evening with Lucy Steeds at Waterstones York

Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm City Screen Picturehouse GBP 5 to 15

Five Evil Women

Sat, 06 Jun at 02:30 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

Graveyards: A history of living with the dead

Sun, 07 Jun at 01:30 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

In Conversation with Tina Makereti

Sun, 07 Jun at 04:30 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

There’s a Ghost in My Room: Living with the supernatural

Mon, 08 Jun at 07:45 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

Things We Found in the Ground

Sun, 07 Jun at 03:00 pm The Lakehouse - Ron Cooke Hub Free

Adventures in Time, Space and Television

Sat, 06 Jun at 03:00 pm Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub Free

Shakespeare's King Lear: Place and the Unplaceable

Thu, 04 Jun at 06:00 pm Room CL/057 - Church Lane Building Free

Royal Observatory Greenwich: A History in Objects

Sun, 07 Jun at 06:00 pm Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub Free

A D&D Alice in Wonderland adventure: Welcome to Wonderland

Mon, 27 Jul at 06:00 pm The Falcon GBP 12

First Helpings: A history of children and food

Sat, 30 May at 10:30 am York Explore Library Free

A Magical Girl Retires May Translated Book Club

Mon, 01 Jun at 06:30 pm Fossgate Tap GBP 5 to 6

The Final Chapters: Two writers on ageing and care

Sat, 30 May at 12:00 pm York Explore Library Free

One Yellow Eye May Book Club Author Event

Thu, 18 Jun at 06:30 pm Fossgate Tap GBP 5 to 6

Bex Benjamin and AK Faulkner

Mon, 08 Jun at 06:00 pm Over the Rainbow / Portal Bookshop Free

Second Hand Stories

Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm SPARK York GBP 6 to 15