Past Events at the Bloomsbury Institute
In the past, we've hosted some incredible authors, books and special guests. Our literary events encompass a vast array of topical issues, important trends and the latest and greatest new reads. Attend an event with us and see what's upcoming at the Bloomsbury Institute.
2018
2017
NOVEMBER 21st: Caroline Brothers and Anita Sethi on writing about conflict in troubled times
NOVEMBER 15th: Deborah Cadbury on Queen Victoria's Matchmaking
NOVEMBER 9th: How to publish creatively: inside Bloomsbury Publishing, in partnership with the Society of Young Publishers
OCTOBER 31st: James Graham and Dan Rebellato discussed writing politics for the stage
OCTOBER 26th: The Enduring Popularity of Gothic Ficton with Laura Purcell, Joanna Briscoe, Jeremy Sheldon and Danuta Kean.
OCTOBER 19th: The Story of My Second Sight by Vanessa Potter for the Bloomsbury Festival 2017
OCTOBER 10th: Raising Girls: A day of the girl panel for mothers2mothers with Anna Williamson, Juliet McGrattan, Emma France and Harriet Minter
SEPTEMBER 21st: Design as a Force for Social Change with Dr Catharine Rossi, Professor Alan Male and Dr Russell Bestley and Catherine Flood for London Design Festival 2017
SEPTEMBER 12th: An evening with Lucy Worsley
AUGUST 17th: Where next for Fantasy Fiction with Natasha Pulley and Samantha Shannon
JULY 11th: How to Read a Dress with Lydia Edwards and Barbara Brownie
JUNE 27th: Philip Lymbery in conversation with Bill Oddie on the myths of factory farming
JUNE 15th: Oliver Ford Davies and Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall on Shakespeare's Fathers and Daughters.
MAY 18th: Julia Hobsbawm in conversation with Viv Groskop on being Fully Connected.
MAY 4th: Jenny Landreth and Vivienne Rickman-Poole on female swimming pioneers and Swell: A Waterbiography.
APRIL 27TH: Tim Pears in conversation with Alex Clark
MARCH 23rd: Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen, in partnership with the British Spanish Society.
JANUARY 24th: Bloomsbury Book Club: The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan and Gideon Rachmann
2016
NOVEMBER 24th: Sarah Crossan in conversation with Tanya Landman
NOVEMBER 16th: The Life and Times of Jean-Paul Sartre
OCTOBER 11th: Day of the Girl: An event with Womankind
OCTOBER 6th: Teaching Classics in the Modern World
SEPTEMBER 8th: The Sexual Politics of Meat, Carol Adams in conversation with Sara Pascoe
JULY 13th: Object Lessons: a conversation about the hidden meaning of ordinary things
JUNE 26th: Bloomsbury Book Club with Kate Summerscale
JUNE 20th: IZA World of Labor Brexit Debate
JUNE 16th: Addicted To The Game: A sports writing salon with Simon Barnes & Emma John
MAY 17th: Bloomsbury Book Club with Alexei Sayle
MAY 10th: Bloomsbury Book Club with Erwin James
MAY 5th: Does Philosophy Matter? Professor MM McCabe, Constantine Sandis and chaired by Liza Thompson
APRIL 19th: Don't Stop Me Now: Vassos Alexander
MARCH 17th: Bloomsbury Book Club with Meg Rosoff
FEBRUARY 23rd: An Evening with Stephen Poliakoff
2015
DECEMBER 12th: Bloomsbury Book Club with John Lahr
NOVEMBER 25th: Women, Literature and Feminism with Jacqueline Rose, Georgina Harding and Laura Bates
NOVEMBER 17th: Bloomsbury Book Club with Adam Sisman
NOVEMBER 10th: An evening with Willy Russell
NOVEMBER 4th: Writing Salon with Karen Campbell and Michelle Roberts
OCTOBER 14th: Greeks versus Romans: A Classics Debate
OCTOBER 7th: Bloomsbury Book Club with Stephen Kelman
SEPTEMBER 29th: Bloomsbury Book Club with Justin Cartwright
JULY 9th: Untold Stories, Unheard Voices: On Diversity in Literature
JUNE 23rd: Bloomsbury Book Club with Hannah Rothschild
MAY 14th: Bloomsbury Book Club with Polly Samson
APRIL 15th: Sophie and the Sibyl: Book Club with Patricia Duncker
MARCH 24th: The Bloomsbury Set: Book Club with Priya Parmar
FEBRUARY 25th: Short Story Evening with Jon McGregor, Eliza Robertson and Lucy Wood
JANUARY 29th: Salon on Luxury: History, Culture, Consumption
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Every past guest of the Bloomsbury Institute
| A.C. Grayling |
Gabrielle Walker
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Lucy Wood
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Simon Russell Beale
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Abigail Rokison-Woodall
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Geoffrey Charles Van Orden
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Lucy Worsley
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Stella Rimington
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Adam Sisman
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Geoffrey Colman
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Lydia Edwards
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Stephen Kelman
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Adrian Lester
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Germaine Greer
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Lynn Barber
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Stephen Poliakoff
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| Aisling McKeefry |
Gervais Williams
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Margaret Atwood
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Suzanne Joinson
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Alan Male
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Graeme Obree
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Mark Haddon
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Tanya Landman
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Al Alvarez
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Guy Standing
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Meg Rosoff
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Tena Stivicic |
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Alex Heminsley
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Hannah Rothschild
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Mia Freedman
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Tim Pears
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Alexei Sayle
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Harriet Minter
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Michael Dobson
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Tom Campbell
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Allie Renison
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Harry Eyres
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Michael Frayn
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Tom Kerridge
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Aminatta Forna
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Howard Jacobson
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Michael Hutchinson
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Tom McLaughlin
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Andrea Stuart
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James Graham
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Michele Roberts
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Tom Wilkinson
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Anita Bean
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James Runcie
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Nadine Gordimer
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Vanessa Gebbie
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Anita Sethi
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Jane Rushbridge
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Natasha Pulley
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Vassos Alexander
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Ann Morgan
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Jenny Landreth
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Nick Lake
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Vicki Culpin |
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Anne Zouroundi
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Jeremy Sheldon
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Oliver Ford Davies
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Viv Groskop
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Anna Williamson
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Joanna Briscoe
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P.D. Smith
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Vivienne Rickman-Poole
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Barbara Brownie
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John Lahr
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Patricia Duncker
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Will Self
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Ben Macintyre
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John Mullan
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Patrick McGrath
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William Boyd
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Bill Oddie
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Jon McGregor
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Peter Frankopan
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William Dalrymple
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Catharine Rossi
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Jon McGregor
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Phil Coggan
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Willy Russell
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Catherine Flood
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Jonathan Aitken
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Philip Lymbery
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Ziyad Marar |
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Carlos Acosta
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Jonathan Portes
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Polly Samson
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Carol J. Adams
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Julia Hobsbawm
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Priya Parmar
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Caroline Brothers
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Julie Corbin
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Raymond Blanc
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Juliet McGrattan
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Reni Eddo-Lodge
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Charles Saumarez Smith
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Justin Cartwright
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Rob Doyle
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Claire McGowen
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Kamila Shamsie
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Roman Krznaric |
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D.W. Wilson
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Karen Campbell
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Roshi Fernando
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Daisy Buchanan
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Kate Colquhoun
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Romesh Gunesekera
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Damian Barr
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Kate Summerscale
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Russell Norman
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Dan Rebellato
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Khaled Hosseini
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Russell Bestley
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Danuta Kean
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Kwasi Kwarteng
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Sally Brampton
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Deborah cadbury
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L. Alan Winters
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Sally Gardner
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Edmund White
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Laura Purcell
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Samantha Shannon
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Eliza Robertson
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Laurens de Groot
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Sara Pascoe
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Elizabeth Gilbert
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Lawrence Norfolk
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Sarah Crossan
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Emma John
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Leo Hollis
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Scott Jurek
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Emma France
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Liars' League
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Selina Hastings
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Emma Claire Sweeney
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Lolita Chakrabarti
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Sheila Hancock
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Erwin James
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Liz Jensen
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Simon Barnes
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Esther Freud
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Lucie Whitehouse
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Simon Stephens
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