Join us for an evening of books and book talk with Comedian, writer and book obsessive Robin Ince as he talks about his book Bibliomaniac, and how it came to be written. 

Robin loves books. Maybe a little too much. He journeys across the world exploring his lifelong love of bookshops and books – and also tries to find out just why he can never have enough of them. Bibliomaniac is the story of an addiction and a romance. 

Bibliomaniac:
Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince’s stadium tour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, he decided instead to go on a tour of over a hundred bookshops in the UK, from Wigtown to Penzance; from Swansea to Margate. He visited us here in Winchester in November 2021.

Packed with witty anecdotes and tall tales, Bibliomaniac takes the reader on a journey across Britain as Robin explores his lifelong love of bookshops and books – and also tries to find out just why he can never have enough of them. 

Robin Ince is many things. A comedian, an author, a broadcaster and a populariser of scientific ideas. The Guardian once declared him a ‘becardiganed polymath’ which seems about right. 

He is probably best known as the co-host of the Sony Gold Award winning BBC Radio 4 series The Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox. He also co-hosts the podcast Book Shambles with Josie Long, An Uncanny Hour and Science Shambles with Dr Helen Czerski, all three of which are a part of The Cosmic Shambles Network, which he also co-created. 

His books include Bibliomaniac, I’m a Joke and so are You, and The Importance of Being Interested. 

About the author:
Robin Ince is the co-creator and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage, which has won multiple awards include the Sony Gold and Rose d’Or. In 2019 he played to over a quarter of a million people with Brian Cox on their world tour which has put them in the Guinness Book of Records for the most tickets sold for a science show. He is the author of I’m a Joke and So Are You and also won Celebrity Mastermind despite forgetting that calcium was the dominant element of chalk. He is currently trying to invent an effective satnav for people who believe the world is flat! 

Book your tickets now, this event will be a sell-out! 

Tickets are £22 including a hardback copy of Bibliomaniac which you will have the chance to get signed on the night or £8 for admission only. Additional copies of the book will be available to purchase on the night for £16.99.

If you are unable to attend but would still like a signed copy of the book, please order a copy and add a note asking for it to be signed. Signed copies will only be available for posting or collection after the 2nd May.

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