The Universe and the Neurodiverse is a journey from the outermost planets to our innermost thoughts. Robin Ince has spent 15 years hosting the multi award winning The Infinite Monkey Cage with Professor Brian Cox and been at the forefront of the renaissance in science communication. Always keen to explore new avenues of communication, he has also recently been exploring poetry and was officially given his Poetic License at the 2024 Morecambe Poetry Festival. Combining poetry, stories, jokes and music, this show explores what it is to be human and the incredible diversity of our minds. It is a show about Jane Goodall and chimpanzees, about Apollo 8 and the Earthrise image, about our environment, about climate change, about neurodiversity and it is about finding joy and inspiration. It is a show created to empower and activate. It is both Robin's most personal and most universal show and the tour will coincide with the publication of his latest book Normally Weird...Weirdly Normal (Pan Macmillan) and then his first poetry collection, Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth (flapjack) comes out in October 2025.

Join us for an evening celebrating the Golden Age of crime fiction with a modern twist, as we welcome Katy Watson, bestselling author of The Three Dahlias series. The Three Dahlias is an addictively readable cosy crime, Her latest book 'A Deadly Night at the Theatre' is published July 2025. Katys entertaining and hugely enjoyable cosy crime books will be available to purchase on the night from The Curious Cat Bookshop. Doors open at 6.30pm. Wine and other refreshments will be available to purchase (cash only). This is an Adults Read Two event.