India, Dec. 9 -- The Bookshop Band, that writes songs about books and plays them in bookshops and at literary festivals around the world, came to life in 2010 as an artistic collaboration with Bath's best known bookshop.

Nic Bottomley, the owner of Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, was looking to change the bookshop game and came up with the idea of creating a multisensory experience - theming each night around an author and book, bringing in food and drinks from the author's country, and adding music.

"Initially, Nic had asked if I could play songs from or about that country, but I was keen for a new songwriting challenge. I said that I would put together a small group of songwriters and we would write songs relating to the theme to...