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Join us for an unforgettable evening as we celebrate Audrey Neffenger’s long-awaited sequel to original bestseller The Time Traveler's Wife, Life Out of Order. An Intimate and expansive kaleidoscopic story of love, resilience and hope when time is running out.
Michael Douglas finally gives the full and uncensored account of a remarkable life
Michael Douglas finally gives the full and uncensored account of a remarkable life that has spanned an extraordinary eight decades.
With unsettling buildings, social issues and 'modern ghosts' in common, authors Claire Fuller and Róisín Lanigan are joining Clare Chambers (Shy Creatures, Small Pleasures and more) to discuss their respective recent novels, Hunger & Thirst and I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There.
Cross borders with some of today’s most vital fiction in translation, read by the authors themselves
Celebrate the legacy of this bestselling YA novel. In association with Service95 Book Club
One's dead! One's bread! Join cartoonist Phil Corbett for a dead-funny, hands‑on comic‑making workshop inspired by his brand‑new graphic novel series, Ghost and Toast! Learn how to draw expressive characters, create hilarious comics, and turn silly ideas into visual storytelling gold - no experience required, just a big imagination (no idea is too weird) and love of drawing and fun. Perfect for ages 7+
Calling all Tom Gates superfans! Join the creator of the multi-million bestselling Tom Gates series, Liz Pichon at the Emmanuel Centre in London for a laugh-out-loud funny event that will include stories, games, live doodling and lots of laughter to celebrate the publication of Tom Gates is Not Famous (Yet), the 25th instalment in the bestselling doodle-tastic series
Join us for our monthly book club where we will be discussing The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Refreshments will be provided.
Embark on an enchanted fairy tale adventure.
Our monthly book club is a friendly space where you can talk books and discover hidden literary gems. We meet every last Thursday of the month from 6pm to 7pm at our very own Cafe W. In October, we will be reading Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott.
Join us for an exclusive in-person event with the amazing Candice Carty-Williams, at Waterstones in islington. Candice is the author of Queenie's Working on it, Queenie, People Person, the creator of Champion and more!
It's not about if it's good or not; it's about how f*cked up it is.
We are excited to welcome not one but two Women’s Prize shortlisted authors from this year’s cohort: Rozie Kelly, author of Kingfisher, and Marcia Hutchinson, author of The Mercy Step.
Join us for this month's book club to discuss Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn. Please note: this is the November session of The Classics Book Club, taking place one week ahead of schedule on Thursday 29th October
Join us for an evening with Tim Spicer to discuss his new biography of Brian Franks, the man who saved the SAS.
Join us on the last Thursday of every month for a Board Game Cafe night and choose from an exciting range of our bestselling games.
The online world is distorting reality. Now it is time to reclaim it. Distorted: Ultra-Processed Feeds, Splintered Worlds and How the Internet Broke Reality - In a world obsessed with diets, why do we not care more about what we have been feeding our minds?
Acclaimed historian Jane Draycott tells the fascinating story of Cleopatra and her powerful sister queens, their rivalry and their efforts to stand up to the might of Rome.
Join us for an evening with bestselling author of The Five, Hallie Rubenhold, to talk about her latest book Story of a Murder; a meticulously researched and fascinating reconstruction of the Dr Crippen case, that turns the focus on his murdered wife and the determination of the women who worked tirelessly to bring her killer to justice.
Alice Slater’s bestselling debut novel, Death of a Bookseller, takes us inside a struggling bookshop on Walthamstow High Street, where bookseller and true crime obsessive Roach becomes increasingly fixated on her new colleague, Laura. Darkly funny, unsettling and horribly compelling, the novel examines our appetite for stories of murder, the ethics of true crime, and the dangerous distance between fascination and obsession. In The Killer Who Lived Here, investigative journalist Matt Blake tells the extraordinary true story of buying a house in Walthamstow as a new home for himself and his young daughter, only to discover that it had once belonged to the man dubbed the E17 Night Stalker. As unsettling things begin to happen inside the house, Matt finds himself drawn deeper into its history, questioning whether a place can retain the memory of what happened there and how a rational sceptic makes sense of the seemingly inexplicable. One book is a pitch black work of fiction, the other a deeply personal true story, but both find darkness hiding behind the ordinary doors of Walthamstow. Alice and Matt will discuss the strange pull of true crime, the responsibilities involved in telling stories connected to real violence, the point at which curiosity becomes obsession, and how Walthamstow itself became such an important presence in their writing. Expect an atmospheric and thought provoking evening about murder, memory, storytelling and the unsettling histories that may be much closer to home than we realise.
Columnist Derek A. Bardowell charts the rise, triumphs, controversies and tragedies of Dancehall, in conversation with Nels Abbey
Join us for the launch of Ray Filar's debut novel Choke. About the book: A dyke hooker revenge fantasy novella, in which two sex workers fall in love and go on a ruthless murder spree. When Leila meets Silvia during a booking with Silvia's longtime client, the infatuation is instant. Silvia is older, glamorous, charming, and has been working for a lot longer than Leila, who is still new to sex work. Later that evening the two run into each other at a hotel bar, and after a messy night of drugs and sex, begin a romantic relationship that takes a turn when they start murdering clients together. Traversing the spaces of queer East London and the corporate city, Choke is a propulsive and sexy revenge fantasy mash up of black comedy, psychological (un)realism and literary essay that bends tropes and explores the essence of fantasy, from BDSM and kink to wealth and class to bodies and transness. A wild, fun, smart, and pulpy novella that transforms literary traditions and elevates queer writing.
We are so delighted to welcome Teresa Krasny and Jackie Wullschläger here for a fascinating discussion of Monet’s life through letters.
Originally published in 1987 and out of print for many years, Kicking the Pricks documents the making of one of Derek Jarman's most important and politically-charged films, The Last of England.
