Cultur Vultur / Books & Ideas
Discover author talks, book launches and conversations worth getting out for, across London.
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Poetry, spoken word and live jazz reflecting on fairness in all its forms
This lively evening discussion will offer expert analysis from leading US politics scholars, as well as the insights of two former Members of Congress.
Through bread, cloth and cars, the author of former Non-Fiction Book of the Month Material World deftly explains the intricacies of global trading networks and what the shift from globalisation to restrictions and intervention means for us all.
Justine Picardie and Oriole Cullen discuss the intriguing intersection of espionage and high fashion, from Edward Molyneux and Hardy Amies to Christian and Catherine Dior.
@ Join us for an evening with celebrated psychogeographer, writer and filmmaker John Rogers to help celebrate his dazzling new book CONFESSIONS OF A LONDON RIVER HUNTER, published by our great friends over at Three Imposters. London is a city of rivers: there are said to be over 350 rivers and streams in Greater London. Most have slipped from the consciousness of the city yet they trickle on through parks and open spaces, behind houses and under roads, winding their stories through the fabric of London and whispering their legends. From the western marshes of the Yeading Brook to the lost river of Leytonstone, the channels of the moon goddess, a haunted stream, long buried City tributaries and a brook rescued from the thickets, John Rogers walked some of London’s most storied watercourses that rarely get acknowledged, and attempts to find a way to hear their tales. John Rogers has spent more than two decades walking and documenting the overlooked landscapes of London both in text and video. He is the author of This Other London: Adventures in the Overlooked City; Welcome to New London: Journeys and Encounters in the Post-Olympic City; and The Black Path. His films include London Overground, made with Iain Sinclair, The London Perambulator, and Make Your Own Damn Art: The World of Bob and Roberta Smith. John was Psychogeographer-in-Residence for Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture 2019 and frequently speaks in public on the subject of London and walking. He lives in East London and continues to explore the city and its hinterland on foot. As always, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com, and a free ticket will be made available. If you choose ‘book + entry’ your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier, or arrange for delivery, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. Doors Open at 6:45pm, Event Starts 7:00
Join us for an evening with bestselling and beloved author of Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, to discuss her new novel, Peck and Peck.
Join us on Monday 9 November to watch the Booker Prize winner announcement live at the London Review Bookshop. Wine and cocktails will be available via St John. We will be running a prize draw on the night.
Twenty years ago, the assassination in London of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko changed the world. This, the West now knew, was how far Vladimir Putin would go to hunt down his enemies.
Secretary of State. Traveller. TV superstar. Join Michael as he shares funny, insightful, and poignant stories from his extraordinarily rich and varied life.
We are thrilled to welcome bestselling author Jonathan Coe to Backstory for the third time. We love listening to Jonathan talk about his writing career and we are excited to learn more about his new novel, Lessons In Harmony.
Join Dr Xiaoxin Li, Curator of Asia Department at the V&A, for the book launch of Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts.
Poet Clare Pollard leads a poetry workshop inspired by her literary forebears
We are thrilled to welcome Jeffrey Brown for a very special comic book club for LEGO - Nikolas Nurdblok and the Lost Brick! We expect tickets to go fast for this one - please get yours soon to avoid disappointment. Suitable for ages 7+.
The International Booker Prize-winning author of Time Shelter joins Lea Ypi to explore memory, imagination and the elastic possibilities of fiction. What if you could invent an entire life with a stranger in an airport café? Or see the past through one eye and the future through the other, while remaining unable to glimpse the present? These are among the unsettling premises in The Man with Many Names, the new collection of short stories by Georgi Gospodinov, one of Europe’s most inventive and celebrated contemporary writers. Moving from the Balkans to the moon and beyond, Gospodinov’s stories find the extraordinary in apparently ordinary lives. A fleeting encounter can become an imagined lifetime; a casual gesture can alter someone else’s fate. Funny, melancholy and gloriously unpredictable, these are stories that ask us to reconsider how we experience time, how we remember, and how much of any life remains unknowable to others. Gospodinov came to international prominence with Time Shelter, which won the 2023 International Booker Prize, and has since established himself as one of the essential literary voices of post-communist Europe. His new collection, translated by his longtime collaborator Angela Rodel, brings some of his finest short fiction into English for the first time.
Tuesday 10th November 6.30pm, for a 7pm start Join us for another evening of readings from different booksellers at Burley Fisher, regaling you with more tales from the oldest trade in the world. Find out what we talk about when we talk about bookselling. There will be readings... and drinks... and maybe nibbles... and it's free!
Virtue and Rosalind
Anne Serre, author of the Booker-shortlisted A Leopard-Skin Hat, returns to the bookshop with her new novel Virtue and Rosalind (translated by Mark Hutchinson) – a deeply strange exploration of art, literature and relationships between women. Merve Emre has praised the ‘rippling unreality’ of Serre’s prose: ‘reading her’, she writes, ‘is like watching a mirage flicker in and out of focus’. Serre will be in conversation with writer and critic Alice Blackhurst.
‘Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, over two years later, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and snoozed in your house for hours on end.’ – Chloe Dalton
Join us for an evening with Clarisse Monahan celebrating her latest book Rise & Align. Hosted by bookseller and astrologer Rav Chahal, this promises to be an evening of deep cosmic insight demonstrating the power the planets hold which we can all tap into.
Two living poets conjure the spirits of their literary foremothers
Tahmina Begum visits Foyles to celebrate the publication of her book Womanhood: A Love Letter to South Asian Muslim Women
Four outstanding poets, including Fran Lock and Stephen Romer, read from their new work in an evening of contemporary poetry at The Horse Hospital. Presented by Dare-Gale Press, Michael Marks Publisher of the Year 2024.
A rare screening of the original movie plus a talk with broadcaster Samira Ahmed
Come together for a vinyl listening session and hear captivating new recordings of LRB poems
Harry will reflect on 40 years of arsing about in comedy and bring some of his favourite characters vividly back to life on stage.
