Cultur Vultur / Books & Ideas
Discover author talks, book launches and conversations worth getting out for, across London.
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Join us for an unforgettable evening with best-selling author Jonathan Coe as we celebrate the release of his latest novel Lessons in Harmony.
Solace in Winter
It’s a real pleasure to welcome author Mary Lawson and broadcaster Graham Norton to Daunt Books for a discussion of Mary’s new novel Solace in Winter.
Crossing the Wine Dark Sea
At the heart of the evening is a simple but hard-won idea: that it is the small things, the ordinary moments most of us let pass unnoticed, that turn out to carry the most weight.
Live in Conversation in London
Olivia Harrison in Conversation with Samira Ahmed
Sam Caporn, aka The Mistress of Wine, has been buying and blending wine for the UK market for over 20 years. She is just one of only 400 people to hold the 'Master of Wine' qualification and the perfect person to take us on a quick journey of the joys of English wine, just in time to add a couple to your Christmas table.
Speaker: Hugo Rifkind, Times columnist, on becoming one of the most familiar voices on Times Radio For most of his career, Hugo Rifkind has been a print journalist. In 2005 he joined the Times where he now writes an award-winning weekly opinion column as well as a satirical Saturday diary in the style of a public figure in the news. He had often appeared as a guest on Radio 4, but did not become a regular broadcaster until the launch of the Times’s own radio station. For the past two years he has presented a lively mid-morning programme four days a week. How did he deal with the transition from putting words on a page to becoming a voice in our ears, we wanted to know… Members: Free, Online or Victoria Hall Non-Members: £10, Online or Victoria Hall. To attend in person, please pay on the door Please book, for online link only, by 1pm on the day of the event Please join us for a drink in the Members’ Room after the lecture
Symposium hosted in collaboration with the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation in celebration of this year's Photography Book Award.
Join us for an evening of festive fun as we rush headlong towards Christmas. There will be all the usual trimmings: - festive food and drink - quizzes and competitions plus a heavenly host of awesome authors for you to meet - just waiting to sign their latest offerings.
Join us for our Romantasy Book Club at Waterstones Piccadilly on the last Wednesday of every month. Chat with our booksellers about the best Romantasy has to offer, both old and new.
Monthly folklore club in the heart of London. An informative talk with music, storytelling plus Q&A. This month's talk is about Angels.
‘Everyone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone.’ – Zeinab Badawi
Join us for a very exciting evening with bestselling author Elena Armas to celebrate the release of her latest novel Alma Vampires.
Inua Ellams brings his live literature phenomenon back to the Library
This lecture series intends to shed some light on lesser-known publications and personalities, particularly within the often-reviled world of porn.
Guided walk from the former Robin Hood Gardens site to V&A East Storehouse
Discover 125 years of Black music-making in Britain, where music, memory and design converge to reveal the creativity, innovation and cultural power at the heart of Black British life.
David Fletcher (Independent Researcher) – 'A new picture of the Tudor realm: Christopher Saxton's Atlas of England and Wales' Lectures focussing on the history of maps and mapping worldwide, from earliest times to the twentieth century, with an emphasis on the social and cultural factors of the maps’ context, production, and use. This series is generously supported by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association’s Educational Trust and the International Map Collectors’ Society.
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.
Neurodivergent people create and perform. It could be our over-active minds, a need to carve out our own niche in the world, or a need to express ourselves in a world that doesn’t get us. Join multidisciplinary artist The Mollusc Dimension discussing his creative practice.
The lawyer and former director of global public policy at Facebook delivers this year’s Orwell Lecture
Live performances, readings and discussions about the meanings, practices and power of listening
Join us for a special evening with Nisha Katona MBE as we celebrate the release of her latest incredible cookbook The Curry Bible.
