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A defining new work from the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction.
Karl Ove Knausgaard is a titan of translated fiction. In his award-winning My Struggle he captured, with painful honesty, how the highs and lows of grief, envy, and love have shaped his childhood, his relationships, and the minutia of everyday life. The first book in the cycle, A Death in the Family, was named one of The Guardian’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. It continues to be heralded as a masterpiece of contemporary literature.
Traumatic experiences leave their imprint on the body as well as the mind. Now Dr van der Kolk joins us to explore his bold new paradigm for treatment.
Live in Conversation with Max Porter
We are thrilled to welcome back Ella Risbridger (The Dinner Table, Midnight Chicken and more) to talk about her latest book, The Kitchen Book.
Join the authors of 'Women Textile Designers' and founders of design studio Wallace Sewell to explore women’s contributions and experiences in textile design throughout the 20th Century and beyond.
Join us for our Horror Book Club at Waterstones Piccadilly on the first Tuesday of every month. Chat with our booksellers about the best Horror has to offer, both old and new.
What's past is now present in this November's Forgotten Fiction Book Club! A fun and fascinating evening for discussing books and authors out of print and out of vogue.
We are thrilled to announce an intimate evening with the legendary screenwriter and novelist Andrew Davies for a conversation about his new memoir, An Unsuitable Boy: A Life in Scripts.
"The economy is a fiction we wrote together, and it is in our hands to rewrite."
We're thrilled to welcome The Baillie Gifford Prize 2026 shortlisted authors to Waterstones Piccadilly.
Gertrude Stein’s Listen to Me
Catapulted to international fame by the publication of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas in 1933, Gertrude Stein returned to the US for the first time in three decades to deliver a groundbreaking series of lectures on art and literature. Delivered to packed audiences up and down the country, the lectures comprise both a manifesto for her own work and a powerful and acute analysis of modernism as a whole. Listen to Me (Fitzcarraldo) brings Stein's sparklingly witty, illuminating lectures together in one volume for the first time, selected and introduced by her acclaimed biographer, Francesca Wade. Wade will be in conversation about the lectures with novelist, essayist and translator Lauren Elkin.
Join us for a cosy evening of seasonal thrills; four brilliant crime authors discuss their books, and how to commit the perfect wintry murder.
Join us for an incredible evening with bestselling author Jodi Picoult as she speaks to Callie Hart about her latest novel Hollow Bones.
Ian Pearce’s extraordinary one-man show about Slade Drummer Don Powell. With an in conversation with Don.
Harry will reflect on 40 years of arsing about in comedy and bring some of his favourite characters vividly back to life on stage.
Part stand-up, part storytelling and part conversation with himself (and with you), this new live show sees Lenny return to the experiences that shaped him.
Upset The Rhythm present a A People’s History of Music, a slideshow / lecture / film presentation which draws from archival film, sound clips and images to tell a history of global music scenes that struggled and endeavoured during periods of authoritarianism.
Speaker: Dr Gary Armstrong, Reader in Criminology at St. George’s, University of London 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
Join Rory Clements to discuss his book Invitation from a Dictator.
Join our monthly bookclub where they will be discussing The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers.
Come along and share your thoughts on this month's Crime and Thriller book club choice 'Slow Horses'.
Pushkin House is delighted to welcome internationally renowned curator, art historian, and educator Maria Lind for a wide-ranging conversation on the agency, ethics, and future of cultural institutions. Throughout a distinguished professional trajectory spanning the directorship of Tensta konsthall, the 11th Gwangju Biennale, and the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Lind has consistently questioned standard institutional models. Recently, her work has taken this inquiry to geographical extremes: curating near and beyond the Arctic Circle at Kin Museum of Contemporary Art in Giron/Kiruna, and working in close, sustained dialogue with Sámi and Indigenous artists, land defenders, and local historians.
Join Media Revolution and Conway Hall Ethical Society as we launch a News Club Network. Keynote speaker Gail Bradbrook, Founder of Extinction Rebellion, will lead an expert panel for an evening of discussion, community-building and an interactive introduction to how News Clubs work.
Raw, rebellious and utterly unfiltered, Shouting at Night is the electrifying memoir of one of Britain’s most uncompromising artists.
Join Tharik Hussain for a special evening where he will be discussing his critically-lauded book, Muslim Europe, now in papeback. This revelatory history explores the ancient roots of Muslim Europe, tracing their journey through the Mediterranean. This ambitious history remedies Europe’s Islamic amnesia and reveals that Islam is no sideshow to Western culture – but rather has been integral to its development over 1,400 years.
The Ultimate Cartographic Exploration of the Rise and Fall of Empires
Rough Trade East is very excited to present an in conversation from Rick Wakeman and Matt Everitt and signing from Rick Wakeman. This unique event celebrates the release of his autobiography 'The Wizard of Prog: The Truth and Something Like The Truth' released via Penguin. Tickets for this event also include a physical copy of the fantastic new album on your format of choice to be collected from Rough Trade East on the day of the show.
After successive sell-out tours, legendary journalist and broadcaster John Simpson CBE returns to the stage with a bold, unflinching look at leadership.
Cody takes on today's deteriorating climate of identity-driven, social-media hot-take, culture war-fuelled brainrot politics.
Rye Barcott, Al Carns and Anthony Scaramucci in Conversation with Matthew d'Ancona
A poetic meet-up with live readings by poets from all three years of the Little Betty imprint
This event is part of the free Lunchtime Lecture series. Booking is recommended but not essential.
Want to stop feeling like a thicky thicky dumb dumb in front of all your mates? Come along to meet Cody Dahler signing his new book The State of This!: A Thicky Thicky Dumb Dumb's Guide to British Politics
Join us for a special JB Harley Research Fellowships Trust - Maps and Society evening at the Warburg Institute on Thursday November 5th, from 4.30 – 7pm. The event celebrates the achievements and continuing legacy of the Harley Fellowships in the History of Cartography, ensuring that new generations of researchers can continue to benefit from the opportunities it provides. A panel of three former Harley Fellows will reflect on their research, the work made possible by the Fellowship, and the difference it has made to their careers and to the wider field of map history. The discussion will be followed by a small reception, offering an opportunity to meet colleagues and friends from across the map-history community. Attendees are also invited to view the new Night Maps exhibition in an informal setting in which to continue conversations about maps, research and the importance of supporting future scholarship.
Those who forget history, repeat it. Those who read it, have opinions about it.
Join authors Andrew Wood and Christina Makris discuss their new books about the art, science and history of wine.
The responsibilities of speakers and platforms in a world where content can go viral. Join us for an evening's discussion on the ethics of free speech
Join us for this month's LGBTQ+ book club, where we will be looking at 'The Buddha of Suburbia'/
Join us with Adam Simcox and Remi Kone to discuss their latest novels: Time Jump - A taut high-concept psychological thriller with a nuclear explosion of '90s nostalgia'. Just Kill - The second novel in the Leah Hutch series. A twisting, addictive crime thriller that will keep you guessing.
A lecture about the comedic artist’s new book with writing advice from the greats and his mum
Maïa Hruska and Daniel Hahn on the extraordinary translators of Kafka
John Berger (1926-2017) was one of the most influential writers and thinkers of our times. Storyteller, essayist, novelist, broadcaster, poet, artist, dramatist, filmmaker; in more than sixty books, Berger explored the nature of images, spoke out against the injustices of power, and advocated for the overlooked and marginalised.
Kim Ghattas and Lyse Doucet are two of the most respected journalists covering the Middle East today. Ghattas, author of the widely praised Black Wave, a book about the historic rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, has spent years examining the forces that have shaped the region, while Doucet, the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent, has reported from the frontlines of many of its defining conflicts.
Join us for an evening of systems and secret habits as we welcome Ben Meer in celebration of his latest book How to be Good at Life.
Join us for a fun-filled evening with crafting, drinks and nibbles, where we'll exchange our thoughts on the book! Due to the contents and nature of this book, this event is strictly 18+.
Join bestselling author Sabaa Tahir at London’s Hoxton Hall as we celebrate the publication of the highly anticipated sequel to Heir, Empire.
We're delighted to welcome Nick Abadzis and Angela Watson to the shop to celebrate the launch of their comic, My Beloved Other! The couple will be here on Thursday 5th November 2026 from 7-9pm. We'll also be releasing an exclusive signed mini-print to accompany all copies of the book! Check it out…
@ Housmans, with Tribune and Verso, are happy to present a pandel discussion feeaturing Oliver Eagleton, Amelia Horgan and Ben Burgis. Housmans and Verso are happy to present a panel discussion to help celebrate the publication The Blueprint: How Socialism Can Work in the Real World by Ben Burgis, Bhaskar Sunkara and Mike Beggs. The panel takes up the books the books central premise: exactly how can socialism work in the real world? What constitutes ‘real’ here? What does it mean for ‘socialism’ to ‘work’ exactly, and whom does it work for? We can be sure all these questions and more will be answered. On our panel we have: Ben Burgis, one of the books authors and a Jacobin columnist. He is also an adjunct philosophy professor at Rutgers University, and the host of the YouTube show and podcast Give Them An Argument. He’s the author of several books, most recently Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters. Oliver Eagleton, the editor of Tribune magazine and author of The Starmer Project (2022) and the forthcoming The Future Regained (2027). Amelia Horgan, the author of Lost in Work (2021) and Principal Editor at the Common Wealth think tank. Her work has appeared in Tribune, Jacobin, The Guardian and other places. On The Blue Print: Neither capitalism nor central planning, this is the future for socialism. Capitalism isn’t working. But is there a plausible alternative? The Blueprint lays one out: a system where workers control every lever of production, and competitive markets and state planning coexist side by side. Drawing on the history of socialist experiments and the economic debate over planning and markets, The Blueprint confronts the hardest questions about what went wrong in the past—and why it can go right in the future. The result is a socialism worthy of the twenty-first century. ‘It is rare indeed to find a book that so keenly matches the elegance of its arguments with the passion of its politics. Here we have an alternative economic blueprint for our time, a shining antidote to the crude bestiality of a fading and failing Trumpian regime. The aim is to build a socialism of and for the people, a socialism that meets all our reasonable wants needs and desires with the minimum of effort. We can, the authors claim, for the first time in our history, “combine egalitarianism in distribution and democracy in production with the abundance of high-tech modernity.” This is a book to “pry open our imaginations and put the biggest questions of politics back on the table.” Let the counterattack to all that is obnoxious in our present circumstances begin.’ David Harvey, author of The Story of Capital 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.
Thursday 5 Nov 6:30-9pm Join us for the UK launch of The Hill by Harriet Clark. The author will be in conversation with Adam Phillips. About The Hill: Suzanna Klein was a baby when her mother got up early one morning to rob a bank with a group of fellow radicals. Now, every Saturday, Suzanna lines up at the prison gates among the other children, each dressed as if for celebration. Inside there is a nursery and a cemetery; there are watchful guards and distractable nuns; there are women counting down to release and women like Suzanna's mother, who will never be released. At home, Suzanna is raised by her grandmother, who is entirely unforgiving of her daughter's crime and refuses to visit the prison. Surrounding Suzanna are her grandmother's friends, who know one another from their years in the Communist Party and still spend extended cocktail hours debating the Hitler-Stalin pact. Though these women once insisted on changing the world, they are torn between teaching Suzanna how the world works and shielding her from it. Suzanna vows to return to the prison forever but her mother wants her to be free. Harriet Clark's The Hill is an incandescent novel of a child growing up between worlds, the last of three generations whose fates have been tied to punishment. It is the tale of a family broken apart by the desire for change, told with irreverent wisdom and visionary force.
Chess International Master Levy Rozman – through his online incarnation GothamChess- has brought this most cerebral of games to a whole new generation. In his brilliant new book he targets the mid-level player who wishes to improve their mastery. Meet the author when he visits Waterstones Gower Street to sign copies of How to Win at Chess, Next Level.
Rethinking ADHD: A New Perspective on the High-Energy Mind
Join us for an exciting evening with Maureen Johnson and Lex Croucher as they discusses Maureen’s latest novel The Velvet Knife
Seats for the in-person event have now sold out. Livestream tickets available below. Join us for an incredible evening with Lynn Painter in conversation with author Laura Wood as we celebrate the launch of Trust Fall
Across the world, people are falling for pseudolaw- a fast-growing movement built on conspiracy theories, quasilegal rituals and the promise that ordinary people can outsmart governments, banks and courts. OUTLAWED traces the movement from its 19th-century origins to deadly shootings, attempted coups and bizarre court cases involving doppelgangers, secret trusts and accusations of treason and sorcery.
Join us for an exclusive, one-night-only event with bestselling fantasy author Callie Hart at St. James’s Church, Piccadilly, as we celebrate the release of Quicksilver in paperback.
Three of the most exciting debut novelists of the autumn come together to talk about their experiences, hosted by Julia Armfield
Join us as we explore the vast and complex history of Gay, Lesbian & Queer life in London and learn how we evolved into the dynamic and diverse LGBTQI+ community that we celebrate today. We take a deeper dive into the historic suffering that living a gay life endured in the past, leading to the death sentences of many. Learn about the pioneering drag queens of the 1700’s who paved the way for others, the life and loves of Oscar Wilde that led to his imprisonment, the emergence of a gay community meeting in the tea rooms of Central London, the birth of Gay Pride in the 70s and the devastating impact AIDS had on our community in the 1980s. No stone is left unturned in this walking tour timeline of dramatic events that takes you from Charing Cross to Soho Square on an exciting journey through the ages. As we head into Soho, we take in the wonderful sights of London and hear about the historic Queer stories surrounding well known landmarks such as Trafalgar Square and Picadilly Circus. Come on this Queer History Walking Tour to understand it's past and celebrate why London is one of the most exciting and openly free societies of the modern age, with the largest demographic of openly LGBTQIA Community in Europe.
Join us as we welcome Zoe Tehrani for a special signing of Zoe Tehrani's Britain, A Walkers Guide: 30 Walks in the Peak District using Public Transportation.
We're delighted to partner up with our friends at Thought Bubble Festival to celebrate the release of this brand new anthology, subCULTURE, curated by the esteemed and award winning comics editor, Shelly Bond! We'll be joined by subCULTURE collaboraters Philip Bond, Shelly Bond, Davidt Dunlop,…
Join Media Revolution and Conway Hall Ethical Society as we host our first Conway Hall News Club. News Clubs make media consumption a conscientious, collective, empowering community activity, where we can discuss and challenge the news we consume - together.
What songs helped you find yourself?Join DJ Jeffrey Hinton and artists Ian Giles and Gray Wielebinski for a special listening session exploring the role of music, club culture and visibility in shaping queer identity and experience.Inspired by Desert Island Discs, Jeffrey, Ian and Gray will each choose songs or artists that have played a part in their lives, from the music that first spoke to them as queer people to unexpected deep cuts and enduring pop icons.Drawing on Jeffrey Hinton’s decades at the heart of London’s queer club culture, alongside Gray Wielebinski and Ian Giles’ artistic practices exploring identity, desire, memory and queer histories, the conversation will move across generations and genres.Conceived by Ian in lieu of a traditional artist talk, the session expands on ideas explored in his exhibition and installation Everyone Involved. Giles will discuss his re-recording of A Gay Song, originally recorded by the band Everyone Involved in 1972 and described as the first gay protest song recorded onto vinyl.Audience members will also be invited to shout-out a song or artist that first spoke to them, creating a collective playlist and conversation about the music that has stayed with us.Your ticket also includes admission to Queer Britain Museum – explore our exhibitions before or after the event. ACCESSQueer Britain Museum has step-free, wheelchair-accessible entry.An accessible, gender-neutral bathroom is available on site.Event timings will be shared here in advance.This event will not include BSL interpretation or live captioning.The event will be photographed for marketing and archive purposes.
Watch a special cut of Generative, a documentary that explores the work of artists using computers to make art, follow by a Q&A
@ What if a book wasn’t an endpoint but an infrastructure? Please join us for the launch of Publishing as Collective Infrastructure. This title is less a ‘book’ than it is a radical rethinking of the book-form itself; formulated as a collectively authored, polyphonic work; an intervention into the realms of academic and open-access publishing. The project is grounded in experimentation and the bridging of theory and practice. It works to challenge proprietary software and big-tech dependency, orientating itself towards a future mode of publishing that must address the direct crises of precarity and education. Publishing as Collective Infrastructure challenges the idea of the book as a fixed object and reimagines publishing as a collective, political, and infrastructural practice. Emerging from the ServPub project, this book brings together artists, academics, technologists, feminist server collectives, and experimental publishers to expose how contemporary publishing is shaped by extractive platforms, proprietary software, unpaid labour, and opaque infrastructures. Against this backdrop, the authors develop and document alternative models grounded in free and open-source tools, collective authorship, feminist care practices, and self-hosted, small-scale infrastructures. Blending theory, documentation, and reflection, the book explores publishing as a full-stack practice: spanning writing, design, software, servers, logistics, and governance. It addresses topics including ambulant servers, wiki-to-print workflows, versioning and forking books, radical referencing, and autonomous publishing, while situating these practices within broader debates on infrastructure, open access, and knowledge politics. Rather than offering a blueprint, Publishing as Collective Infrastructure functions as a living experiment and pedagogical resource. It invites readers to think with – and work through – the infrastructures that make publishing possible, and to imagine how knowledge might be produced and shared otherwise. Bio: Publishing as Collective Infrastructure does not have a single, unified author. Instead, it is a polyphonic work shaped by the shared labor, ideas, and practices of multiple collectives and projects working across experimental publishing, feminist infrastructure, open-source design, and autonomous knowledge production. The book emerges from collaborations involving In-grid, Minor Compositions, noNames, Shape, and Systerserver, with contributions from Constant, Creative Crowds, Hackers & Designers, OBF Experimental Publishing Group, TITiPI, & Varia. Together, these groups contribute situated perspectives, technical practices, and collective forms of authorship that reflect the book’s commitment to publishing as a social, infrastructural, and political process. 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.
Parastoo Hashemi explores the chemistry of our brains, and asks whether we might be able to create a simple chemical test to diagnose mental health problems.
**SOLD OUT** Waterstones and Scholastic proudly present Dav Pilkey, #1 Worldwide Bestselling Creator of Dog Man, Captain Underpants and Cat Kid Comic Club at ODEON Luxe in Leicester Square, London. Come along and meet creator Dav Pilkey to celebrate the release of Dog Man: A Sprinkle of Time and step into an exclusive DOG MAN experience you won’t find anywhere else!
Discussing and mapping the social and physical infrastructures that underpin communities, creativity & equity.
Get your creative juices flowing as you work with a leading poet to develop your craft
**New Event Added** Waterstones and Scholastic proudly present Dav Pilkey, #1 Worldwide Bestselling Creator of Dog Man, Captain Underpants and Cat Kid Comic Club at ODEON Luxe in Leicester Square, London. Come along and meet creator Dav Pilkey to celebrate the release of Dog Man: A Sprinkle of Time and step into an exclusive DOG MAN experience you won’t find anywhere else!
There would be no alternative music without Black artists. Journalist and feminist punk musician Stephanie Phillips reclaims the past and future of rock ’n’ roll for the Black artists who tore up and re-wrote its rules.
What happens when politics is everywhere, yet nothing seems to change? From the abandoned dance floors of Thatcher's London to the mass mobilizations of Black Lives Matter, Anton Jäger traces how public life has become infused with protest, spectacle, and moral urgency - while the old infrastructure of parties, unions, and civic solidarity has been hollowed out.
Meet the six authors up for this year’s Booker Prize, as they read from and discuss their books
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.
