We are so excited to bring back our sell-out kids event from last summer - Marvellous Myths! Join us at 11am on Tuesday 27th August where the incredible author Ashley Thorpe will be joining us to talk through all things Yoruba and West African mythology. Ashley's expertise have lead to him releasing an incredible book […]
We are excited to announce Ragnar Jonasson will be coming to House of Books & Friends on Thursday 29th August to discuss his book Death at the Sanitorium. Ragnar will be in conversation with Chris McDonald , author of the Stonebridge Mysteries and the Erika Piper series. The evening will involve a discussion, Q&A and […]
House of Books & Friends is delighted to welcome Emma and Anthony Smith on Friday 30th August to discuss their book Street Hearts: An Extraordinary Story of Saving Street Dogs. The Smiths and co-writer Lisa Cutts will join us at 2pm to tell of their journey from Yorkshire to Bulgaria, and some rescue dogs will […]
House of Books & Friends are thrilled to welcome Evie Muir to discuss their new book Radical Rest with L'Oréal Blackett on Tuesday, 17th September! Radical Rest: Notes on burnout, healing and hopeful futures is Evie's first book which explores what radical rest would look and feel like, through a Black Feminist, abolitionist and nature-allied […]
We return with our Lunchtime Lectures this September, and have the wonderful Isabelle Kenyon coming to talk on Friday 20th September about the UK's fascination with thrillers and the literary psychopath. Not only is Isabelle a fan herself, and a publisher of several titles of this genre including The Sleepless by Liam Bell, but also an […]
House of Books & Friends is overjoyed to announce Preeti Dhillon, Sheela Banerjee and Lucy Fulford will be in conversation on Tuesday 1st October from 6pm - 7pm to discuss their works, The Shoulders We Stand On, What's In A Name? and The Exiled. There will be a discussion between the three authors, a chance for a […]