Author Event

We're so excited to welcome children's author, Kimberly Whittam, to House of Books & Friends this summer! This event will include activities with the author, a Q&A and mini cupcakes. […]

We're very excited to announce that we'll be hosting Rachel Grosvenor in store at House of Books & Friends on Friday 18th August to discuss her debut novel, The Finery. […]

We are thrilled to announce House of Books & Friends are hosting author Rebecca May Johnson, in celebration of the paperback release of her book Small Fires! Lauded as 'an intense […]

We are thrilled to be welcoming Miriam Margolyes to House of Books & Friends! This national treasure will be signing copies of her latest memoir Oh Miriam!: Stories from an […]

House of Books & Friends are over the moon to announce our first ever Bookshop Concert with the dreamy Áine Deane, coming to perform in store on Sunday, October 29th. […]

Join us on Saturday, 4th November for an evening with Rose Cleary as she discusses her debut novel, How to Be a French Girl! This event will include a Q&A […]

Persephone Books published its first title in the spring of 1999. Founder Nicola Beauman’s original concept was to re-print a handful of 'lost' or out-of-print books every year, most of […]

We are extremely excited to announce House of Books & Friends are hosting social media strategist and writer Daisy Morris, in celebration of the publication of her book Community Is […]

Join us at House of Books & Friends on Saturday 25th November as we host the Northern Independent Book Fair! Independent publishers from around the North will be joining us […]

This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday 27th November via Zoom. This month, we are reading The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph […]