To celebrate Loneliness Awareness Week 2026, we're teaming up with Manchester City of Literature to host a walking tour with a difference! Our Books & Friends: Connection Tours are less about history and more about meeting new people and discovering local places to connect. Using the Manchester UNESCO City of Literature Map, our relaxed tours […]
This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday 22nd June 7-8 pm via Zoom. This month, we are reading The Director by Daniel Kehlmann. £10.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box […]
Join us on Wednesday 24th June 6pm-7pm in person. In this month’s Book Club, we are reading The Director by Daniel Kehlmann. Purchase the book and a ticket to the event for £10.99. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect […]
Join us on Thursday 25th June 10.30am-11.30am in person. In this month’s Book Club, we are reading The Director by Daniel Kehlmann. Purchase the book and a ticket to the event for £10.99. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect […]
Join us on Thursday 25th June 2pm-3pm in person. In this month’s Book Club, we are reading The Director by Daniel Kehlmann. Purchase the book and a ticket to the event for £10.99. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect […]
Coffee & Connections At House of Books & Friends, our mission is to combat loneliness and social isolation. In a time when we are more digitally connected than ever, it can be hard to find real and meaningful connections. We want to create opportunities for people to meet over coffee and good conversation, providing the […]
House of Books & Friends is excited to welcome Doug Sharples, Sanjay Sood-Smith, and Amber Stein to the store on 2nd July at 6pm to discuss their book, Who’s the Real Dad? Two Dads, One Surrogate: Our Journey to Become LGBTQ+ Parents. As well as a discussion on their book, there will also be a […]
Coffee & Connections At House of Books & Friends, our mission is to combat loneliness and social isolation. In a time when we are more digitally connected than ever, it can be hard to find real and meaningful connections. We want to create opportunities for people to meet over coffee and good conversation, providing the […]
Have you got a little bookworm in your life? Then look no further than House of Books & Friends. We are excited to invite you to Little Bookworms, our monthly book club for 8-12 years. The book club runs the first Sunday of every month, 11am-12pm. For July, we will be reading Alex Abbott is […]
Introducing our monthly Craft Club at House of Books and Friends – a space dedicated to sharing creativity and meeting new people! These peer-led, relaxed sessions will take place on the first Monday of the month, 5pm – 6pm. We encourage you to bring along a project or use one of the small kits provided. […]
Coffee & Connections At House of Books & Friends, our mission is to combat loneliness and social isolation. In a time when we are more digitally connected than ever, it can be hard to find real and meaningful connections. We want to create opportunities for people to meet over coffee and good conversation, providing the […]
To celebrate Disability Pride Month, the gunnercooke foundation and House of Books and Friends are excited to invite you to our Beyond Words Book Club pop-up – an accessible book club session for adults with learning needs and disabilities and their carers. Beyond Words Book Club is perfect for anyone who may prefer to read […]
