Join our poets Lauren and Angelica as they guide your creative little ones through a poetry workshop on Tuesday 6th August. Explore haikus, acrostic and couplets using prompts provided by the natural world! Ideal for 7-12 year olds with a flair for writing and rhymes. Registration of Interest The event will take 1 hour in […]
Join us for a Pride story time session with our bookseller Alice on Thursday, 15th August! As part of our summer holiday events programme, we will be reading three different books in celebration of Pride as well as snacks and craft time. Suitable for children 3-8 years old, this event is completely free. What will […]
Work alongside self-titled "master cartographer" Joe for what promises to be a silly fun morning of fantasy geography. Make a map of a fictional world as a group, using teamwork, simple map reading skills, imagination, and artistry to build a magical world. Take inspiration from each other and some of the great fantasy books we […]
House of Books & Friends are delighted to announce that we are hosting the Feminist Book Club with facilitator Kate Feld. Taking place monthly, this will be a space for people of all genders to discuss feminist books. In August we will be discussing The Colour Purple by Alice Walker. Tickets Book and ticket: £9.99 […]
This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday 26th August via Zoom. This month, we are reading Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah – £9.99 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 […]
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 […]
This session of The Book Club will take place on Wednesday 28th August in-store from 6pm – 7pm. This month, we are reading Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah – £9.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping […]
This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday 29th August in-store from 2-3pm. This month, we are reading Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah – £9.99 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 […]
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 […]
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 September, we will be reading The Last life […]
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 […]
