Book Events
Tickets include refreshments & 10% off the author's book. 25 capacity, seated with back support. Entrance to the space is wheelchair accessible, although unfortunately the bathroom is not at this time. Some tickets are allocated as PWYC starting at £2.00. These tickets are intended to allow everyone to attend our events at a cost they are comfortable with. Please only select this option if you need to do so, and pay what you can afford. If you select this option but can no longer make it, please return your ticket.
Autumn 2025 Events
27 NOV-CLIMATE ADAM HANIEH: CRUDE CAPITALISM (VERSO), IN CONVERSATION WITH SEAN O'BRIEN
21 NOV-FICTION NELL OSBORNE: GHOST DRIVER (MOIST BOOKS)
12 NOV-POETRY REMI GRAVES: COAL (MONITOR BOOKS)
29 OCT-POETRY GABRIELLE BATES: JUDAS GOAT (87 PRESS), WITH EMMA GOMIS
10 OCT-FICTION RICHARD FOSTER: THE PUNK ROCK BIRDWATCHING CLUB (ORTAC PRESS), WITH JOSHUA JONES (LOCAL FIRES)
8 OCT-FICTION AGNES LIDBECK: SUPPORTING ACT (PEIRENE PRESS), WITH TRANSLATOR NICHOLA SMALLEY
7 OCT–FICTION MAHESH RAO: HALF LIGHT (PUSHKIN ONE)
3 OCT–POLITICS MAX FARRAR & BASE SOCIAL CENTRE: BIG FLAME: BUILDING MOVEMENTS, NEW POLITICS
24 SEPT–FICTION LAURA VOGT & CAROLINE WAIGHT: *WOMAN, IDLE* (HÉLOÏSE PRESS), IN CONVERSATION WITH NATALIE FERRIS
18 SEPT–POETRY SHEARSMAN SHOWCASE: CARRIE ETTER, FRANCES PRESLEY, ANDREW DUNCAN
11 SEPT–CLIMATE GREEN POPULISM ROUNDTABLE: BECCA MASSEY-CHASE, ROB BRYHER & ADAM CORNER
Summer 2025 Events
14 AUG–NEW WRITING SAMPLING DIF LIT: IAN MACARTNEY, SAM JENKS, THE ZINE TEAM & SHAW WORTH
10 JULY–ART LINA SCHEYNLUS, DIARY OF AN ENDING (PROTOTYPE), IN CONVERSATION WITH TRANSLATOR SASKIA VOGEL
4 JULY–POETRY TOTTERING STATE #7: MICHAEL MARCINKOWSKI (LIVES OF THE SAINTS), Yĕ Yĕ (SOUTH), & JOHN PHILLIPS (LANGUAGE BEING TIME)
30 JUNE–POLITICS LAURA C. FORSTER AND JOEL WHITE, FRIENDS IN COMMON: RADICAL FRIENDSHIP AND EVERYDAY SOLIDARITIES (PLUTO PRESS)
27 JUNE–NEW WRITING LAUNCH OF VOCAL INHABITANTS, AN ANTHOLOGY OF EXPERIMENTAL NEW WRITING (STRANGE REGION PRESS)
4 JUNE–POETRY LAUNCH READING FOR KOEF NIELSEN'S AREOGRAMME (KULVERT PRESS), WITH POETRY FROM SAMATAR ELMI & FRAN POPE
28 MAY–POETRY LAUNCH READING FOR IMOGEN CASSELS' SILK WORK (PROTOTYPE), WITH POETRY FROM RALF WEBB
16 MAY–POETRY & MUSIC IMRPOV SOUNDS: POETRY & MUSIC FROM NICK MOORE, KAY GRANT & GUESTS
14 MAY–POETRY & MUSIC ESME ALLMAN: SWEET BONE GIRL (BROKEN SLEEP BOOKS). WITH POETRY FROM KAYCEE HILL & MUSIC FROM MERCE JADE
12 MAY–FICTION ZDRADRAVKA EVTIMOVA: THE WOLVES OF STARO SELO (HÉLOÏSE PRESS). WITH TRANSLATOR YANA ELLIS & CAT DICKIE (THE GOOD BOOK CLUB)
8 MAY–FICTION D-M WITHERS AND BECKY BROWN ON BRIGID BROPHY'S IN TRANSIT (LURID EDITIONS)
Postponed
Spring 2025 Events
11 APRIL THE POLITICS OF HOME: ALVA GOTBY (FEELING AT HOME) AND JACOB STRINGER (RENTERS UNITE!)5 APRIL LUKE THOMPSON & DONYA TODD: CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER ANIMALS (ORTAC PRESS)
29 MAR SAM WETHERELL: LIVERPOOL & THE UNMAKING OF BRITAIN. IN CONVERSATION WITH AMY EDWARDS
26 MAR TRANSLATING INDIGENOUS MEXICAN POETRY: JUANA ADCOCK & HUBERT MATIÚWÀA (LANDSKIN, GIRASOL PRESS). WITH GIRASOL PRESS (JUKUB)
22 MAR BERNI MUNOZ, MAYA BLACKWELL & SILVIA JIMENEZ: HERBS YOURSELF: A YEAR AT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN
7 MAR EDMUND HARDY: NEGATIVE WORLDS SCREENING & DIRECTOR Q&A
*RESCHEDULED* 22 JAN 2025 CEMILE ŞAHIN: ALL DOGS DIE (MTO PRESS) & SPRING (FILM SCREENING)
2024 Events
27 NOV UNRELIABLE NATURE WRITERS: CLAIRE CARROLL & RICHARD KERRIDGE
18 NOV HASIB HOURANI: rock flight (PROTOTYPE), WITH MIRA MATTAR
15 NOV MINGLE WITH CALEB PARKIN & GUESTS
31 OCT POETRY & TRANSLATION: VÍCTOR RODRÍGUEZ NUÑEZ (DESPEGUE/DEPARTURE), KATHERINE M. HEDEEN & JAMES BYRNE (THE OVERMIND)
28 OCT HANNA NORDENHÖK: CAESARIA (HELOISE PRESS), WITH CAT DICKIE
25 OCT TOTTERING STATE #4: HARRIET TARLO ( CUT FLOWERS II) WITH ROWAN EVANS
14 OCT PAPAYA FESTIVAL: POETRY AND COCKTAILS (PAPAYA TICKET-HOLDERS)
10 OCT MARIJAM DID, EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR: HOW VIDEOGAMES CHANGED THE WORLD WITH JO LINDSAY WALTON
