Events

The Ultimate Book Events

As dedicated bibliophiles, in addition to curating mixed-brief libraries around the globe, we also participate in and programme a number of industry events each year. As well as running our own literary salon with our partner Firmdale Hotels, we also attend a number of hospitality, design and book events throughout the year. You can find out more about these events and buy tickets using the links below.

Firmdale Literary Salons

In partnership with Firmdale Hotels, we host regular book salon that takes place in one of Firmdale’s London-based venues. These are intimate events, convivial in tone, where the author is asked to read an excerpt from their book, which is then followed by a Q&A and signing. The atmosphere is cosy and informal, usually held in one of the libraries or small drawing rooms in the Firmdale Hotels, which have been designed by Kit Kemp as communal spaces which are perfect for creativity, discussion and relaxation.

Since starting the salons last year, we have featured a variety of fantastic authors such as William Boyd, Adam Kay, Isabella Tree, Kassia St Clair and Rosie Price. Our programme is expanding in the New Year with the introduction of children’s salons. The children’s salons will be held on Saturdays during the school holidays, and will be paired with afternoon tea at one of Firmdale’s London Hotels. We hope to be able to hold one of our book salons every 4 – 6 weeks from the start of 2020.

Industry Events

You can also find us at a number of other hospitality and design events throughout the year. For example, in both 2018 and 2019 we were the primary bookseller for Sweaty Betty Live. We also attend a number of hospitality and design shows year round, from the World Travel Market to Sleep + Eat at Olympia London.

Upcoming Events:

Adam Kay – Book Signing and Q&A

Location: Covent Garden Hotel, London

Date: 21st January 2020

Time: 6:30pm

Following his sellout tours including Edinburgh Fringe and Hammersmith Apollo, join Adam Kay as he shares entries from his new festive diaries as a junior doctor, Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas.

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat…but 1.4 million NHS staff are heading off to work. Join Adam as he delves back into his diaries for a hilarious and sometimes heart-breaking peek behind the blue curtain at Christmas. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas is a love letter to all those who spend their festive season on the front line, removing babies and baubles from the various places they get stuck, at the most wonderful time of the year.

£25 (including a glass of wine)

£50 (including a glass of wine on arrival and a three-course set menu dinner)

Previous Events:

Rosie Price – Book Signing and Q&A

Location: The Soho Hotel, London

Date: 18th November 2019

Time: Q & A begins at 6:30pm

Chosen as one of the hottest-tipped debut novelists of 2019 by The Guardian, Rosie Price will be speaking about her book, What Red Was, at the Soho Hotel. As well as introducing her new voice to fiction, What Red Was, was the first British novel to be chosen as ‘Book of the Month’ by the influential Instagram book club Belletrist back in September. This outstanding novel deftly explores the complicated aftermath of trauma, as well as examining class relationships and toxic inheritance.

£20 (including a glass of wine)
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