Digitally join master hedgelayer and acclaimed author Paul Lamb for a special evening celebrating the release of his new book, 'Of Thorn & Briar'.

The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of Of Thorn & Briar (RRP £20) deliverable to any UK or internationa...

Raised on soundstages and studio lots from the age of six, shuffling between auditions for Disney Channel, Cheaper by the Dozen, or Missy Elliott’s music videos, Alyson Stoner experienced many of the defining moments of childhood inside the bizarre fishbowl of Hollywood.
From working eighty hour...

Have you chosen wrong at every turn?
Join award-winning debut novelist Jackie Thomas-Kennedy as she presents her gripping exploration of love, regret, and the weight of life's small decisions in The Other Wife, a bold and bracing novel about race, class, and the discontents of modern intimacy.
Su...

Join celebrated photographer Annie Leibovitz for an exclusive London event, as she shares the stories behind the images in her iconic Women series.
Named a “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress, Leibovitz is one of the most influential photographers of our time. For over five decades, her di...

Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair as she launches her groundbreaking new series with Terror at the Gates, a seductive feminist rage fantasy that reimagines the myth of Lilith in an urban landscape where sin, power, and desire collide.
She is the beginning and the end. S...

What if the life you think you've destroyed beyond repair is actually just the beginning of your real story?
Join musician, writer, and recovery advocate Lauren McQuistin as she presents her debut book No Lost Causes Club: An Honest Guide to Recovery, and How to Find Your Way Through It, a brutal...

A long-lost love. An end-of-life party. One last chance to change everything...
Join debut novelist Grace Flahive as she presents her rollicking, big-hearted novel Palm Meridian, a joyous celebration of love, friendship, and a life well-lived, set on the last day of resident Hannah Cardin's life....

How do we find radical and profound empathy for ourselves and others in the face of even the thorniest facets of the human experience?
Join acclaimed writer Lydi Conklin as they present their electrifying debut novel Songs of No Provenance, a visceral exploration of shame, desire, and the cost of...

What can the ruins of lost empires teach us about our own civilisation's future?
Join historian and podcasting phenomenon Paul Cooper as he presents Fall of Civilisations: Stories of Greatness and Decline, based on his hit podcast that has captivated over 200 million listeners worldwide.
Paul tak...

Join award-winning artist Larry Achiampong as he presents his latest monograph, If It Don't Exist, Build It, a compelling exploration of cross-cultural legacies and Black British experience set against multi-media backdrops.
Larry is a British Ghanaian artist whose award-winning, multi-disciplina...

Join acclaimed novelist, essayist, critic and academic Kate Zambreno for the UK launch of two extraordinary works: Book of Mutter and Appendix Project.
Hovering between memoir, essay and poetry, Book of Mutter is an uncategorisable text that draws upon a repertoire of genres to write into and aga...

"I am writing this story without knowing its end: it begins long before I was born and will continue long after I die. I am writing this story to help myself heal and to make you understand."
Join acclaimed Ukrainian chef and author Olia Hercules as she presents her powerful new memoir Strong Roo...

Can Caesarean birth also be magical? Mystical? Awe-inspiring?
Join journalist and author Hannah Marsh as she presents her groundbreaking work Thread, a revisionist history that challenges our perceptions of Caesarean birth while knotting together medicine, mythology, and deeply personal experienc...

What happens when ancient myths resurface in modern India?
Join Somerset Maugham Award-winning author Gurnaik Johal as he presents his highly anticipated debut novel Saraswati, a sweeping epic of family, nationalism, and environmental change centred around a legendary river's mysterious return.
C...

Born to rule. Blessed by fire. Broken by desire.
Join rising romantasy star Hazel McBride as she introduces the first book in her sizzling, Celtic-inspired fantasy duology A Fate Forged in Fire, where fire magic ignites against a backdrop of ancient Scottish mythology.
Once a territory built on...

Have you ever felt like an outsider looking in at your own life?
Join Marie-Helene Bertino as she presents Beautyland, named best book of 2024 and a must-read by the New York Times. Told through the eyes of an extraterrestrial observer, this is a shyly joyful novel about real life on our planet, ...

Join the No.1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of This Woven Kingdom series, Tahereh Mafi, to celebrate the release of Watch Me, the explosive return to her global phenomenon, Shatter Me.
Who are we when no one is watching?
James Anderson had a plan. Or half of one. He managed t...

Join body image advocate and multi-award-winning content creator Stephanie Yeboah as she introduces her moving, wildly entertaining debut novel Chaotic Energy, a rom-com that celebrates self-love, authenticity, and the messy journey to finding both.
Artemis 'Temz' Owusu has bags of confidence, an...

Can the food we cook summon more than just memories?
Join debut novelist Daria Lavelle as she introduces her darkly comic and hauntingly delicious novel Aftertaste, a supernatural feast that blends the culinary world with the afterlife.
When dead-end dishwasher Kostya discovers the ability to sum...

When peace shatters in suburbia the claws come out...
Kit Conway will introduce her wickedly entertaining thriller Cat Fight, a deliciously unhinged tale of suburban rivalries where the real predators lurk behind the window curtain.
Coralie King. Emma Brooks. Twig Dorsett. They're neighbours on ...

What does it mean to create family outside the lines of convention?
Join award-winning author Saba Sams, selected for Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023, as she presents her electrifying debut novel Gunk, an exploration of love, desire, and the unexpected paths to motherhood.
Jules has...

What dark secrets lurk beneath the tangled vines of Hollywood's most mysterious estate?
Join acclaimed novelist Christina Li as she discusses her gothic masterpiece, The Manor of Dreams, a completely addictive and beautifully haunting page-turner.
Vivian Yin is dead. The trailblazing starlet was ...

What can nature teach us about living together?
Join award-winning science communicator Sophie Pavelle as she presents her newest work To Have or To Hold, a thrilling exploration of symbiosis in the natural world that reveals both beauty and darkness in equal measure.
Species living together in s...

Candice Chung on Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You
How do we express love when you come from a culture where saying ‘I love you’ isn't the norm?
Join food journalist and writer Candice Chung as she discusses her poignant memoir Chinese Parents Don't Say I Love You, a bittersweet exploration of...

What happens when your father's dying wish brings you face-to-face with a sister you never knew existed?
Join debut novelist Morgan Dick as she introduces her darkly comic and heartfelt exploration of family secrets, addiction, and unexpected connection in Favourite Daughter.
"He left you some mo...

What does it mean to bear witness?
Join award-winning Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad as she shares her powerful memoir The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience, documenting her first-hand experiences during Israel's devastating incursion into Gaza in late 2023.
In early October 2023, Plesti...

Join No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of laugh-out-loud, pull-at-your-heartstrings romances including Yours Truly and Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez, as she celebrates her newest poignant and satisfying release, Say You’ll Remember Me.

The perfect guy. The perfect date. Utterly disast...

It's 2013. You're a teenager squinting at your laptop in the dead of night, flicking between iTunes and YouTube and PirateBay. This evolving digital landscape exists beyond the radio, HMV and even the most extensive record collection. You've entered a whole new world and, suddenly, just about eve...

You are cordially invited to summer at the Gatsby Mansion in West Egg, with the most illustrious—and deadliest—guest list.
Join debut novelist Claire Anderson-Wheeler for an evening celebrating The Gatsby Gambit, a dazzling reimagining of F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic world through the eyes of a y...

What calls to us from the edge of civilization?
Author of the award-winning and No. 1 bestselling essay collection Constellations, Sinéad Gleeson unveils her mesmerizing debut novel Hagstone, a haunting exploration of art, isolation, and feminine power.
The sea is steady for now. The land readies...

What can we learn from fungi? How might we work with them to adapt to the radical change of our times? What secrets lie beneath our feet?

Join renowned biologist and bestselling author Merlin Sheldrake for a mind-expanding journey into the extraordinary world of fungi.

Selecting jaw-dropping...

What happens when three women's lives collide in the orbit of one of history's most celebrated artists?
Author of The Flames, The Times winner for Best Historical Fiction Books in 2022, Sophie Haydock will unveil her latest historical fiction work Madame Matisse.
In art, as in life, this is a tim...

What happens when five remarkable women dared to claim the wilderness as their own?
Join historian and journalist Sarah Lonsdale, in conversation with broadcaster and writer, Dan Richards, as she discusses her groundbreaking new work Wildly Different, the globe-trotting tales of five women who fo...

Luminous with Silvia Park in Conversation with Karen Joy Fowler
What does it really mean to be human?
Explore a breathtaking vision of our near future with Silvia Park to celebrate the release of their thrilling work of speculative fiction Luminous.
“I once had a family. At least, the earliest v...

Join writer and critic Madeleine Gray as she presents her debut novel Green Dot, a sharp exploration of workplace relationships, desire, and the search for meaning in your mid-twenties.
Hera is in her mid-twenties, which seems young to everyone except people in their mid-twenties.
Since leaving s...

On the fifth anniversary of the Covid-19 lockdowns, historian and cultural critic Dr Edna Bonhomme will explore how confined spaces have shaped the spread of disease throughout history in her groundbreaking work, A History of the World in Six Plagues.
Through meticulous research and masterful sto...

Set against a backdrop of strikes and economic unrest, Alice Chadwick’s dazzling debut novel Dark Like Under captures the restless and rising potential of late adolescence in a 1980s English school.
Mapped across a warm spring day, life unfolds in the aftermath of the death of a beloved teacher...

Join Sunday Times and No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score to celebrate the release of Story of My Life, a charming romantic comedy where big city meets small town charm.

Big city romcom author Hazel has been given an ultimatum from her publisher: if she doesn’t turn in her book by...

Connect with Irish Book Award winner Roisín O'Donnell as she unpacks her breakout debut novel Nesting, a gripping story about one woman's courageous journey to reclaim her life.

On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing ...

Discover the million-copy No. 1 bestselling thriller of the year with author Ashley Elston, as she unravels the secrets behind First Lie Wins—the thriller that's captivated Reese Witherspoon, Hulu executives, and readers worldwide.

At a party with her fiancé Ryan Sumner, Evie Porter is not looki...

How do we reconcile the land we claim with the history it holds?
Join Diana McCaulay, a distinguished voice in Jamaica's literary landscape, renowned for her environmental activism and powerful storytelling. Her journey spans five acclaimed novels and culminates in the Gold Musgrave Medal for lif...

Join million-copy bestseller Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child, as she unveils her newest novel about the beauty and terror of the Alaskan wilderness, Black Woods, Blue Sky.
Birdie’s keeping it together, of course she is. So she’s a little hungover on her shifts at times, and has to bring her ...

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn introduces her sparkling new novel The Re-Write, a story about second chances, staying true to yourself, and what happens when your ex becomes your next writing assignment.
Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other's friends... Then Wale dumps Temi ...

Join academic, poet, and journalist Dr. Anna Sulan Masing as she presents her groundbreaking new work exploring what it means to be East and South East Asian in Britain today.
'Chinese’ or ‘Any Other Asian'. The boxes that people of vastly varied East and South East Asian heritage have to tick wh...

Join two groundbreaking voices in fiction, Katie Buckley and Lucy Rose, as they unite to explore myths reborn through a contemporary lens.
Lucy Rose's The Lamb sweeps us into the Cumbria woods, where women's suppressed desires and animal instincts break free in unexpected ways. Katie Buckley's He...

Join Sunday Times bestselling author Saara El-Arifi as she unveils Cursebound, the spellbinding sequel to Faebound, which won Waterstones SFF Book of the Month and was longlisted for the TikTok Book Awards.
Betrayed by destiny. Cursed by love. Bound by hope.
Yeeran was born for war but is unprep...

Devika Rege, celebrated author of Quarterlife, discusses her ambitious and provocative political bildungsroman.
Hailed as a “landmark novel” in India, Quarterlife is an award-winning debut about the country’s political pulse and changing value systems. Following a mosaic of characters, it offers ...

A Night in with Kylie Lee Baker
Join the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Scarlet Alchemist, Kylie Lee Baker, as she celebrates the release of her forthcoming social horror, Bat Eater.
Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown....

No Filters with Christie Watson and Rowan Egberongbe

How can we communicate when things are so painful? How can we connect when generational differences are extreme? How do parents and teenagers, and all of us, have real conversations?
When Rowan was sixteen, she only tolerated communication fro...

Contemporary romance writer Callie Hart turned heads when she cast Death as her leading man, catching the attention of millions on TikTok and sparking a publisher bidding rush. Now, join the USA Today bestselling author as she revisits the pages of Quicksilver.
In the land of the unforgiving dese...

Writer, activist, and filmmaker, Catherine Joy White, will deep-dive into our complex relationship with food on a global scale – from a means to assert ownership of the world to an indispensable tactic of civil rights movements.
Honoured as a member of the Forbes Under 30 list, long-listed for Al...

Join us to celebrate the publication of award-winning author Jamaica Kincaid’s latest book, An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Coloured Children, and discover a garden unlike any other.

This alternative ‘Enclyopedia’ of natural knowledge charts a hidden history through a deceptively simple ‘alphab...

After gaining 4.8 million views and becoming a viral self-published star on BookTok, Imani Erriu now invites us to celebrate the rerelease of her celestial, chemistry-filled enemies-to-lovers Romantasy trilogy, Heavenly Bodies.
You know the most dangerous kind of villain? A woman with nothing lef...

Taking up the mantle of a generation that cannot abide in silence and obstruction, Temim Fruchter unveils their rich and intricately wrought debut, A City of Laughter, a sprawling multi-generational family saga.
An 18th-century badchan, a holy jester whose job is to make wedding guests laugh, rec...

As Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double on the Harry Potter films, David Holmes’ amazing gymnastic skills saw him earn onscreen immortality. In the wake of tragedy, a stunt that went badly wrong and snapped his spinal cord, David became a beacon of inspiration and now shares his story with the world a...

When it comes to queer British history, London has stolen the limelight. But what about the millions of queer lives lived elsewhere?
In Queer beyond London, two leading LGBTQ historians, Alison Oram and Matt Cook, in conversation with English poet and writer, Andrew McMillan, will take you on a j...

The extraordinary life of Cher can be told by only one person...Cher herself.

After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher will finally reveal her story in intimate detail live on stage.

Her remarkable career is unique and unparalleled. The only woman to top...

Known for her award-winning roles in Orange Is the New Black and Mrs. America, actress Uzo Aduba celebrates the release of her unique coming-of-age story in her new memoir The Road is Good.
Growing up as one of the few Black families in a predominantly white Massachusetts suburb, Uzo’s childhood ...

From the wonderfully strange mind that brought you Marcel the Shell and the New York Times bestseller Little Weirds, get ready for a deeply funny, delightfully weird, and tender conversation with actor, author, and comedian, Jenny Slate.
Celebrating her new book, Lifeform, Jenny will take us thr...

Acclaimed authors Marianne Brooker and Pragya Agarwal come together to discuss the intersecting issues around care-work and creativity, gender and the social and medical structures that influence all three.

Bringing these two brilliant, unique voices together, The Art of Caring, will be chaired ...

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.
Malcolm, co-founder of Pushkin Industries and author of seven New York Times bestsellers, h...

In this exclusive online event, Joanna ‘JoJo’ Levesque, the multi-platinum artist behind hits like “Leave (Get Out)”, “Too Little, Too Late”, and the Grammy award-winning “Say So”, celebrates the release of her debut memoir, Over the Influence, and reflects on her life in the ever-evolving entert...

Join, the acclaimed author of Leave the World Behind and That Kind of Mother, Rumaan Alam, as he unveils his latest novel, Entitlement, a story based on the seductive allure of money, privilege, and power.
Money talks. But what if it lies?
Brooke wants many things. A sense of purpose, independenc...

Join internationally bestselling author Sophie Kinsella as she discusses her most autobiographical work to date, What Does it Feel Like?
Eve is a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. Her husband, never far from her side, explains that she...

Join queen of the forensic psychological thriller Patricia Cornwell, in conversation with Lucy Foley, author of The Guest List, to discuss the newest release in her thrilling Kay Scarpetta series, Identity Unknown.
Patricia’s Kay Scarpetta series has sold over 120 million copies and is set to bec...

Easy come, easy go, but Eve gon’ be lastin’. Join Grammy-award-winning MC and Hip Hop legend, Eve, for a historic night celebrating the release of her memoir, Who’s That Girl?.

The year is 1999. Eve Jihan Cooper made history with her solo debut album, Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady. It...

Immerse yourself in the reimagined world of Shakespeare with Ava Reid, the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning, Wolf and the Woodsman, and Juniper and Thorn as she celebrates the release of her new darkly literary novel, Lady Macbeth.
Fair is foul and foul is fair.
The Lady kno...

Step into a world of ancient magic, dark divinity, and wild ways on this remarkable feminist deep dive into ancient goddesses with Jasmine Elmer.
Jasmine’s debut book, Goddess with a Thousand Faces, is the first of its kind. A bold exploration of world goddesses, blending multiple genres to creat...

Calling all Ghosts fans! For one night only, float into this ghoulishly entertaining evening to celebrate the release of Ghosts: Brought to Life, the official behind-the-scenes companion book to the hit BBC sitcom.
Live on stage, the show’s beloved creators—Laurence Rickard, Martha Howe-Douglas,...

In celebration of the debut release of the fiercely political and headily romantic novel, The Fertile Earth, spend a night in with award-winning author and former commuter programmer Ruthvika Rao.
Irumi village, Telangana. Vijaya and Sree are the daughters of the wealthy landowning Deshmukh fami...

Join winner of the New York Times “Best California Book of 2022” and bestselling author, Chelsea Bieker, to celebrate the release of her explosive and provocative novel, Madwoman.
The world is not made for mothers. Yet mothers made the world…
Clove has gone to extremes to keep her past a secret....

Join author Rachel Blackmore to celebrate the release of her dizzying and sensual debut novel, Costanza, which brings to life the story of a feminist icon erased from history.

History calls her a Muse. Temptress. Fallen woman.
This is her story.

It’s 1636 and Rome hums with gossip and sin. Co...

In celebration of her debut vampire romantasy novel, Immortal Dark, spend an captivating evening with writer Tigest Girma as she unravels the deliciously dangerous world of Uxlay.
Lost heiress, Kidan Adane grew up far from Uxlay University – the hidden society of vampires originating from Africa....

Join us for a special evening as we celebrate the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Winners.
For the past decade, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize has recognized the best short fiction from the Commonwealth regions of Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. This year...

Join us for a delicious night in with professional chef and influential recipe creator, Jon Watts, to celebrate the release of his ultimate cookbook for quick, easy, under 30-minute tasty dinners, Speedy Weeknight Meals.
Jon will discuss how he believes everyone can create amazing food from scrat...

For the first time EVER, your favourite podcast is going on a nationwide tour. Get your tickets now for How to Fail LIVE and join creator and host Elizabeth Day for an uplifting, hilarious, moving and unforgettable evening.
Elizabeth and her very special guest will peel back the layers of pressur...

What would happen if your fierce female protagonist faced off against a wily and cunning mythical creature?
How do you write characters’ journeys of rage and resilience to reflect real-world issues?
If you could wield any magical power, what would it be?

In celebration of Jordan Ifueko's bran...

Join Dame Tracey Emin DBE RA for a radical night of artistry to celebrate the release of Tracey Emin Paintings published with Phaidon Press, the first monograph dedicated to Tracey’s emotive paintings that showcases her soulful work like never before.

Live on stage with a special guest, Tracey ...

Join actor, writer and comedian Rosie Holt ‘MP’ to celebrate the release of her satirical masterpiece, Why We Were Right: A Catalogue of Conservative Successes.

Having flourished as an MP during the reign of Boris and clung on through to Rishi Sunak’s government, via a short and turbulent deto...

Join Jane Garvey and Fi Glover, the charismatic and dynamic duo behind the knockout Times Radio show, Off Air and BBC Radio 4 podcast, Fortunately as they take to the stage LIVE.

Renowned broadcasters Jane and Fi have amassed a devoted following thanks to their candid, razor-sharp humour and w...

Join writer, poet, digital artist, and founder of The Good Quote, Meggan Roxanne, for a heartfelt exploration of personal healing to celebrate the release of her debut self-help book, How to Stop Breaking Your Own Heart.

Meggan will be joined in conversation with Yung Pueblo, Malanda Jean Claud...

Gather your coven for a bewitching night in with bestselling novelist, screenwriter, and journalist, Juno Dawson, to celebrate the release of her propulsive novella, Queen B.

The most recent spellbinding instalment of the Sunday Times bestselling Her Majesty’s Royal Conven fantasy series, takes...

Join us for a night in with award-winning writer and producer Essie Chambers, to celebrate the release of her alluring novel, Swift River.
What if the price of knowing who you are is losing the only family you've ever known?
Summer, 1987. On the sweltering streets of the dying New England mill to...

Join us for a night in with author, Orlaine McDonald, to celebrate the release of her debut novel filled with desire and jeopardy, No Small Thing.
For a year, the three of them live in the flat below Earl's on the Blossom View Estate.
Livia, who has been running for long enough to think her past...

Join poet, author, and speaker Olivia Gatwood, to celebrate the release of her darkly brilliant novel, Whoever You Are, Honey.
Behind this glass, everything is more beautiful.
On the Santa Cruz waterfront, every house is as perfect as the people inside. Not so for Mitty and Bethel, the oddball p...

With every rescue comes a story. Join us for an evening with Sunday Times bestselling author and social media sensation Niall Harbison, as he shares the story behind his passion for rescuing street dogs and how it might have saved his life.

Joined by special guest host Andrew Cotter, Niall will...

Join personal trainer, influencer, columnist, podcaster, and bestselling author, Alice Liveing, for a night of relatable and motivational health advice from her new memoir and guide, Give Me Strength
In 2017, Alice, known as Clean Eating Alice, was the UK’s leading personal trainer, she had over...

Join New York Times bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name, Out of Egypt and Eight White Nights, André Aciman, to celebrate the publication of his new dazzling, sunbaked Italian summer story, The Gentleman from Peru.

We spend more time than we know trying to go back. We call it fantasisin...

Join professional Cricketer Azeem Rafiq, who played for Yorkshire CCC for two stints between 2008 and 2018, and MQ Mental Health ambassador, to celebrate the publication of his compelling book It’s Not Banter, It’s Racism – What Cricket’s Dirty Secret Reveals About Our Society.
Green grass, blue...

Explore post-Brexit Britain and what it means to British with Jon Sopel, renowned British journalist, bestselling author, political insider and presenter of the chart-topping podcast The News Agents.
In 2022, after eight years of reporting from the heart of American politics, Jon returned home to...

Join USA Today’s bestselling romance author, Kirsty Greenwood, as she takes you on a hilarious whirlwind adventure of big emotions and delicious drama in The Love of My Afterlife.
A wildly entertaining, swoonworthy romantic comedy following a dead woman who is offered a chance to win back her ...

Join award-winning author and winner of AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, Irenosen Okojie, to celebrate the release of her extraordinary and thrilling mythical novel, Curandera.
Set in the mountainous town of Gethsemane, 17th-century Cape Verde, a mysterious woman's arrival sparks a series of ...

Join New York Times best-seller of contemporary romance Ana Huang, in conversation with Ali Hazelwood, author of the Love Hypothesis, to discuss the most anticipated read of the year.
Featuring swoon-worthy romance, King of Sloth is the standalone fourth instalment in the delicious Kings of Sin...

Join author, screenwriter and co-founder of Nyhah Network, Shani Akilah, to celebrate the publication of her debut richly imagined collection of linked stories, For Such a Time as This.
Gabby and Jonathan cross paths at the wedding of a mutual friend. They both wonder if this could be the start ...

Join New York Times bestselling author of
The Sun is Also a Star
and
Everything, Everything
Nicola
Yoon
, to celebrate the release of her first adult novel,
One of Our Kind.
When Jasmyn Williams and her husband King realise
they’re expecting their second child, they decide
to move to the town of...

Join Rachel Khong, author and California Book Award winner to celebrate the publication of her highly anticipated book, Real Americans.

On the precipice of Y2K, unpaid intern Lily Chen is attempting to live the American dream in New York City. But her scientist parents imagined so much more fo...

Join author, writer and editor-in-Chief of The Shanghai Literary Review, Juli Min, to celebrate the release of her dazzling and ambitious debut novel Shanghailanders.

2040: Leo Yang - handsome, distinguished, a real Shanghai man - is on the train back to the city after seeing his family off at ...

Join Dr. Karen Lord, longlisted author of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, for a unique virtual event in partnership with Dark Matter, to celebrate the paperback publication of her wondrous science fiction novel, The Blue, Beautiful World.

The world is changing, and humanity must change with it. ...

Join Irish fiction writer,
Alan Murrin
,
to celebrate the publication of his debut novel
–
The Coast
Road
–
a brilliantly observed debut novel about a small Irish community in 1994 and the
consequences of daring to move against the tide.
It’s 1994 in
County Donegal, the legalisation of divorce is...

Join acclaimed American storyteller and bestselling author,
Ayana Mathis
to celebrate the
publication of
The Unsettled
–
an explosive and vital story of belonging, legacy and survival.
From the moment Ava Carson and her
ten
-
year
-
old son, Toussaint, arrive at the Glenn Avenue family
shelter in...

Join System Of A Down frontman and writer Serj Tankian to celebrate the publication of his incredible first memoir, Down The System.

With nearly 40 million record sales, three albums topping the Billboard charts, a Grammy win, and a legion of fans, System Of A Down is one of the biggest metal b...

Join Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted author Helen Oyeyemi to celebrate the release of her glorious new novel, Parasol Against the Axe, which will take you on a once-in-a-lifetime trip suffused with warmth and joy.
Hero Tojosoa accepts an invitation she was half expected to decline, and finds hersel...

Join author and 2020 BBC Young Writer of the Year winner Lottie Mills, to celebrate the release of her darkly atmospheric and beautifully crafted collection of gothic fairytales, Monstrum.

In Lottie's haunting modern stories, a father and daughter build a life for themselves on an isolated beac...

Join Sunday Times bestselling author of Pandora, Susan Stokes-Chapman, for an enchanting virtual event delving into the captivating world of her latest release The Shadow Key.
There's something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or darkness?
Set in Me...

Join Joanna Cannon, Catherine Cho, Sanmeet Kaur and Hannah Beckerman as they come together for Mental Health Awareness Week to discuss Will You Read This, Please? A frank and impactful collection of 12 stories as told to our best British writers, based on the lived experience of people who have ...

Don’t miss a hugely entertaining access-all-areas conversation with former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner, star of Netflix’s smash hit docuseries Drive to Survive.

Reflecting on his decade in charge of Haas, Guenther will offer an unobstructed view of what really takes place beh...

Join award-winning food writer, cook, and stylist, Georgina Hayden, in conversation with chef, author, podcaster and co-owner of Honey & Co., Itamar Srulovich, to celebrate the publication of Georgina’s new book, Greekish: Everyday recipes with Greek roots.

Greekish is Georgia’s most personal (a...

Join the creator of Hill House Vintage, Paula Sutton, to celebrate the publication of her gripping and delightfully quirky cosy-crime novel, The Potting Shed Murder.
There's death amongst the dahlias...
Welcome to the sleepy village of Pudding Corner, a quintessentially English haven of golden co...

Join British racing driver and prolific public speaker Nicolas Hamilton, to celebrate the publication of his new book, Now That I Have Your Attention: 7 Lessons in Leading a Life Bigger Than They Expect.
Nicolas Hamilton has been exceeding expectations since day one.
Born with a form of cerebral ...

Join the legendary Henry Winkler as he shares stories of his life on the 50th anniversary of his time in Hollywood.
Told he would never achieve, the Emmy-award winning actor, bestselling author, director and producer treads the boards with his heartwarming story of success to celebrate his memoir...

Best friends for over 25 years, author and broadcaster Elizabeth Day and psychotherapist Emma Reed Turrell are taking their hit podcast to the stage for the first time with Best Friend Therapy LIVE!
Now in its seventh season, Best Friend Therapy is the podcast that holds your hand through the to...

Join the screenwriter and director of Emily Henry’s Beach Read, Yulin Kuang, to celebrate the publication of her contemporary romance debut novel How to End a Love Story.
Helen Zhang is the bestselling author who can't write her own happy-ever-after. Grant Shepard is the screenwriter with the m...

Join writer, editor and artist Varaidzo for a unique virtual event to celebrate the publication of her debut novel, Manny and the Baby.
London, 1936. Two sisters are ready to take the city and the world by storm.
Bath, 2012. Two young Black men are figuring out who they are, and who they want to ...

After the success of her sell-out 2023 tour, Miriam Margolyes returns with more, juicy, jaw-dropping stories from her eventful life and career to celebrate the paperback release of her bestselling and much acclaimed book, Oh Miriam! Stories from an Extraordinary Life.

Buckle up for an irrepress...

Join stage and screen writer Anoushka Warden to celebrate the publication of her wildly funny debut novel I’m F*cking Amazing.
What becomes of happily-ever-after for a woman who can’t stand sex with the best guy ever?
Her fanny used to work perfectly. It found her fingerings, orgasms and love. Bu...

Join award-winning author of The Leavers, Lisa Ko for a special virtual event in celebration of the publication of her newest book, Memory Piece.
In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by their shared sense of alienation and desire for someth...

Join writer and performer Roxy Dunn to celebrate the publication of her tender, devastating and sharply funny debut novel, As Young as This.
Elliot. Joe. Tommy. Nathanael. Wren. Oliver. Malik. Zach. Frank. Patrick. Noah.
These are the men Margot has loved, liked, lusted over. Since she was sevent...

Spend a fascinating evening with renowned classicist and historian, Mary Beard. Well known from television, here she shines the spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from the well known Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to the almost unknown Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 C...

Join writer, historian, broadcaster, and comedian Subhadra Das to celebrate the publication of her new book, Uncivilised: Ten Lies that Made the West.

Subhadra’s debut book is a lively and irreverent exploration of ten founding ideas of Western civilisation that encourages us to look at the wor...

Join author, playwright and journalist Vanessa Walters in conversation with Sofia Akel to mark the publication of Vanessa’s superb debut adult novel, The Lagos Wife.

Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of Lagos and a glamorous group of friends....

Join rising star in literary fiction, Chukwuebuka Ibeh, in conversation with author and lecturer Okechukwu Nzelu to mark the publication of his debut novel, Blessings.

When Obiefuna's father witnesses an intimate moment between his teenage son and the family's apprentice, newly arrived from the...

Join bestselling poet Hollie McNish for an intimate online reading to celebrate her brand-new blend of poetry and prose, Lobster: and other things I’m learning to love.

This book is written out of both hate and love for the world. As people, we are capable of it all; amazement and disgust, fun ...

Get ready for an enchanting evening like no other, in the company of some of the biggest names in fantasy fiction, celebrating the novel The Book of Love by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Kelly Link.

For this exclusive virtual event, Kelly (White Cat, Black Dog; Get In Trouble) will be joined by renow...

Everything comes at a price. But not everything can be paid for…

Spend an evening with Booker Prize nominated and Sunday Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age Kiley Reid, in conversation with Chanté Joseph, to celebrate Kiley’s hotly anticipated new novel, Come and Get It.

Millie wants t...

Join consulate editor for Joyland Magazine and award-winning writer Ashani Lewis, to celebrate the publication of her seductive and sapphic debut novel, Winter Animals. A must read for fans of White Lotus and The Secret History.

In one of America's Happiest Cities, Elen is trapped under the sha...

Join best-selling and award-winning author of Miracle Creek, Angie Kim in conversation with Gabrielle Zevin to celebrate the publication of her riveting new novel, Happiness Falls.

We didn’t call the police right away…

Mia Parkinson’s life is turned upside down when her stay-at-home dad, the ...

Join award-winning British science journalist and broadcaster Angela Saini to celebrate the paperback publication of her groundbreaking book The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule.

Patriarchs is a bold and radical book that searches for the true roots of what we call patriarchy. Travelling to the ...

What if I will not die / what will govern me then?

Spend an evening with award-winning poet and author Safia Elhillo to celebrate the UK publication of her poetry collection, Girls that Never Die.

In this fiercely wise collection, Safia reinvents the epic to explore Muslim girlhood, feminine sh...

Join award-winning and bestselling author of The Four Winds, The Nightingale and Firefly Lane Kristin Hannah to celebrate the publication of her brand new, hotly anticipated novel The Women.

‘Women can be heroes, too’. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frankie McGrath, hears these unexpected...

Join author and poet Jodie Matthews to celebrate the publication of her unforgettable haunted house mystery debut novel, Meet Me At The Surface.

Everything that comes from the ground has to go back down … eventually.

Merryn grew up on the wilds of Bodmin moor, raised by her mother and her aunt...

Join award-winning poet and professor, Andrew McMillan, to celebrate the publication of his debut novel, Pity.

The town was once a hub of industry. A place where men toiled underground in darkness, picking and shovelling in the dust and the sleck. It was dangerous and back-breaking work but it m...

Join Māori novelist Rebecca K. Reilly in conversation with Julia Armfield to celebrate the UK publication of her hilarious debut novel about love, queerness, migration, and family, Greta & Valdin.

Siblings Greta and Valdin have, perhaps, too much in common. They're flatmates, beholden to the sam...

Join writer Kate Brody to celebrate the publication of her debut novel Rabbit Hole.

Kate’s novel is a deliciously dark and twisted tale about family secrets, true crime, and destructive obsession. Prepare to be enthralled as Kate explores her process of bringing this gripping story to life, in ...

Join author Vanessa Chan and In Memoriam author Alice Winn in conversation as they celebrate the publication of Vanessa’s spellbinding and sweeping debut novel, The Storm We Made.

Step into the captivating world of British-occupied Malaya in the 1930s, where ambition collides with destiny, and ...

Join award-winning poet and campaigner Karen McCarthy Woolf to celebrate the publication of her hilarious, lyrical and totally original debut novel Top Doll.

When reclusive billionaire Huguette Clark dies age 104, she leaves behind a suite of New York apartments, a meticulously upkept California...

Who gets to win power and how do they keep it – and lose it? Who is excluded from power? Does power always corrupt or are there examples of leaders who have maintained their integrity while in authority?

Join co-presenter of the hit podcast The Rest is Politics, Rory Stewart - diplomat, explore...

Join BBC Gardeners' World presenter and gardening writer, Monty Don, as he shares his passion for gardens and the unique role they play in human inspiration and wellbeing.

Monty has been making television programmes for over 30 years and has been lead presenter of the BBC’s Gardener’s World sin...

Join bestselling author-illustrator and Emmy-winning screenwriter Alice Oseman for an exclusive virtual event to celebrate the publication of their new book Heartstopper Volume 5

Nick and Charlie are very much in love. They've finally said those three little words, and Charlie has almost persua...

Join the ever-tasteful, often hilarious, always readable writer and broadcaster Jay Rayner as he celebrates 25 years as The Observer’s award-winning restaurant critic with the publication of Nights Out At Home, a memoir-in-recipes. Throughout his quarter of a century eating professionally in some...

Join best friends Robert Reeves, Mick Peterson, Jessay Martin and Bill Lyons, also known as The Old Gays to celebrate the publication of their first book The Old Gays’ Guide to the Good Life.

The Old Gays have taken TikTok by storm with their viral videos, from the outrageous and hilarious, to ...

Join Booker Prize shortlisted author Paul Lynch, to celebrate his newest book Prophet Song.

On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to the newly formed secret police, there to interrogate her husband a trade unionist.

Ireland is falling...

Do Psychopaths rule the world? How do we define normal? Are you friends with a psychopath? Are you worried YOU might be one?

Fifteen years has passed since he embarked on the adventure that became his ground-breaking and best-selling work, The Psychopath Test, and now renowned journalist, film...

Join actor, director, and writer Tom Hanks live in conversation to celebrate the publication of his debut novel, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: a wildly ambitious story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film, and the humble co...

Growing up, bestselling author, broadcaster, and host of the hit podcast How To Fail, Elizabeth Day, wanted to make everyone like her. Lacking friends at school, she grew up to believe that quantity equalled quality. Having lots of friends meant you were loved, popular, and safe. She was determin...

Join senior correspondent at Vanity Fair, Delia Cai in conversation with Wiz Wharton, to celebrate the publication of her debut novel Central Places.

Audrey Zhou left Hickory Grove, the tiny central Illinois town where she grew up, as soon as high school ended, and she never looked back. She mov...

Join legend of the silver screen and British icon Sir Michael Caine, in conversation with Matthew d’Ancona to celebrate his incredible life and work, and to mark the publication of his new thriller Deadly Game.

Sir Michael Caine CBE has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his first Academy A...

Join no.1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros, to celebrate the publication of Iron Flame, the hotly anticipated sequel to Fourth Wing.

"The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity." - Xaden Riorson

Vio...

Prepare your senses for a delectable event like no other!

Photographer and chef Mary McCartney author behind the mouthwatering new TASCHEN cookbook, Feeding Creativity will serve up a sensational experience that combines her two passions: photography and food.

Joined on stage by pals Stanley Tu...

Join Booker Prize longlisted author of How Much of These Hills is Gold, C. Pam Zhang, in conversation with Sofia Akel to celebrate the publication of her brand-new book Land of Milk and Honey.

A smog has appeared. Food crops are disappearing. A chef escapes her career in London to take a job at ...

Join novelist and performance poet, Lucy Ayrton, to celebrate the publication of her newest book, Things We Lose in Waves.

Jenny's world is falling apart.

Ravenspurn is falling into the sea. The little town is perched on a remote cliff, and every day, frequent storms are claiming more land, mor...

Join founders of the anti-racist advocacy and platform Everyday Racism, Natalie and Naomi Evans in conversation with Sofia Akel as they celebrate the paperback publication of their book The Mixed-Race Experience: Reflections and Revelations on Multicultural Identity.

The event will initially be ...

Join award-winning author, speaker and photographer Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström, in conversation with Nigerian-British writer and headwrap aficionado Onyi Nwabineli as they discuss their new books, Everything is Not Enough and Someday, Maybe.

The event will initially be broadcast on 31 October at 6....

Join reality TV star and influencer, Georgia Harrison for a unique virtual event to celebrate the publication of her book Taking Back My Power: Our Bodies. Our Consent.

The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of Taking Back My Power (RRP £18.99) delivera...

Join acclaimed essayist, playwright, poet and Booker Prize for Fiction winner Sir Ben Okri, to celebrate the publication of his newest book, Tiger Work.

The event will initially be broadcast on 16 October at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended a...

Join us for an epic culinary journey celebrating the 40th anniversary edition of Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cookery.

The event will initially be broadcast on 12 October at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you li...

Join birder, environmentalist and diversity activist Mya-Rose Craig as she celebrates the paperback publication of her book Birdgirl: A Young Environmentalist Looks to the Skies in Search of a Better Future.

The event will initially be broadcast on 5 October at 6.30pm UK time. It will be availab...

An Audience with Dolly Alderton

Spend a heartwarming evening in the company of award-winning author, screenwriter and journalist Dolly Alderton to celebrate the release of her much-anticipated new novel Good Material.

Dolly Alderton is a force to be reckoned with whose bestselling books have...

Join poet and professor Safiya Sinclair, in conversation with Monique Roffey to celebrate the publication of Safiya’s incredible new memoir, How To Say Babylon.

The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of How To Say Babylon (RRP £16.99) deliverable to any...

Join James Patterson, one of the best-known and biggest selling writers of all time, for an exclusive virtual event to celebrate the much anticipated release of his new book 12 Months To Live.

The event will initially be broadcast on 28 September at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view u...

Join beloved writer, comedian, and actor Doon Mackichan in conversation with Rowan Pelling, to celebrate the publication of Doon’s first book My Lady Parts: A Life Fighting Stereotypes.

The event will initially be broadcast on 26 September at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to tw...

Step into the world of Button House to celebrate the upcoming release of Ghosts: The Button House Archives, the warm-spirited and deliriously daft companion book to the award-winning and hugely popular BBC1 series Ghosts. Spend an evening with show creators Mathew Baynton, Ben Willbond, Jim Howic...

In response to huge popular demand, we are once more offering you a chance to join the award-winning restaurant critic, writer and broadcaster Jay Rayner for his famed writing masterclass, both in person and streamed online. During this 90-minute class Jay, who was named Critic of The Year in the...

Join boxer and philanthropist Amir Khan to celebrate the publication of his new book Fight For Your Life: The Autobiography.

The event will initially be broadcast on 15 September at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwi...

Have you heard of the Indian Workers’ Association? The Grunwick Strike? The Brixton Black Women’s Group? The Battle of brick Lane? If the answer is no, you’re not alone.

Join researcher, historian, and author Preeti Dhillon as she uncovers the forgotten history of the UK’s anti-racist campaigner...

Join freelance journalist and writer, known for her coverage of disability rights and living with disability, Lucy Webster as she celebrates the publication of her new book The View From Down Here: Life as a young disabled woman.

Women’s lives are shaped by sexism and expectations. Disabled peop...

Join TikTok superstar and professional chef Poppy O’Toole in conversation with iconic radio and television presenter Melvin Odoom as they celebrate the publication of Poppy’s brand new book The Actually Delicious Air Fryer Cookbook.

The event will initially be broadcast on 31 August at 6.30pm UK...

Join Grammy-nominated artist Tippa Irie in conversation with British novelist Alex Wheatle in this exclusive screening of a live event to celebrate the launch of his memoir Stick to My Roots.

The event will initially be broadcast on 1 September at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up ...

Join icon and living legend, Arnold Schwarzenegger, for an inspirational evening to celebrate his upcoming book, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life.

World’s greatest bodybuilder, Hollywood blockbuster action hero, former governor of California; Arnold’s stratospheric rise is built on a lifetime of...

Join one of the most influential writers in America, Jo Ann Beard as she celebrates the UK publication of her career-spanning Collected Works and Cheri, a heart wrenching novella.

The event will initially be broadcast on 23 August at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks a...

Join writer, actor and screenwriter Kate Hardie in conversation with the incredible Maxine Peake, to celebrate the publication of Kate’s debut novel This Is Where We Live.

The event will initially be broadcast on 21 August at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the...

Ladies and gentlemen, take your seats and join theatre royalty Michael Ball as he graces the stage like never before to celebrate the release of his first ever memoir, Different Aspects.

Divulging the pitfalls and pratfalls of modern theatre, join Michael live in conversation and step into the w...

How do we determine what is beautiful? Whose standards are we trying to meet when we spend ourhard-earned money on our haircare, skincare and makeup? What is it we are really searching for, and what can we do about it?

Answering these questions and more is bestselling writer, journalist, present...

Join fashion, beauty, and cultural icon Linda Evangelista, as she draws back the curtain on her legendary partnership with Steven Meisel and her remarkable career at a very special event celebrating their first book, Linda Evangelista Photographed by Steven Meisel.

One of the most recognisable m...

Join one of Britain’s most original comedians and champion of series eight of Taskmaster, Lou Sanders as she celebrates the publication of her frank, honest and painfully funny memoir What’s That Lady Doing?: False Starts and Happy Endings.

The event will initially be broadcast on 18 August at 6...

Join us for a virtual event like no other, as we celebrate the highly anticipated publication of The Book of Fire by besselling author Christy Lefteri, acclaimed writer of The Beekeeper of Aleppo and Songbirds.

The event will initially be broadcast on 22 August at 6.30pm UK time. It will be avai...

Join debut author Khashayar J. Khabushani and bestselling author of Open Water and Small Worlds, Caleb Azumah Nelson, as they celebrate the publication of Khashayar’s heartrending novel I Will Greet The Sun Again.

The event will initially be broadcast on 25 August at 6.30pm UK time. It will be a...

Join number one bestselling author Adele Parks MBE in conversation with the brilliant and respected broadcaster Angellica Bell for an electrifying virtual event to celebrate the publication of her new explosive thriller Just Between Us.

The event will initially be broadcast on 17 August at 6.30p...

Spend an evening with bestselling author of The Poet X and award-winning poet, Elizabeth Acevedo to celebrate the publication of her novel Family Lore.

The event will initially be broadcast on 8 August at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and ...

This autumn, to celebrate and launch their new book, The Chateau: Forever Home, the stars of Channel 4 hit sensation Escape to the Chateau, Dick and Angel, will bring their irresistible warmth, humour and candour to two exclusive live events!

Following on from their Sunday Times best-selling boo...

Join writer, director, consultant and educator Lennina Ofori, in conversation withJeffrey Boakye to celebrate the publication of Lennina’s new book Advocate: A voice from the margins.

The event will initially be broadcast on 6 August at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two week...

Join the author of His Only Wife Peace Adzo Medie to celebrate the publication of her stunning new book Nightbloom.

The event will initially be broadcast on 31 July at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you liv...

Join internationally best-selling author of The Priory of The Orange Tree and The Bone Season series, Samantha Shannon, to celebrate the publication of her new book A Day of Fallen Night.

The event will initially be broadcast on 26 July at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two w...

Join bestselling author Julie Mae Cohen in conversation with Sarah Shaffi to celebrate the publication of her brand new feminist revenge thriller Bad Men.

The event will initially be broadcast on 24 July at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended an...

Join RADA-trained actress Kehinde Fadipe for a very special evening to celebrate the publication of her debut novel, In Such Tremendous Heat, A sizzling page-turner set against the lush backdrop of Singapore.

The event will initially be broadcast on 18 July at 6.30pm UK time. It will be availabl...

Join the bestselling author of Friday Black Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah for an electric virtual event to celebrate the publication of his hotly anticipated debut novel Chain-Gang All-Stars.

The event will initially be broadcast on 13 July at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two we...

Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is six years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht — the night their family loses everything. As her child’s safety seems ever-harder to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on the last Kinder­transport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to En...

Before the Bridgertons came the love story that changed the ton…

In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent…not p...

The challenge of our generation is regeneration—and this is that story.

Sister Nature: The Education of an Optimistic Beekeeper, follows the adventures of a Kenyan beekeeper-turned-farmer on a decade-long journey to find purpose and potential in the explosive world of regenerative agriculture.

...

Join bestselling author and winner of The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize And National Book Award 2022 Tess Gunty, in conversation with Hepzhibah Anderson to celebrate the paperback publication of her book The Rabbit Hutch.

The event will initially be broadcast on 23 June at 6.30pm UK time. It w...

Catherine Joy White is an author, founder of Kusini Productions and the gender advisor to the United Nations. Join her in conversation to celebrate the publication of her debut book This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood.

The event will initially be broadcast on 22 June at 6.30pm ...

Join activist, entrepreneur and philanthropic innovator Rachel E. Cargle to celebrate the publication of her book A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir and Manifesto on Reimagining.

The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of A Renaissance of Our Own (RRP £1...

Join the inimitable Stanley Tucci – household name, star of blockbuster films such as The Devil Wears Prada and The Hunger Games, cocktail-making Instagram sensation, and food enthusiast – for a very special evening at the Barbican Centre, London to raise money for The Women’s Prize Trust.

In c...

Notorious for her honest and authentic advice, Trinny Woodall’s years presenting the iconic BAFTA-nominated TV show What Not To Wear alongside Susannah Constantine earned her a place in the hearts of millions of women across the UK. She went on to establish Trinny London in 2017 – one of Europe’s...

Join Women’s Prize-winning author Kamila Shamsie in conversation with her long-standing editor and friend Alexandra Pringle for a unique insight into the art of editing.

The event will initially be broadcast on 8 June at 7.00pm. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has en...

Join bestselling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel as she celebrates the paperback publication of her new book Sea of Tranquillity in conversation with Naomi Alderman.

The event will initially be broadcast on 30 May at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to vie...

Join author Jen Beagin, to celebrate the publication of her incredible new novel, and soon to be HBO series starring Jodie Comer, The Big Swiss.

The event will initially be broadcast on 31 May at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be ac...

Join broadcaster, podcast host and Sunday Times bestselling author Emma Gannon, in conversation with Farrah Storr to celebrate the publication of her new book The Success Myth.

The event will initially be broadcast on 28 May at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after t...

Join journalist, chef and restaurateur Ravinder Bhogal in conversation with Meera Syal to celebrate the publication of her new book Comfort and Joy: Irresistable Pleasures from a Vegetarian Kitchen.

The event will initially be broadcast on 25 May at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view u...

How do you find and keep love? What does it mean to you to be content? Are other people just annoying or are you the problem?
Answering all these questions and more is Philippa Perry: psychotherapist, broadcaster, the Observer’s sagacious agony aunt, million-copy bestselling author of The Book Yo...

Join writer and stand-up comedian Josie Long to celebrate the publication of her new book Because I Don’t Know What You Mean and What You Don’t.

The event will initially be broadcast on 26 May at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be ac...

Join author Janika Oza to celebrate the publication of her debut novel A History of Burning.

The event will initially be broadcast on 12th June at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone tha...

Join former Conservative Cabinet minister and co-presenter of the hit podcast The Rest is Politics, Rory Stewart, as he shares an insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament.

In conversation for this exclusive live event, Rory will consider how, over the course of a decade, he we...

Join the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, in conversation with Sofia Akel to celebrate the publication of her eagerly awaited new novel, Dust Child.

The event will initially be broadcast on 9 May at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to ...

Join bestselling author Tim Marshall, in conversation with Brian Clegg to celebrate the publication of his new book The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change our World.

The event will initially be broadcast on 12 May at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up t...

Join diplomat and the fastest selling author in Indian publishing, Amish Tripathi to celebrate the publication of his new book War of Lanka.

The event will initially be broadcast on 7 May at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accesse...

Join bestselling author Kate Morton in conversation with Alex Clark to celebrate the publication of her much-anticipated new novel, Homecoming.

The event will initially be broadcast on 5 May at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be acce...

Join author and Food Editor for Vogue Hong Kong Susan Jung, in conversation with author and presenter Ken Hom, to celebrate the publication of her new book Kung Pao & Beyond: Fried Chicken Recipes from East and Southeast Asia.

The event will initially be broadcast on 4 May at 6.30pm UK time. It ...

Join author, activist and co-director of the Reproductive Justice Initiative, Dr Annabel Sowemimo, in conversation with Moya Lothian-McLean to celebrate the publication of her new book Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare.

The event will initially be broadcast on 2 ...

Join writer, editor, poet and the acclaimed winner of the inaugural Bernadine Evaristo Scholarship Rachel Faturoti in conversation with Yassmin Abdel-Mageid, to celebrate the publication of her new book Finding Folkshore.

The event will initially be broadcast on 26 April at 6.30pm UK time. It wi...

An exclusive conversation with Service95 founder Dua Lipa.

Service95 is the cultural concierge and destination of discovery for the eternally curious. Be it style or social justice, the brand uses its editorial platform and podcast to share stories and experiences through a global lens. 2023 mar...

Join author Melissa Coss Aquino, in conversation with Danya Kukafka, to celebrate the publication of her debut novel Carmen & Grace.

The event will initially be broadcast on 22 April at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Wor...

Join award-winning food writer Sumayya Usmani, in conversation with Jay Rayner to celebrate the publication of her stunning memoir Andaza.

The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of Andaza (RRP £25) deliverable to any UK or international address. This ev...

Join author and Booker Prize Foundation Scholar Stephen Buoro to celebrate the publication of his debut novel The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa.

The event will initially be broadcast on 20 April at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended a...

Spend a fascinating evening with renowned classicist and historian, Mary Beard. Well known from television, here she shines the spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from the well known Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to the almost unknown Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 C...

Join influential climate activist Mikaela Loach in conversation with Gemma Styles to celebrate the publication of her new book It’s Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World.

The event will initially be broadcast on 16 April at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two...

Join Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author Jennifer Saint to celebrate the publication of her new book Atalanta.

The event will initially be broadcast on 14 April at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live ...

Join award-winning author Chika Unigwe to celebrate the publication of her new modern feminist reimagining of the myth of Hades and Persephone, The Middle Daughter.

Udodi’s death was the beginning of the raging storm but at that moment, we thought that the worst had already happened, and that li...

Join prize-winning author of The Ungrateful Refugee Dina Nayeri, to celebrate the publication of her new book Who Gets Believed?

The event will initially be broadcast on 22 March at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwi...

Join bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld in conversation with Pandora Sykes, to celebrate the publication of her new novel Romantic Comedy.

The event will initially be broadcast on 6 April at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be acces...

Spend an evening in the company of the extraordinary writer, presenter, actor and tour de force that is Kelechi Okafor. The host of the popular ‘Say Your Mind’ podcast is coming to the Barbican for one night only to celebrate the publication of her new book, Edge of Here, and is inviting you to j...

Join Emmy-winning writer and Golden Globe-nominated actor, comedian, and director Bob Odenkirk as he recounts the twists and turns of his comedy career live on stage. 

Celebrating the paperback publication of his Sunday Times bestselling book Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Bob will share the hig...

Join award winning author Diana Evans to celebrate the publication of her new novel, A House for Alice.

The event will initially be broadcast on 6 April at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time ...

Join author Jacqueline Crooks in conversation with Desiree Reynolds to celebrate the publication of her debut novel, Fire Rush.

The event will initially be broadcast on 15 March at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwid...

Join bestselling author, chef, and YouTube content creator Claire Saffitz in conversation with Claire Ptak, to celebrate her newest book, What’s For Dessert.

The event will initially be broadcast on 13 March at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ende...

Join internationally bestselling author Jessie Burton to celebrate the paperback publication of her book Medusa.

The event will initially be broadcast on 6 March at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live i...

Join award-winning chef and broadcaster Andi Oliver, in conversation with Jay Rayner to celebrate the publication of her long-awaited first cookbook The Pepperpot Diaries: Stories from My Caribbean Table.

The event will initially be broadcast on 29 May at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to ...

Join your online big sisters Courtney Daniella Boateng and Renée Kapuku, aka the hosts of the hit To My Sisters podcast, for the ultimate evening celebrating sisterhood.

What type of friend are you? How do you overcome trauma and failed relationships? How do you stop competing with your friends...

GOSH! It’s Gyles & Judi & all the Dames! Join Gyles Brandreth & Dame Judi Dench at the London Palladium as they celebrate one birthday & a score of great theatrical dames. On stage in person with Gyles & Judi: Dame Eileen Atkins, Dame Floella Benjamin, Dame Sheila Hancock, Dame Twiggy Lawson, Dam...

Join everyone’s favourite family doctor, Dr Amir Khan, for a fascinating, heart-warming, and frequently hilarious evening as he shares stories about growing up in his British Asian family with 5 sisters, ruled by Mama Khan, and his life as a general practitioner.  

Live on stage, Dr Amir will de...

Join writer Kevin Jared Hosein to celebrate the publication of his new book, Hungry Ghosts.

The event will initially be broadcast on 26 February at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone tha...

Join award winning actor, disability advocate and star of Netflix’s Heartbreak High, Chloe Hayden to celebrate the publication of her new book Different, Not Less.

The event will initially be broadcast on 17 February at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event...

Join one of the UK’s most-loved chefs Gennaro Contaldo to celebrate the publication of his new book, Gennaro’s Cucina.

The event will initially be broadcast on 20 February at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If ...

Join bestselling authors Val McDermid and Jane Harper, in conversation with Sam Baker to celebrate the publications of their newest books 1989 and Exiles.

The event will initially be broadcast on 21 February at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ende...

Join author Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ to celebrate the publication of their debut novel, Dazzling.

The event will initially be broadcast on 16 February at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone th...

Join author Jessica George in conversation with Paula Akpan to celebrate the publication of her debut novel, Maame.

The event will initially be broadcast on 22 February at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you...

Join best selling author of The Appeal and The Twyford Code, Janice Hallett, to celebrate the publication of her new novel The Mysterious Case of The Alperton Angels.

The event will initially be broadcast on 13 February at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the ev...

Be part of an unmissable evening celebrating the literary genius of Salman Rushdie. Two global stars of the book world, Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman, chaired by Erica Wagner, will be joining forces to discuss Salman Rushdie’s new novel, Victory City, with special readings by Sarita Choudhury f...

Be part of an unmissable evening celebrating the literary genius of Salman Rushdie. Two global stars of the book world, Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman, chaired by Erica Wagner, will be joining forces to discuss Salman Rushdie’s new novel, Victory City, with special readings by Sarita Choudhury f...

Join psychoanalytic psychotherapist, clinical supervisor and writer Maxine Mei-Fung Chung to celebrate the publication of her new book What Women Want.

Through the profound and moving stories of seven very different women, Maxine sheds light on the most fundamental needs and desires of women. Fr...

Join Women’s Prize shortlisted author of Stay With Me, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, to celebrate the publication of her new book A Spell of Good Things.

Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, c...

Growing up, bestselling author, broadcaster and host of the hit podcast How To Fail, Elizabeth Day, wanted to make everyone like her. Lacking friends at school, she grew up to believe that quantity equalled quality. Having lots of friends meant you were loved, popular and safe. She was determined...

Spend an illuminating evening with two publishing powerhouses and unlock the tools to make your writing shine, stand out, and catch the attention of an agent.

It’s time to make your writing resolutions for the new year. Set yourself up for success in 2023 and secure your place at this very speci...

Join author Carolyn Hays to celebrate the publication of her new book A Girlhood: A Letter to My Transgender Daughter.

When Carolyn Hays’s fourth child made clear to the family that they were all wrong, he was not a boy, but, in fact, a girl, the Hays shifted pronouns, adopted a nickname and enc...

Join one of the world’s most successful fantasy fiction authors, Cassandra Clare, for this exclusive live event to celebrate the highly anticipated third and final book of The Last Hours trilogy: Chain of Thorns.
In conversation, Cassandra will look back on the success of her #1 New York Times be...

If you’ve ever been on a night out where you got blackout drunk and have laughed the next day as your friends tell you all the stupid stuff you said, that’s what being autistic feels like for me: one long blackout night of drinking, except there’s no socially sanctioned excuse for your gaffes and...

Join winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize Jyoti Patel in conversation with Mohsin Zaidi to celebrate the publication of her debut novel The Things That We Lost.

The event will initially be broadcast on 17 January at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after...

Join author Eleanor Shearer to celebrate the publication of her debut novel River Sing Me Home.

The event will initially be broadcast on 20 January at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone ...

Join star of Great British Bake Off Freya Cox in conversation with Felicity Cloake to celebrate the publication of Simply Vegan Baking.

The event will initially be broadcast on 11 January at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accesse...

Spend a hilarious and uplifting evening with renowned British designer, bestselling author and Great Pottery Throw Down judge, Keith Brymer Jones, as he shares stories of life in front of and behind the potter’s wheel.

Dancer. Front man in an almost famous band. Judge on The Great Pottery Throw...

Join us on another unforgettable adventure through the extraordinary life and strong opinions of Miriam Margolyes, live on stage in her biggest tour yet to mark the launch of her new book.

“My new book is called OH MIRIAM! -- something that has been said to me a lot over the years (often in ton...

Join best selling author Alexander McCall Smith, in conversation with Fiona Lindsay to celebrate the publication of his newest books A Song of Comfortable Chairs and The Enigma of Garlic.

The event will initially be broadcast on 14 December at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to t...

Join bestselling poet and beloved novelist Brian Bilston to celebrate the publication of his new poetry collection, Days Like These.

The event will initially be broadcast on 7 December at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed ...

What makes you, you? Is there a part deep inside of you that no one understands? Have youfound your tribe or are you a unique human being? Or is it more complicated than that? Inthe last few decadesa combination of individualism, the internet and the culture war has,for many of us, brought our fe...

Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without John Rutter and his ever-popular concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and this year we’ve pulled out all the stops to bring this firm festive favourite direct to you, in the comfort of your own home.

World-renowned English composer and condu...

Spend an illuminating evening with the bestselling, double Booker Prize-winning phenomenon that is Margaret Atwood, as she celebrates the publication of her new book, Old Babes in the Wood.

Live in conversation, Atwood will discuss her latest collection of stories, which explore the full welp a...

Join musician, actor and director Martin Kemp in conversation with Robert Elms to celebrate the publication of his new book Ticket to The World: My 80s Story.

The event will initially be broadcast on 15 December at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has end...

Join actress, singer and best-selling author Carrie Hope Fletcher to celebrate her newest novel With This Kiss.

The event will initially be broadcast on 6 December at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live...

Join bestselling authors Patricia Cornwell and Clare Mackintosh as they celebrate the publications of their new novels Livid and The Last Party

The event will initially be broadcast on 14 November at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be a...

Join thought leader, TED Speaker, author and producer Nova Reid in conversation with Marverine Cole to celebrate the paperback publication of Nova’s book The Good Ally.

The event will initially be broadcast on 4 December at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the e...

Join award-winning author Olivia Wenzel to celebrate the publication of her new book 1000 Coils of Fear.

The event will initially be broadcast on 30 November at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a tim...

A deeply heart wrenching novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear.

Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can turn a blind eye to the most searing injustice. It's a story about the power - and lim...

Join authors Elodie Harper and M.A Kuzniar as they celebrate the publications of their new novels The House with the Golden Door and Midnight in Everwood.

The event will initially be broadcast on 18 November at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended a...

Join superstar chef James Martin to celebrate the publication of his new book Potato.

Potato is the essential cookbook for this most beloved, extraordinarily versatile and ubiquitous of ingredients. James presents over 130 recipes and techniques that will inspire you to put potatoes front and ce...

Join writer, poet and podcaster Derek Owusu to celebrate the publication of his new book Losing The Plot.

Driven by a deep-seated desire to understand his mother’s life before he was born, Derek offers a powerful imagining of her journey. As she moves from Ghana to the UK and navigates parenthoo...

Join author Leonora Nattrass, to celebrate the publication of her new novel Blue Water.

The event will initially be broadcast on 31 October at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone that does n...

Join Sunday Times Bestsellers Anthony Horowtitz and Adam Hamdy, in conversation to celebrate the publication of their new books The Twist of A Knife and The Other Side of Night.

The event will initially be broadcast on 19 October at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after...

Kiara Johnson does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a rehab facility and an older brother who devotes his time and money to a recording studio, she fends for herself - and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother is prone to disappearing for days at...

Dame Judi Dench
In conversation with Gyles Brandreth

A special Christmas treat: Dame Judi Dench is back in the West End – on stage – in person – for three shows only celebrating her incredible career – and Christmas!

Presented by Fane, live from the Gielgud Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, Dam...

Join Professors Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw as they delve into the mysteries of our universe to celebrate the publication of their new book Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe.

The event will initially be broadcast on 4 October at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to...

Join author and broadcaster Alice Zaslavsky, to celebrate the publication of her new book The Joy of Better Cooking.

The event will initially be broadcast on 28 October at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you li...

Join food writer, presenter, and leading voice in African cuisine Lerato Umah-Shaylor to celebrate the publication of her new book Africana.

The event will initially be broadcast on 22 October at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be acces...

Join iconic star of Crazy Rich Asians and Fresh Off The Boat Constance Wu, to celebrate the publication of her new book Making A Scene.

The event will initially be broadcast on 4 October at 8.00pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Wo...

Join author and Just Cause podcast host Derek A. Bardowell to celebrate the publication of his new book Giving Back: How to Do Good, Better.

The event will initially be broadcast on 27 September at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be acc...

Join author, broadcaster and journalist Jimi Famurewa, to celebrate the publication of his new book Settlers: Journeys through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London.

The event will initially be broadcast on 16 October at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week aft...

Join Tova Friedman and Malcom Brabant in conversation to mark the publication of The Daughter of Auschwitz.

The event will initially be broadcast on 1 October at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a ti...

The event will initially be broadcast on 6 November at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone that does not suit the initial broadcast time you can watch it at any point after the initial showin...

Join #BookTok phenomenon and award-winning author Alex Aster as she marks the publication of Lightlark, an utterly gripping YA fantasy novel

Welcome to the Centennial.

Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are ...

Powerful, hopeful and utterly extraordinary, this is a truly original tale of love and loss, told with warmth and imaginative humour, from an unforgettable new voice in fiction.

The millions of people who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help.

This November, the former NASA roboticist, Sunday Times Number 1 and international bestselling author and cartoonist will...

Join Tracey Lien as she marks the publication of her debut novel, All That’s Left Unsaid.

In conversation for this virtual event, Tracey will consider the intricate bonds of family, friendship, and community and the inspiration behind her unforgettable cast of characters, all connected by a deva...

Join actor and social media star Joe Tracini as he delivers a frank and frequently laugh-out-loud funny account of living with Borderline Personality Disorder to mark the publication of Ten Things I Hate About Me.

Hi. I hope you're ok.

My name's Joe, and I have one job, every day: don't kill my...

Meet Charles Ignatius Sancho: his extraordinary story, of a man born on a slave ship who became the first black Briton to vote, has been hidden for three hundred years. Now, his tale will finally be told, live on stage by beloved British actor and writer Paterson Joseph.

Celebrating the publicat...

Join global prize-winning and bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver, in conversation with novelist, filmmaker and fellow Women’s Prize for Fiction winner Ruth Ozeki as Barbara celebrates the publication of her new book, Demon Copperhead.

Demon’s story begins with his trau...

Spend a heart-warming and hilarious evening in the company of the beloved Dolly Alderton, award-winning and bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love and Ghosts, screenwriter, journalist, podcaster, and everyone’s dream dinner party guest, as she celebrates the publication of her new boo...

The virtual 'Access All Areas: book, stream and exclusive behind-the-scenes' package is deliverable to any UK or International address, and will include an exclusive signed* edition of Chain of Gold (RRP £14.99), a unique ticket to the live stream, and the following exclusive backstage content fr...

Join British television’s first lady of the paranormal Yvette Fielding, as she celebrates the release of the second book in The Ghost Hunter Chronicles: The Ripper of Whitechapel by hosting a séance in her very own home.

When the ghosts of two young children start to haunt a local school, traine...

Join award-winning, Indian-born Trinidadian multimedia journalist Ira Mathur in conversation with Maggie Gee, author of The White Family, to celebrate the publication of her new book Love The Dark Days

This frank, fearless and multi-layered debut centres on a privileged but dysfunctional Indian ...

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Join author and translator Jennifer Croft to celebrate the UK publication of her new book, Homesick.
Sisters Amy and Zoe grow up in Oklahoma where they are home-schooled for an unexpected reason: Zoe suffers from debilitating and mysterious seizures, spending her childhood in hospitals as she und...

Reclaiming her identity from the very public victimhood she endured after her partner was caught cheating on a prime-time TV show, Humphries delivers an insightful and important analysis of toxic relationships.

Join host of the #1 hit true-crime podcast Crime Junkie Ashley Flowers to celebrate the publication of her new book, All Good People Here.

The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of All Good People Here deliverable to any UK or international address.

T...

Join much-loved broadcast royalty, Nick Grimshaw, for an entertaining and heartfelt evening as he shares stories and insights from across his life and career to date - some funny, some poignant and some a little unbelievable.

In conversation for this exclusive event, Nick will talk candidly abou...

Spend a magical evening with musical theatre star and Olivier Award winner Michael Ball in conversation as he celebrates the publication of his debut novel, The Empire.

Set in the early 1920s, The Empire tells the story of a fictional theatre of the same name in the north of England. Known as ‘t...

Join author and head of editorial at Black Ballad Jendella Benson in conversation with Liv Little, to celebrate the publication of her debut novel Hope And Glory.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

‘Jendella Benson has drawn such a compelling world that Hope and Glory...

Join best-selling author and baker Jane Dunn at her new test kitchen, to celebrate the publication of her new book Celebrate!

The event will initially be broadcast on 5th August at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. ...

Join critically acclaimed author Bernice L. McFadden to celebrate the publication This Bitter Earth, the sequel to her classic debut Sugar.

The event will initially be broadcast on 4th August at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be access...

Join former Love Island contestant Yewande Biala to celebrate the publication of her new book Reclaiming.

The event will initially be broadcast on 31st July at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time...

Join author, journalist and Stylist’s 2019 Rising Star Poorna Bell, to mark the publication of her debut novel, In Case of Emergency.

The event will initially be broadcast on 30th July at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worl...

Spend a delicious evening with Yotam Ottolenghi and Noor Murad, the team behind the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen (OTK), as they reveal how to ‘Ottolenghify’ your meals in this fun and interactive event.

Live on stage, Ottolenghi and Murad will take you through their latest OTK cookbook, Extra Good ...

Spend a riotous and revealing evening with writer, radio DJ, TV presenter, co-founder of Comic Relief, and award-winning actor, Lenny Henry. Live on stage, Lenny will chart his rise, fall, and triumphant rise from the ashes during the 80s and 90s to celebrate the publication of Rising To The Surf...

Join one of the UK’s most treasured broadcaster and presenters, Graham Norton, in launching the publication of his new novel, Forever Home.
Live in conversation, Graham will discuss the themes Forever Home explores and will also share tales from his extraordinary career, and what inspired him to ...

Spend a delicious evening with the inimitable Stanley Tucci – household name, star of blockbuster films such as The Devil Wears Prada and The Hunger Games, cocktail-making Instagram sensation, and food enthusiast – as he chats intimately to a special guest interviewer, to be announced.

From gr...

Spend an evening on a thrilling, epic, and original journey through the history of humanity, as told from the dazzlingly fresh and global perspective of prize-winning, bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore.

For this unique live event, join Simon in conversation as he shares a history of ...

Spend an evening with renowned broadcaster David Dimbleby, as he takes the audience behind the scenes of his extraordinary 70-year career to celebrate the publication of his new book, Keep Talking.

In conversation for this rare live event, Dimbleby will reveal secrets of the craft, the faux pas...

Join award-winning mental health campaigner Jonny Benjamin MBE and co-author Britt Pflüger to mark the publication of The Book of Hope

'There is always hope, even when we cannot seem to seek it within ourselves.'

In conversation with co-author Britt Pflüger for this virtual event, Jonny will sh...

Spend an evening with Costa Award-winning author Jess Kidd as she marks the publication of The Night Ship, an imaginative historical epic of shipwreck, mutiny, fate and friendship

1629. A curious and bold young girl called Mayken boards the Batavia, the most impressive sea vessel of the age. Dur...

Join Clare Pollard as she celebrates the release of her debut novel, Delphi

It is 2020 and in a time more turbulent than any of us could have ever imagined, a woman is attempting to write a book about prophecy in the ancient world.

Navigating the tightening grip of lockdown, a marriage in crisi...

Join Jill Dawson, award-winning author of 11 novels including the critically acclaimed books The Language of Birds, The Crime Writer, and Fred & Edie as she celebrates the release of her powerful and chilling new novel The Bewitching.

Alice Samuel might be old and sharp-tongued, but she's no foo...

Join Salma El-Wardany as she discusses her electric new novel These Impossible Things.

Jenna, Kees and Malak have been friends for years, the three of them together against the world. Yet the events that unfold over one evening changes everything between them and they are left marooned from each...

Join Elaine Hsieh Chou, as she discusses her spell binding debut novel Disorientation.

Twenty-nine-year-old PhD student Ingrid Yang is desperate to finish her dissertation on the late canonical poet Xiao-Wen, so when she accidentally stumbles upon a strange and curious note in the Chou archive...

Join Juno Roche, to celebrate the release of A Working Class Family Ages Badly.

Juno Roche’s A Working Class Family Ages Badly is a gripping and emotional memoir about love, life and chosen family between two pandemics. Born in Peckham in the 1960s, Juno grew up in a working-class family who dab...

Join chef, food writer and cookery teacher Sabrina Ghayour in conversation with Felicity Cloake to mark the publication of her new book Persiana Everyday.

The event will initially be broadcast on 1st August at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended a...

Spend an evening with the author of Netflix’s hit series Anatomy of a Scandal, Sarah Vaughan, and author of BBC1’s critically acclaimed You Don’t Know Me, Imran Mahmood, as they mark the publications of their new books, Reputation and All I Said Was True

In conversation for this unique virtual e...

In conversation with Allan Mustafa to mark the publication of Big Has Home: Recipes from North London to North Cyprus.

The event will initially be broadcast on 17th August at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you...

Spend a glorious evening with award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author of The Clanlands Almanac, Sam Heughan, as he recounts his journey of self-discovery along the West Highland Way.

To celebrate the publication of his first full memoir, Waypoints, Sam will be live in conversat...

This is a cookbook. It’s also a story about a year of grief and hope and change; a year of fancy fish pie, cardamom- cinnamon chicken rice, chimichurri courgettes, quadruple carb soup, blackberry miso birthday cake, and sticky toffee Guinness brownie pudding.

A year of loss, and every kind of ro...

To mark the publication of Ungrateful

In partnership with Sevenoaks Bookshop, the ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of Ungrateful, deliverable to any UK or international address.

The event will initially be broadcast on 20th June at 6.30pm UK time. I...

Join author, broadcaster, educator, and journalist Jeffrey Boakye to mark the publication of I Heard What You Said, a necessary call to action over an education system that is failing its Black students and students of colour.

The event will initially be broadcast on 6th July at 6.30pm UK time. ...

Join us for a highlights show from The British Book Awards 2022, featuring exclusive interviews and impassioned acceptance speeches from the authors who have won the illustrious Book of the Year categories, alongside comments from literary and celebrity judges, an insider look at the publishing w...

Hugh Bonneville is one of Britain's best-loved actors, whose credits include Downton Abbey, W1A and the Paddington films.

Now, join him for this exclusive live event as he shares compelling stories and anecdotes from his life and career to celebrate the publication of his memoir Playing Under th...

For the first time ever, Melanie C - aka Sporty Spice - will tell her amazing life story in her own words, live on stage at the Barbican, London.

“I never told my story before because I wasn’t ready. Now I am.”

In conversation for this exclusive event, and to celebrate the publication of her au...

Since his breakout role in cult classic film Withnail and I in 1987, Richard E Grant has become a much-loved fixture on our screens, starring in everything from Doctor Who to Downton Abbey via Game of Thrones, Star Wars and Spice World and Oscar-nominated for his 2018 role in Can You Ever Forgive...

Award-winning broadcasters Fi Glover and Jane Garvey don't claim to have all the answers (what was the question?), but for these live events to celebrate the paperback publication of their bestselling book Did I Say That Out Loud?, they guarantee an evening of behind-the-scenes revelations and in...

Spend an evening with the star of Marvel's first ever Asian superhero movie, Simu Liu, as he traces his path from his humble upbringing in China to the bright lights of Hollywood.

Join curve model, influencer and body positivity activist Felicity Hayward to mark the publication of Does My Butt Look Big In This?, a self-love and body positivity manifesto.

Felicity Hayward - curve model and founder of the online movement #SelfLoveBringsBeauty - is a leading voice for change...

To mark the publication of Quilt on Fire

As a former nurse, Christie Watson thought she knew everything about her changing body. Yet even she was taken by surprise as her perimenopause took hold. Quilt on Fire, her fifth book, is her warm and moving account of this mid-life journey.

In conversa...

Spend an evening with one of the world’s most popular and acclaimed storytellers Karin Slaughter to mark the publication of Girl Forgotten

Prom Night, Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn dresses carefully for what's supposed to be the highlight of any high school career. But Emily has a secret. A...

To mark the publication of Poor Little Sick Girls

The event will initially be broadcast on 28th May at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone that does not suit the initial broadcast time you ...

Spend an evening with Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness, in conversation with Nicola Coughlan, as they celebrate the publication of Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life

The event will initially be broadcast on 14th June at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to ...

Spend an evening with best-selling author and TV writer, actress and presenter, Emma Kennedy, in conversation with Sue Perkins, as she celebrates the publication of her new book, Letters from Brenda

The event will initially be broadcast on 13th June at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to vie...

Join one of the world’s most successful fantasy fiction authors, Cassandra Clare, broadcast live from the Storyhouse, Chester, to share an exclusive edition of The Last Hours: Chain of Gold.

Cassandra is synonymous with young adult fantasy fiction and is best known for the internationally bestse...

“Sisters, I’m not suggesting anything radical. Just that we take control. The game will always be the game, but make sure you’re at least an equal player. At best, a better one.”

Kiki Banjo is an expert on love and romance, calmly and firmly steering her friends away from the mess of ‘situation...

The author of the bestselling Midnight Chicken charts a year through the lens of her kitchen, weaving touching reflections on loss and love together with must-try recipes.

A year of loss, and every kind of romance, and fried jam sandwiches. A year of seedlings and pancakes. A year of falling in ...

The award-winning author of Say Nothing turns his penetrating gaze to the stupendously wealthy and influential Sackler family, probing the dark and murky methods they have employed to amass their fortune.

In this masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, Patrick Radden Keefe exhaustively d...

Spend an evening with the BBC Gardeners' World presenter and gardening writer, Monty Don, as he shares his passion for gardens and the unique role they play in human inspiration and wellbeing.

Monty has been making television programmes for over 30 years and has been lead presenter of the BBC’s...

Everyone tells Martha Friel she is clever and beautiful, a brilliant writer who has been loved every day of her adult life by one man, her husband Patrick. A gift her mother once said not everybody gets. So why is everything broken? Why is Martha on the edge of 40 friendless, practically jobless ...

Join the Secret Barrister and Harriet Johnson in conversation, chaired by Sarah Langford - barrister and author of In Your Defence - to celebrate the publication of Nothing But The Truth and Enough: The Violence Against Women and How To End It

In conversation for this exclusive event, the Secret...

By taking part in this event, you are providing essential support to Autistic girls and women – all profits of ticket sales go directly to Yellow Ladybugs. Your support is much appreciated.

Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with Nanette, even as she declared that she was quitting stand-up.

Ten...

By taking part in this event, you are providing essential support to Autistic girls and women – all profits of ticket sales go directly to Yellow Ladybugs. Your support is much appreciated.

Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with Nanette, even as she declared that she was quitting stand-up.

Ten...

To mark the publication of Make Hay While the Sun Shines

Full-time dairy and meat farmer, YouTuber, and BBC TV presenter, Tom Pemberton is opening up the gates to his family farm for this unique virtual event, as he shares a wryly funny and warm-hearted look at agricultural life.

In conversatio...

To mark the publication of Sex Bomb - the sidesplittingly funny, brilliantly raunchy, and conversation-shifting memoir

Sadia Azmat is a comedian who loves sex. She is also a hijab-wearing Muslim woman. The two are in a lifelong relationship, but it’s complicated. Sadia has many different sides t...

Join 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Leila Mottley in conversation with Laura Bates, Founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, as she explores the courageous and unsparing vision behind her debut novel, Nightcrawling.

When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk.

Kiara Johnson does n...

To mark the publication of Behind The Seams

To any self-respecting sewing fan, Esme Young needs no introduction. The diminutive judge of The Great British Sewing Bee has a sharp eye for a wonky seam, and an even sharper eye for a good necklace.

Now, join her in conversation with comedian Joe Ly...

To mark the publication of Only On The Weekends

Join Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Dean Atta as he celebrates the publication of Only On The Weekends - the highly anticipated follow-up to his debut The Black Flamingo, which won the prestigious Stonewall Book Award.

Mack n...

Join New York Times bestselling YA and Children’s author Holly Black to mark the publication of her debut dark adult fantasy novel, Book Of Night.

Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life work...

Join the critically revered actress of film, television, and theatre as she celebrates her memoir, Finding Me.

All tickets for this event will include a copy of Finding Me, deliverable to any UK or international address.

The event will be broadcast on 1st May at 18:30 UK time. It will be availa...

Join Ryan O’Connell – Emmy-nominated writer, producer and star of Netflix’s critically acclaimed comedy series, Special – to mark the publication of Just By Looking At Him

Eliott is a TV writer with a perfect-penised boyfriend. He’s living the dream.

But behind the glossy veneer he’s been paper...

To mark the publication of Black Sheep

Sabrina Pace-Humphreys is a 44-year-old mother of four and grandmother of three, an award-winning businesswoman, an ultrarunner, a social justice activist and a recovering alcoholic. She is a mixed-race woman racialised as Black, the daughter of a white Sco...

Join the YouTuber, award-winning comedian and author to mark the publication of Be A Triangle: How I Went From Being Lost to Getting My Life into Shape

Ever wondered what the point of all those school maths lessons about triangles was? Lilly Singh has finally discovered the answer: triangles are...

To mark the publication of Brazen, the sensational memoir from the star of Netflix’s My Unorthodox Life.

Ever since she was a child, every aspect of Julia Haart’s life – what she thought, ate, and wore – was controlled by the strict rules of her community. At 19 years old, after a lifetime carin...

As part of the Dialogue Book Lounge series, join Chantal V. Johnson to celebrate the publication of Post-Traumatic.

Post-Traumatic is Chantal V. Johnson’s debut novel – a new kind of survivor narrative, featuring a complex heroine who is blazingly, indelibly alive. To the outside observer, Vivia...

For the first time in 24 years, beloved songwriter David Friedman returns to London to perform at Crazy Coqs for the very first time – with Karen Mason and Alison Jiear.

Free yourself from the taboo, in this exclusive digital event celebrating renowned psycho-sexologist and public speaker Chantelle Otten’s The Sex Ed You Never Had.
In conversation with writer, broadcaster and public speaker Clementine Ford, break the myths about reproductive health, explore idea...

“We have your daughter."

In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance. A searing page-turner that is also a transgressive novel of ideas about the perils of “perfect” upper-middl...

Spend an evening with illustrator, print maker and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book of Trespass Nick Hayes to mark the publication of The Trespasser’s Companion – a rallying cry for greater public access to nature and a gently seditious guide to how to get it: by trespassing.

We may b...

Join Melissa Hemsley, bestselling author of Eat Happy and Eat Green, to celebrate the publication of Feel Good

'Not just good food, great food, to brighten every day' Nadiya Hussein

Melissa firmly believes that that feel-good cooking is not just what we eat, it’s the mindset around it – a relax...

To mark the publication of Vagabonds!

Join Nigerian writer and visual artist, Eloghosa Osunde, as she shares her debut novel – an exuberant tribute to the 'vagabonds' who live their lives in the margins. In conversation for this virtual event, she’ll explore how her freewheeling takedown of Nige...

Join the bestselling author of the sensational YA series The Kissing Booth, now a major Netflix hit and one of the streaming services’ most watched series, to mark the publication of her new novel Love, Locked Down.

Five couples. One Week. A love story like on other…

When an apartment block is...

To mark the publication of Real Wins

Voted as one of the UK’s 50 Most 'Influential Women in Sport’ join Michelle Moore in conversation with former athlete and sports presenter Denise Lewis to celebrate the publication of Real Wins: Race, Leadership and How to Redefine Success. For this virtual e...

Join writer, LGBT activist, social influencer and ‘the kindest person on the Internet’ Jeffrey Marsh in conversation with author, presenter and model Jamie Windust to mark the publication of How To Be You.

Too short? Too weird? Too quiet? Not true.

For this exclusive virtual event, Internet s...

Join the award-winning disability advocate, inclusion consultant and one of the first, and only, female disabled television hosts in the world to celebrate the publication of Driving Forward.

On the precipice of starting her adult life, aged eighteen, Sophie L. Morgan, a rebellious and incorrig...

Born into music royalty, the daughter of folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III and sister to the highly-acclaimed singer Rufus Wainwright, Martha grew up in a world filled with such incomparable folk legends as Leonard Cohen, Anna McGarrigle, Richard and Linda Thompson, Pete Town...

In March 2020, Michael Rosen became unwell. Soon he was struggling to breathe, and he was admitted to hospital with COVID-19. What followed was months on the wards: including six weeks in an induced coma, and then rehab and recovery as the NHS saved his life, and then got him back on his feet. Th...

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'Brown Girls' dives deep into the lives of a group of young women of colour growing up in Queens, New York. Here, streets echo with many languages, subways rumble above dol...

To mark the publication of A Million Aunties

Join Jamaican writer and winner of two Commonwealth literary prizes, Alecia McKenzie, for this virtual event, as she explores the inspiration behind her new novel, A Million Aunties.

Seeking solitude after a personal tragedy upends his world, America...

With an all-Welsh cast, this performance combines much-loved musical theatre songs, live instruments, the Welsh language and a talented line-up of singers from every corner of Wales.

To mark the publication of Galatea, a brand-new short story from the internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe

Spend an evening with award-winning author Madeline Miller as she celebrates the publication of her enchanting new short story that boldly reimagines the myt...

Join Gardener’s World presenter and regular RHS Chelsea Flower show host Joe Swift to celebrate the release of Joe's Expert Gardening Guides.

Now a renowned garden designer and a name synonymous with contemporary gardens, Joe has been gardening since he left school. Life took him on a journey of...

Join internationally beloved entertainer, Dolly Parton, and bestselling author, James Patterson, as they celebrate the publication of their new book Run Rose Run: a thriller about a young singer songwriter on the rise and on the run and determined to do whatever it takes to survive.

In conversat...

Join award-winning author Okechukwu Nzelu to celebrate the publication of his spell-binding new novel, Here Again Now.

In conversation with bestselling author Brit Bennett, Okechukwu will share the inspiration behind his deeply intimate, enchanting novel about lovers, fathers and sons. He’ll tou...

Join multi award-winning comedy and drama writer Georgia Pritchett, in conversation with comedian and broadcaster Mel Giedroyc, to celebrate the paperback publication of her memoir My Mess Is A Bit Of A Life.

For this virtual event, Georgia will reflect on her life and career, and how to live - ...

To mark the publication of Block, Delete, Move On

Have you ever been on a disastrous date and vowed never to use apps again? Are you blaming yourself for the things going wrong in your love life? Do you always seem to become attached to people who treat you badly?

Join Instagram sensation and a...

Join New York Times-bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler, to celebrate the publication of her much-anticipated new novel, Booth

Booth tells the story of the brilliant and disastrously ill-fated Booth family. Junius is the patriarch, a celebrated Shakespe...

To mark the paperback publication of Unsettled Ground

When you live on the edge of society, it only takes on step to fall between the cracks

Winner of Costa Novel of the Year Award and shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Unsettled Ground is the latest novel from author Claire Fuller....

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Join Emmy-winning writer and Golden Globe-nominated actor, comedian, and director Bob Odenkirk as he recounts the twists and turns of his comedy career live on stage at ...