Shakespeare and Company

We were joined by one of the rising stars of American fiction, the brilliant Joshua Cohen.

We were joined by two of the most lauded young poets at work today, Adam Crothers and Kerrie O’Brien.

Jenni Fagan on The Sunlight Pilgrims by

We were delighted to be joined by the brilliant Kamila Shamsie to discuss her Booker-longlisted new novel, Home Fire.

We were joined by journalist and novelist Will Storr to discuss Selfie, his new book that tells the extraordinary story of the person we all know so intimately – our self.

We were joined by one of France’s most exciting writers, Laurent Binet (HHhH), to celebrate the English publication of his second novel The 7th Function of Language.

We were delighted to be joined by writer and film-maker Omar Robert Hamilton to discuss his electrifying novel The City Always Wins, set on the streets of Cairo at the height of the Arab Spring.

We were thrilled to be joined by writer and journalist Sam Jordison discussing his hilarious and scathing new book, Enemies of the People.

We were thrilled to be joined by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida at Shakespeare and Company.

Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson reading House of Lords and Commons by

We were joined by renowned literary critic John Freeman to launch issue 3 of his journal, in the presence of two distinguished contributors, Edwidge Danticat and Marie Darrieussecq.

We were joined by Hari Kunzru to discuss his electrifying new work White Tears. Two twenty-something New Yorkers: Seth, awkward and shy, and Carter, the trust fund hipster. They have one thing in common: an obsession with music. Rising fast on the New York producing scene, they stumble across an old blues song long forgotten by history – and everything starts to unravel. Carter is drawn far down a path that allows no return, and Seth has no choice but to follow his friend into the darkness. Trapped in a game they don't understand, Hari Kunzru's characters move unsteadily across the chessboard, caught between black and white, performer and audience, righteous and forsaken. But we have been here before, oh so many times over, and the game always ends the same way . . . Electrifying, subversive and wildly original, White Tears is a ghost story and a love story, a story about lost innocence and historical guilt. This unmissable novel penetrates the heart of a nation's darkness, encountering a suppressed history of greed, envy, revenge and exploitation, and holding a mirror up to the true nature of America today.

We were delighted to be joined by the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2016, Viet Thanh Nguyen. In association with Editions Belfond.

We were joined by Katie Kitamura to discuss her “riveting, unsettling and beautifully written” (Roddy Doyle) new novel A Separation.

We were joined by visionary political thinker Rutger Bregman to discuss his groundbreaking work Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There. In association with Editions Seuil.