Shakespeare and Company

We were joined by award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe to discuss her attempt to understand the things that really matter to humans - Sex Power Money.

We were joined by Philip Hoare to revisit his modern classic Leviathan, the story of the writer’s obsession with whales and his fascination with Moby-Dick.

We were joined by the Desmond Elliot-shortlisted author of Harmless Like You to read from her moving new novel Starling Days.

We were joined by Caroline Criado Perez to discuss one of the most powerful and important books this year, the brilliant Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men.

We were joined by “one of the best writers in the world today” (Hanif Kureishi ), Elif Shafak to discuss her haunting and beautiful new novel 10 Minutes 38 seconds in this Strange World.

We were joined by Didier Eribon to discuss the recent English publication of Returning to Reims, the bestselling memoir considered a modern classic in France.

We celebrated the winners of the 2nd annual Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, a prize for innovative and experimental fiction based out of the Madrid bookshop Desperate Literature.

We were joined by Valeria Luiselli to discuss her "impossibly smart . . . highly readable and important" (Tommy Orange) new novel Lost Children Archive.

Paris as fetishised object, as lived-in place, as site of experiential process; as a written entity. Andrew Gallix and Andrew Hodgson talk literary engagement with the city of Paris, to mark the publication of two edited collections on the topic. They were joined by contributors to both books who read from their work.

We were joined by Miriam Toews to discuss her “amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel” (Margaret Atwood), Women Talking.

'Vivid prose reinventing ideas of motherhood, belonging and taking us into the community of drag balls and protest, both personal and political' Jenni Fagan We were joined by the exceptional Niven Govinden to discuss his vital fifth novel This Brutal House.

We were joined by Josh Cohen to discuss his brilliant Not Working: Why We Have to Stop, a book about how inactivity works – and how it can be a necessary and creative condition for a life worth living.

We were joined by Kristen Roupenian, the author of “Cat Person”—“the short story that launched a thousand theories” (The Guardian), discussing her new collection, You Know You Want This.

We were joined by Tommy Orange, author of one of the most celebrated debut novels in recent years, the stunning There There.

We were joined by Ayşegül Savaş to read from and discuss her “quiet, intense, and moving.” (LitHub) début novel, Walking on the Ceiling.