Shakespeare and Company

We were joined by poet, fiction writer, translator and activist Meena Kandasamy to discuss her acclaimed second novel When I Hit You.

Throughout the month of March we'll be celebrating the centenary of a dear friend of the bookshop, the poet, publisher, artist and activist Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Every event this month will begin with a reading of one of Ferlinghetti's poems, something that was inspired by another friend of the bookshop, A.M. Homes, who visited us last summer and began her event with this reading of I Am Waiting.

This Valentine’s Day we were joined by Jenni Fagan reading from her recent collection There's A Witch in the Word Machine, and Scarlett Sabet launching her new collection Camille.

We were joined by Joe Dunthorne to read from and discuss his “blisteringly funny” (Paul Murray) novel The Adulterants.

We were joined by Yelena Moskovich for a reading from her second novel Virtuoso, a dreamlike story of love and loss in the post-communist diaspora.

To celebrate the publication of the new issue of Freeman’s, we were joined by two of its contributors—Deborah Landau and Leila Slimani—for a discussion on the theme of Power, chaired by editor John Freeman.

We were joined by Bruce Handy to discuss Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature As an Adult his profoundly pleasurable exploration of classic childhood books. In collaboration with NYU.

To begin 2019 we were joined by poet Catherine Barnett, reading from her recent collection Human Hours and novelist Helen Schulman, discussing her new novel Come With Me.

For our last event of 2018 we were joined by one of our greatest storytellers, the wonderful Michael Morpurgo.

We were joined by Carol Ann Duffy for a reading from her extraordinary new collection of poems, and her final as Poet Laureate, Sincerity.

We were joined by poet and translator James Womack, whose On Trust: A Book of Lies Sean O'Brien called "a witty, eloquent, troubling collection."

We were joined by the exceptional Jonathan Coe to discuss of his latest satirical masterpiece, Middle England.

We were joined by the brilliant Rachel Cusk for an exploration of the third book in her highly-acclaimed literary trilogy, Kudos.

Daniel Trilling joined us to discuss his fantastic second book Lights In The Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe, an unflinching look at the refugee crisis and its geopolitical causes.

We were joined by Amit Chaudhuri to discuss of his essay collection The Origins of Dislike, which tackles questions of art and the artist, and the relationship between the two.