Books & big ideas

Join multimillion-selling author Kate Mosse as she talks to the fantastic Feminist Book Society about her gripping queer pirate story, The Ghost Ship, AND gives us an exclusive sneak peek of her next novel, The Map of Bones! Set sail with us across the seas of the seventeenth century as two seafarers are forced to […]

Join us in conversation with award-winning author and literary curator Irenosen Okojie as she unveils her captivating new novel, Curandera. Set against the backdrop of a mystical town in 17th-century Cape Verde, Curandera weaves a mesmerising tale of rebirth and redemption, where the lines between past and present blur into mythic proportions. Mysterious arrivals, strange […]

BSL SIGNED EVENT Join multi-award winning comedy writer, broadcaster and journalist Jan Etherington as she talks to former BBC Radio 4 Comedy Commissioner and former Head of Comedy at ITV (and dedicated Primadonna!), Sioned Wiliam. The two discuss the success of Jan’s recent Radio 4’s comedy Conversations from a Long Marriage, starring Joanna Lumley and […]

BSL SIGNED EVENT Have you ever wondered about the hidden lives behind the pristine facades of middle-class neighborhoods? In Bee Rowlatt’s One Woman Crime Wave and Kitty Johnson’s Prickly Company, seemingly perfect worlds often conceal a web of secrets, scandals, and unexpected twists! Join us for a fun and captivating session on writing the undercurrents […]

BSL SIGNED EVENT Get ready to laugh until your sides ache with the one and only Helen Lederer! Her latest memoir, Not That I'm Bitter, is an uproarious journey through the wild world of comedy. In a time when breaking into the boys' club was no easy feat, Helen pulls back the curtain to reveal […]

Julia Hobsbawm, author of seven books with the latest being, Working Assumptions: What We thought We Knew Before Covid and Generative AI – And What We Know Now talks about how to capture the times in which we're living in your writing. In conversation with Leading Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Green and Black’s, Jo Fairley, […]

BSL SIGNED EVENT Join the brilliant minds behind two of the summer's hottest new releases in this powerful discussion on gaslighting and more. Brace yourself for an eye-opening session as Ela Lee takes us on a journey with Jade in Jaded, unravelling the complexities of her seemingly perfect life while confronting sexism and betrayal head-on. […]

BSL SIGNED EVENT Join Tonia Wilson, Franstine Jones and Ellisha Soanes, directors of award-winning organisation, Aspire Black Suffolk, as these trailblazing women explore navigating arts and literacy, embedding Black history into the curriculum, the power of positive stories and what it means to be a gamechanger - plus anti-racism practices in the arts and beyond. […]

Join us as we queer up the countryside and take a dive deep into the heart of Suffolk's queer spirit with Charlie Brodie, the trailblazing Founder of Suffolk Queer Voices, to discuss their new book, Suffolk Pride: We are the One in Five! In celebration of the 45th anniversary of Gilbert Baker's iconic eight-colored Pride […]

BSL SIGNED EVENT Travel with us on a journey of self-discovery, resilience and sexuality, exploring how love, despite all odds, can persevere and how sometimes we must fall apart to become truly whole. Nigerian-German writer Olumide Popoola’s Like Water Like Sea is her second full-length novel which opens at the ten-year anniversary of her sister’s […]

No One Talks About This Stuff is a support group for almost-parents: it is a place to share journeys of loss and limbo, to confront social pressure and to find courage in the darkness of tragedies which happen every day yet are brushed under the carpet. This captivatingly beautiful, profound and honest anthology opens a […]

BSL SIGNED EVENT My Little Black Book: A Blacktionary aims to help people as they discuss difference, race and inclusion. From explaining what microaggressions are and their impact, to helping you understand what cultural appreciation is and how it's different to cultural appropriation, this book breaks down barriers to engaging in conversations on race. Join Jane […]