In light of the continuing coronavirus pandemic, all live events and late shopping evenings at the bookshop have been cancelled until further notice. We will endeavour to keep the conversation flowing with livestreamed events, remotely recorded podcasts and written Q&As on our website. You can buy a limited selection of our favourite books and bestsellers here. Watch this space, keep in touch and keep well.
Out of a mixture of gratitude and admiration, we turn our shop, twice a week or so, into a miniature auditorium in which authors talk about and read from their work, meet their readers, and engage in lively debate about the burning topics of the day. Find out here who’s scheduled to appear.
The London Review Bookshop is also available for hire; email or call (020) 7269 9030 for more information.
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Audio and Video
Missed one of our sold-out events, or longing to revisit an evening you enjoyed? This site includes a healthy selection of audio, video and pictures from previous events in the Bookshop. Browse through our calendar, or scroll down for a full listing. You can also subscribe to our events podcast via iTunes or RSS.
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Past Events
There's nothing quite like the experience of meeting the author of a favourite book. But if you weren't able to make it to one of our readings, don't despair! Explore the sights and sounds of events you may have missed – or want to
revisit – below.
In Sinews of War and Trade (Verso) Laleh Khalili, Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary, University of London, explores the vital importance of ports and shipping in defining the new battlegrounds of the 21st century. In particular, ...
Although our events programme is on hold at the moment, we’re delighted that Danny Dorling and Zoe Williams could get together virtually to record this podcast in lieu of the planned event.
Although our events programme is on hold at the moment, we’re delighted that Lola Olufemi and Momtaza Mehri could get together virtually to produce this written exchange in lieu of the planned event.
Nikita Lalwani’s latest novel You People (Viking) centres on a London pizzeria where the chefs are Sri Lankan and many of the kitchen staff are illegal immigrants. Through a diverse set of characters Lalwani draws a vivid portrait of ...
Although this event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis, we’re delighted to be able to bring you this podcast with novelist, essayist, memoirist and book and film reviewer Adam Mars-Jones and poet Richard Scott, to celebrate ...
Writing on Lorna Goodison’s poetry, Derek Walcott asks ‘What is the rare quality that has gone out of poetry that these marvellous poems restore? Joy.’ Goodison has served as the Poet Laureate of Jamaica and published twelve volumes of ...
Anne Enright’s latest novel Actress (Cape) tells the story of the relationship between Irish theatre legend Katherine O'Dell and her daughter Norah, as told by Norah herself. Early stardom in Hollywood, triumphs and tragedies on the stages of ...
In Day Sleeper (MACK) artist Sam Contis presents a new way of looking at the work of iconic American photographer Dorothea Lange. Drawing on Lange’s extensive archive, and featuring many works never before seen in public, Day Sleeper ...
Like Beethoven, the poet Ruth Padel first came to love and understand music through playing the viola. Her great grandfather, a concert pianist, studied music in Leipzig with Beethoven’s friend and contemporary. Her latest collection Beethoven ...
Will Harris’s RENDANG (Granta) is one of the most hotly-anticipated debut poetry collections of 2020. His poem ‘SAY’ was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem, and his pamphlet All this is implied, from Happenstance Press, ...
