events
Check out our events, performances and appearances. Looking for our regular groups? You'll find them by clicking the button below.
5th OCTOBER to 2nd november
Art: THE EERIE WEASEL AND OTHER MYSTERIES by Christopher Josiffe and Sarah Sparkes
This month in our new gallery space we're delighted to present The Eerie Weasel and Other Mysteries by Christopher Josiffe and Sarah Sparkes. These two artists met in the haunted library of Senate House. Both have gone on to make work inspired by the library's archive of psychical researcher Harry Price, including Sparkes' series 101 Ghost Stories and Josiffe's award-winning book Gef! The Strange Tale of a Talking Mongoose.
Friday 11th October
Retro Gaming Night
7pm
Do you like retro video games? So do we!
On the back of our board games afternoon, we realised there's a few of us who love the classic days of gaming. So we'll bring some classic consoles and games, and feel very free to bring your own.
Whether you want to play, show and tell, or just have some drinks and chat about classic video games, come join us!
At the very least, we'll have a PlayStation Classic, an N64 and a Japanese DreamCast up and running, along with anything you want to bring.
This is a free event, but if you'd be up for donating a fiver to the shop, that'd be lovely.
SATURDAY 12th October
Book Launch: GRITSTONE by Alan Newcombe
6.30pm to 9.30pm
Join author Alan Newcombe for the launch of his thrilling debut novel Gritstone. Free.
Lying on a lounger outside a flyblown café near Naples, Mike reflects on the last few months. He’d set off for the wedding of the charismatic Al, whose closed community is in the Calder Valley. Three months later, Mike’s wearing a white robe, standing over an open grave.
Alan Newcombe vividly immerses us in the life of Gritstone House. There’s no electricity or running water — or contact with the outside world. And Al pulls the strings in a house where there’s fraud, secret burials, and clandestine murder.
Gothic, serious, yet brimming with wit and humour, Gritstone is an impressive debut.
friday 18th October
Presentation: THE EERIE WEASEL AND OTHER MYSTERIES by Christopher Josiffe and Sarah Sparkes
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
At this special event Sarah Sparkes and Christopher Josiffe will talk about the true(?) stories and strange goings-on that inspired their art and this show. Prepare for disembodied voices, things that go bump in the night and more.
Saturday 26th October
HALLOWEEN PARTY
KIDS and FAMILIES: 1pm-5pm - ADULTS: 7pm
It's Halloween, and we're celebrating by partying all day and long into the night...
During the day, we're doing KIDS and FAMILIES events, including storytelling from Aaron Oliver, Halloween Games and we encourage you to come in your best spooky costumes!
From 7pm, we'll have a bar for one of our legendary Bookshop Parties! There'll be chat, music and maybe even some costumes!
Come join us and celebrate the ghoulish season!
Friday 1st November
DRACULA: Live Audio Performance
Doors 7pm for 7:30pm start
A FULL CAST performance of the play DRACULA, with live atmospheric soundtrack by Sam Enthoven. If you've been to any of our Shivers events, or our hugely popular Epic of Gilgamesh performance, you'll have an idea what to expect... a great atmosphere, and a live radio play!
Doors 7pm for a 7.30pm start
Friday 8th november
COMEDY CLUB
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
We are hosting the All Good Comedy Club. The Comedy Club show-cases of some of the most exciting rising stars of London’s vibrant, contemporary circuit. Come & check out some of London’s emerging comedy talent, while they’re still fresh, eager and cheap. The comedy starts at 7.30pm.