Events
As well as selling books, the London Review Bookshop features events. Readings, discussions, talks and debates make the London Review Bookshop a vital centre for intellectual exchange. LRB readers get advance information about events at the London Review Bookshop and a chance to reserve tickets (at a discount) ahead of the general public.
Unless otherwise stated, tickets for all events cost £6. LRB subscribers should call us for a discount. There are only a limited number of places, so book now.
Credit card hotline:
* Call: 020 7269 9030* Fax: 020 7269 9033
* Email: events@lrbshop.co.uk
Free wine and nibbles after each event.
All events will take place at the London Review Bookshop at 14 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL unless another venue is specified.
In Tangier
Tuesday 14 October at 7.00 pm
Mohamed Choukri, born in Morocco in 1935, was one of North Africa’s most controversial and widely read authors. Telegram have collected together his recollections of encounters with Bowles, Genet and Williams in 1970s Ta...
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Artesian
Thursday 23 October at 7.00 pm
Marking the launch of a new twice-yearly limited-edition journal celebrating committed creativity in art and life, a unique evening of readings from work of enduring value by a highly distinguished line-up of writers, artists, d...
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Leo Hollis
Thursday 30 October at 7.00 pm
In The Phoenix: St Paul’s Cathedral and the men who made modern London (Weidenfeld & Nicholson), Leo Hollis has brought together in a single narrative all the key characters of a monumental time in history: ...
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Gillian Slovo
Thursday 13 November at 7.00 pm
Set in Ceylon and Britain of the 1950s, across two generations of a family, Black Orchids (Virago) is a powerful novel about the search to feel at home in your own skin.
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Previous Events
Tariq Ali - The Duel
Thursday 11 September 2008
Tariq Ali’s sold-out event at the Bookshop presented an insightful picture of Pakistan’s long and complex reationship with the West, and in particular with the United States of America.
Rory Stewart on International Intervention
Monday 9 June 2008
For the first time since being labelled a “snakeoil salesman, an ingrate and a hypocrite” for his opinions on the international presence in Afghanistan, Rory Stewart spoke at the Bookshop about international intervention and ‘Afghanistan rhetoric and reality’.
Anne Enright - Taking Pictures
Thursday 6 March 2008
On the day of publication of Taking Pictures, Anne Enright confessed to a full house at the Bookshop that “I can’t tell you how relieved I am not to be reading about suicide”, before reading from the new collection.
Video Clips
Zachary Leader in conversation with Martin Amis at the London Review Bookshop, 28 November 2006
Zachary Leader discussed The Life of Kingsley Amis with Kingsley's son, the novelist and journalist Martin Amis, presenting a full picture of his subject's childhood, school days, and life as a teacher, professional author, husband, father and lover.
The Israel Lobby: Does It Have Too Much Influence On US Foreign Policy?, 28 September 2006
This debate took place at Cooper Union in New York City and was captured by ScribeMedia on behalf of the London Review of Books. A transcript is also available from the ScribeMedia site.