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June 2026
June 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Fiction
  • In Conversation

Room 706

Ellie Levenson in conversation with Tony Fisher

Room 706 is a heart-stopping, deeply suspenseful, original debut novel about an ordinary woman caught somewhere she shouldn't be when the worst happens. One that will linger long after you’ve turned the final page. Read more

June 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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  • Fiction

The Shapeshifter’s Daughter – DATE CHANGED TO 08 OCTOBER

Sally Magnusson

** Date changed to Thursday 08 October ** Celebrate the joy of reclaiming our stories with best-selling author, journalist and broadcaster Sally Magnusson. The Shapeshifter's Daughter is a spellbinding feminist retelling of the Norse myth of Hel, the Goddess of the Underworld, set in the magical landscape of Orkney. Read more

June 25 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Fiction

The Benefactors

Wendy Erskine - A Book Club Event

We are delighted to be joined by virtuoso short story writer of collections such as Sweet Home for this special event to discuss her astounding novel, The Benefactors - a blazingly funny and astute portrait of modern-day Northern Ireland that deftly mines issues of class, money and parenthood. Read more

June 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Fiction

DLS Lecture – The Murder Mystery

Sophie Hannah

This year’s DLS Lecture marks the 50th anniversary of the Dorothy L Sayers Society. Best-selling author Sophie Hannah will discuss the ever-popular murder mystery as a genre with reference to Sayers’ first Lord Peter Wimsey mystery, Whose Body? and will also talk about her latest book Work Experience, a new collection of maverick poems plus two murder mystery plays, The Mystery of Mr. E and Work Experience. Read more

June 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Fiction
  • In Conversation

Ever Land

Amy Abdelnoor in conversation with Rachel Holmes

Debut novelist Amy Abdelnoor lived and worked in the West Bank and in refugee camps in Lebanon which inspired Ever Land, a powerful story set in 2000s Palestine. A tale of belonging and identity, of devastation and displacement and – ultimately – of the enduring universality of humanity and love. Read more

June 27 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
  • Fiction

The Great Deception

Syd Moore

Join us in the enchanted Harlow Museum's Walled Garden and enter a world of mystery, espionage and illusion with author Syd Moore as she discusses the second in her thrilling new series about Britain’s secret wartime history. The Great Deception, set in Iceland, is the second in the thrilling WW2 series and explores deceiving occultists, age-old magic and a war-torn world. Read more

June 28 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
  • Fiction

The Cocoa Bookclub – Meet the Author: Emma van Straaten

Emma Van Straaten

The Cocoa Book Club is Red Lion Books' under 30s Book Club which meet on the last Sunday of the month at 10.30am. Read more

October 2026
October 8 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Fiction

The Shapeshifter’s Daughter

Sally Magnusson

Celebrate the joy of reclaiming our stories with best-selling author, journalist and broadcaster Sally Magnusson. The Shapeshifter's Daughter is a spellbinding feminist retelling of the Norse myth of Hel, the Goddess of the Underworld, set in the magical landscape of Orkney. Read more