🇵🇸 Join us for an evening with Hannah Assadi as she discusses 'Paradiso 17', a powerful novel following an exiled Palestinian's search for home. A story of displacement and belonging, and a personal reflection on grief, immigrant resilience, and enduring ties. bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...

All Points East is taking place just around the corner from the shop over the next couple of weeks - so make sure to pick a copy of Charles Baudelaire's 'Flowers of Evil' for your festival viewing. Why? Well...

THIS TUESDAY! 🕓 7pm | 🎟️ £6 📘Book Launch: The Body of the Thing by Karishma Jobanputra 🎟️ bricklanebookshop.org/product/book... ✨ Join us at the launch of The Body of the Thing, the debut collection from Brick Lane Short Story Prize-shortlisted Karishma Jobanputra!

We're delighted to reveal the next three titles that will be discussed at our brand new (free) French Book Club! 🧵 Sept 15: Promis, Jure 🚺 Oct 13: Moi qui n’ai pas connu les Hommes 🪾 Nov 10: Les Guerriers de l’Hiver bricklanebookshop.org/product/fren... #frenchinlondon #francaisalondres

Want to write but don’t know where to start? Got a story to tell but can’t find the right words? Join local author and writing tutor Roger Mills for practical exercises and constructive feedback in a friendly, encouraging atmosphere. bricklanebookshop.org/product/east...

The best time to discover a great writer is before everyone else does. On 22 July we're hosting Lucy Apps & Liz Allan — two of the Observer's Best Debut Novelists of 2026 A rare chance to hear two exceptional new voices at the very start of their careers. 🎟️ bricklanebookshop.org/product/auth...

🚨🚨🚨TONIGHT! ✨ The latest installment from Tagore’s Salon – the collective celebrating translated fiction of the Global South – looks at the borderless city, migration, and bureaucracy with Shady Lewis and Farah Ali 🎟️ bricklanebookshop.org/product/tago... @wasafirimag.bsky.social

🌍📚 Tagore's Salon returns with an evening exploring the borderless city, migration, and bureaucracy through fiction. Join us Monday for a conversation with Shady Lewis, author of On The Greenwich Line, and Farah Ali, editor of Wasafiri and author of Telegraphy. bricklanebookshop.org/product/tago...

Two brilliant novelists, one evening. Join Camilla Barnes and Claire Powell for a conversation on writing humour, family dynamics, and the relationships that make us laugh, cry and occasionally want to flee the country. 📅 17 June, 7pm 📍 Brick Lane Bookshop 🎟️ bricklanebookshop.org/product/auth...

🔥 Just under a week to go for an evening with two of the UK's funniest and most perceptive authors come to Brick Lane Bookshop for the launch of their latest novels. 🎟️ bricklanebookshop.org/product/auth...

🚨 Tonight 🚨 📙Book Launch: The Nudniks of 1977 by Mark Jay 🧷 Poetry, punk, and a hauntology of the East End against the steady rise of gentrification 🎟️ bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...

🇧🇧 Barbados Beyond the Beach: A Showcase of Bajan Authors 📆 July 3rd 🔗 bricklanebookshop.org/.../barbados... June is #readcaribbean month, so we're reminding folks that Brick Lane Bookshop is hosting an evening celebrating contemporary Bajan and #caribbeanliterature - with a slightly amended line-up.

📚✨ Join Camilla Barnes & Claire Powell at Brick Lane Bookshop on 17 June, 7pm, for a brilliant evening of humour, marriage & family dynamics, chaired by Alex Peake-Tomkinson Featuring *The Usual Desire to Kill* & *All In* — plus 10% off books with tickets! bricklanebookshop.org/product/auth...

🚨 TONIGHT at Brick Lane Bookshop 🚨 Join Xiaolu Guo for the launch of Call Me Ishmaelle, her sweeping reimagining of Moby-Dick from a female perspective. bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...

🇧🇧 Barbados Beyond the Beach: A Showcase of Barbadian Authors 🗓️July 2nd | 🕖7pm | 🎟️ £6 bricklanebookshop.org/.../barbados... 🌴In July we welcome a trio of trailblazing authors from Barbados: Andie Davis, Cherie Jones, and Claudia Clarke. A new wave of literature from the Caribbean nation!

🚨This Thursday! 📗 Book Launch: Flood Tide by Ana Schnabl 🎟️ bricklanebookshop.org/product/book... Dunja, having finally gotten a little acclaim and money from her writing career, decides it’s time to return home to the Adriatic coast and solve the mystery of her brother Dražen’s death.

🚨This Thursday! 📗 Book Launch: Flood Tide by Ana Schnabl 🎟️ bricklanebookshop.org/product/book... Dunja, having finally gotten a little acclaim and money from her writing career, decides it’s time to return home to the Adriatic coast and solve the mystery of her brother Dražen’s death.

Perfect for fans Madeline Miller, Percival Everett and Barbara Kingsolver.

🐋Get to know... Xiaolu Guo & 'Call Me Ishmaelle' 🗓️27 May | 🕖7pm | 🎟️£6 'Call Me Ishmaelle' reimagines the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville’s 'Moby Dick' from a female perspective Have a read of Xiaolu's inspirations beyond Melville, into the world of film, music, and history

🚨This Thursday! 📗 Book Launch: Flood Tide by Ana Schnabl 🗓️21 May | 🕖7pm | 🎟️£6 bricklanebookshop.org/product/book... Elegantly plotted and psychologically deft, 'Flood Tide' is a sweeping exploration of the violence born from human limitation and indecision.

🗓️ Upcoming Events at Brick Lane Bookshop! 🔗 bricklanebookshop.org/upcoming-eve... A packed 6 weeks with authors from around the world. Reimaginings of epic classics, multi-generational drama and rebellion, novels and comics that imbue the punk spirit, absurd short stories and avant-garde poetry.

🇱🇹 Tomorrow at Brick Lane we welcome the Vilnius Review; authors, editors, and translators will be discussing the exciting work emerging from UNESCO City of Literature, Vilnius. Book now! 🎟️ bricklanebookshop.org/product/viln...

📗 Flood Tide is an elegantly plotted and psychologically deft exploration of the violence born from human limitation that sees protagonist and habitual weed smoker Dunja return to the Adriatic coast to solve the mystery of her brother's death.

ℹ️Get to Know... Ana Schnabl & Flood Tide 📆 On May 21st we'll be joined by the amazing Slovenian novelist and @guardian jounralist @anaschnabl who wil be discussing their punk novel Flood Tide, published by @dividedpublish. 🎟️ bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...

Join the #BeyondWordsFest celebrating acclaimed authors and new voices from both sides of the Channel and beyond; bursting with talks, readings and a curated selection of films inspired by literature 8-22 June @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/beyond-words

🔥 Baptiste Thery Guilbert | Tonight 🎟️ www.bricklanebookshop.org/upcoming-events

DESIRE. SILENCE. WRECKAGE. Join us this Thursday, 7th May, for the launch of 'At the End of the Sidewalks' with Baptiste Thery-Guilbert. bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...

ℹ️Get to Know... Baptise Thery-Guilbert and 'At the End of the Sidewalks' Baptiste will be at Brick Lane Bookshop on Thursday 7th May discussing his divine queer bildungsroman 🎟️ www.bricklanebookshop.org/.../book-lau.... 🔥 We asked Baptiste a few questions and got back a damn good response

📘 Get To Know... Katarina Gomboc Čeh The rising literary star from Slovenia will be at Brick Lane Bookshop to launch the English translation of her novel, 'Nobody Knows Anybody'. May 1st | 7pm bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...