Book Club / Literary Events in London

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May 2026

Wednesday 20 May

East Ham Book Club May Meet-Up

5:30 PMEast Ham Library

Free

Victorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘The Idyl of the Island’

6:00 PMThe Victorian Society

£6.00 - £11.50

Book Launch: The Majority Myth

6:00 PMNewspeak House

Free

Let's Talk about Romantasy: A Panel Discussion

6:00 PMFoyles Bookshop (in the 5th floor cafe)

£8.00 - £15.00

Thursday 21 May

Freedom Round the Globe: How the World Made the American Revolution.

4:00 PMGC701, Graduate Centre Top Floor

Free

PLEASURE BOOK LAUNCH | Emma-Louise Boynton in conversation w/ Roxie Nafousi

5:30 PMBourne & Hollingsworth Buildings

£10.00 - £30.00

Cecilia Knapp in conversation with Monica Heisey

6:00 PMLala Books

£12.00

Thundery at Times: Katie Carr on Sea-Kayaking the Shipping Forecast

6:00 PMStanfords

£8.00 - £20.99

Tangerinn: Emanuela Anechoum in Conversation with Saleem Haddad

6:00 PMFoyles Bookshop (in the 5th floor cafe)

£8.00 - £20.00

Saturday 23 May

Book Marks Bookclub: The Vegetarian by Han Kang

1:00 PMDrawing Room

Free

Local Author Book Fair

2:00 PM39-41 Westow Hill, SE19 1TJ London, United Kingdom

Free

An Evening with RJ Barker

5:30 PMStaines Library Hub and room hire

£5.00

Monday 25 May

How to BBQ with Genevieve Taylor and Murf the founder of Beefy Boys

5:30 PMFortnum & Mason

£20.00

Tuesday 26 May

Read the Ting: Sonic-visual literary clash

5:30 PMUCL East - One Pool Street

Free

Conversations with a Machine by Ruth Irwin – Book Launch

5:30 PMOwl Bookshop

Free

Philosophy Book Club: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

6:00 PM80 Hill Rise

£4.99 - £7.99

Irish Women Writers Panel

6:00 PMFoyles Bookshop (in the 5th floor cafe)

£8.00 - £10.00

An Evening with Mark Haddon, Author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Kiln Theatre

Wednesday 27 May

The Lit Lounge: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (May Book Club Social)

5:30 PMSouth East London; Greenwich, Erith

£10.00

Contemporary Fiction Book Club: Flesh by David Szalay

6:00 PM80 Hill Rise

£4.99 - £7.99

OSP Present: Brown Spirits (AU) + Barbican Estate

6:45 PMStrongroom Venue

Free

Materialisms Reading Group: The Time that Remains: A Commentary on the Letter to the Romans (2005)

University of Westminster - Regent Street

Thursday 28 May

Vicken Cheterian on Artsakh

5:30 PMArmenian Institute

£4.00 - £8.00

Grace Alexander in conversation with Hattie Crisell

6:00 PMEverybody Reads

£5.00

Book Club | May Social Gathering

6:00 PMThe Other House South Kensington

£8.00 - £29.00

Friday 29 May

Tomorrow’s Warriors +1 featuring Sultan Stevenson

5:30 PMFoyles Bookshop (in the 5th floor cafe)

£8.00 - £10.00

LGBTQ+ book club discuss The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Woulden

6:00 PMBrixton Library

Free

Saturday 30 May

Khushwant Singh Literary Festival London 2026, 8th edition

9:30 AMSOAS University of London

Free

Platform Ideas Festival

12:00 PMPortico Studios

Free

Alison Light in Conversation with Margaret Drabble

6:00 PMFoyles Bookshop (in the 5th floor cafe)

£8.00 - £22.00

Helen of 4 Gates - Film Viewing with Live Accompaniment

6:30 PMCecil Hepworth Playhouse

June 2026

Monday 1 June

Eat Like a Sardinian with Francesco Mattana

5:30 PMFortnum & Mason

£20.00 - £42.00

An evening with Colm Tóibín: The News From Dublin

Union Chapel+1 more date

£19.64 - £61.18

Tuesday 2 June

IAS Book Launch: The Aesthetics of Risk in Franco-East Asian Literatures

1:00 PMIAS Common Ground, G11, South Wing

Free

Wednesday 3 June

Care Leaves and Care Time for All

1:00 PMUCL Institute of Education

Free

ISRF Book Launch: 'The Matter of Architecture'

5:00 PMArchitectural Association

Free

Thursday 4 June

Olivia Laing & Jack Parlett: The Silver Book

6:00 PMLondon Review Bookshop

£10.00

Friday 5 June

Let’s Eat Meat with Tom Parker Bowles

5:30 PMFortnum & Mason

£20.00 - £46.00

Saturday 6 June

Khushwant Singh Literary Festival Sutton 2026

9:30 AMSutton Central Library

Free

Brent Cross Town Book Club - 6 June

10:00 AMBrent Cross Town Pavilion

Free

Tuesday 9 June

Book Talk – Through the Eyes of Jewish Child Survivors from Poland

5:30 PMThe Wiener Holocaust Library

Sci Fi/Fantasy Book Club: The Stand by Stephen King

6:00 PM80 Hill Rise

£4.99 - £10.39

Wednesday 10 June

Death Rituals & Grief: In Conversation with Sofka Zinovieff & Julia Samuel

5:30 PMDr Johnson's House

£27.50

Victorian Short Story Reading Group: ‘The Live Wire’ by Nellie McClung

6:00 PMThe Victorian Society

£6.00 - £11.50

Friday 12 June

Emily's Regent's Park Walking Book Club - June - The Return

11:00 AMDaunt Books Marylebone

Saturday 13 June

June 2026 Brunch Book Club: The South

9:30 AMMegan's Clapham Old Town Restaurant (Clapham)

£5.00 - £15.00

Sunday 14 June

Emily's Hampstead Heath Walking Book Club - June - The Return

10:30 AMDaunt Books Hampstead

Monday 15 June

Effie the Midge Book launch- London

3:30 PMThe Copper Quay

Free

La Saison with Manon Lagrève

5:30 PMFortnum & Mason

£20.00 - £46.00

Tuesday 16 June

Book Launch - The Common Good Economy: a new compass

5:00 PMBeveridge Hall

Free