The Ecstatic Peace Library Pop-up Record Store & Gallery in Stoke Newington

On Wednesday 5th February the Ecstatic Peace Library, a pop-up record store, book store and gallery space will open at 96 Stoke Newington Church Street (nearly opposite The Good Egg), for six weeks.  It's a collaboration between musician Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), artist Edwin Pouncey (aka Savage Pencil), and Pete Flanagan (Zippo Records).  Go along for an eclectic selection of music and more; both Moore and Pouncey will be selling records from their personal collection.

"ECSTATIC PEACE LIBRARY is an exciting new venture from three titans of the music and
underground scene.
Thurston Moore, lead singer of legendary art rock band Sonic Youth is joining his long-time
friend - the seminal underground comic artist, Edwin Pouncey AKA Savage Pencil – to fulfil a
life-long friendship dream come true and finally open a record store / bookstore /
underground newspaper + ephemera outpost / art gallery / radical culture centre... this
February 2020!!!!
They have teamed up with the pioneering record store/label owner Pete Flanagan (of Soho
Music / Zippo Records) to bring the pop-up store to life in Stoke Newington, where Moore
currently lives.
All three will bring their combined experience to open what promises to be a treasure trove
of vinyl, posters, art, vintage t-shirts and music memorabilia. Thurston will be selling records
from his personal collection, as will Savage Pencil. There will be something to cater to all
tastes and budgets."

When - Wednesday 5 February - Saturday 14 March 2020
Daily from 11am - 6pm

Where - Ecstatic Peace Library, 96 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 0AP

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Link - Ecstatic Peace Library on Instagram

Bailey's 2017 Book Bar Pop-up at Waterstones in Tottenham Court Road

To help celebrate this year's Bailey's Prize for Fiction, featuring longlisted books like Stay With Me, Ayobami Adebayo, The Power by Naomi Alderman, and The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride, Bailey's is opening a pop-up bar in the basement of Waterstones bookshop at the bottom end of Tottenham Court Road.  It'll be open from Monday 3rd to Friday 7th April, and feature lunchtime and evening events, including readings, and cocktail making classes.

"On April 3rd the Book Bar will open its doors to shine a spotlight on the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017 shortlist and offer a series of inspiring events with writers including Sara Pascoe, Grace Dent, Lisa McInerney, Gemma Cairney, Val McDermid, Katy Brand, Louise Doughty and Kate Mosse.
At lunchtime, actors Tori Allen-Martin and James Rastall will bring each of the six shortlisted novels to life with exclusive readings. Each evening, the bar will come to life with book events featuring some of the UK’s most inspirational women and bestselling novelists.
Readers who purchase one of the shortlisted books throughout the week will receive a complimentary Baileys to enjoy as they celebrate the brilliant novels selected by the judges for the 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction.
Events:
Queens of Comedy: Tuesday 4 April at 6.30pm
Lunchtime Shortlist Readings: Wednesday 5 April at 1-2pm
Delicious Baileys Cocktail Masterclass: Wednesday 5 April at 6.30pm
Lunchtime Shortlist Readings: Thursday 6 April at 1-2pm
Thriller Queens: Thursday 6 April at 6.30pm
Friday Finale (in association with Emerald Street): Friday 7 April at 6.30pm"

When - Monday 3rd - Friday 7th April 2017

Where -  Waterstones, 19-21 Tottenham Court Rd, London W1T 1BJ

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Link - Event page & tickets


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A 6 Course Dinner at Boxpark to Launch Sarah Holt's Novel 'Love and Eskimo Snow'

This May go to a book launch with a difference - one with a super club themed around it.  Sarah Holt is launching her novel Love and Eskimo Snow with a 6 course dinner at Boxpark, with each course designed around aspects from and incidents in the book.  Plus you get to meet the author!

"On Sunday May 25, the traditional book launch will be turned on its head, as the UK’s first edible launch event takes place, sponsored by web hosting company UK2.net.
The event is the result of a collaboration between debut novelist Sarah Holt and cutting-edge edible experience company, Edible Stories. 
For one night only, British book worms will be able to sit down and experience a six-course menu that’s been designed to tell the story of Sarah’s first novel, Love and Eskimo Snow, through taste, texture, scent, sight and sound. 
The menu will feature cocktails that shape-shift as you drink them, courses that you have to interact with to discover their meaning, and plates of the unexpected. The concept for each course has been created by Edible Stories’ avant-garde chef Françoise Cozzolino, a Paris-born, Italian-German, professional chef who has worked with Pierre Koffman (3 Michelin stars) for the past three years. 
Love and Eskimo snow, meanwhile, is an inverted Cinderella story about the nature of love and the possibility of loving more than one person at a time. The title comes from the myth that suggests that Sami Eskimos have more than 200 different words for snow. The suggestion is that love should be the same."

When - Sunday 25th May, 7.30pm - 11.30pm

Where - Boxpark, Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6GY

Tickets - £57.50 from Design My Night here

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Link - Tickets page


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Bookstock's Halloween Literary Night near Great Portland Street

Bookstock is an occasional but regular literary night featuring 4 authors reading and talking about their work.  It's organised by the very well established North London Reading Group.  Previous events have been very popular and this time there's some comedy and spooky stories, and there's a book swap too, so bring along a book or two to swap.  (NOT 'One Day' - everyone always brings 'One Day' to Book Swaps!)

"Our Bookstock literary night is popping up for Hallowe'en in Euston on Saturday 19 October. 
Lewis Harrison-Barker and the cast behind spooky Edinburgh fringe improv B-Movie 'They Came With Outer Script' will perform comedy, tell spooky stories, and introduce the following authors whose books will each chill you in different ways:
* Elanor Dymott - author of the acclaimed 'Every Contact Leaves Without a Trace' which has been compared to Donna Tartt's cult classic 'The Secret History'
* Alexia Carsale - writer of 'The Bone Dragon', a blend of psychological thriller and fairytale told from a 14 year old girl's viewpoint
* Helen Smith - author of "modern day Agatha Christie" Invitation to Die, which is set at a Bloomsbury conference and features bodies and red herrings aplenty
* Terry Grimwood - horror writer whose 'Axe' concerns a failed rock star who stumbles upon a 'killer' riff
* Amy Bird - exciting new novelist behind the chilling, twisty life-swap debut 'Yours Is Mine'
The action takes place at The Green Man pub opposite Great Portland St station in Euston, and there will also be book signings and the chance to meet and swap books (and mobile numbers?) with kindred 'spirits'. And pumpkins."

When - Saturday 19th October, from 7pm

Where - The Green Man, 383 Euston Rd, London, NW1 3AU

Tickets - £6 in advance from here, £7 on the door

Link - Bookstock

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Feed&Read's May & June Pop-up Books Events in Deptford

Feed&Read is a group who pop-up in artistic surroundings to serve seasonal cakes with a local and literary twist, accompanied by a proper cup of tea.  They sell quality crafts made from salvaged and saved second-hand books, and run a book shop-and-swap of 'pre-read' books, so bring a book or two with you to swap!  (In this case BYOB means bring your own book).  I went to their event in March, and swapped a couple of books.  There was a good selection there.

"Feed&Read is a pop-up serving delicious seasonal cakes and bottomless cups of fairtrade, organic tea at Bearspace Gallery in Deptford. Feed&Read sells unique, quality crafts and cards made from salvaged and saved second-hand books, and run a book shop-and-swap of pre-read, pre-owned and pre-loved books - so be sure to bring a book along to swap. It’s a perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon, read a new book, meet new people, and enjoy an exhibition at Bearspace Gallery."

When - Sunday 19th May, and Sunday 23rd June, 12pm - 4pm

Where - Bearspace Gallery, 152 Deptford High St  London, SE8 3PQ

Prices: FREE entry / Cakes £2-3 / Tea £1 / Books free to swap, or £2 to buy / Crafts £1-5.

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Link 1 - Feed&Read

Link 2 - Feed&Read on Facebook

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Bookstock 8 Literary Night near Great Portland Street

Bookstock is an occasional but regular literary night featuring 4 authors reading and talking about their work.  It's organised by the very well established North London Reading Group.  Their last event (Bookstock 7) was back in January, in the same venue, and this time there's a book swap too, so bring along a book or two to swap.

"We've got a corking line-up. The very entertaining author and Booktrust blogger Matt Haig will both compere and read from his brand new novel 'The Humans', which Chocolat author Joanne Harris has described as "a kind of Curious Incident meets The Man Who Fell to Earth" and looks set to be one of this Summer's reads.
He will be joined by:
* MH Baylis - author of Ally Pally-set crime novel and paean to London 'A Death at the Palace'
* Lane Ashfeldt - short fiction author of 'Saltwater', a collection of stories inspired by the sea
* Liz Harris - author of 'The Road Back' an epic set in London and the Himalayas in the 1950s & 1990s
* Seki Lynch - poet who will perform some of his powerful, louche verse
We are popping-up again in the Green Man pub in NW1, which is very handily opposite Great Portland Street tube station. We'll be running a bookswap, so people can swap books while meeting new like minded souls over a glass of wine or ale, and there will be chances to win prizes and get signed copies of the books."

When - Saturday 18th May, from 7pm

Where - The Green Man, 383 Euston Rd, London, NW1 3AU

Tickets - £6 in advance from here, £7 on the door

Link - Bookstock

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Literary Dinners & Foyles Present Sheila Heti in Spitalfields

Another literary evening from the excellent Literary Dinners, this time for Canadian writer Sheila Heti.  I went to an event last year - see pictures here - and it was excellent.  You can see the work that goes into the venue and the preparation, and the food was delicious.  This time the venue is The Rag Factory in E1, a creative space used for art, rehearsals and performances.

"What did you want to be as a child? Fire fighter, astronaut… celebrity dragon known for magical deeds? Well, let Literary Dinners take you back, as we get childish and act out at the Rag Factory with Sheila Heti. For one night only, small talk and mundanity will be put aside in favour of 'got got need', lofty dreams and squabbling over the last flump. 
Much lauded and chit-chatted about, Sheila will be center stage as we try and answer her fictional memoir How Should a Person Be? Accompanied by colourful drawings and a gob-smacking menu from the delectable Kosher Roast, Sheila will be on hand as literary therapist for the evening.
Our resident maitre’d fictionistas will bring chewed Crayolas and well-thumbed stage plays on request.
Tickets include food and literary entertainment. "

When - Thursday 2nd May, 6.30pm

Where - The Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage St  London E1 5LJ

Cost - £30 in advance from here

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Link 1 - Literary Dinners
Link 2 - Event Page

Link 3 - Buy How Should a Person Be? at Foyles
Link 4 - The Rag Factory

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Feed&Read Pop-up Books Event in Deptford

Feed&Read is a group who pop-up in artistic surroundings to serve seasonal cakes with a local and literary twist, accompanied by a proper cup of tea.  They sell quality crafts made from salvaged and saved second-hand books, and run a book shop-and-swap of 'pre-read' books, so bring a book or two with you to swap!  (In this case BYOB means bring your own book)

"Feed&Read are back! We're popping up on Sunday 3rd March, 12-4pm at Bearspace Gallery in Deptford.
Once again we'll be running our book swap-and-shop, serving our delicious seasonal cakes (thanks to Crumbs & Roses AKA Charlie Deane) alongside bottomless cups of organic and fairtrade teas and selling upcycled crafts and cards made from pre-loved books.
So come along, bring your friends, bring your books, bring an appetite for great cakes and spread the word."

When - Sunday 3rd March, 12pm - 4pm

Where - Bearspace Gallery, 152 Deptford High St  London, SE8 3PQ

Prices: FREE entry / Cakes £2-3 / Tea £1 / Books free to swap, or £2 to buy / Crafts £1-5.

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Link 1 - Feed&Read

Link 2 - Event on Facebook

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Literary Dinners present Craig Taylor's 'Londoners' in Islington

Literary Dinners have announced their third dinner, this time themed around Craig Taylor's Londoners.  Craig is a Canadian writer living in London, and his book is a picture of London through the voices of lots of inhabitants, from the woman who is the voice of London Underground to the director of the largest funeral parlour in Bethnal Green.

"Dine in the unparalleled setting of the Islington Metal Works, as Literary Dinners and Foyles - whose own literary luncheons are the stuff of legend - join forces to celebrate the epic achievement that is Craig Taylor's Londoners.
Craig will be retelling stories from some of the capital's most charismatic inhabitants, moving from table to table with only the juiciest cuts, as pop-up restaurateurs The Two Nightingales offer extra-literary sustenance in the form of hearty English fare. And our resident literary conductor will be guiding proceedings - and validating Oyster cards - from the comfort of the Metal Work's tube carriage bar.
For an extra 10% off Londoners, enter "TAY10" at the checkout on the Foyles website.
Menu 
Fish goujons with spicy tomato jam served with baby salad leaves and samphire.
Venison, parsnip and red currant pie with a puff pastry crust served with crushed new potatoes and horseradish, and whole roasted garlic, sautéed spring greens and glazed carrots.
A glass of gin and tonic sorbet served with raspberry compote and crisp lavender biscotti."

When - Sunday 15th July, 6pm

Where - Islington Metal Works, 7 Torrens Street  London, Greater London EC1V 1NQ

Cost - £30 in advance from here

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Link 1 - Literary Dinners

Link 2 - Foyles - For an extra 10% off Londoners, enter "TAY10" at the checkout