London's cosiest literary night - back on 18 May!

Bookstock is a unique, grassroots literary night curated by the North London Reading Group.

Join fellow book lovers and enjoy a varied evening of the best new and independent writers reading, performing and discussing their works in a lovely London pub.

The night is punctuated with comedy, prizes and the chance to swap books and clink glasses with kindred spirits!

Matt Haig

Matt Haig - author of 'The Humans'

The author of the best-selling, Carnegie Medal-nominated, TV Book Club Summer Read-winning The Radleys introduces his follow up about an extra-terrestrial who visits Earth in the form of a Cambridge Maths Professor. Initially disgusted in the way humans look, eat, fight and fall in love, he begins to realise there may be more to this weird species after all.

"A laugh-and-cry book. Troubling, thrilling, puzzling, believable and impossible. Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin." – Jeannette Winterson

Matt will be signing copies of The Radleys (£5) and The Humans (£10)

Lane Ashfeldt

Lane Ashfeldt - author of 'Saltwater'

The prize-winning writer returns to Bookstock to introduce her debut collection of short fiction with the sea as a link. The stories cover coastlines from the West of Ireland to Santorini, Greece.

"Raw and elegant" – Bookmunch

Lane will be signing copies of Saltwater (£10)

William Ryan

William Ryan - author of 'The Twelfth Department'

Irish writer living in London behind the 'Korolev' series of atmospheric, page-turning crime novels, set in 1930s paranoid, stalinist Russia. William's books have been shortlisted for several crime awards and he teaches crime writing workshops for The Guardian.

"Whodunnit heaven" – Times Literary Supplement

William will be signing copies of The Holy Thief and The Bloody Meadow (£7.99)

Liz Harris

Liz Harris - author of 'The Road Back'

Liz will read from her prize-winning novel, which takes place in the 1950s and 1995. Set in both London and Ladakh, an Indian province near Tibet, The Road Back is an epic tale that throws together two people from radically different cultures with explosive results.

"A splendid love story, so beautifully told" – Colin Dexter

Liz will be signing copies of The Road Back (£5)

Seki Lynch

Seki Lynch - performing poetry

Multi-talented Seki is a poet, writer of short stories including Kennedy, and is currently working on his first novel. Chartreuse is the story of a romantic struggling to keep his relationship alive while contemplating love in the modern day. He writes for the New Welsh Review.

Bookswap

Meet and swap books with like minded souls

Bring along a book you've already read to exchange for one you haven't with new friends over a glass of wine (or two!)

Signing area

Meet the writers

No other literary event gets you closer to writers. Share a drink with them and get personally dedicated copies of their books.

The Green Man, Euston

One of London's cosiest private bars

Enjoy fine wines and ales at the Green Man pub in NW1, directly opposite Great Portland Street Tube. The pub serves great food, too!

Join a reading group

Join a reading group

Interested in joining a book group? We'll personally introduce you to groups looking for new members on the night.

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