We’re thrilled to welcome back the book world’s whaleman-in-chief Philip Hoare to discuss his extraodinary latest work William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love. Described by the Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant as "queer in all senses of the word". In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join as we celebrate Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume, one of the most extraordinary and unsettling novels of recent years, which the Nordic Council Literature Prize Jury called “a masterpiece of its time”. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Acclaimed author Dan Richards join us for a journey into the world after dark. Whether you’re nocturnal by choice, or by affliction, or even if you’re out for eight hours as soon as your head hits the pillow, this evening will give you much to ponder upon…and dream about. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for a very special evening with Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, as he discusses Theft, his extraordinary new novel. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for a magical evening of words, painting and music with Karthika Naïr, Joelle Joliet and Alex Freiman, to celebrate the beautiful English edition of Electric Birds of Pothakudi. Suitable for both the young (6 years and up) and the young-at-heart.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for a fascinating evening as Xiaolu Guo discusses her landmark reimagining of Moby Dick from the perspective of a cross-dressing female sailor. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us as we welcome one of the jazz-world's preeminent young trumpeters, Jeremy Pelt, to discuss Griot, his extraordinary collections of interviews with the most important musicians at work today. In conversation with Alex Freiman.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

It was the year of Brexit and Trump and also the year when David Bowie died and Jo Cox was murdered and the Premier League was won by who? There was a lot to talk about... Join writer and editor Sarah Hesketh for a discussion of 2016, an innovative exploration of a pivotal year in recent history, told in the words of those who witnessed how it played out day by day. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an extraordinary evening of readings and discussion with novelist Sulaiman Addonia and model and actress Liya Kebede, to celebrate Addonia’s latest novel, The Seers. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

We’re delighted to be joined by Amber Massie Blomfield to discuss Acts of Resistance her wide-ranging exploration of art as a form of political activism. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an evening with the mind behind the hit podcasts Past Present Future and Talking Politics, Professor David Runciman, for a wide-ranging discussion about the history (and future) of political thought.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an evening with Emmanuel Carrère, France’s leading non-fiction writer, for a discussion about his moving, hard-hitting account of the Paris attacks trial. In conversation with Adam Biles.

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We’re delighted to welcome back author, journalist and podcaster Dorian Lynskey to discuss why we’re so obsessed with the apocalypse.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an evening with Yasmin Zaher as she discusses her “filthy, elegant” (Raven Leilani) novel The Coin

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of groundbreaking publisher Fitzcarraldo, Claire-Louise Bennett joins us to look back at Pond, her extraordinary debut now available in limited edition hardback.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

We’re delighted to welcome back Denis Hirson to discuss his moving, witty memoir about a Jewish childhood in apartheid-era South Africa.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join Lauren Elkin as she discusses Scaffolding, her multi-layered debut novel. In conversation with Amanda Dennis.

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**POSTPONED** Due to circumstances beyond our control this signing has been postponed. We will let you know as soon as a new date is confirmed. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Join Colombe Schneck, and translator Natasha Lehrer, to discuss Schneck’s frank and exhilarating The Paris Trilogy.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

We’re thrilled to welcome the great Lynne Tillman (author of Weird Fucks) to discuss the new edition of her cult classic American Genius.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

We'll be in Vincennes all weekend in the Festival America book tent, selling the English-language editions by visiting authors. Learn more about the line-up on the Festival America website.

Join us for an evening with the extraordinary Ayşegül Savaş, here to discuss her compelling new novel The Anthropologists.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, this event has been cancelled.

For our first event this season, we're thrilled to welcome the brilliant Marjane Satrapi to discuss her  urgent, groundbreaking and visually stunning new collection of graphic story-telling about the present Iranian revolution.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for a discussion with Michael Donkor about his deeply moving new novel Grow Where The Fall. In conversation with Adam Biles.

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Join us for an evening with Helen Phillips (National Book Award–longlistee) as she discusses Hum, her extraordinary new work of speculative fiction.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us as we celebrate the launch of The Paris Flea Market, the new book from Kate van den Boogert, the writer behind Makers Paris.

We're delighted to welcome back Paul Murray to discuss his "generous, immersive, sharp-witted and devastating" (FT), 2023 Booker-shorlisted novel The Bee Sting.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an evening with Catherine Lacey as she discusses her vertiginously brilliant novel Biography of X. In conversation with Adam Biles.

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Hopalong for a Bloomsday afternoon at Shakespeare and Company...

Plan to read Ulysses before Bloomsday 2024? Listen to Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses by James Joyce, click here, or subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.

Free & open to all.

Join us for an exclusive event with Rachel Cusk as she discusses Parade, her startling and exhilarating new novel that once again expands the notion of what fiction can do. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an evening with the brilliant Hari Kunzru as he discusses Blue Ruin, his enthralling novel about beauty, power, and capital's influence on art and those who devote their lives to creating it. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an evening with Samanta Schweblin, as she discusses her dark, destabilising and award-winning short story collection Seven Empty Houses. In conversation with Adam Biles. In association with Editions Grasset.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

We're thrilled to announce Sheila Heti's first event at Shakespeare and Company, to discuss her immersive and beautiful new work, Alphabetical Diaries. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an evening with Ishion Hutchinson, shortlisted for the T.S.Eliot Prize for Poetry.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an evening with award-winning songwriter, author and broadcaster, Cerys Matthews to celebrate the life and work of Dylan Thomas. With live music from Flora Hibberd.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an exclusive performance of BookTalkBookTalkBook, Jo Neary’s and Ben Moor’s absurdist parody of awkward live author events, “a Russian Doll of a show that kaleidoscopes psychedelically into itself and then evaporates” (Stewart Lee).

Free Event / Pay What You Want. As this show is performed by working comedians we will be taking donations by cash and card (suggested donation 10€). All money raised goes to the performers. Open to all. Places limited. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

We’re thrilled to welcome novelist and screenwriter Ottessa Moshfegh to discuss how she adapted her novel Eileen for the screen. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, as he discusses his inventive and moving memoir A Man of Two Faces. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for tea and a chat with countercultural historian Pat Thomas, and Peter Hale, manager of the Ginsberg estate, and discover their new collaboration Material Wealth Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg.

Join us for an exclusive preview event for Rachel Kushner’s part-spy novel parody, part treatise on human history, Creation Lake, publishing September 2024. In conversation with Adam Biles.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Due to reasons beyond our control this event is postponed. As soon as a new date is confirmed we will post it here.

We're delighted to welcome bookseller and author Danny Caine to discuss his inspiring new book How to Protect Bookstores and Why.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

This Valentine’s Day come to our library for your very own Shakespeare-inspired love ritual from historian, anthropologist, artist, and therapist Adela Coman.

Join us for what's sure to be a riotous, tender, enchanting and uplifting evening of poetry and prose with the irrepressible Hollie McNish and Michael Pedersen.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for a book signing with the brilliant British artist Katerina Jebb.

We're thrilled to welcome Annabelle Hirsch to discuss her fascinating and provocative new book A History of Women in 101 Objects.

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for a very special evening as we bid adieu to one of our favourite literary journals, Freeman’s.

Please note: This event is organised in collaboration with NYU. Priority seating will be given to students and faculty of the university.

On this very special night, editor extraordinaire John Freeman will be joined by three of his star contributors, Jakuta Alikavazovic, Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Deborah Landau and John Freeman.

Join us for a festive evening of comedy with the wonderful Greg Proops. 

Free & open to all. Places limited. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an evening with the irrepressible John Baxter to celebrate his latest love-letter to the City of Light.

Free and open to all. Places limited, so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for an evening with Yelena Moskovich to celebrate the publication of her queer anthem for doomed youth, Nadezhda in the Dark. In conversation with Alice Pfeiffer.

Free and open to all. Places limited, so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Due to events beyond our control, this event has been cancelled.

Join us for what is sure to be an electrifying conversation with Sandra Newman as she discusses Julia, her radical retelling of George Orwell's masterpiece.

In conversation with S&Co Literary Director, Adam Biles.

Free and open to all. Places limited, so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Shakespeare and Company, New River Press and French Fries magazine invite you to a poetry evening with Greta Bellamacina to celebrate her French Fries cover story and her new books A House is a Dance and Who Will Make the Fire.

Hopalong for a Bloomsday afternoon at Shakespeare and Company...

Join us on our terrace (weather permitting), for a very special evening with Hernan Diaz, discussing Trust his 2023 Pulitzer Prizewinning novel.

What could the age of Caesar and Cleopatra tell us about the future of democracy?

Join us at tea-time for a very special signing with the brilliant Dolly Alderton.

Free. Open to all.

On Wednesday February 22 at 7pm, Shakespeare and Company will welcome the BBC World Book Club with special guest, Marie Darrieussecq.

Join us at Festival America from Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 September, where Shakespeare and Company will have a pop-up store in the Salon du Livre.

We celebrated the centenary of Ulysses with an afternoon at Shakespeare and Company on Thursday June 16th.

To listen to Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses by James Joyce, click here, or subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts.