READING IN A TIME OF CORONAVIRUS

Come and celebrate National Poetry Day at Barnes Bookshop. The team behind the Barnes Bookfest are hosting a day of poetry reading and it's free of charge! 11am  - Diane Frost, local poet and artist, reads from her exciting new collection developed during her artist's...

Dubbed the 'patron saint of poetry' by a former poet laureate, Roger McGough brings his art, wit and verse to this exciting new evening course. For three sessions, students will learn how to play with language through word games and tricks, patterns, metaphor and...

So, you have your ticket booked for the Three Inch Fools rendition of Romeo and Juliet at the OSO on Saturday. "One of the best Shakespeare plays I'll ever watch" - The Bristol Post. "The ultimate British theatrical experience" - Hastings Independent Press. But what...

Local author, Jane McCulloch, has published a new book. A Year of Trials for E.G. Rawlings is the second book of the Rawlings trilogy and follows Rawlings as he embarks on a new chapter of his life. Barnes Bookshop are hosting a book launch on 29 July 2021, 6 –...

Looking for something to occupy your evenings this summer? How about a book binding course. Wurkshop is a new venture in Barnes that aims to teach skilled arts and crafts to both children and adults. Mark Cockram is a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders, who spends his...

Richard Harries will be convening a series of seminars on T.S.Eliot’s Four Quartets on Thursdays at 4pm on Zoom beginning on January 7th 2021 and lasting for one and a half hours. The Four Quartets seminar series Time: weekly at 4pm Thursday 7th Jan 2020 to 4th Feb...

Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet has been crowned Waterstones’ Book of the Year 2020, claiming victory over the shortlist by ‘an overwhelming majority’. This  book which focuses on the short life of Shakespeare’s son has already won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020....

The BBC2 has recently launched Between the Covers on Fridays at 7.30. The seven episodes are hosted by Sara Cox with four celebrity guests who discuss one particular Book of the Week title, their own recently published book, their favourite book and favourite...

The latest Booker shortlist was announced in mid September. This was variously described as diverse, fresh, and baffling. A lot of observers were dismayed by the absence of twice-winner Hilary Mantel. This is probably the best known fiction prize in the UK. It was...

The BLS is very pleased to give you more information about a new literary venture that the BLS is happy to support, taking place in Barnes this Autumn.  On the 1st October tickets went on sale for the inaugural Barnes Book Festival.  The brainchild of a heady mixture...