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Tue 10 Nov 2026

Jonathan Coe on Ravel and Vaughan Williams and the Music of Nations

An evening of conversation and live music Jonathan Coe's new novel, Lessons in Harmony, imagines the unlikely friendship between the celebrated French composer Maurice…

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Thu 12 Nov 2026

Reading Group on Quand tu écouteras cette chanson by Lola Lafon

This reading group is dedicated to Lola Lafon's Quand tu écouteras cette chanson. Please note that the author won’t be present in person. In Quand…

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Tue 24 Nov 2026

In Conversation with Rachid Benzine

What can literature do in times of war? Join novelist and political scientist Rachid Benzine for the UK publication of The Man Who Read Books,…

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Sat 28 Nov 2026

Café littéraire

Let’s share our love of literature and discover a selection of new book releases, old favourites and unknown treasures over a cup of coffee. Join…

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Wed 2 Dec 2026

In One Brief Moment All Eternity with Elif Shafak

Some 175 years after Gustave Flaubert gave Emma Bovary her arsenic death, Booker Prize shortlisted author Elif Shafak hands the pen to the women who…

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Wed 9 Dec 2026

Claude Monet: A Life in Letters

To mark the centenary of Claude Monet’s death (5 December 1926), Teresa Krasny and Karen Serres, art experts and co-authors of Claude Monet: A Life…

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Thu 17 Dec 2026

Reading Group on L’allègement des vernis by Paul Saint-Bris

This reading group is dedicated to Paul Saint-Bris’s L'allègement des vernis. Please note that the author won’t be present in person. In L'allègement des vernis,…

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Highlights of the Month

Next event : De Gaulle (Part 1): Résistance
Sun 08 Nov at 13:00

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15 Oct - 17 Dec 2026

Reading Group

Next event : Reading Group on Quand tu écouteras cette chanson by Lola Lafon
Thu 12 Nov at 18:15

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Women Shaping the World

Next event : Nathalie Baye: A Hundred Lives
Thu 26 Nov

Our Annual Festivals

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8 - 21 June 2026

Beyond Words

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16 - 24 March

South Ken Kids Festival 2026

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Thu 5 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh