Bookhaus

Both T.S. Eliot Prize winner and one-time UK slam champion, poetry powerhouse Joelle Taylor debuts a powerful new collection: Maryville casts an incandescent light on lesbian subcultures and hidden queer histories via a London butch bar, revisited across the decades. She marks its Bookhaus launch with a stirring evening of readings and discussion. Maryville launch with Joelle Taylor at Bookhaus.

If language is the terrain of power, how do we re-map it? From protest slogans to sacred texts to Tarot decks, So Mayer turns a forensic eye on the politics of speech and unpacks their own multilingual upbringing in this manifesto-cum-memoir launch at Bookhaus. Bad Language launch with So Mayer at Bookhaus.

Attention all ye homebrewers, picklers, and lockdown-birthed sourdough devotees: chemist and Fermenters Guild founder Robin Sherriff heads to Bookhaus to discuss The Science of Fermentation, an effervescent dive into microbial transformation that’s packed with tips, troubleshooting and recipes. Live taste testing included! The Science of Fermentation launch with Robin Sherriff

Romanian master of style Mircea Cărtărescu discusses the new English translation of his 1996 cult novel Blinding – part of an ongoing effort to bring his visionary catalogue to light. Giant butterflies convulse beneath ice, conspiracies whisper from crystal halls, and bodies swell into music in an ecstatic study of adolescence, obsession, and imagination itself. Blinding: The Left Wing launch with Mircea Cărtărescu

Dan Hicks' new work tears through the polished facades of museums and monuments to expose a grimy world of colonial loot, skull collections, and academic gatekeeping. Alongside ancient historian Mai Musié, he discusses how we frame – and how we can reframe – our material culture and heritage. Every Monument Will Fall with Dan Hicks and Mai Musié