Location: London, England

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Feminist Library (0.1 miles)
5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, London SE1 7XW United Kingdom
31 Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3BN United Kingdom
Express Library (0.3 miles)
10 St Ann's Street, London, London SW1P 2DE United Kingdom
Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH United Kingdom
Book Warehouse (0.4 miles)
41 Strutton Ground, Westminster, London SW1 2HY United Kingdom
The Grand Building, Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom
Tate Britain Shop (0.4 miles)
Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG United Kingdom
Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG United Kingdom
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Trafalgar Square, London, England WC2N 5DN United Kingdom
Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN United Kingdom
42 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NG United Kingdom
Waterloo Library (0.5 miles)
114-118 Lower Marsh, London, SE1 7AE United Kingdom
1 Lower Marsh, Waterloo, London, London SE1 7NT United Kingdom
16 John Islip Street, London, SW1P 4JU United Kingdom
Royal Festival Hall, London, SE1 8XX United Kingdom
Secondhand Books (0.6 miles)
20 Lower Marsh, London, SE1 7RJ United Kingdom
Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX United Kingdom
BFI Filmstore (0.6 miles)
Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 8XT United Kingdom
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106 Lower Marsh, Waterloo, London SE1 7BR United Kingdom
Orange Street, London, WC2H 0HE United Kingdom
St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE United Kingdom
The London Library (0.7 miles)
14 St James's Square, London, SW1Y 4LG United Kingdom
45-46 Lower Marsh, London, SE1 7RG United Kingdom
Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ United Kingdom
Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ United Kingdom
51-55 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8TX United Kingdom
Motor Books (0.7 miles)
13-15 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4EZ United Kingdom
Japan Centre (0.7 miles)
14 - 16 Regent St., London, SW1Y 4PH United Kingdom
35 St. Martin's Street, London, WC2H 7HP United Kingdom
Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL United Kingdom
Morpeth Terrace, London, SW1P 1EP United Kingdom
12 Duke of York Square, London, SW3 4LY United Kingdom
42 Duke Street St James's, London, SW1Y 6DJ United Kingdom
Sims Reed (0.7 miles)
43a Duke Street, St. James's, London SW1Y 6DD United Kingdom
Westminster Cathedral Plazza, 25 Ashley Place, London, London SW1P 1LT United Kingdom
Book Warehouse (0.7 miles)
158 Waterloo Road, Waterloo, London SE1 8SB United Kingdom
111 Westminster Bridge Road, London, London SE1 7HR United Kingdom
Watkins Books (0.7 miles)
19-21 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4EZ United Kingdom
17 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4EZ United Kingdom
Greening Burland (0.7 miles)
27 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4EZ United Kingdom
5 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4EZ United Kingdom
25 Cecil Court, London, London WC2N4EZ United Kingdom
11 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4EZ United Kingdom
Storey's Ltd (0.7 miles)
1-3 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4EZ United Kingdom
Peter Ellis (0.7 miles)
18 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4HE United Kingdom
P.J. Hilton (0.7 miles)
12 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4EZ United Kingdom
24 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4HE United Kingdom
Tindley & Chapman (0.7 miles)
4 Cecil Court, London, WC2N 4HE United Kingdom
Marchpane (0.7 miles)
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Local events

May
20
Debut Fiction Book Group
Waterstones - Covent Garden, Monday, May 20 at 6:30pm
This month we’ll be reading Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain, a starkly honest debut about the experience of an American solider home from the War in Iraq. New members are always welcome, if you would like to join this book group please let us know at events@covent-garden.waterstones.com.

Further details:
Monday, 20 May 2013, 6:30PM - 8:00PM
020 7836 6757 (Sylak)
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May
21
An exclusive evening with Dan Brown
Waterstones - Covent Garden, Tuesday, May 21 at 7pm
Inferno: (Robert Langdon Book 4) - Robert Langdon 4

When Dan Brown publishes a new novel, the world stops to read it. Hear him talk about the eagerly awaited new Robert Langdon thriller Inferno at this special event. Tickets to the event include a copy of Inferno. For further information please contact Waterstones Covent Garden on 0207 836 6757 or events@covent-garden.waterstones.com. Please note there will not be a book signing at this event.

Further details:
Tickets £25, including booking fee.
0207 836 6757 (Sylak)
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May
23
An Evening With... Suzanne Rindell (The Other Typist)
Waterstones - Covent Garden, Thursday, May 23 at 6pm
Join us for the London Launch of this fantastic debut novel. A pinch of Patricia Highsmith mixed with a good dash of F. Scott Fitzgerald makes this a great summer read. This is a free event so come along and have a cocktail with us. For more information or to book tickets email us at events@covent-garden.waterstones.com.

Further details:
0207 836 6757 (Sylak)
May
24
London MCM Expo - Comic Village
ExCeL London, Friday, May 24 at 2pm
*Note: General entry tickets are NOT avaliable at the door for Friday's events!
Back for 2013 at the expo is the Comic Village, the place for comic creators, artists, writers and fans to converge in one of the biggest events of its kind in the UK. Featuring panel discussions, question and answer sessions, signings and the return of the annual art competition, the Comic Village gives you the chance to indulge your love of comics and graphic novels with creators and other fans.
*See website for all other events. (Sylak)
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May
25
MCM London Comic Con
ExCeL London, Saturday, May 25 at 09am
Steam Punk area, Japan Ex, Memorabilia, Dealer stalls, Comic Village, MCM Fringe Festival, and More... (Sylak)
May
25
International Geek Day!
Waterstones - Covent Garden, Saturday, May 25 at 10:15am
Whether you’re a fan of Star Wars, Doctor Who or Douglas Adams, pop along and celebrate International Geek Day with us! There are some great geeky prizes to be won including exclusive proof copies of terrific new books. Keep an eye on our Twitter account for more info.

Further details:
Saturday, 25 May 2013, 10:15AM - 8:00PM
020 7836 6757 (Sylak)
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May
25
Arachne Press at the Keats Festival Writing Workshop
Keats House, Saturday, May 25 at 10:30am
Saturday 25th May 2013 10.30-1.30

Bitter-Sweet

Scents and smells for character, atmosphere and inspiration

…what soft incense

(Keats)

Explore writing using all the senses, but particularly smell, with Cherry Potts, author of Mosaic of Air and Tales Told Before Cockcrow, editor of London Lies, Stations and Lovers’ Lies and owner of Arachne Press.

Bring a large notebook and lots of pens, and expect to write. Weather permitting a stroll about the garden may be included. If you have a scent that means a lot to you, (and it is portable) bring it with you!

Suitable for all levels of experience, and for fiction writers and poets.

How to book:

Keep an eye on the Keats festival event page but basic info seems to be

Book by phone: 020 7332 3868 (arachnepress)
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May
25
Keats Festival Arachne Press Author Reading
Keats House, Saturday, May 25 at 3pm
Saturday 25th May 3-4pm

As part of the Keats Festival we are reading from Lovers’ Lies, and Weird Lies (which is due out in September 2013)

Focusing (loosely!) on the elements of Keats’ life not directly involved in poetry: science, medicine, and nature, Arachne Press bring you stories of the Garden of Eden, conversations with tadpoles, a meeting of minds across disciplines, and love, repression and an old-fashioned approach to doctoring.

From Lovers’ Lies:
The Painter and the Physicist Tania Hershman (read by the author)
Mirror Cherry Potts (read by Will Everett)
Something Missing Bobbie Darbyshire (read by the author)

From Weird Lies
What does H2O feel like to the Tadpoles? Tom McKay (read by Cliff Chapman)

Not sure whether you will need to book, so keep an eye on the Keats festival event page but basic info seems to be

Book by phone: 020 7332 3868 (arachnepress)
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May
26
MCM London Comic Con
ExCeL London, Sunday, May 26 at 10am
Steam Punk area, Japan Ex, Memorabilia, Dealer stalls, Comic Village, MCM Fringe Festival, and More... (Sylak)
May
28
Peter H. Hansen, The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering after the Enlightenment
Peter H. Hansen, The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering after the Enlightenment

Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London (added from Harvard University Press)
May
31
Bluewater Book Club
Waterstone's - Bluewater West, Friday, May 31 at 7pm
Come along to our friendly book club where there is much book chatter and laughter... with cake too!
All welcome. This month we'll be discussing 'Silent on the Moor' by Deanna Raybourn, which you can order instore.

Further details:
Costa through childrens exit - 7:00PM - 8:00PM
0843 290 8159 (Sylak)
Jun
1
Meet Bestselling Author Cathy Cassidy (Coco Caramel, Chocolate Box Girls)
Waterstone's - Bluewater West, Saturday, June 1 at 2:30pm
WATERSTONE'S BLUEWATER WEST

Come and meet bestselling children's author Cathy Cassidy, twice voted the 'Queen of Teen', who will be making a welcome return visit to the store to sign her new book 'Coco Caramel', the latest in her 'Chocolate Box Girls' series.

Further details:
Saturday, 1 June 2013, 2:30PM - 4:00PM
01322 624831 (Sylak)
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Jun
4
Public Lecture by Dr Havi Carel on "Illness and Health", 4th June, 6pm
Cumberland Lodge, Tuesday, June 4 at 6pm
Dr Havi Carel is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Bristol and also teaches at Bristol Medical School. She is currently a British Academy Fellow, writing on a monograph for Oxford University Press, provisionally entitled Phenomenology of Illness . Her research examines the experience of illness and of receiving healthcare. She has written on the embodied experience of illness, wellbeing within illness and patient-physician communication in the Lancet, BMJ, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, Philosophia and in edited collections.


Dr Carel is the author of Illness (Acumen 2008), shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize, and of Life and Death in Freud and Heidegger (Rodopi 2006). She is the co-editor of Health, Illness and Disease (Acumen 2012) and of What Philosophy Is (Continuum 2004). She also uses film in teaching and has co-edited a volume entitled New Takes in Film-Philosophy (Palgrave 2010). She recently co-edited a special issue of Philosophy on Human Experience and Nature (Cambridge University Press 2013). In 2009-11 Havi led an AHRC-funded project on the concepts of health, illness and disease and in 2011-12 she was awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship for a project entitled ‘The Lived Experience of Illness’. She currently holds a British Academy Fellowship.


A £5 registration fee is applicable to attend this event. (Cumberland_Lodge)
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Jun
11
Writer of the month : Seasons in the sun - the battle for Britain, 1974-1979, by Dominic Sandbrook
The National Archives, Tuesday, June 11 at 2pm
Dominic Sandbrook is one of Britain's best-known historians. His books on post-war Britain - Never Had It So Good, White Heat, State of Emergency and Seasons in the Sun - have been widely acclaimed. Dominic is a columnist for the Daily Mail and BBC History, reviews books for the Sunday Times and has presented numerous Radio 4 documentaries, notably a 15-part history of the Post Office. His BBC Two television series The 70s, adapted from his books, was broadcast in 2012, and his new series on Britain in the Cold War will be screened in 2013. He is currently working on a new book on the early 1980s, and is a visiting professor at King's College London. He will discuss his latest book Seasons in the Sun: The Battle for Britain, 1974-1979. Tickets are free of charge. Email writerofthemonth@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk to book your place now. (Cynfelyn)… (more)
Jul
9
Writer of the month : Peter Hennessy, Writing a history of one's own times
The National Archives, Tuesday, July 9 at 2pm
Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London, a Fellow of the British Academy and President of the Friends of The National Archives. His latest book is 'Distilling the frenzy; writing the history of one's own times'. Tickets are free of charge. Email writerofthemonth@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk to book your place now. (Cynfelyn)
Mar
6
Mark Cornwall, The Devil’s Wall: The Nationalist Youth Mission of Heinz Rutha
Embassy of Slovakia in London, Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 6:30pm
Mark Cornwall, The Devil’s Wall: The Nationalist Youth Mission of Heinz Rutha

Lecture at the Slovak Embassy in London (added from Harvard University Press)
Mar
25
Charles F. Manski, Public Policy in an Uncertain World: Analysis and Decisions
Charles F. Manski, Public Policy in an Uncertain World: Analysis and Decisions

Masterclass at the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (CEMMAP), sponsored by the British Academy for Humanities and Social Sciences (added from Harvard University Press)
Apr
8
The London Book Fair 2014
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 09am
A unique opportunity to hear from authors, enjoy the vibrant atmosphere and explore innovations shaping the publishing world of the future; incl. over 300+ Love Learning seminars and events. (Sylak)
Apr
9
The London Book Fair
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 09am
The London Book Fair covers the broad spectrum of the publishing industry so there really is something for everyone no matter what your area of interest be it Rights, Digital, Children's, Emerging Markets. Translation, Film & TV or Academic. (Sylak)
Apr
10
The London Book Fair
Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 09am
A unique opportunity to hear from authors, enjoy the vibrant atmosphere and explore innovations shaping the publishing world of the future; incl. over 300+ Love Learning seminars and events.
The London Book Fair covers the broad spectrum of the publishing industry so there really is something for everyone no matter what your area of interest be it Rights, Digital, Children's, Emerging Markets. Translation, Film & TV or Academic. (Sylak)… (more)
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