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Templar Publishing is well-known for its award-winning picture books and is highly regarded for its innovative and creative approach to children's books. In this exclusive Café exhibition for Foyles, Templar's Art Director Mike Jolley has specially selected the very best printed illustrations from their picture books published this spring.

This year renowned comics magazine TRIPWIRE celebrates its 21st anniversary, and this specially commissioned exhibition marks the occasion with a selection of the magazine’s best-known and most eye-catching cover designs and photographs.

In keeping with their roots in Southern Italy, Amanita Jazz's music is permeated with Mediterranean sounds, accompanied by a restless feeling of melancholy and an asymmetrical and energetic rhythmic texture. Tonight the trio will be performing material from their debut album, Gente A Sud.

CANCELLED Can we cross from the new world to the old? How does the past shape the future? In TransAtlantic National Book Award-winning Colum McCann has achieved an outstanding act of literary bravura.

Calling all bibliophiles! If you've ever wanted to make your own books but haven't known where to start, this is the class for you

At this exclusive children's event you can hear Jon read from I Want My Hat Back and This Is Not My Hat, watch as he gives a live demonstration of his inimitable drawing style, and get your books signed by the man himself.

Showcasing work from winners and commended students

In this photo walk and workshop noted photographer Anthony Epes shares some of the secrets of the art form. Focusing on creative composition - the easiest way to improve your photography instantly - the session is tailored towards both beginners in photography, who want to discover the first steps towards improving their work, as well as amateurs looking to advance their skills.

As you may have heard by now, in the spring of 2014 we move our shop along the road. Even though we have over a year until the move, the planning happens now, and we'd like your help to make sure it's right.

Alto saxophonist Reiss Beckles assembled his new band from a group of young and vibrant musicians based in London. This lively set will see them turning their unique style to classic standards by the likes of Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and Bronislau Kaper.

Joe Hill makes his exclusive London appearance to launch NOS4R2, arguably his most terrifying tale yet. Tense, claustrophobic and deeply unsettling,it will play with your darkest fears while you wake and work its way into your nightmares while you sleep. Join us to ask him your questions, have your book signed, and get back home before dark.

Tonight we mark the 100th edition of the Tour de France with the launch of the latest volume of The Cycling Anthology. Hosted by television presenter Ned Boulting, the evening will include an opportunity to hear a panel of experienced journalists, all contributors to The Cycling Anthology series, share their personal highs and lows of covering the Tour and look forward to this summer's event.

Join authors from the Prize's history authors as they read from their books, reveal what inspires them and offer some first-hand tips on landing that elusive first book deal.

With Ruth Padel, David Wheatley, Kathryn Maris and Richard O'Brien

SOLD OUT! As well as introducing and launching his new novel, War God, Graham will share exclusive advance information about some of the compelling new evidence he has gathered in support of his controversial thesis of a lost civilisation, destroyed in a global cataclysm at the end of the last Ice Age.

Thomas Kenneally discusses the journals that inspired his sweeping, and brutally accurate, account of the horrors of war, as well as the challenges of crafting a narrative that balances the epic with the intimate.

Join David Ebsworth and SilverWood Books as we celebrate the launch of The Assassin's Mark, set in 1938 in the thick of the Spanish Civil War.

Introduce your little ones to the art of bookbinding in this workshop run by the prestigious London Centre for Book Arts.

Under the expert guidance of instructors from the London Centre for Book Arts, you will have the opportunity to use letterpress type to print covers for your very own simple and stylish hand-bound book.

Join us for an inspirational evening with two prize-winning novelists from opposite ends of the Earth.

A week of free photographic events with Anthony Epes, leading up to our Love Charing Cross Road Festival.

Budding and amateur photographers are invited to come along and capture the sleepy streets of Soho in a quirky photo tour.

An exhibition of amateur and professional photography of Charing Cross Road and Soho.

Budding and amateur photographers are invited to come along and capture the sleepy streets of Soho in a quirky photo tour.

Tonight offers an exclusive opportunity to hear the twice Grammy-nominated David Sedaris read from his new collection, and meet him as he signs copies of his books.

Oz Dror will lead a photo walk exploring the early evening life of the area, giving participants his top tips on how to capture the spirit of city living and a captivating muse for anyone passionate about urban photography.

Part of London Pride 2013, Beyond Words is an exclusive photographic competition and two exhibitions presenting the wide-ranging talent of members of the Gay Photographers Network, with the exhibitions hosted in the Gallery and the Café at Foyles flagship store in the heart of Soho's gay community.

Tonight Rabai al-Madhoun discusses his novel The Lady from Tel Aviv, which was shortlisted for the International Prize for PEN logoArabic Fiction 2010, with British-Palestinian writer Selma Dabbagh in an evening organised by the Arab British Centre, with the support of English PEN and Telegram Books.

Joining Christopher to discuss his dark, gripping new work, Plastic, is another master of storytelling - Joanne Harris, bestselling author of Chocolat and Peaches for Monsieur Le Curé.

David Goodhart argues that liberal thinking on immigration has, in recent years, promoted two contradictory ideals. On the one hand there is the ideal of 'solidarity', or the desire that people in society, wherever they originate from, should be unified by one common purpose. And on the other hand there is the 'diversity' argument, which calls for the differences that immigration brings to society to be celebrated.

In Adam's view, globalisation is driving out the uniqueness and character of cities and buildings, reducing them to a monotonous regularity. But does architecture and do architects nowadays really lack an inner conviction, leaving them prey to the vicissitudes of outside forces?

We'll be handing over the Gallery space at Charing Cross Road this August to you, creating an immersive exhibition that captures the many faces of Foyles past, present and future.