Foyles

Thursday 2 September 6.30pm

+++ SOLD OUT +++

EXCLUSIVE LONDON EVENT

Philippa Gregory - The Red Queen

The queen of historical novels - and distinguished academic - Philippa Gregory returns to the Wars of the Roses with The Red Queen, as the young Margaret Beaufort stops at nothing to ensure her son Henry Tudor ascends to the throne. History truly comes alive in Philippa's vivid and meticulously researched stories.

The Gallery at Foyles.

Saturday 4 September 2pm

Raymond Briggs Signing - Mother Goose Treasury

The iconic creator of The Snowman joins us for a limited time in the Children's Department to sign copies of his newly released Mother Goose Treasury. No need to reserve, but do arrive early to join the queue.

The Children's Department, Foyles on Charing Cross Road.

Tuesday 7 September 6.30pm

EXCLUSIVE LONDON EVENT

DBC Pierre - Lights Out in Wonderland

If Booker winning enfant terrible DBC Pierre's life was written as a novel, reviewers would say it was unbelievable. Join us for this one-of-a-kind event as the misfit of modern literature reads from and talks about his new novel Lights Out in Wonderland - dark, surreal, and twisted but very, very funny.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles.

Thursday 9 September 6.30pm

EXCLUSIVE LONDON EVENT

Michael Frayn - My Father's Fortune

Michael Frayn is arguably the greatest comic writer of his generation: who else can claim such mastery of novels, plays, philosophy and satire? Looking back over the whole of his career and beyond to the shadowy landscape of his family history, Frayn at last turns his eye to his own fascinating life. Join us for a truly special event, as one of our most cherished and celebrated writers discusses his most personal work to date.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles

Saturday 11 September and Sunday 12 September

INDIE ALLIANCE WEEKEND

Brought to you by the Independent Alliance, with PD James, Geoff Dyer, Emily Woof, Philip Kerr and many others…

It may sound like something from Star Wars, but really the Independent Alliance is a network of independent publishers, joined together to ensure their extraordinarily diverse output reaches the widest audience possible. Publishing everything from internationally best-selling crime-writers to Booker Prize winners, to those undiscovered gems only an independent house can unearth, this weekend they bring to Foyles a vast array of authors for two full days of literary events - including discussions on counterculture and how to write non-fiction, and speed-dating Indie-style. Join us for one or both days, as we celebrate independence in all its forms.

Programme for Saturday, 11 September

11am: Publishing Indie in a Digital Marketplace
Hannah Griffiths (Faber), Dan Franklin (Canongate) and Jonathan Ruppin from Foyles

What does it mean to be an independent publisher (and bookshop) in the era of e-books and Amazon? Are indies actually better placed to capture the digital market than their larger counterparts? Griffiths, Franklin and Ruppin discuss these questions in our first panel of the day.

12.15pm-1pm: Crossing the Divide
Mick Jackson (Faber), Emma Craigie (Short Books), Amanda Smyth (Serpent's Tail), and Margaret Elphinstone (Canongate)

Creative writing courses often teach us to 'write what you know.' But what about those authors who write the exact opposite? This panel examines the plusses and perils of writing from a dramatically different perspective.

1pm - 2pm: Break

2pm - 3.15pm: Crime Time
PD James (Faber), Philip Kerr (Quercus), Adam Creed (Faber), and Elizabeth Wilson (Serpent's Tail)

The popularity of crime novels never seems to wane, but what so captivates us about crime? Is there a winning formula for the ultimate whodunit, or is any setting, any character ripe for murder and intrigue? Our three distinguished crime writers discuss.

3.45pm - 4.45pm: Counterculture
Barry Miles (Atlantic), Paul Willetts (Serpent's Tail), Rob Chapman (Faber), and Max Schaefer (Granta)

A writer's role is to take us to other worlds, but it's something else altogether when those worlds involve the realities of seedy Soho, rock and roll binges or British neo-Nazis. Our panellists discuss what it means to enter these unfriendly underworlds.

Programme for Sunday, 12 September 11am - 6pm

11am - 12pm: Speed-Author Brunch
Max Schaefer (Granta), Alex Preston (Faber), Jean Baggott (Icon), Aifric Campbell (Serpent's Tail)

Speed-dating is painful. Speed-authoring is not. 4 tables, 4 authors, 15 minutes each. Start the day over coffee with some of the alliance's star writers.

This event is reserved separately and has limited capacity - please email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

12.30pm - 1.15pm: History Girls
Helen Castor and Lucy Worsley (Faber), Lisa Hilton (Atlantic), Kitty Ferguson (Icon), Rachel Hewitt (Granta)

We wouldn't dream of naming names, but there seem to be a lot of men writing about history these days. Just to balance the scales (and then some), we bring you the history girls.

1.45-2.30: Me, Me, Me
Rupert Thomson (Granta), Jean Baggott (Icon) and Jenny Diski (Profile)

Flannery O'Connor once said that anyone who survived childhood has enough material to write about for the rest of their days. But surely it isn't all fodder for memoir? Our panellists look at what of our lives can be transferred to the page and what, if anything, is best left unwritten.

2.30-3.30 - BREAK

3.30 - 4.15pm - Debut Divas
Anne Peile (Serpent's Tail), Emily Woof (Faber), Deborah Kay Davies (Canongate), Alice de Smith (Atlantic) and Laura Barton (Quercus)

The position of the first-time novelist is arguably unenviable. These debuts go through the ups and downs of getting your first book into print.

4.45 - 5.30: How to Write Non-fiction
Geoff Dyer (Canongate), Andrea Gillies (Short), Colin Evans (Icon), and Joe Moran (Profile)

Whether it's a historic locale or a mother without memory, a truly gruesome crime or the banalities of daily existence, these authors have chronicled real life in unbelievable ways.

Tickets: £15/£12 concession one day or £25/£20 concession both days.

The Gallery at Foyles

Tuesday 14 September 6.30pm

EXCLUSIVE LONDON EVENT

Jed Rubenfeld - The Death Instinct

Lawyer-turned-novelist Jed Rubenfeld has a knack for turning Freudian theory into fodder for crime novels - as he proved in his immensely popular The Interpretation of Murder, which saw Freud and his followers turn sleuth. Tonight, he tells us how he's done it, and what's on the horizon for everyone's favourite psychiatrist in his new book The Death Instinct.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles

Ed Howker and Shiv Malik - Jilted Generation

Why can so few young people afford to buy a house? Why do even top graduates struggle to find jobs and what they can find are often poorly paid and unstable? Why does politics - from voting to protesting - seem so pointless? This evening 20-something journalists Howker and Malik explain how Britain gave up on its future, who is really to blame and what must be done to put it right

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles

Thursday 16 September 6.30pm    SOLD OUT

Will Self - Walking to Hollywood

One of the most thought-provoking writers and raconteurs of his age, whatever Will Self turns his hand to becomes extraordinary. Walking to Hollywood weaves together fact, fancy, memoir and invention as Self delves deep into his own psychosis, memory loss and OCD.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles.

Saturday 18 September 2pm

Charlie Higson Signing - The Dead

Best-selling author of the Young Bond novels comes to the Children's Department today to sign copies of The Dead, and performs a death-defying (or at least very scary) stunt to kick it all off. Come early so you don't miss any of the action.

The Children's Department

Thursday 23 September 6.30 pm

David Perrett - In Your Face

Why do some faces make our pulses race while others leave us cold or have us running for the hills? Can beauty be measured mathematically? Find out tonight as Professor of Psychology David Perrett opens up the mysteries of the human visage.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles

Saturday 25 September 11am-5pm

Penguin Day with Colm Toibin, David Vann and more

75 years ago, the first Penguin paperbacks appeared on shelves in bookstores, including works by Ernest Hemingway, Andre Maurois and Agatha Christie. Today we celebrate those years of book-making history, covering everything from that iconic Penguin jacket design, to a behind-the-scenes look at the publishing process, to the authors who continue the legacy of Penguin writing.

Tickets: £15/£12

The Gallery at Foyles

Tuesday 28 September 6.30pm

Who is the World's Most Fashionable Sociologist, Foucault, Zizek or Baudrillard?

A Balloon Debate with Nikolas Rose , Chris Horrocks and Chris Kul-Want
The world's greatest sociologists are in a sinking balloon, and only the most fashionable can be saved. Their fate is in your hands. Tonight our expert panelists battle it out to determine which sociologist has best put their finger on the nub of the human condition: Foucault the structuralist, Zizek the Cartesian or Baudrillard the postmodernist?

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

Wednesday 29 September 6.30pm

Steve Caplin - Adobe Photoshop CS5

An event for Photoshop fanatics to learn new 3D skills or for anyone interested in the visual design that constantly surrounds us and the programme that creates it. Caplin is a true master of his art and serious students should come prepared to scribble notes whilst interested observers can just sit back and enjoy the incredible show.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles

Tuesday 5 October 6.30pm  SOLD OUT

William Gibson - Zero History

He's known to many as the 'noir prophet', to others as the man who coined the term 'cyberspace.' To us, he's the visionary behind Neuromancer, Spook Country, and many other of the most groundbreaking, world-shifting, mind-boggling SF inventions ever to land on our bookshelves. Tonight, in a rare visit to the UK, he lands in our Gallery to take us to ever more unfathomable realms with Zero History. Not to be missed.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles

Wednesday 6 October 6.30pm

Ismail Kadare - The Accident

In an incredibly rare London appearance, Man Booker International Prize-winner Kadare joins us in the Gallery. Often compared to Gogol, Kafka and Orwell, tonight Kadare discusses his new novel The Accident, and the rich Balkan heritage that has provided inspiration for his remarkable half-century of fiction and poetry.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles

Thursday 7 October 6.30pm

Battle of Ideas presents

Papal Plots, Burqa Bans and Illiberal Liberals: What does it mean to be secular today?

Tolerance and freedom of religion have always been uneasy bed fellows, and the question of what can be reasonably permitted in the name of religious belief has been ever more hotly debated since the rise of so-called militant secularism. With France recently outlawing the burqa, there has never been a more pertinent time to question the limits of tolerance, and indeed its very definition. In doing so, tonight's panel will attempt to pinpoint what it means to be secular today. Join us to hear their views and share yours.

Tickets: £7.50/£5 available here or call 020 72699220

The Gallery at Foyles

Saturday 9 October 11am- 5pm

Faber Poetry Day with Don Paterson , Daljit Nagra , William Boyd, and the Faber New Poets

The publishers of TS Eliot and Ezra Pound, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, Carol Ann Duffy and Andrew Motion, Faber have a simply unrivalled reputation for bringing great poetry to the world. Today we delve into poetry's past with Don Paterson on Shakespeare's sonnets, discuss the giants of contemporary verse with 2007 Forward Prize-winner Daljit Nagra, and look to the future with the glittering Faber New Poets. Explore reading and writing poetry in the inspirational company of some of the art form's finest practitioners.

All ticket-holders at Faber Poetry Day will be entered into a raffle to win a signed first edition of Simon Armitage's Seeing Stars.

11am - 11.45am: Robert Brown, Faber archivist, walks us through the decades of Faber treasures

12pm - 12.45pm: Don Paterson discusses his Reading Shakespeare's Sonnets with William Boyd

1pm - 2.15pm: Break

2.15pm - 3.15pm: Daljit Nagra examines the living giants Seamus Heaney and Derek Walcott, and gives us an exclusive glimpse of his forthcoming new collection.

3.45pm - 4.45pm: The Faber New Poets Annie Katchinska , Tom Warner and Sam Riviere & Heather Phillipson take us forward

Tickets: £15/£12 concessions

The Gallery at Foyles

Monday 11 October 6.30pm

Quentin Blake and Donald Sturrock

In conjunction with The House of Illustration

For most of us, the stories of Roald Dahl are inseparable from the illustrations that accompany them. This evening, Dahl's biographer Donald Sturrock appears in conversation with the legendary illustrator Quentin Blake, to discuss not only the life and words of a master, but the importance of the visual in literature and beyond.

Tickets: £9.50, available here

Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

Tuesday 12 October 6.30pm

EXCLUSIVE LONDON EVENT

Kathy Reichs - Mortal Remains

When she's not cracking open skulls or teaching FBI agents to identify human remains, internationally best-selling author Kathy Reichs uses her experience as a forensic anthropologist to create her gripping and gritty crime novels. This evening, the producer of Devil Bones gives us a glimpse into her world.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles

Monday 18 October 7pm for 7.30pm

EXCLUSIVE LONDON EVENT

Bernard Cornwell and Richard Holmes - The Soldier in Fact and Fiction

The much loved author of the recent bestselling Azincourt and The Burning Land among many others returns with his new novel, The Fort, an epic tale of heroism in the heart of the war of American Independence. Cornwell events are few and far between, so an evening spent with the master of historical fiction coupled with a master of military history is an opportunity not to be missed.
Bernard will be talking with military historian and presenter of many television series, award-winning writer Richard Holmes, author of Tommy, Wellington and Redcoat.

Tickets: £10 or £20 including a copy of the book.

One Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA

Thursday 28 October 6.30pm

Who is Philosophy's Biggest Hitter - Wittgenstein, Nietzsche or Kant?
A Balloon Debate with John Heaton, Laurence Gane and Chris Kul-Want

The world's greatest thinkers are in a sinking balloon, and only the biggest powerhouse can be saved. Their fate is in your hands. Tonight our expert panelists put forth their cases for who is the true cerebral colossus, bestriding the world of philosophy like no other: Heidegger the existentialist, Nietzsche the post-modernist or Kant the epistemologist?

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 October

Foyles Fear Fest: L.A. Weatherly, Sam Enthoven, William Hussey, Sarwat Chadda and others

For two days of angelic amusements and demonic delights, including giveaways, competitions and talks from the cream of the other-worldy crop, come to Foyles on Hallowe'en weekend.

Ask in-store for more details.

Wednesday 3 November 6.30pm

Ian Morris - Why the West Rules for Now

Centuries of colonialism, warfare and trade have seen the countries of the western hemisphere assert their dominance over the globe. In Why the West Rules for Now Ian Morris examines the thousands of years of history that have caused this dominance and considers how long it can last. Tonight's event gives an opportunity to discuss the West-East relationship with a man who's made it his life's work to examine it.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles

Saturday 6 November 2pm

EXCLUSIVE LONDON EVENT

John Boyne and Oliver Jeffers Signing - Noah Barleywater Runs Away

Not one but two mega stars of children's literature come together to sign copies of their brand new book, Noah Barleywater Runs Away. This incredibly rare opportunity is most certainly not to be missed.

The Children's Department

Tuesday 16 November 6.30pm

Christopher Fowler, Pat Cadigan and Adam Nevill - The End of the Line

With contributions from some of today's finest storytellers, The End of the Line is a collection of chilling stories set on the world's subway systems. Tonight, descend with Christopher Fowler, Pat Cadigan and Adam Nevill to the creepy depths of the underground.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles

Thursday 18 November 6.30pm

Geza Vermes - Jesus and The Dead Sea Scrolls

Geza Vermes is widely recognised as the leading authority on Jesus as a historical figure, never afraid to challenge Christian orthodoxy in separating the facts from the myths. Tonight he discusses the life of Jesus based on the latest analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other recent archaeological discoveries.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

The Gallery at Foyles

Wednesday 24 November 6.30pm

Who is the Greatest Lucasian Professor - Hawking, Newton or Dirac?
A Balloon Debate with JP McEvoy, Graham Farmelo and Manjit Kumar

The world's greatest Lucasian professors are in a sinking balloon and only the best and brightest can be saved. Their fate is in your hands. Which of the holders of the prestigious post of Lucasian Professor at Cambridge has made the most vital contribution to our understanding of the cosmos: Stephen Hawking, the black hole expert; Isaac Newton, the father of classical mechanics, or Paul Dirac, quantum pioneer?

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

Tuesday 30 November 6.30pm

EXCLUSIVE LONDON EVENT

Alex Ross - Listen to This

With The Rest is Noise, Alex Ross changed the way we listen to and think about music. Listen to This expands on his thesis, offering a sweeping view of the musical spectrum. Ross has said that his aim is to 'approach music not as a self-sufficient sphere but as a way of knowing the world' and this rare UK appearance offers anyone who loves any form of music the chance to hear more of what Alex has to say.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve a place.

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Bookshop Barnies

Watch this space for details of forthcoming Bookshop Barnies.

Thursday 14 October 6.30pm

Ian Bostridge

Multiple Gramophone Award winner Ian Bostridge is quite simply one of the world's most respected and versatile, acclaimed for his performances of everything from Bach to Britten and Schubert to Smetena. Tonight in this intimate recital Bostridge launches his brand new collection of rare baroque arias and answers your questions.

Tickets: £10, including an exclusive advance copy of his forthcoming album Three Baroque Tenors.

When choosing UK standard class post for this item please note that the total order value will list a post charge as unless purchased with another item it is just under our normal free postage threshold. Happily our customer services staff will remove this charge before charging your card and despatching the ticket to you. Our apologies for any confusion this may cause.

CDs will be available to collect from the Gallery on the evening of the event.

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Friday 17 September 1pm

Claire Seaton Soprano
Robert Hunter Piano

Richard STRAUSS Four Last Songs
Richard WAGNER Piano Sonata No.3 in A flat Major

Join us for our first lunchtime concert of the Autumn and experience Strauss's heart-rending and deeply personal Four Last Songs, in this intimate setting for voice and piano.

Pianist Robert Hunter has performed across the UK and Ireland. Concerto performances have included Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no.2 with London's Aurelian Ensemble, Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Future performances include a solo recital in Birmingham, a series of concerts on board P&O's Azura and Cunard's QM2, and further recitals with soprano Claire Seaton. He currently holds the posts of Head of Piano at Forest School, East London, and teacher of piano and chamber music at Junior Trinity College of Music, London.

Claire Seaton was awarded the Wessex Glyndebourne Association Prize in 1998 and in 1999 made her Glyndebourne Festival Opera debut singing the role of Vitellia (La Clemenza di Tito). One of the country's most adaptable sopranos, Claire also enjoys remarkable success in the early music field where she has worked with ensembles such as The Tallis Scholars and the Gabrieli Consort. With the counter tenor Andrew Watts, Claire has recently recorded Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and a solo disc on Fleet Street Records.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve places
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Friday 24 September 1pm

The Tyburn String Quartet

In their time performing together, this young quartet from the Royal Academy of Music have already performed at the Royal Opera House, on BBC Radio 3 and at King's Place with Trevor Pinnock. Today we're thrilled to host their recital in our Gallery.
Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve places
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Friday 29 October 1pm

Emily Andrews Flute
David Massey Guitar

Programme to include a selection of American folk songs arranged by Robert Beaser.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve places
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Friday 12 November 1pm

Gisela Meyer Piano

Robert SCHUMANN
Abegg-Variations Op.1
Kinderszenen Op.15 (Scenes of childhood)
Kreisleriana Op.16

In this concert celebrating the 200-year anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth, Gisela Meyer performs a selection of his best loved music for solo piano.

Gisela Meyer teaches piano and cello as well as Theory and Aural and works as an accompanist and coach for singers and instrumentalists as well as with several opera companies, including Candlelight Opera. In her work as composer and arranger, Gisela has just completed music for a short film by Erdogan Gilgil.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve places
The Gallery at Foyles

Friday 26 November 1pm

Yuka Ishizuka, Violin
Nadav Hertzka, Piano

Johannes BRAHMS 3 Sonatas for Violin and Piano

We are delighted to welcome back to the Gallery Yuka Ishizuka and Nadav Hertzka, as they perform all three violin sonatas by Brahms.

Now in her fourth year of the Undergraduate programme at the Royal Academy of Music, Yuka Ishizuka has won several prizes including first prize at International Young Musicians Competition in Italy, the Winfield Small Solo Violin Prize and Harold Croxton Chamber Music Prize. In 2007 she was invited to join the Perlman Music Programme in New York, where she performed chamber music with Itzhak Perlman.

Israeli pianist Nadav Hertzka has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He won top prizes in the Frank Peleg Piano Competition in Haifa, The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music Piano Competition in Tel-Aviv, The Pinault Society International Piano Competition in New York, and The Ben-Haim Competition in Israel. He is currently pursuing his Master's Degree at the Royal Academy of Music.

Tickets: Free, email events@foyles.co.uk to reserve places

The Gallery at Foyles

Friday 10 September 6pm

Splatter

This fresh modern quartet seems to charge down musical wormholes, irreverently flipping from one style to another in double-quick time, sometimes tipping unsteadily into freefall but never quite coming to a sticky end.

:: Anna Kaluza - Alto sax
:: Noel Taylor - Clarinets
:: Pedro Velasco - Guitar
:: Michael Caratti - Drums

The Café at Foyles

Tuesday 14 September 6pm

Manzin & Lo Castro: Improfives

This superb new project will be performing original Jazz compositions with a Mediterranean flavour from the new album Improfives, available in Ray's Jazz.

:: Roberto Manzin - Tenor/Alto Sax
:: Francesco Lo Castro - Guitar
:: Maurizio Minardi - Piano
:: Nick Pini - Double Bass
:: Francesco Mendolia - Drums

The Café at Foyles

Thursday 16 September 6pm

Gianni Boscarino Quartet

Gianni Boscarino is an Italian pianist and composer based in London. Through his wide musical background (from 70s rock to Brazilian music) and his passionate sensitivity, the sophisticated harmonies he borrows from Contemporary European Jazz become a vehicle to create dramatic emotional journeys in unexpected directions. The band brings together four strong individual personalities to form a unique sound. They have been playing together for four years and gigged throughout London and other venues across the country.

:: Gianni Boscarino - Piano and composition
:: Chris Williams - Sax
:: Mark Rose - Double bass
:: Manu de Lago - Drums

The Café at Foyles

Friday 17 September 6pm

Robert Mitchell

A Steinway Artist since 2009, Robert leads two award-winning groups - 3io and Panacea. He has released 5 albums, and will also be a judge on the Nottingham International Solo Jazz Piano Competition (2010). Robert will be performing a mix of tunes from his 2007 BBC Award-nominated work Equinox, new left hand-only pieces and solo arrangements of tunes from his new album The Cusp.

:: Robert Mitchell - Piano solo

The Café at Foyles

Monday 27 September 6.15pm

Richard Percival - Teacher on Tap

Combining traditional woodwind pedagogy with modern technology Teacher On Tap provides a learning system that is thorough, systematic, stylistically broad, affordable and great fun. Creator Richard Percival will outline the thinking behind the content and structure of Teacher On Tap and its application to specific teaching environments.

The Gallery at Foyles

Tuesday 24 August - Sunday 19 Sept

Fun with Spot - Celebrating 30 Years

A special display of original art from Eric Hill's Spot books will be exhibited in London this summer at Foyles to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the much loved children's story, Where's Spot? Since the first publication in 1980, Where's Spot? has gone on to sell over 10 million copies around the world and has been translated into 60 languages!

The special touring exhibition will feature a collection of original artwork from Where's Spot? and other popular Spot books including Spot Goes to the Farm and Spot's Birthday Party. Information panels will follow the history of this lovable little puppy and how he became one of the best-loved children's characters of all time.

Admission free. Spot books and toys will be on sale in-store during the exhibition.

Gallery Opening Hours
Monday to Friday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Saturday: 9.30am - 9pm
Sunday: 11.30am - 6pm

Closed 11th and 12th Sept due to events taking place in the space.

For further information on the exhibition and other anniversary events in 2010 please visit the award-winning Spot website.

The Café at Foyles

Literary Suppers with Foyles Bookshop & the St Pancras Grand Restaurant

This autumn, Foyles and the St Pancras Grand continue their sensational literary suppers. Accompanied by exquisite menus chosen specifically for the occasion, distinguished literary figures will speak to guests within the relaxed but elegant atmosphere of the restaurant. Come along to dine and discuss in one of London's most treasured buildings.

© Robin Matthews

Monday 27 September 6.30pm for 7

Jilly Cooper - JUMP!

Fans of bestselling novelist Jilly Cooper have been waiting four years for her next book, and now the wait is over, as we celebrate the publication of Jump! Join us in the stunning St Pancras Grand restaurant as Jilly discusses her latest novel, a glamorous yet scandalous glimpse into the characters who inhabit the world of jump racing.

Tickets: £55, including a three-course meal

For menu and wine details, or to discover more about the St Pancras Grand, click here.

Kings Place – Words on Mondays
Words on Monday is a weekly series of spoken word events at Kings Place providing the opportunity to listen to and debate with leading minds from the spheres of arts, culture and the sciences. On 5 October, Poet in the City celebrates the work of Pablo Neruda. On 19 October, Clive James unveils the fifth volume of his Unreliable Memoirs. The Guardian will also hold a series of debates with leading thinkers and opinion-formers of our time, and on 7 December Andrew Marr tells the story of modern Britain. For further information visit the Kings Place website.

Monday 11 October 6.30pm

Quentin Blake and Donald Sturrock

In conjunction with The House of Illustration

For most of us, the stories of Roald Dahl are inseparable from the illustrations that accompany them. This evening, Dahl's biographer Donald Sturrock appears in conversation with the legendary illustrator Quentin Blake, to discuss not only the life and words of a master, but the importance of the visual in literature and beyond. http://images.ehaus2.co.uk/jackets/s/978000/9780007254767.jpg

Tickets: £9.50, available here

Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

Saturday 11 September, 11am - 3pm

Guess with Jess!

Stories and Playtime with Jess the Cat

Jess the Cat is taking a break from Greendale Farm to visit Foyles Bookshop! Meet the curious Jess, read stories and play games as Postman Pat's favourite cat comes to Westfield.

Storytellings at 11am, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm

Sunday 3rd September, 12pm

EXCLUSIVE LONDON EVENT

Cornelia Funke signing Reckless

If you're looking for happily ever after...you've come to the wrong place. Cornelia Funke's hotly anticipated new dark and twisted fairy tale has hit the bookshelves, and today the bestselling author of the Inkheart Trilogy will be in Westfield London for one hour only to sign your copies of Reckless. No need to reserve but get there when the doors open.