One of the things we do best is literary events - authors in conversation, panel discussions and all manner of literary talk, plus storytime and fun-filled activities for the kids. Come along and meet a favourite author, hear from the experts and generally indulge in all things bookish - the full programme is below, and you can contact our Events team on [email protected] if you have any questions.

Story Time at Foyles Charing Cross Road

Story Time at Foyles Charing Cross Road

Sundays, 3pm Foyles Charing Cross Road, Children's Dept. Join us every Sunday at 3pm for story time in the Foyles Charing Cross Road Children's section. Our expert Children's booksellers will choose one of their favourite picture books every week. Attendance is free, just come along! BOOK NOW

The Traitors: Board Game Night

The Traitors: Board Game Night

Friday 7th February 2025, 6:30pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Missing The Traitors already? Well join fellow fans (or traitors?) at Foyles Charing Cross and play The Traitors Official Board Game with our games expert booksellers. BOOK NOW

Pity: Andrew McMillan in Conversation with Jessica Andrews

Pity: Andrew McMillan in Conversation with Jessica Andrews

Tuesday 11th February 2025, 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road The celebrated poet returns to Foyles to celebrate the paperback release of Pity, his rich and resonant debut novel, with Milk Teeth author Jessica Andrews. BOOK NOW

Tash Aw in Conversation with Max Liu

Tash Aw in Conversation with Max Liu

Wednesday 12th February 2025, 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road The Booker-longlisted author of We, the Survivors and Five Star Billionaire launches his sweeping and intimate new novel, The South, at Foyles. BOOK NOW

Meet Coco Mellors: Blue Sisters Signing

Meet Coco Mellors: Blue Sisters Signing

Thursday 13th February 2025, 5:30pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Meet Coco Mellors at Foyles Charing Cross Road as she signs and dedicates paperback copies of Blue Sisters, her beautiful latest novel. BOOK NOW

Book Lovers: Bookish Bestie Speed Dating

Book Lovers: Bookish Bestie Speed Dating

Thursday 13th February 2025, 6:30pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Welcome book lovers! Come along for a chat with fellow book lovers, meet your new bookish bestie or even your next bookshop date! BOOK NOW

Meet A. F. Steadman: Skandar Signing

Meet A. F. Steadman: Skandar Signing

Sunday 16th February 2025, 3:30pm Foyles Charing Cross Road The wonderful children’s author of the ground-breaking Skandar series comes to Foyles to meet fans and sign copies of Skandar! BOOK NOW

Goodlord: Ella Frears in Conversation with Octavia Bright

Goodlord: Ella Frears in Conversation with Octavia Bright

Tuesday 18th February 2025, 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Poet and novelist Ella Frears discusses her genre-defying fictional memoir of home and habitation, Goodlord, with Octavia Bright. BOOK NOW

Half Term Events at Charing Cross Road

Half Term Events at Charing Cross Road

Wednesday 19th / Thursday 20th February 2025, 3pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Join us at Foyles Charing Cross Road this half term for some brilliant Children's Events. Free to attend, just come along! BOOK NOW

Rivers Solomon in Conversation with So Mayer

Rivers Solomon in Conversation with So Mayer

Thursday 20th February 2025, 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road The author of Sorrowland and The Deep talks to So Mayer at Foyles about their dark and daring new novel, Model Home. BOOK NOW

MUBI x Foyles Book Club: Burroughs’ 'Queer'

MUBI x Foyles Book Club: Burroughs’ 'Queer'

Tuesday February 25th, 6:30pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Join the conversation about Queer, William S. Burroughs’ seminal Beat novel, and share your takes on Luca Guadagnino’s shimmering adaptation. BOOK NOW

Lunch Poems: Richard Scott

Lunch Poems: Richard Scott

Friday 21st February 2025, 12:30pm Foyles Charing Cross Road

‘It’s my lunch hour, so [. . . ]'

Come down to the Poetry Department at Foyles Charing Cross Road on your Friday lunch break when virtuoso poet Richard Scott will be reading from and signing his hugely anticipated second collection. BOOK NOW

Tomorrow’s Warriors +1 featuring Gary Crosby

Tomorrow’s Warriors +1 featuring Gary Crosby

Friday 28th February 2025, 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Bassist, bandleader and Tomorrow’s Warriors Co-Founder, Gary Crosby OBE teams up with some of London’s finest emerging jazz talent for the first Tomorrow’s Warriors +1 live session of 2025! BOOK NOW

David Keenan in Conversation with Matt Thorne

David Keenan in Conversation with Matt Thorne

Monday 3rd March 2025, 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road The cult writer David Keenan visits Foyles to muse on Volcanic Tongue, the first ever collection of his legendary music writings. BOOK NOW

Motherdom: Alex Bollen in Conversation with Cathy Rentzenbrink

Motherdom: Alex Bollen in Conversation with Cathy Rentzenbrink

Tuesday 4th March, 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Researcher Alex Bollen talks to Cathy Rentzenbrink about Motherdom, Bollen’s journey to uncovering the myths and bad science underpinning society’s perception of the ‘Good Mother’. BOOK NOW

Flesh: David Szalay in Conversation with Rachel Cooke

Flesh: David Szalay in Conversation with Rachel Cooke

Wednesday 5th March 2025, 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Booker-shortlisted author of All That Man Is and Turbulence visits Foyles for the London launch of his all-consuming new novel, Flesh. BOOK NOW

The Convoy: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse in Conversation with Fergal Keane

The Convoy: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse in Conversation with Fergal Keane

Thursday 6th March 2025, 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Acclaimed Rwandan-French poet and author Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse talks to Fergal Keane about her at once horrifying and moving memoir of surviving the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda. BOOK NOW

Claudia Piñeiro in Conversation with Catherine Taylor

Claudia Piñeiro in Conversation with Catherine Taylor

Wednesday, 12th March 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Acclaimed Argentine crime writer Claudia Piñeiro visits Foyles for an evening of discussion about her work. BOOK NOW

An Evening with Julian Barnes

An Evening with Julian Barnes

Tuesday, 18th March 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road The Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending and Flaubert’s Parrot comes to Foyles for an evening of reflection and conversation to mark the publication of his latest work of non-fiction, Changing My Mind. BOOK NOW

Natasha Brown in Conversation with Jo Hamya

Natasha Brown in Conversation with Jo Hamya

Tuesday, March 25th 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Assembly author Natasha Brown returns to Foyles for an evening of conversation with Jo Hamya about language, truth, and her spectacular new novel, Universality. BOOK NOW

Tomorrow’s Warriors +1 featuring Denys Baptiste plus Frontline

Tomorrow’s Warriors +1 featuring Denys Baptiste plus Frontline

Friday 28th March 2025, 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Tomorrow’s Warriors alum, the award-winning saxophonist Denys Baptiste teams up with some of London’s finest emerging jazz talent for another very special Tomorrow’s Warriors +1 live session. BOOK NOW

Rural Hours: Harriet Baker in Conversation with Alice Vincent

Rural Hours: Harriet Baker in Conversation with Alice Vincent

Wednesday April 2nd, 7 pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Harriet Baker explores the landscapes that shaped the life and work of three remarkable women writers in a conversation with Why Women Grow author Alice Vincent. BOOK NOW

Why Women Listen: Alice Vincent in Conversation with Amy Key

Why Women Listen: Alice Vincent in Conversation with Amy Key

Tuesday April 29th 7pm Foyles Charing Cross Road Twice Wainwright Prize-longlisted author of Why Women Grow speaks to Amy Key about Hark: Why Women Listen, an exploration of the relationship between sound and womanhood. BOOK NOW