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