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News/Events
Biblioteka book fair at The Warburg Institute , 20-21 June
Book Works will have a stall at the inaugural Biblioteka book fair at The Warburg Institute on 20-21 June 2025. Part of the Art & the Book season curated by Arnaud Desjardin (The Everyday Press aka Bunker Basement) and Hlib Velyhorskyi (Biblioteka). A SEASON AT THE WARBURG INSTITUTEEXHIBITION, PROGRAM OF TALKS, BOOKSHOP RESIDENCY AND BOOK … Continued
June Book of the Month – Sad Sack by Sophia Al-Maria
Still there are seeds to be gathered, and room in the bag of stars.
– Ursula K. Le Guin
Our book of the month for June 2025 is Sophia Al-Maria’s Sad Sack.
EVENT
Kathryn Scanlan UK tour
Kathryn Scanlan is coming to the UK in June to launch Aug 9 – Fog, which we are publishing here for the first time.
PAST EVENT
Aug 9 – Fog: an evening of readings in Cambridge
An evening of readings in the Cambridge English Department to celebrate the launch of Aug 9 – Fog.
Kathryn Scanlan
Jigisha Bhattacharya
Idil Tekin
Hosted and curated by Bhanu Kapil
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Marking 77 years of Nakba, and the workplace day of action for Palestine, Book Works has formally adopted the guidelines of PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.
May book of the month: Liberties of the Savoy by Ruth Ewan
Summoning the spirit of John Ball, Wat Tyler and the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, Ruth Ewan invited 200 teenagers from east London to take over The Savoy’s Lancaster Ballroom for an ambitious event
Kathryn Scanlan at the LRB Bookshop
10 June 2025, 7pm
London Review Bookshop
10 Bury Place, London, WC1A 2JL
More info/book
PAST EVENT
Kathryn Scanlan at Belfast Book Festival
Friday 6 June, 2025, 3.30pm
Belfast Book Festival
Crescent Arts Centre
2-4 University Road
Belfast, Northern Ireland
BT7 1NH
Pay what you like. More info/booking.
New open call series – Satirical Strains, guest edited by Holly Pester
This is an open call for submissions of original works on the theme of Satires, selected by guest editor Holly Pester. Two entries will be selected for publication, and the selected submissions will take the form of a short book (maximum 40,000 words, or an equivalent suitable to the form if not prose).