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Events
Salons, readings and conversations. Most are online so members in every timezone can join.
Meet the writers
Upcoming Author Spotlights
Books first: live conversations with the writers and translators behind our reading list.
The Map of Small Things
Award-shortlisted storyteller Clara Voss joins the Circle to discuss her linked collection about the objects families keep. Expect an intimate conversation about memory, inheritance and the quiet architecture of home.
- Date
- 19 October 2026
- Time
- 7:00 PM BST (UTC+1)
- Author
- Clara Voss
- Location
- Virtual Live Session
Northern Rooms
Acclaimed Swedish novelist Ida Lind and translator Jonas Berg explore a winter boarding house and the people it shelters. They will discuss spare prose, communal life and carrying cold light between languages.
- Date
- 2 November 2026
- Time
- 6:30 PM CET (UTC+1)
- Author
- Ida Lind
- Location
- Virtual Live Session
The Glass Harbour
Historian and novelist Sofia Bellini presents a sweeping port-city story told by the women who worked its docks. The conversation follows trade routes, labour and the lives official records leave behind.
- Date
- 28 November 2026
- Time
- 7:00 PM CET (UTC+1)
- Author
- Sofia Bellini
- Location
- Virtual Live Session
Past Literary Gatherings
The City in Fiction
A conversation on place, memory and urban life.
126 readers RecapNorthern Rooms
An evening with novelist Ida Lind and her translator.
94 readers RecapSummer Translation Salon
Six translators shared works in progress.
82 readers RecapWriting Across Borders
New voices on belonging and language.
148 readers RecapThe Quiet Novel
A close reading of restraint in contemporary fiction.
106 readers RecapPoetry After Dark
Readings from eight poets across five countries.
132 readers Recap