This year marks 60 years since we opened our doors as an independent bookshop in 1966.
Over the next few months we are hosting a series of events to celebrate this milestone, before throwing a big birthday bash on Saturday October 10th. We look forward to welcoming you!
Events will be added as and when we book them in, so do keep checking back. Click on each to book tickets or find more info.
APRIL
Saturday 25th April from 5-7pm
Join us for a very special South London launch party of Queer Art – a commanding compendium of LGBTQIA+ art that highlights its ongoing resilience from the 19th century to the present day on
Tickets FREE
Tuesday 28th April at 7:30pm
Join us as we welcome back multi award winning comedian, author, broadcaster & bibliomaniac Robin Ince to Kirkdale Bookshop with his new collection of poetry – Let the Quiet Ones Rise: Poems About Standing Up and Standing Out!
Tickets £7 (+ small booking fee)
Thursday 30th April 7:30pm
To celebrate the paperback release of When We Ruled: The Rise and Fall of Twelve African Queens and Warriors, we welcome its author, historian Paula Akpan to the shop for a conversation with writer and reporter Megha Mohan at 7:30pm!
Tickets £7 (+ small booking fee)
MAY
JOIN US to celebrate the launch of Showstopper, a joyous, feel-good, queer YA romance set in the world of musical theatre by debut author Tom Ramsay!
We will be celebrating, in full jazz hand regalia from 7pm with drinks, a musical theatre themed quiz and maybe even a sing-along if you practise your do re mi’s!
Tickets FREE
