Lost in the Reads

04/08/2026

🐻 Looking for something to entertain your little ones this Sunday? We've got something for you!

Meet Maudie Smith maudiesmithetc author of a funny, lively (and rather useful!) new picture book, Bear Cubs Don't Do Queues! 🙌

Help Maudie bring her latest story to life, and see how one particular bear cub feels about queues. Grizzle and growl just like Bear Cub, then take part in an experiment to find out if queueing might actually be fun!

Maudie's interactive session will include lively storytelling, followed by some Bear Cub activities, including Bear Cub Bingo and the Great Big Bear Cub Boogie. Time is guaranteed to fly by faster than a pigeon - you'll be at the end of the session before you can say...BEAR CUBS DON'T DO QUEUES!

Suitable for age 3+ (Reception, Year One, and Year Two, possibly also Year Three).

🎫 Each child's ticket includes one adult. You can also add extra children on at the checkout.

Want to come? Comment BEAR below and we'll send you the link 👇🐻

03/08/2026

03/08/2026

August Arrivals...

01/08/2026

What a night! 💖🫶🕵️‍♀️

Yesterday we were joined by the hilarious (and beautiful 💁‍♀️)Holly Stars, discussing her new drag queen murder mystery and journey from Westend writer into publishing 🙌

A huge thank you to Holly for coming to visit us and special thanks Rich for once again being a fab interviewer and asking all the right questions! 🎤

We’ve got some signed copies of Missing in Soho in stock, so pop in store to claim yours 📚

Thank you team and to everyone who came! 🙏

Want to know about our upcoming author talks?

Drop the word AUTHOR below 👇

31/07/2026

💬 Head to the group chat and get your diaries out — here's what's coming up this month (in event order) 🥳

📅 Sunday 9th August • 10am

Join us for a fun-filled morning with author maudiesmithetc! ✨

Enjoy an interactive storytime, songs, games and plenty of bear-themed fun, inspired by her book Bears Cubs Don’t Do Queues. Perfect for little ones aged 3+. 🧸🎶

Comment BEAR below to join! 👇

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📚 🎤 In Conversation with Charlotte Leonard 📚

📅 Saturday 15th August • 5pm

We’re delighted to welcome charlotteleonard to Lost in the Reads to celebrate her powerful new novel, One Little Lie.

Join us for an evening exploring the inspiration behind the book, the themes of burnout, relationships and resilience, plus the chance to ask your own questions. If you love compelling fiction that sits somewhere between a gripping thriller and contemporary women’s fiction, this one’s for you.

Comment LIE below to join! 👇

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✨ Children’s Activity Workshop with Clemency Brown ✨ clemencybrownbooks

📅 Sunday 23rd August • 10am

Join us for a magical morning with author Clemency Brown, celebrating her enchanting middle-grade novel Wishbound! ✨

Children aged 8+ will enjoy a fun, bracelet making workshop inspired by the story, packed with creative activities, imagination and plenty of bookish magic.

Comment WISH below to join! 👇

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🌼 An Evening with Cassie Steward 🌼

📅 Saturday 29th August • 5pm

We’re thrilled to welcome author cassieauthor to Lost in the Reads for an evening discussing her novels Wild Summers and Number Thirty-Two.

Join us to hear about Cassie’s writing journey, the inspiration behind her stories, and enjoy a relaxed evening of conversation, audience Q&A and book signing.

Comment SUMMER below to join! 👇

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Joining us? We look forward to seeing you soon 🥳

30/07/2026

🎄 Get kissed by Christmas with this twenty-four-day advent calendar filled with twelve stunning and original Christmas romances and twelve beautifully crafted advent gifts. Inside this gorgeous box, there’s a treat to reveal every day. Alternate between sweeping festive reads and curated handmade gifts to make every day of December count.

📚 Each novella is a beautiful collectable paperback with bespoke cover artwork and a numbered spine, safely concealed inside an individual sleeve to keep the surprise intact and ready to reveal. These stunning novellas are brought to you by your favourite and soon-to-be favourite authors, from big bestsellers to new voices to fall in love with. In between your festive reads, open numbered envelopes with handmade postcards, bookmarks, baubles and posters, all inspired by the novellas themselves, to let the Christmas magic truly fly off the page.

❤️ If you want an advent calendar made to last, share and keep you falling in love over and over again, we are doing pre-orders In Store or Order Online until December 😍🎁 just comment ADVENT and we can help 🙌

29/07/2026

We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has applied for our Sales and Events Assistant role 🙏 we are overwhelmed by your amazing applications 📚

We have started to move to the next stage of offering interviews. You are still welcome to apply but please be aware that we won’t be responding to any further applications until after our initial interviews have been done.

Just hearing about this? Please check back on our previous post if you want details 🙌

Thank you again 😊

28/07/2026

🫣 It was one little lie.. what's the worst that could happen?

Join us for an evening in conversation with author Charlotte Leonard as we celebrate her latest novel One Little Lie 📚

Our discussion will dive into the novel's themes of midlife, identity and "good women behaving badly". The novel centres on Sarah, a woman in midlife who, feeling increasingly invisible within her own family, tells a lie about a cancer diagnosis - only to find the consequences spiral far beyond what she imagined.

It's a darkly comic, emotionally layered story about visibility in mid life, women's roles in society, family dynamics, and the complicated ways we ask to be loved.

Expect an entertaining and thought-provoking conversation with the chance to ask your own questions.

Want to come? Comment LIE below 👇

28/07/2026

New Horror Arrivals 😱 What catches your eye? 👀

27/07/2026

New Fantasy Arrivals 😍 what catches your eye? 👀