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We’re now stocking the Abuja-based publisher Cassava Republic!‘The Moon Will Not Burn Us’, the untold story of the women...
06/10/2026

We’re now stocking the Abuja-based publisher Cassava Republic!

‘The Moon Will Not Burn Us’, the untold story of the women who helped win Guinea-Bissau’s independence;

‘She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Q***r Women Speak’, an anthology of first-person testimony from 25 narratives;

‘Dancing with Jinns’, a collection of short stories tackling widespread taboos affecting women within West African society and its diaspora: sexuality, mental health, grief, patriarchy, and the unspoken rules that govern women’s lives;

And ‘A Stranger’s Pose’, a blend of travelogue, musings and poetry, from Dakar to Douala, Bamako to Benin, and Khartoum to Casablanca,

All are now available at 11a Kingsland Road and on our website x

In ‘Out of Sight: Backstage Alaïa 1984–86’, Bénédicte Bro-Cassard reveals a wonderful archive of intimate moments captur...
20/09/2026

In ‘Out of Sight: Backstage Alaïa 1984–86’, Bénédicte Bro-Cassard reveals a wonderful archive of intimate moments captured while she was a student at Studio Berçot and working as a dresser at Alaïa’s studio in the Marais. Between applying make-up and tending to the clothes racks, she photographed the girls waiting to walk the catwalk.

Available from next week at Claire de Rouen for Alaïa, on the second floor of ALAÏA’s flagship at 139 New Bond Street

Sendb00ks and Claire de Rouen present books and works Inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses Over two weeks during the summer ...
09/09/2026

Sendb00ks and Claire de Rouen present books and works Inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Over two weeks during the summer of 2026, six artists; Mathilde Albouy, Okiki Akinfe, Ines di Folco Jemni, Elsa Rouy, Jan Melka and Tali Lennox spent two weeks in the the scorpion shaped fortress of Rocca Sinibalda where they responded to books 1-3 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

These works were transformed into limited edition detachable book sleeves.

At Claire de Rouen, on the 23rd September, copies of the publication in its detachable sleeves, published by Sendb00ks, will be presented by its makers.

Join us for a celebration of transformation in its many forms at 7pm

We’re very excited to welcome Family Portrait to Claire de Rouen. Join us on Thursday 10th September from 6–9pm for the ...
08/09/2026

We’re very excited to welcome Family Portrait to Claire de Rouen. Join us on Thursday 10th September from 6–9pm for the launch of Issue Four, celebrating connection in all its forms.
Centred around family and relationships, Family Portrait Magazine is a series of visual essays revealing intimate and personal insights from its contributors, exploring the depth and complexity of what family can mean.
Issue Four brings together stories and photographs by Nancy Honey, Bettina Pittaluga, Brendan Freeman, Laura Jane Coulson, Coco Capitán, Adam Linhc, Jack Davison and Mel Bles.
We look forward to seeing you there. 🤍

Jeffrey Eugenides’s debut novel, The Virgin Suicides, in its original first edition book form from 1993. Available now a...
04/09/2026

Jeffrey Eugenides’s debut novel, The Virgin Suicides, in its original first edition book form from 1993.

Available now at ALAÏA, 139 New Bond Street, W1S 2TL

Dolly Parton scrapbook, 1977 🩷
01/09/2026

Dolly Parton scrapbook, 1977 🩷

Forever re-startled by the remarkable work of Rinko Kawauchi. Life and its jingle bells
13/08/2026

Forever re-startled by the remarkable work of Rinko Kawauchi. Life and its jingle bells

This publication comes with a print!Moscow-based artist Olga Chernysheva captures everyday life in post-communist Russia...
11/08/2026

This publication comes with a print!

Moscow-based artist Olga Chernysheva captures everyday life in post-communist Russia, transforming ordinary scenes into images of quiet beauty and lyricism.

Her photographs and films explore a society in transition, finding moments of isolation and loss alongside warmth, perseverance and renewal.

Acquaintances features over 40 photographs and video stills, alongside a conversation between Chernysheva and Robert Storr and an introductory text by Dr. Ekaterina Andreeva

Accomplished in his career but unaccomplished in love, a middle-aged architect is torn apart by his obsession with an en...
06/08/2026

Accomplished in his career but unaccomplished in love, a middle-aged architect is torn apart by his obsession with an enigmatic young woman in this delicately told story of desire and abjection by a titan of Italian literature, originally published in 1963. And now at Claire de Rouen

Sweet memories from ‘Room&Book: ICA Art Book Fair’, the first art book fair in London to focus exclusively on the role o...
03/08/2026

Sweet memories from ‘Room&Book: ICA Art Book Fair’, the first art book fair in London to focus exclusively on the role of the book dealer, presented in association with Claire de Rouen Books, 2014

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