Libreria

11/09/2026

At Typographia on Saturday 26 September, Geoff Dyer joins us for a convo about the pleasures of refusing categories, and the creative freedom that comes from letting fiction, memoir, criticism,
travel and essay bleed into one another.

One £14 ticket gets you this conversation, the full day of Typographia talks, the book and magazine fair, a very handsome tote bag, and the rooftop closing party. Link in bio.

10/09/2026

A Maltese summer, an ancient Fiat, and a romantic obsession going spectacularly nowhere.

On 15 September, Ryan Falzon joins us with You Know The Sun Bothers Me, his cult Maltese novel about desire, disappointment and the agony of wanting someone who keeps disappearing.

15 September · 6.30pm · Libreria
Free! Tickets via link in bio.

09/09/2026

Dancehall didn’t just change music. It changed culture. On 21 September, writer and former reggae columnist Derek A. Bardowell joins us with Fire Inna Dancehall, his exhilarating new history of a sound born in Kingston that became a global language. Admission is free. Link to reserve a space in our profile.

06/09/2026

It’s National Read a Book Day! What’s on your list?

04/09/2026

We love a new proof of a favorite author. This doesn’t publish until 2027 but we’ll devour it long before then. If you never read The Kills, Richard House’s Booker-longlisted novel - start there!

03/09/2026

What does a sausage roll tell us about Britain? Quite a lot, it turns out. Award-winning writer and podcaster Lewis Bassett joins food historian Pen Vogler to explore The Full English — a history of how class, empire, migration and industry ended up on the national plate.

Wednesday, September 23, 6.30pm-8pm. Free to attend - link for tix in bio

02/09/2026

01/09/2026

TYPOGRAPHIA is more than a book fair.

Dozens of independent publishers, magazines and zines.
A full programme of talks and conversations.
And when the fair wraps, we’re heading upstairs for a rooftop closing party.

One day celebrating independent publishing, print culture and the people behind it.

26 SEPTEMBER
10AM–6PM — FAIR + TALKS
6–9PM — ROOFTOP PARTY
LIBRERIA + SECOND HOME SPITALFIELDS

Tickets — link in bio

27/08/2026

John McPhee is 95 and still writing. Too few of his books are published in the UK but this 1968 classic - a study of New Jersey’s pine barrens, originally written for the New Yorker - is one of them.

25/08/2026

On Saturday 26 September, Libreria and Second Home Spitalfields host a new one-day fair celebrating independent publishing, magazines, books and print culture. With 60+ publishers and magazines, talks and conversations throughout the day, a limited-edition Typographia tote bag, and a rooftop closing party.
Tickets are £14 including fees and on sale now.
Find the link in bio.