WHAT’S ON
Our author parties have all the substance of a literary salon and the vibes of a Friday night in your mates living room.
Plus we host laid back, giggly book clubs, reading circles, kids events and loads more.
AUTHOR PARTY
ROBIN INCE
AUTHOR OF THE FUTURE OF JOKES
NOV 4th / 6.30pm / £10.00 + FEES*
When did laughter become part of our universe? Were we the first planet to have a sense of humour? What was the first joke? Was it made by a crow or a chimpanzee? Robin Ince returns to DCB to answer these questions and more and celebrate the release of his new book The Future of Jokes.
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AUTHOR PARTY
KOJO KORAM
AUTHOR OF THE NEXT FIX
NOV 12th / 6.30pm / £10.00 + FEES*
In The Next Fix, award-winning author and academic Kojo Koram travels from Scotland to Colombia, Ghana to the United States, to uncover the forces reshaping the global drug landscape.
Urgent, moving and deeply reported, The Next Fix asks whether the War on Drugs is really over – or merely changing its chemical formula.
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BOOK CLUB (NIGHT 1)
READING:
DAZZLING BY chikodili emelumadu
NOVEMBER 26th / 6.30pm / £12.50 + FEES
A novel full of Nigerian folklore, magic, transformation, impossible decisions, a boarding school backdrop that asks the question: in a world that always says ‘no’ to women, what must two young girls sacrifice to get what is theirs?
BOOK CLUB (NIGHT 2)
READING:
DAZZLING BY chikodili emelumadu
DECEMBER 3rd / 6.30pm / £12.50 + FEES
A novel full of Nigerian folklore, magic, transformation, impossible decisions, a boarding school backdrop that asks the question: in a world that always says ‘no’ to women, what must two young girls sacrifice to get what is theirs?