On Wednesday September 21st at 6pm there will be a screening of the film of Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs (we sell the book in the shop among ‘the fifty books we wish we had published’). Wine and cheese straws will be served.

On Thursday October 20th at 12.30pm, 150 years to the day since Flora Mayor’s birth, her great-niece Victoria Gray will talk at a Lunch about PB no. 140 The Rector’s Daughter. We shall also be able to listen to an extract from her late husband Simon Gray's BBC dramatisation of the novel. THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT.

On Wednesday October 26th at 4pm there will be a Tea to celebrate our publication of PB no. 144 Dorothy Whipple’s The Other Day. There will be a short talk; tea and homemade scones will be served. THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT.

On Thursday November 10th, the day John Moore was born in 1907, there will be a Lunch at 12.30pm to celebrate the publication of his novel, PB no.145 The Waters Under the Earth. Coronation Chicken (and a vegetarian dish) will be served (the book focuses on the 1950s and especially the year of the coronation). 

Events cost £10, apart from the lunches which cost £20. Please telephone Persephone Books on 01225 425 050 to book your place or send us an email.