Join millions of Londoners this month and read Sofia Khan is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik and there are still plenty of opportunities to meet the author of this exciting and hilarious story.
Ayisha will be chatting ChickLit with Caroline O’Donoghue, Lucy Diamond, Nisha Nayar and Ben Aaronovitch at Waterstones Tottenham Court Road on 23 May. And Cityread London 2019 will be rounding off a delightful month of festivities with a raucous panel of amazing women, including Nina Wadia and Mariam Khan at the Aga Khan Centre on 30 May.
Visit www.cityread.london/events for more information and tickets.
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Cityread is now with us. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this reading scheme – 
This year’s chosen book is Prophecy by S.J.Parris. The book is a historical thriller set in Elizabethan London. The main character is Giordano Bruno, who is based on a real person, he is a former monk and now excommunicated renegade free thinker living in London in exile from his native Italy. He finds himself embroiled in a dangerous plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I and replace her with the imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots. Surrounded by religious conflict, occult practices, murder and suspicion he must tread with cunning to foil the plot and catch a murderer.
Alia Carter (pictured left) is Project Manager.
Due to huge demand for our book handling workshop at the Royal College of Physicians, we’re delighted to announce a second date on 19 April. Join us as we turn the pages of volumes from ‘the finest collection of books to be found in the kingdom’: the library of Dr John Dee. Rare books expert Katie Birkwood will lead this hands-on session in the atmospheric surroundings of the Royal College of Physicians, as you delve into the fact and fiction surrounding one of Tudor England’s most enigmatic and intriguing characters.
Acclaimed chef Paul Merrett (Saturday Kitchen) has teamed up with food historian Polly Russell (Back in Time for Dinner, pictured) to create a four course feast inspired by the lavish banquets of the 16th century. Join Prophecy author S.J. Parris, Polly and Paul for this festival highlight, as we discover how the Elizabethans ate, while we tuck in.
For this year’s big book giveaway we’re going totally Tudor. We’ll be gifting 1000 copies of Prophecy from Sir Francis Drake’s famous galleon from 4pm on Friday 31 March.
Dr Kusoom Vadgama, prominent historian and advocate of Indo-British history and founder of the Indo-British Heritage Trust was instrumental in organising a debate on whether or not India benefited from the British Raj? You can find out which famous people took part in this debate and the final outcome by clicking on the links below:
Asian Librarians and Advisers Group 