Reading
But Does It Speak?
But Does it Speak? is a new season featuring artists and writers who use poetry, fiction, experimental writing and speech to establish and alter visual worlds. Join us for three film screenings in the gallery, workshops, events and more. Stay tuned as we announce the incredible artists we’re working with this season.
Rob Parker and Stuart Turton In Conversation
Rob Parker and Stuart Turton join us to discuss their most recent novels “The Troubled Deep” and “The Last Murder At The End Of The World” Rob Parker is the author of Far From The Tree, the #1 bestselling thriller for Audible Original and the first instalment in the Thirty Miles trilogy, as well as...
An Evening with Catherine Cavendish
Catherine Cavendish joins us to discuss her thrilling book The Stones of Landane and this will be chaired by local indie horror writer James Lefebure. ‘Fear her now, fear the queen, As in her stone, she reigns supreme…’ When Jonathan agrees to accompany his girlfriend, Nadia, on a trip to Landane, he imagines a short...
An Evening with Sue Lynn Tan and Eliza Chan at Waterstones Liverpool
We are delighted to welcome Sue Lynn Tan to our store to hear all about her latest novel Immortal, the first installment in an incredible new romantasy series! From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess, comes a breathtaking new romantic fantasy filled with dangerous secrets, forbidden magic and passion. Sue...
Spencer Leigh Book Launch
The Liverpool author Spencer Leigh will be previewing his new book, 80 @80 which is being published for his eightieth birthday. It is a mixture of old and new pieces – 80 of them in fact – and many stories about the background to his music-based interviews. There will be music from The Good Intentions....
Baby Book Club
Baby Book Club returns this January with a course of six weekly sessions designed for parents and carers with babies aged from 3 to 12 months. Led by artist Roger Hill, each session includes time for discussion and sharing, book recommendations and reviews, individual and group reading, plus fun activities centered around the weekly core...
Little Richard: Send Me Some Lovin’ by Spencer Leigh-Book launch event
Little Richard said he invented rock ’n’ roll! You could argue that the world would have been very different without ‘Tutti Frutti’, two minutes of wild exhibitionism, recorded in 1955 transforming American music and culture. Little Richard is about an influential and charismatic man, who broke boundaries, shocked and surprised us and who lived his...
An Afternoon of Wellbeing
Experience an afternoon of peaceful respite to restore your sense of wellbeing as we weather the storm of winter. We’ll start with an inspiring Shared Reading session, sharing poems from Stressed/Unstressed (12 November) or Hope is the Thing with Feathers (9 December), meant to bring moments of light in darker times. We’ll then move on...
Celebration of Mary Seacole In Performance, Poetry & Prose
St George’s Hall Charitable Trust is on a mission to create and install a statue of health pioneer, Mary Jane Seacole (1805-1881). Mary was voted the greatest black Briton in 2004 and the Trust believes that her outstanding achievements, as an influential black woman, a nurse, businesswoman and healer, deserve an enduring testament to our...
Patrick and the Superheroes
Calling all super heroes – Diverse Stories for a Diverse World! The WoW super squad is back in action and ready to defeat those pesky Book Worms at Toxteth Library. As part of Black History Month we’re celebrating with live performances and readings promoting and celebrating diverse charatcers and stories in children’s literature. Have you...
