Neil Gower, internationally acclaimed graphic artist and literary cartographer who has created maps for works by Simon Armitage, Jilly Cooper and Kazuo Ishiguro among others, is our next speaker. Don’t miss him on Tuesday 25 Feb, All Saints Centre, Lewes, 7.30pm (doors 7pm.)

Our Eve Garnett event with Dame Jacqueline Wilson on Sunday 26 January is now SOLD OUT.

Don’t miss @Arifa_Akbar chief theatre critic for @guardian talking at the Lewes Literary Society tomorrow night (Tuesday 26 November) at All Saints, Lewes 7pm for 7.30pm. Arifa will be talking about her first book Consumed and reading from her forthcoming After Sunset.

Just one week to go until our next talk by Arifa Akbar, chief theatre critic for The Guardian who will be talking about her memoir Consumed which interweaves the story of her sister’s death at the age of 45 with portrayals of tuberculosis in art. See bio for details and tickets.

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Just two weeks to go until our next talk by Arifa Akbar, chief theatre critic for The Guardian. Arifa will be talking about her first book Consumed: In Search of my Sister, and reading from her forthcoming book After Sunset: a journey into the dark. @Arifa_Akbar #lewes

Just one week to go until the first talk in our 2024/25 season. Artist, critic and author Julian Bell will be talking about his new book Natural Light and its relationship with nature. Tuesday 22nd October, All Saints Lewes at the new slightly earlier time of 7.30pm.

Great to see a double page spread about our history and future - the 24/25 season - in the new, very autumnal issue of The Lewesian 🍁🍂🧡

RT @Arifa_Akbar: Calling all Lewes/literary folk: I'll be discussing my memoir about illness, death & sisters as well as my upcoming book….

Don’t miss the wonderful @katemosse talking tomorrow night about her books including the No1 bestselling The Ghost Ship. Ticket info in bio.

Don’t miss our next speaker, Number 1 bestselling novelist, non fiction writer and Women’s Prize founder @katemosse - Tuesday 23rd April, All Saints Centre, Lewes, 8pm (doors 7.30pm). Ticket info in bio

Our next speaker on Tuesday 23rd April is the wonderful Kate Mosse, best-selling novelist and Co-founder of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction. Ticket info in bio.

RT @ciarbyrne: Caravans and canals inspired writer appearing in Lewes

Don’t miss poet and environmental writer Nancy Campbell in conversation with Jeremy Page at All Saints, Lewes, this Tuesday. She will be talking about her writing including Thunderstone, a memoir of life after lockdown in an old Buccaneer caravan. Ticket info in bio

Our next speaker is Dave Goulson, author of The Garden Jungle and Silent Earth, bee specialist and professor of biology at Sussex Uni. All Saints, Lewes, 27 Feb, 8pm (doors 7.30pm). Bee there or be square 🐝

Don’t miss Rebecca Stott talking tonight about her latest novel Dark Earth at the Lewes Literary Society. Described as ‘magical, mythical historical fiction’ by The Guardian, Dark Earth has just been shortlisted for the Historical Fiction Writers Golden Crown Award. Info in bio.

Don’t miss our next talk by author Rebecca Stott on Tuesday 21st November at All Saints Lewes, 8pm (doors open 7.30pm). Rebecca’s latest book Dark Earth has just been shortlisted for the Historical Fiction Writers Golden Crown Award. For tickets visit our website link in bio.

Don’t forget tonight is the first talk of our 2023-24 season by the wonderful Elly Griffiths, bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries and the Brighton Mysteries. All Saints Centre, Lewes, 8pm (doors open 7.30pm, tickets £12 on door or from link in bio).

Calling all book lovers. There’s a new literary festival taking place @bell_ticehurst in Ticehurst, East Sussex this weekend. For more details visit @ticehurstlit.

Roll up, roll up… tickets and season tickets for our 23/24 season are now available on our website. Kicking off the season is the fabulous Elly Griffiths, author of the Brighton Mysteries. (Picture credit Sara Reeve)