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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 21h

TONIGHT!
🚀 Book Launch: The Imagined Life
Brick Lane Bookshop | £6

Celebrate the release of The Imagined Life with award-winning author @andrewporter01.bsky.social, joined by Curtis Garner, author of Isaac. Expect a powerful evening of readings, conversation, Q&A, and signing.

buff.ly/WZOMbpF

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 22h

📚 Wasafiri x Tagore’s Salon

Join us for Writing Through Pain: On Labour and Literature
with writers Dur e Aziz Amna & Farah Ali

Oct 15 | 7PM | Brick Lane Bookshop

A conversation on illness, survival, and the work of writing.
🎟️ buff.ly/aZDPuvd

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 1d

📚 @wasafirimag.bsky.social x Tagore’s Salon

Join us for Writing Through Pain: On Labour and Literature
with writers Dur e Aziz Amna & Farah Ali

Oct 15 | 7PM | Brick Lane Bookshop

A conversation on illness, survival, and the work of writing.
🎟️ bricklanebookshop.org/product/tago...

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 3d

🚀 Book Launch: The Imagined Life
Oct 9 | Brick Lane Bookshop | £6

Celebrate the release of The Imagined Life with award-winning author @andrewporter01.bsky.social, joined by Curtis Garner, author of Isaac. Expect a powerful evening of readings, conversation, Q&A, and signing.

buff.ly/WZOMbpF

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 4d

Want a chance to win 12 FREE audiobooks with @libro.fm? Find the Golden Ticket in our store on #BookshopDay, 11 October! 🎉

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 4d

🚀 Book Launch: The Imagined Life
Oct 9 | Brick Lane Bookshop | £6

Celebrate the release of The Imagined Life with award-winning author @andrewporter01.bsky.social, joined by Curtis Garner, author of Isaac. Expect a powerful evening of readings, conversation, Q&A, and signing.

buff.ly/WZOMbpF

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 5d

🚀 Book Launch: The Imagined Life
Oct 9 | Brick Lane Bookshop | £6

Celebrate the release of The Imagined Life with award-winning author @andrewporter01.bsky.social, joined by Curtis Garner, author of Isaac. Expect a powerful evening of readings, conversation, Q&A, and signing.

buff.ly/WZOMbpF

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 6d

🚀 Book Launch: The Imagined Life
Oct 9 | Brick Lane Bookshop | £6

Celebrate the release of The Imagined Life with award-winning author @andrewporter01.bsky.social, joined by Curtis Garner, author of Isaac. Expect a powerful evening of readings, conversation, Q&A, and signing.

buff.ly/WZOMbpF

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 7d

🚀 Book Launch: The Imagined Life
Oct 9 | Brick Lane Bookshop | £6

Celebrate the release of The Imagined Life with award-winning author @andrewporter01.bsky.social, joined by Curtis Garner, author of Isaac. Expect a powerful evening of readings, conversation, Q&A, and signing.

buff.ly/WZOMbpF

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 7d

🚨TONIGHT🚨

Thea Lenarduzzi is coming to Brick Lane Bookshop 📚
Launching The Tower (@FitzcarraldoEditions) - a haunting, brilliant blend of memoir + myth.

🗓 Oct 2 | 7pm
🎟 Standing room only – grab a ticket while you can.
buff.ly/LjsnhB1

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 8d

Thea Lenarduzzi is coming to Brick Lane Bookshop 📚
Launching The Tower (@FitzcarraldoEditions) - a haunting, brilliant blend of memoir + myth.

🗓 Oct 2 | 7pm
🎟 Standing room only – grab a ticket while you can.
buff.ly/LjsnhB1

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 9d

Thea Lenarduzzi is coming to Brick Lane Bookshop 📚
Launching The Tower (@FitzcarraldoEditions) - a haunting, brilliant blend of memoir + myth.

🗓 Oct 2 | 7pm
🎟 Standing room only – grab a ticket while you can.
buff.ly/LjsnhB1

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 10d

Thea Lenarduzzi is coming to Brick Lane Bookshop 📚
Launching The Tower (@FitzcarraldoEditions) - a haunting, brilliant blend of memoir + myth.

🗓 Oct 2 | 7pm
🎟 Standing room only – grab a ticket while you can.
buff.ly/LjsnhB1

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 11d

Thea Lenarduzzi is coming to Brick Lane Bookshop 📚
Launching The Tower (@FitzcarraldoEditions) - a haunting, brilliant blend of memoir + myth.

🗓 Oct 2 | 7pm
🎟 Standing room only – grab a ticket while you can.
buff.ly/LjsnhB1

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 12d

Thea Lenarduzzi is coming to Brick Lane Bookshop 📚
Launching The Tower (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social) - a haunting, brilliant blend of memoir + myth.

🗓 Oct 2 | 7pm
🎟 Standing room only – grab a ticket while you can.
buff.ly/LjsnhB1

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 13d

@andrewporter01.bsky.social

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Andrew Porter @andrewporter01.bsky.social · 21d

London! 🇬🇧 So excited to be coming to the UK in October for the UK Book Launch for the British edition of The Imagined Life (Europa Editions)! On October 9, I’ll be reading & talking with author Curtis Garner at Brick Lane Bookshop in London. 7 PM. Details here: bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 13d

📚 Don’t miss the launch of The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter — a powerful novel of love, memory & secrets in 1980s California.

📍Brick Lane Bookshop
🗓️ Oct 9 | 🎟️ Tickets: bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...

Reading, Q&A, signing with special guest Curtis Garner.
@europaeditions.bsky.social

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 13d

Thea Lenarduzzi is coming to Brick Lane Bookshop 📚
Launching The Tower (Fitzcarraldo Editions!) — a haunting, brilliant blend of memoir + myth.
🗓 Oct 2 | 7pm
🎟 Standing room only – grab a ticket while you can.
buff.ly/LjsnhB1

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 14d

Thea Lenarduzzi is coming to Brick Lane Bookshop 📚
Launching The Tower (Fitzcarraldo Editions!) — a haunting, brilliant blend of memoir + myth.
🗓 Oct 2 | 7pm
🎟 Standing room only – grab a ticket while you can.
bricklanebookshop.org/product/book...

@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 24d

📚 Book Launch: The Expansion Project
w/ Ben Pester + Sheena Patel
🪑 Chaired by Tom Conaghan

✨ A night of razor-sharp wit, surreal satire & brilliant storytelling
📖 Featuring Ben’s astonishing debut The Expansion Project + Sheena’s cult-hit I’m a Fan

🗓️ 16 Sept, 7pm
🎟️ £6 – tix via link in bio

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 24d

📚 Book Launch: The Expansion Project
w/ Ben Pester + Sheena Patel
🪑 Chaired by Tom Conaghan

✨ A night of razor-sharp wit, surreal satire & brilliant storytelling
📖 Featuring Ben’s astonishing debut The Expansion Project + Sheena’s cult-hit I’m a Fan

🗓️ 16 Sept, 7pm
🎟️ £6 – tix via link in bio

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · Sep 1

☀️ August Bestsellers at Brick Lane: summer reads and self love

❤️ Brick Lane patrons have been looking after themselves, either by taking care of their wellbeing, desires, and looking at love in a new light, or with incredible stories, including three from the International Booker Shortlist.

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · Aug 25

📆 On September 9th (7pm), both Mark and Huw will be at Brick Lane Bookshop, alongside @alan.dein as part of our Reading East London Series, discussing the project they started 34 years ago, and its importance today.

🎟️ Tickets (£6) are available online via the events tab from the link in our bio.

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · Aug 25

🗣️ Behind these photographs are the stories from the community of East London's working class that gave the area its distinct character which many feel is fleeting, or has left already.

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