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6.30pm. Free.  

Postponed until Saturday 14 June

 

Join author Dana Fox and guests to celebrate the launch of his new book!

 

The Doctor wouldn’t be half the Time Lord they are, without some assistance. But how much do you know about the people who played the companions? This book is the first of its kind. It’s your comprehensive guide to the actors who have played Doctor Who companions over the years.

Inside, you will find biographies of every companion actor who has been in Doctor Who. There are complete chronologies of companion arrivals and departures through the show’s history, enriched with original interviews with some of the cast. As an encyclopaedia, it is packed with dates, details and knowledge, a valuable reference source for any Doctor Who fan.

As a guide, this book also offers a personal perspective on the show and explores what these talented, hard-working professionals brought to the show. The author traces its origins in 1963, through the ensuing decades, and takes you right up to the most recent serials. Doctor Who: An Encyclopaedia of Companion Actors is a testament to the actors and a meticulously-crafted love-letter to the show. 

 

Part of Feminist Book Fortnight 2025. Join poet Erica Hesketh to celebrate the release of her astounding debut collection, In the Lily Room (Nine Arches Press). Erica will read from the book and be in conversation with storyteller and writer Laura Sampson. Free event!

 

‘Erica Hesketh asks “What if all the world’s mothers / rose up at once…” Perhaps if we did, our conversations would sound like these poems, which look head-on at the frightening, transformative, love-filled days of early motherhood. Medical misogyny, birth trauma, postnatal depression, joy and boredom – all of this and more are held in place in these lyrical, image-drenched poems as Hesketh expands our ideas and perceptions around what it means to be a mother.’ Kim Moore
 

‘In poems of great skill, daring and beauty, Hesketh somehow contains the leaky mess of new parenthood. This is for all the mothers – mother of stone, mother of ice, mother of fire, mother of dark. A stunning debut: intelligent, tender and unwaveringly true.’ Clare Pollard

 

Saturday 24th May – TURNPIKE TORCH: Edition 2 CREATION – 12 Noon Come join other writers, artists and creatives to produce the second edition of the Turnpike Torch zine. We’re doing it old style: typewriters, glue sticks, and scissors. We have one afternoon to produce the zine!   Saturday 24th May - ART: Closing Party for FLUX - WILLIAM BASHFORD 6.30pm. Free. Join Will Bashford's family and guests for the finale of this month's show in our gallery space.

 

Thursday 29th May (Last Thursday of the Month) - VERBAL DISCHARGE - NORTH (Spoken Word) - 7pm Doors.
Club Verbal Discharge takes the reigns at All Good Spoken Word night in All Good Bookshop. The finest readings of new writing known universe. Expect the usual madness. Full bar with keg beer flowing till late. Doors 7pm. Curtain at 7:30. 
 
Tickets start from £5 depending on whether you are a performer (via another website). 

 

GALLERY
ART: FLUX - WILLIAM BASHFORD – until 24^th May
This month in our gallery: a celebration of the art of William Bashford.
Will studied Philosophy at Kings College and had just been accepted to study Fine Art at Byam Shaw (Central Saint Martin's College of Arts and Design) when he was diagnosed with leukemia. 
 
This exhibition marks 20 years since Will's death. He was 25.
FLUX is an exploration into a very unique and imaginative mind. His often surreal and psychedelic works explore themes such as impermanence, consciousness and the nature of reality. Free.