We’re delighted to welcome award-winning journalist Charlotte Edwardes to Veranda to celebrate the launch of her debut novel Trouble Was.
Three children watch their mother unravel over the course of 1976’s long, hot summer – absent fathers, hostile cousins, buried secrets and the power of the imagination. A brilliant book we know you’ll love!
Charlotte will be in conversation with Juliet Rosenfeld, whose bestselling book Affairs was one of our favourites last year – and it’s always a pleasure to welcome her to Veranda.
Join us! Drinks at 6.30, interview 7-8

We’re thrilled to welcome Italian author Andrea Bajani to Veranda as his novel The Anniversary (tr. Geoffrey Brock) is published in the UK.
An unnamed narrator is celebrating a bittersweet anniversary – it’s been 10 years since he saw his parents, and he looks back on the events that led to him breaking free of their grip. A subtle but heartrending portrait of dysfunctional family life in patriarchal Italy, Bajani’s book was awarded Italy’s top literary prize, the Premio Strega, in 2025.
Join us to hear more about this incredible book. Drinks served 6.30, conversation 7-8

To celebrate the launch of Finnish writer Riikka Pulkkinen’s new novel Enchantment (in translation by Tabatha Leggett), we’re delighted to welcome Riikka to Veranda to hear more about her work.
Enchantment is spellbinding literary mystery centred on the suspicious death of 17-year-old Philippa Laakso, and explores the uneasy terrain of girlhood with all its scrutiny and judgement.
We hope you can join us for drinks and conversation from 6.30

Join us to celebrate the release of two new photobooks by Norwegian artists Ole John Aandal (Oslo Arkiv) and Dev Dhunsi (Mixed). Aandal and Dhunsi will talk about their different photographic and book-making practices in a discussion moderated by Bruno Ceschel, publishing director of SPBH Editions

We’re thrilled to welcome writer and translator Lauren Elkin to Veranda to celebrate the publication of her new book, Vocal Break. Described as a ‘full-throated tour of women’s voices’ from Edith Piaf to Billie Eilish, this book blends memoir, feminist manifesto and cultural history to examine the way power and identity shape our voices. Elkin writes with authority and passion and the result is a “whirlwind of a book and a testament to sonic sisterhood”.
Lauren Elkin is the critically acclaimed author of Art Monsters and Scaffolding, and a literary translator – she has translated the work of Constance Debré and Simone de Beauvoir, among others.
Lauren will be interviewed by Alice Vincent, whose book Hark is a permanent fixture on the Veranda Picks shelf. A startlingly original exploration of women’s relationship with sound, and how it changes as we move through life. From deep listening to phantom crying, this is one of the most intriguing and unique books we’ve read , and we’re delighted that Alice will be leading the conversation with Lauren.
Drinks from 6.30, conversation at 7

What a line-up!
Discussing their debut novels, we are thrilled to bring you Imani Thompson and Leodora Darlington, in conversation with Madeleine Feeny.
Imani is the winner of the Vogue new writer’s prize. Her debut novel Honey is one of the most-anticipated of 2026, listed as must-read by Elle, Glamour, Vogue and the New Yorker.Dark, thrilling and addictive, we predicted this will be spotted on every beach this summer.
Leodora is being hailed as an exciting new voice in crime fiction, and her rollercoaster debut The Exes is tense, twisty and seriously exciting.
We know this will be a fantastic conversation, led by Madeleine Feeny, a writer and critic whose work has appeared everywhere from the Sunday Times Style to the Spectator.
Join us! Drinks from 6.30, conversation at 7