Join us for an evening of readings with Natasha Brown, Ben Pester, Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, Karishma Jobanputra, and Anna Brown.

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We’re going to close out our summer season with a big reading event, featuring five amazing, London-based authors: Natasha Brown, Ben Pester, Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, Karishma Jobanputra, and Anna Brown.

Natasha Brown is the author of Assembly, shortlisted for the Folio Prize, Goldsmiths Prize and Orwell Prize for Fiction, and Universality, longlisted for the Booker Prize. She was the chair judge for the 2026 International Booker Prize. Ben Pester is the author of The Expansion Project, and the short story collection Sail Away Land (both on Granta). Aea Varfis-van Warmelo is the author of Attention Seeking Behaviour (Peninsula Press) and an editor at Granta Magazine. Karishma Jobanputra is the author of The Body of The Thing, forthcoming on And Other Stories. Anna Brown is a writer working on her debut novel.

Tickets include complimentary drinks. Doors open at 6.45pm for a 7pm start.

If you want to attend but are unable to afford this event right now, please email us at hello@lalabooks.london. We have a limited number of free tickets and books available under our community pay it forward scheme.

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