events
Check out our events, performances and appearances. Looking for our regular groups? You'll find them by clicking the button below.
5 jan to 30 jan
Art: INNERSCAPES by Maryam Hashemi
Free.
We are delighted to announce that Maryam Hashemi is The All Good Bookshop's first artist in residence! Throughout January Maryam will be at the shop in person - making work here, giving workshops and appearing at events. Meanwhile in the gallery space we'll be exhibiting her latest show.
INNERSCAPES is a series of mixed media collage works incorporating textile and objects, each acting as a window to Maryam's internal world where different aspects are integrating and coming together.
Many of the elements that are used in the works connect to a memory and have a story which makes each work dense with narrative and personal history.
FRiday 16 jan
WINE TASTING
7pm. £25.
Come help us select the house wines for the people's bar in The All Good Bookshop. We'll taste the best red, white and orange around, as recommended by Amathus Muswell Hill.
The wines on the list:
White
1. Mudwell Bacchus
2. Sandra De Bruno Soave
3. QM Vinho Verde
4. Castillo De Mendozza
Red
1. Manoir Carra Fleurie
2. Mnnisy Terre Davau Cotes Du Rhone
3. Amastuolo Primitivo
4. Rieger Pinot Noir Vom Loss
Orange - Radina Kakhuri
Vote for your favourites! Tickets include 10% off books for the evening.
saturday 17 jan
Storytelling: Persian Tales with Maryam Hashemi and Laura Sampson
Doors 7pm for 7:30pm start. £10.
Join us as our artist in residence Maryam Hashemi teams up with our favourite local storyteller Laura Sampson for an evening of myths and legends from Maryam's Iranian heritage.
sunday 18 jan
ALL GOOD MOVIE NIGHT!
Doors 6pm. Free.
The start of our latest project: we are thrilled to announce that we can now screen films here at the shop! We are massive movie fans, we can't wait to share our favourites with you, but under the terms of our license we're not allowed to advertise the films by name - so until each All Good Movie Night the choice of movie must remain a mystery!
Entry is free but our licensed bar will be available and your choice of refreshment will help raise money for the shop. Under 16s to be accompanied by an adult.
Saturday 24 jan
Children's Storytelling Morning
Doors 10am. Free.
Storyteller Sarah Berry returns for children's storytelling! This event is free and suitable for kids up to 7 years old. Kids must be accompanied and we will have teas and coffees available for adults.
saturday 24 jan
Insurgent Press Takeover: Psychogeography Turnpike v Margate
1pm til late. £12.99.
We celebrate the publication of A Psychogeography of Margate by returning to the place that started our insurgent mapping project. From 1 pm we will read exerts from A Psychogeography of Turnpike Lane in the settings the inspired the pieces: riverside, down alleys, outside yellow doors, inside cafe’s - hoping to leave some fly posted mementos as we go. Then it’s back to the All Good Bookshop in Turnpike Lane from 7pm for the usual book launch madness. Curtain at 7:30 and drinks till late.
sunday 25 jan
Art Workshop: Mixed Media Collage with Maryam Hashemi
2pm. £25.
As part of The All Good Bookshop's first artist residency Maryam Hashemi will share her process of creating mixed media collage using painted paper, textile and found objects.
This is a perfect way to upcycle different waste and off cuts and creating unique works that are tactile and can express different aspects and emotions.
All materials are provided but feel free to bring anything you would like to use.
Thursday 29 jan
Club Verbal Discharge Spoken Word - Burns Night Special
Doors 7pm, start 7.30pm. £5 performers, £7.99 audience.
The ever-popular Club Verbal Discharge returns with a Burns Night Special event - come along to hear the best spoken word readings in town.
friday 30 Jan
Art Party: INNERSCAPES with Maryam Hashemi
Doors 7pm. Free event with bar.
Join artist Maryam Hashemi for the finale of The All Good Bookshop's first artist residency and her show INNERSCAPES.
2 Feb to 27 feb
Art: CRITICAL MINERALS by Emma Pugmire
Free.
This month in our gallery: a selection of paintings by local artist Emma Pugmire.
"We no longer ground Lapis or Earth Colours but I still regard paint as a critical mineral vital to convey and communicate our understanding of the world. I am influenced by Impressionism, Surrealism, Sci Fi and Fantasy Art and Pop Art. I like to paint and draw my local parks and green spaces. I also take my pictures from magazines, advertising, hotel and hospitality layouts. I rework them to make my own interior landscapes based on associations, feelings and memories. As a Stuckist Artist I think 'Painting pictures is what matters.' I also attend Counterfire meetings at this venue and try to explore political and ecological themes in my work."
friday 6 Feb
COMEDY CLUB with compere Mike Lash
Doors 7pm. for 7:30pm start.
Line up:
ROSIE WILBY
Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author, speaker and the creator of global hit podcast and book The Breakup Monologues. She has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman’s Hour, Loose Ends, Saturday Live and Four Thought, on TV programmes including Good Morning Britain and at major festivals including Latitude and Glastonbury.
MATT ROUSE
With his engaging comic style and captivating stage presence, Matt Rouse is a new name making big moves in stand up.
Already winner of the respected Hastings Fringe New Act Competition and nominated for the BBC New Comedy Awards, the rising star has become known for his fresh viewpoint and cleverly packaged strong material.
In 2023, Matt performed stand-up on the BAFTA-winning The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan (C4).
SALLY FIRTH
She is the winner of the first Stand Up Nights Competition in 2019 and a semi-finalist in the 2022 Sketch Off competition.
“Sally is a real hoot, switching from naive and unsure to more rude.. has the delivery spot on.” (Views from the Gods) “Beautifully written jokes.” (Maureen Younger, MY Comedy), “Looking wonderfully out of place … adorable and hilarious.. fantastic.” (Codie Louise Austin, North West End).
Last act TBC
saturday 7 feb
Storytelling: CANTERBURY TALES part 1 with Laura Sampson and Ben Sohawon
Doors 7pm for 7:30pm start. £10.
Following the successes here of The Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf and The Norse Edda, for our next epic storytelling project we're thrilled to present three nights of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, as told by some of our favourite tellers and a live soundtrack.
£10 on the door or book all three nights below for the special advance price of £20.
thursday 12 feb
Art Party: CRITICAL MINERALS with Emma Pugmire
6:30 - 8:30pm. Free event with bar.
Join artist Emma Pugmire for a celebration of her new show in our gallery.
FRiday 13 feb
MYSTERY TALKS
Doors 7pm for 7:30pm start. £8.
Two speakers, two subjects, twenty minutes each. The subject matter is a mystery - you find out when the talk begins!
One of our newest events and already a firm favourite.
Bar available. All children to be accompanied by adults.
saturday 14 feb
Storytelling: CANTERBURY TALES part 2 with Aaron Oliver and Minnie Wilkinson
Doors 7pm for 7:30pm start. £10 on the door.
Following the successes here of The Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf and The Norse Edda, for our next epic storytelling project we're thrilled to present three nights of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, as told by some of our favourite tellers and a live soundtrack.
sunday 15 jan
ALL GOOD MOVIE NIGHT!
Doors 6pm. Free.
We are thrilled to announce that we can now screen films here at the shop! We are massive movie fans, we can't wait to share our favourites with you, but under the terms of our license we're not allowed to advertise the films by name - so until each All Good Movie Night the choice of movie must remain a mystery!
Entry is free but our licensed bar will be available and your choice of refreshment will help raise money for the shop. Under 16s to be accompanied by an adult.
saturday 21 feb
Storytelling: CANTERBURY TALES part 3 with Alys Torrance and Laura Sampson
Doors 7pm for 7:30pm start. £10 on the door.
Following the successes here of The Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf and The Norse Edda, for our next epic storytelling project we're thrilled to present three nights of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, as told by some of our favourite tellers and a live soundtrack.
saturday 28 feb
New Play - Rehearsed Reading. Old Monsters: Bela and Boris.
Doors 7pm for 7:30pm start. £8 online, £10 on the door.
The first ever reading of a new play about the original Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster - Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff.
In the last weeks of Lugosi's life, he was recovering from drug addiction in relative poverty, before he claimed he was visited one last time by his old co-star, Karloff. This meeting didn't happen - Lugosi either dreamt it, fantasised it or lied.
In this play, witness the final meeting of two old monsters... that never happened.
Performed by Chris Brosnahan and Peter Neill. Written and directed by Chris Brosnahan.