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British-Portuguese artist Bernardo launches her first zine + workbook in support of her debut album 'Secrets of Six-Figure Women'.

Join us for a relaxed evening of conversation - a panel and Q&A hosted by artist Livvy O'Hagan exploring the themes of the zine: what it means to make art under capitalism, and everything in between.

Every ticket includes a copy of the zine, a digital download of the album, and a donation to community bookshop The All Good Bookshop.

The album was written and produced by Sonia Bernardo and co-produced by Dave Maclean (Django Django), the record weaves British and Portuguese influences into a sophisticated commentary on modern ambition and identity.

The record's nuanced exploration of adulthood comes to life through distinctive arrangements by Sean O'Hagan (The High Llamas), with mixing duties handled by Syd Kemp (Ulrika Spacek) and Dom Shaw (Real World Studios).

Released in September 2025, Secrets of Six-Figure Women was supported by Gilles Peterson and Huw Stevens on their BBC shows and Henrique Amaro in Portugal.

To mark Bernardo's first solo European tour, she will release a series of re-thought/remixed tracks the first one coming from the hands of the great Laetitia Sadler (Stereolab) - remixing Turn Around, Keep Going and The High Llamas remix of Tempo Smart.

An evening with local author Susie Helme launching her book 'Dreaming of Jerusalem.'

A swashbuckling tale of love and adventure across the early Ottoman world.

Finalist 2022 Claymore Award for Best Historical.

1342. Ysabeau has always wanted more from life than embroidery and familial duty. When pirates murder her father, she finds a new dream, of revenge.

Escape from the confined world of her girlhood takes her across Europe on the road to Jerusalem, crossing swords with bandits, pirates and Mongols on the way. But vengeance proves more complicated than she imagined, especially when she meets Layla, a former odalisque with as many secrets as she has scars. To keep Layla’s love, she must face the faults in her character, question her beliefs and even challenge her dreams.

From palace coups to Byzantine trade deals, nomadic camps to harem escapes, this is a lyrical, thought-provoking historical adventure. It’s for anyone who has ever wanted to remake the world, and learnt what it costs.

Susie Helme is an American from Nashville, Tennessee, living in London, after sojourns in Tokyo, Paris and Geneva. She was once editor of Mobile Communications Asia and other mobile telecomms magazines.

She published in Dec 2020 her first novel, The Lost Wisdom of the Magi, which was Winner of the 2021 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for Best Historical. Dreaming of Jerusalem and The Genizah Codex (coming soon), were both Finalists for the 2022 Claymore Award for Best Historical.

She writes book reviews for Historical Novels Review, Reedsy Discovery and GetBooksReviewed. She edits and proofreads novels for Reedsy Marketplace and has been a judge on various writing competitions.

She is a founder member of Bounds Green Book Writers writers’ circle.

She has a passion for ancient history, politics and magic, mythology and religion and is a political activist and socialist.

 The best secret on the comedy circuit. Come see up and coming stars of tomorrow perform sets of laughs and giggles. A mix of old and new material.

On the bill:
ALEX PRESCOT
He was the Clap Back To Reality Winner in 2024, a Musical Comedy Awards Finalist in 2025, a previous Chichester New Act & Kingston New Act Finalist and was shortlisted for Chortle Hotshots 2025.
"the blueprint for how stand-up can still be enjoyable" - Pepper & Salt
"very capable, confident and likeable" - theatre and art reviews

DAPHNA BARAM
"Masterful" - Leicester Comedy Festival 2024
"Amazing" - Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2024
Has performed across the country at various venues including The Stand Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle, Yes Bar Glasgow, Beehive Edinburgh, Breakneck Aberdeen, Hampstead Comedy Club London, Gags on the Green Peterborough; Stand Up on the Strand in Kent, Wine Gums in Cambridge; The International, Dublin.

PETE KINSELLA
Guildford-based comedian who is a seasoned performer on the South East circuit and beyond. Over the past five years he has developed a distinctive style of small-p political, big-P Punk comedy of carefully constructed, thought-provoking material delivered with dry wit and a playfully grumpy charm.
In 2025 he won both Whole Lotta Comedy’s Comedian of the Year and Comedians’ Comedian.’

LAST ACT TBC

EarlyBird Tickets £5. Standard Price £10.

Meditation circle 

Join Maryam for a gentle guided grounding meditation followed by tea and sharing circle. The aim is to provide a safe and non-judgmental space for anyone with any experience and beliefs to feel calm and de-stress and maybe try something new.

The meditation is about 20 minutes and the circle after will provide an opportunity for sharing and discussion.

Maryam Sandjari Hashemi is a multidisciplinary artist based in Haringey. She has also been working as a spiritual coach for over a decade using different modalities. Building communities is part of her practice and she believes in the chaos of current days creating a regular grounding space and an inclusive supportive community is crucial . 

Join author and storyteller Anna Maria Vilhelmina Hellberg Moberg for an evening of cat tales from around the world as collected in her new book!

Cuddly and cute, fierce and ferocious, cunning and conniving, worshipped and feared – felines appear in many forms in the humble folk tale. The cats in this collection of nearly 60 stories are often heroic, witty and, at times, scheming or downright terrifying. Kitties big and small, from every corner of the world, such as the Kasha from Japan, the Nunda from East Africa, El Hombre Gato from Argentina, Kisa, the Cat from Iceland and many others can be found purring, hissing and prowling through this book’s pages. 

Anna Maria Vilhelmina Hellberg Moberg is a UK-based writer, storyteller, journalist and cat lover, originally from rural western Sweden. She spent over a decade as a travel writer and is the author of thirty books, as well as numerous features for the British and international press. Her works include travel and culinary books focusing on Scandinavia and Latin America, a fairy tale for adults, two collections of short stories, the travel memoir Wayward Wanderings, three books about cats (fiction and creative non-fiction) and two collections of folk tales (Swedish Folk Tales and Feline Folk Tales, The History Press, 2024 & 2026).

As a storyteller, she tells folk and fairy tales, autobiographical and fictitious tales as Vilhelmina/A.M.V. Hellberg Moberg. In the United Kingdom, she’s worked with the Stealing Thunder Festival, Connection with Wonder, the Waterloo Festival, Elephant Tales, the Archive of Personal Stories, Miller’s Way Project and many others. In Sweden, she’s worked with Sagobygden/Land of Legends, local schools and organisations. She writes, gives talks and tells stories in English, Swedish, Norwegian and Spanish.

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.  No under 15s. All under 18s to be accompanied by an adult.

CLUES TO THE FILM: 

coming soon!

BAR available. 16 and under to be accompanied by an adult.