The Common Press

The Common Press has been a member of Linktree for 4 years and joined in November 2021. The social media accounts linked to from The Common Press are: • Instagram • TikTok • YouTube • LinkedIn • Email Besides social media accounts, thecommonpress has populated their site with: • 14 July | Second Tuesday Monologues - South Asian Stories • 17 July | Dalston | Haus Party: After-show Party • 6 September | Sunday Sessions with Darkwah | Dalston • 9 Aug | Sunday Sessions with Darkwah | Free entry • 12 July | Dalston | Sunday Sessions with Darkwah | Free Entry • Pre-order Bitter Melon by Liv Little • 7 July | Dalston | Pride & Protest: The Stonewall Legacy in a Time of Resistance • 12 Aug | Shoreditch | Queer Writer's Circle • 8 Aug | Dalston | Bi+ Speed Dating Summer Special Tickets • 29 July | Dalston | Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships • 28 July | Shoreditch | The Common Press Poetry Night w/ Kaiden Ford • 24 July | Shoreditch | GENDER PUNKS - London Launch • 20 July | Shoreditch | The Poetry Lighthouse Anthology (Volume III) Launch • 4 July | Dalston | London International Lesbian Pre-Party Social • 15 July | Dalston | Serving Up Essays on food, identity and culture • 4 July | Dalston | Alternative Pride Party Tickets • Pre-order The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw • Order Heaven's Graveyard by Grace Curtis • Enjoy our Sweaty Summer Reads • Pre-order King of Masks by Petra Lord! • 7 July | Shoreditch | A People's History of the Anti-Nazi League, with Geoff Brown • 8 July | Shoreditch | Hamish Steele and Shazleen Khan - Queer Comics • Shop the Rainbow Migration Collection on Queerness & Colonialism • 27 June | Online | Family Constellation Workshop for LGBTQ+ • 26 June | Shoreditch | Climate Justice Short Film Screening • 27 June | Dalston | SPILLLL Vol.4 Launch • Time Out: beloved queer bookshop The Common Press has opened a second location • 17 July | Dalston | Temi Wilkey & Sophie Duker: Works In Progress • Want to host an event with us in Dalston? Enquire here! • June BOTM: The Future In Our Past • 23 June | The Common Press Book Club: Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes (& Mutual Aid!) • 2 July | Dalston | Queerphoria - A conversation on Queer Joy • 16 July | Shoreditch | The Common Press Book Club: The Future In Our Past: The General Strike 1926/2026 • Order The Dykonic Handbook by Amy Spalding • 5 July | Shoreditch | Queer Herbal Medicine: Blind Tea Tasting • 28 June | Dalston | Linden Archives - In Photos and Words • 19 June | Shoreditch | OUTpatients Community Conversations: Black & Brown Lesbian Women, Health & Healing • 4 June | Shoreditch | The Common Press Book Club: Mutual Aid • 30 May | Dalston | LET’S MEND • 6 June | Dalston | Pride With Moomin • 20 May | IDAHOBIT 2026 - with The Common Press, The Love Tank, elop and the Tower Hamlets LGBTQ+ Community Forum • 3 June | Shoreditch | Rosa Rankin-Gee in Conversation with Curtis Garner • 2 June | Shoreditch | Ghost Town: Kevin Chen in Conversation with Adam Zmith • Pre-order Femmephilia by Sophie Lewis • 31 May | Dalston | Badge Cafe - The Common Press Sundays • May BOTM: Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes • 12 May | Second Tuesday Monologues - BODY • 13 June | Shoreditch | Bi+ Speed Dating (30+) Pride Month Special • 13 June | Bi+ Speed Dating (30+) Pride Month Special • 10 June | Shoreditch | Queer Writer's Circle Tickets PWYC • 31 May | Shoreditch | Queer Herbal Medicine: Blind Tea Tasting • 27 May | Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships • Pre-order The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones • 12 May | Fairy Tale Town: A Citizen's Guide Book Launch • Pre-order No Fats, No Fems by Max Hovey • Pre-order Unsafe: The Carceral Roots of the Anti-Trans Backlash • Pre-order Heartstopper Volume 6! • 25 April OFFSITE | Lesbian Visibility Week Celebration 2026 • April BOTM: Mutual Aid New and Expanded Edition by Dean Spade • 23 April ONLINE | The Common Press Book Club: X Is Where I Am • The Common Press Book Club: X Is Where I Am Tickets | 23 Apr @ Online Event, | £5 | OutSavvy • 28 May | The Common Press Authors Night ft Kai Spellmeier & Eden McKenzie-Goddard • 13 May | Tigress with Wings – Book launch with Rupinder Kaur Waraich Tickets • 29 April | Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships • 26 April | Poetry Collection Launch: Folkish by Kym Deyn • Jhalak Prose Prize Shortlist • Lesbian Visibility Week Reads! • 19 April | Queer Herbal Medicine: Blind Tea Tasting • 14 April | Second Tuesday Monologues - FAITH • 18 April | Online Family Constellation Workshop for LGBTQ+ • 21 April | HIV Stories Across Generations • 1 May | The Librarian’s Love Life Book Launch • 20 April | Sound Bath for Wellbeing: An Evening of Radical Self-Love, Embodied Healing & Intentional Rest • 25 April | OFFSITE: Brown Suga - Lesbian Visibility Week LGBTQ+ Party. • 28th April | The Common Press Poetry Night w/ Zain Rishi & Friends • Write to Your MP: Ban Conversion Practices • Become Part of The Common Press Community 2026 • Order Online: Aicha by Soraya Bouazzaoui • Visit Our Website • Order Online: Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan • 6 April | The Invisible A - Zine Launch • 30 April | The Common Press Authors Night ft Nathan Korn & Sophie Crawford • Read: Tower Hamlets Transgender Needs Assessment - The Love Tank CIC • 25 March | Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships • Buy misery meals: a crip community anti-cookbook • Buy The Othered Woman: How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women • 23 April | Bookclub with Kikisreadss • 10 April | Singles Social: 35+ Lesbians • 16 April | Beyond The Headlines: US & UK Immigration Policies in Focus • 13 March | Theatre Fam Live • Buy Lean Cat, Savage Cat by Lauren J Joseph • 8 March | 4SUPERNOVAS • 23 March | Book Launch: the heart is a holding by Lateisha Davine Lovelace-Hanson • 11 April | ENM Bi+ Speed Dating • Buy Queer as Folklore, paperback edition! • 8 April | Queer Writer's Circle • 7 April | Queers Unplugged - No phones / offline social event • 18 March | The Common Press Book Club: Queer as Folklore • 15 March | Queer Herbal Medicine: Herbs for trans health • 11 March | Sound Bath for Wellbeing: An Evening of Radical Self-Love, Embodied Healing & Intentional Rest • 7 March | Book launch: Lust, Men, and Meth - A Study Guide • 25 Feb | Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships • 24 Feb | Launch of Ladyfister: The Sapphic Fisting Zine by Ruby Rare • 20 March | misery meals cookbook launch • 22 Feb | Homography & Lamping Wild Rabbits: New Queer Poetry • 19 Feb | The Common Press Book Club: COOP, a Novelette • Buy Arcana: The Lost Heirs! • 23 Feb | Sober Beer Tasting with Queer Brewing • Browse our Collection for LGBT+ History Month! • Celebrating the Resilience of Queer Black Relationships by Dr. Anthony G. Pennant • 21 Feb | Book Launch: BAD LANGUAGE | So Mayer • 26 March | Debut Book Launch: Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan • CONTACT US • Want to host an event with us in Shoreditch? Enquire here! • Visit the Common Press Website • 26 Feb | The Common Press Book Club with Kikisreadss • Buy Ruby Rare's LADYFISTER! • 18 Feb | Queers Unplugged - No phones / offline social event • 24 June | Shoreditch | Polystation • 17 Feb | ORAL - Valentine's Longing Edition • Respond to the government's consultation • GIFT IDEAS / GUIDES 🎁 • Buy a MEMBERSHIP • Buy a GIFT CARD • Earned settlement explainer - GMIAU • PRE-ORDER BOOKS • Browse all books online • Praxis guidance for responding • Amnesty guidance for responding • The Common Press audiobook collection • VOLUNTEER • Donate to our Crowdfund! • Join the Not a Stranger Campaign by Migrants' Rights Network • 14 Feb | Bi+ Speed Dating - Valentine's Day Special • 11 Feb | Queer Writer's Circle • 7 Feb | Achilles and Patroclus - A night dedicated to the most famous ancient love story • Buy Heated Rivalry! • COOP by Nida Sajid: Our January Book of the Month • 28 Jan | Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships • 30 Jan | Launch of Inherent Vice: a new queer heritage and arts zine • 25 Jan | Queer Herbal Medicine: Blind Tea Tasting • 24 Jan | Launch of Ladyfister: The Sapphic Fisting Zine by Ruby Rare • 17 Jan | Navigating Autistic Meltdowns, Shutdowns, and Burnout with The Autistic Coach • 15 Jan | Kink Curious Book Launch: Gigi Engle in conversation w/ Rachel Thompson • 14 Jan | WE COOK PLANTS: FOOD, JUSTICE & JOY - VEGANUARY • 13 Jan | The Love Tank - January Queer Book Club • 20th Dec: Common Press After Hours: Late Night Xmas Shopping @ 19:00 • 18th Dec: (ONLINE) The Common Press Book Club: Miss Major Speaks @ 7:30PM • 16th Dec: The Common Press Poetry Night w/ Hongwei Bao and more @ 7PM • LETTER TO MP - GAZA STUDENT VISA BIOMETRICS DEFERRAL • 19th Dec: Queer Family Day: Drag Tales & Activities @ 11AM • 18th Dec: Popola Sober Club: Open Decks @ 7PM • 13th Dec: Bi Speed Dating - Festive Edition @ 7PM • 12th Dec: Sofar Sounds @ 7PM • 10th Dec: Queer Writer's Circle @ 7PM • 9th Dec: Second Tuesday Monologues with The Love Tank @ 7PM • 8th Dec: The Love Tank Queer Book Club @ 7:30PM • 6th Dec: TRANS BOOK FEST 2025 @ 11AM-6PM • Pre-order Lean Cat, Savage Cat! • 16th Dec: The Common Press Poetry Night Festive Edition with Hongwei Bao @ 7PM • 26th Nov: Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships @ 19:00 • Pre-order Jackson Alone • Pre-order the Leather Boys • 21st Nov: Common Press After Hours: November Special @ 19:00 • 22nd Nov: Collaboration, Collectives, and Building Community: A Panel Discussion With Faggamuffin @ 19:00 • 18th Nov: The Common Press Poetry Night Ft Palacio de Poetas @ 19:00 • 16th Nov: Disability and the Publishing Industry @ 19:00 • 13th Nov: Book Launch - The Queer Politics of Pride: Global LGBTQ+ Activism and Homocapitalism @ 19:00 • 13th Nov: The Common Press Book Club: A Sunny Place for Shady People @ 19:00 • 12th Nov: In Signo Stellae: A Community Tarot Initiative @ 19:00 • 11th Nov: Second Tuesday Monologues - Legacy @ 19:00 • 7th Nov: The View From Down Here - Paperback Book Launch @ 19:00 • 6th Nov: No is Not a Lonely Utterance Book Launch @ 19:00 • 5th Nov: Queer Writers Circle @ 19:00 • 2nd Nov: Queer Herbal Medicine: Blind Tea Tasting @ 19:00 • 4th Nov: Book Launch: Be A Smart Girl by Mia Caven and Fundraiser for Palestine @ 19:00 • 29th Oct: Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships @ 19:00 • 28th Oct: Conversations With Kapz: featuring Kenny Imafidon @ 18:30 • Polari Prize Drop-Outs - Support the Authors! • 27th Oct: Trans+ Youth Singing Day and Launch Party @ 19:00 • 23rd Oct: Popola Sober Club 4 @ 19:00 • www.outsavvy.com • 22nd Oct: Radical Archiving w/ CJ DeBarra & Elizabeth Lovatt @ 19:00 • 21st Oct: Full Bleed: Mattazine Society in Conversation with Stuart Sandford @ 19:00 • 20th Oct: Soles & Sins: Roses for Hedone and Solemates @ 19 • 19th Oct: Guys Who Suck: Transness, Vampires and Storytelling @ 19:00 • 18th Oct: Dirk Jones is NOT the Chosen One by Gatlin Perrin - BOOK LAUNCH @ 19:00 • 17th Oct: Queer South Asian Games and Crafts Night Tickets @ 19:00 • 16th Oct: My Pen Is Sharp like the Gun in My Hand @ 19:00 • Pre-order: Gendertrash From Hell (out 4th Nov) • 14th Oct: Zanele Muholi's Faces & Phases UK at Queer Circle • 13th Oct: LoveTank CIC Queer Book Club @ 19:30 • 16th Oct: In Signo Stellae: A Community Tarot Initiative @ 19:00 • 12th Oct: Before Gender: Lost Stories from Trans History 1850–1950 with Eli Erlick @ 19:00 • 10th Oct: Bi Speed Dating @ 19:00 • 9th Oct: Sex Beyond "Yes": Quill Kukla in Conversation w/ Dee Whitnell @ 19:00 • 7th Oct: Book event - Queer Moderns: Max Ewing's Jazz Age New York with Alice T. Friedman @ 19:00 • 2nd Oct: Book Launch: The Sovereign by C.L. Clark @ 19:00 • 6th Oct: CAYA Presents: Connect & Create @ 19:00 • 3rd Oct: S/HE IS STILL HER/E - Documentary Screening @ 19:00 • 30th Sept: Book Launch by Laura Cannon @ 19:00 • 14th Oct: Black Queer Horror 2nd Tuesday Monologues: 1 • 1st Oct: Step Bi Step - Laura Clarke in conversation w/ Dee Whitnell @ 19:00 • Donate to Gaza emergency — Haia & family, organized by Aliya Lahiri • PRE-ORDER Kink Curious by Gigi Engle (out 21st Jan) • Sunstruck - SIGNED Book by William Rayfet Hunter • 28th Sept: Dear Diaspora: book launch, trilingual reading & fundraiser for Palestine @ 19:00 • 26th Sept: Sound Bath for Wellbeing: An Evening of Radical Self-Love, Embodied Healing & Intentional Rest @ 19:00 • 25th Sept: Popola Sober Club: Open Decks III @ 19:00-Late • 24th Sept: Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships Tickets 19:00@ • 23rd Sept: The Common Press Poetry Night w/ Ethan & friends @ 19:00 • 17th Sept: Scientists On Survival @ 19:00 • 25th Sept: Popola Sober Club III: QTIPOC Latinx & Afro-Caribbean Music @ 19:00-23:00 • 13th Sept: SPILLLL ZINE v3 LAUNCH PARTY @ 19:00 • 11th Sept: The Common Press Book Club: Person Unlimited Tickets @ 19:30 • 10th Sept: Queer Writer's Circle @ 19:00 • 7th Sept: Book Launch: Xander Beattie’s The President @ 19:00 • A Year Of Pride And Joy • In Signo Stellae: A Community Tarot - 3rd Sept @ 19:00 • Trans Comic Fest by Barbican Library - 30th August • Sound Bath for Wellbeing - 28th Aug @ 19:00 • Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships - 27th Aug @ 19:00 • Common Press After Hours: PointBlank DJs Takeover - 29 August @ 19:00 - Late • Pre-order Lean Cat, Savage Cat by Lauren J Joseph • Queer Love and Desire in Debut Fiction 21st August • ONLINE The Common Press Book Club - 21st August • The Common Press Book Club: Small Rain Tickets - 14th August • Pre-order Kink Curious by Gigi Engle • Soft Resistance: Queer Stories of Love & Defiance - 2 Sept • So I Got To Thinking: The Sex and the City Podcast with Juno Dawson and Dylan B Jones – LIVE - 13th August • Queer Herbal Medicine: Blind Tea Tasting - 31st August • Do Ask, Do Tell: Lotte Jeffs and Stu Oakley In Conversation with Dr Paul Taylor-Pitt - Thursday 7th August • Queer Writer's Circle - 6th August • Poetry Reading & Fundraiser for Gaza and Haia - 1st August • Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships • Scientists On Survival - 31st July • Voice & Character Writing Workshop with Liv Ello - 29th July • The Common Press Poetry Night - 22nd July • Common Press After Hours: Loo & Behold - 25th July • Ordinary Saints: A Conversation with Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin - 23rd July • Footnote Presents: Warona Jay, Amber Massie-Blomfield and Tawseef Khan in Conversation - 17th July • Queer Love and Desire • I Think I Like Girls: Unfolding Queerness with Rosie Day and Ellen Jones - 15th July • The Common Press Book Club: Females - 10th July • In-person Tarot Readings with DM.Seerah - 12th July • Second Tuesday Monologues - HEAT - 8th July • Queer Writer's Circle: 9th July • om my kastele in Spanje te sloop (to demolish my castles in Spain) Launch - 6th July • Queer Identities in YA Fiction Tickets - 4th July • Loss and Letters - In Conversation - 3rd July • In Signo Stellae: Community Tarot Initiative - 2nd July • QCL Poetry Night - 1st July • IMAGINE OTHERWISE: Black Fugitivities - 19th June • Sign up to our MARSHA Giveaway 👀 • Bi Speed Dating - 29th June • Cacoethes by Chloe De Lullington London Launch - 27th June • In Collaboration with ACESPACELDN - Beyond the Binary: A-Spec Stories in Focus - 26th June • Breathwork & Soundbaths for Wellbeing - 25th June • Popola Sober Club - 18th June • Time Tub Travellers: Circus Mystery • Time Tub Travellers: And The Silk Thief • Common Press x Badge Cafe: Dykes 4 Trans Rights - 18th June • Queer Love and Desire in Debut Fiction - 15th June • Second Skin: Inside The Worlds of Fetish, Kink and Deviant Desire - 14th June • In the Spotlight: Queer Stories On Stage - 13th June • Death On Ice: R.O. Thorp in conversation with Sacha Coward - 12th June • Hermaphrodite Logic by Juliana Gleeson - 11th June • Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto - 9th June • We Have Always Been Here: Sacha Coward in conversation with Majid Parsa - 8th June • What She Said: Ilisha Thiru Purcell's London Book Launch - 7th June • Make Me A Fan - 6th June • Book Launch: Talk To Me by Munroe Bergdorf - 5th June • Book Launch: Test Kitchen by Neil D. A. Stewart - 3rd June • Proud & Playful Half Term: Drag Tales: Stories, Songs & Sparkle! (3+years) - 31st May • Proud & Playful Half Term: Legends & Lore with Lizzie Huxley Jones (8-12years) - 30th May • Proud & Playful Half Term: Rainbow Science with Sarah Cosgriff (8+years) - 29th May • Proud & Playful Half Term: Adventures in Time with Claire Linney (7-11years) - 28th May • Proud & Playful Half Term: Duck Pond (0-3years) - 27th May • In Signo Stellae: A Community Tarot Initiative - 27th May • We Are Not Numbers: The Voices of Gaza's Youth - ORDER HERE • Stag dance by Torrey Peters SIGNED • SALE 📚📚📚📚 • The Big Queer Book Fair - 25th May • Queering The Asian Diaspora: Hongwei Bao in conversation - 24th May • Fluid: A Guide for People with Flexible Sexuality - 18th May • IDAHOBIT 2025 w/ elop - 17th May • Common Ground: Live at VFDalston - 16th May • Second Tuesday Monologues - Bloom - 13th May • Livia's Listening Party & Poetry Night - 10th May • The Queer Bible: Paperback Launch with Jack Guinness and Friends - 11th May • Heap Earth Upon It - Pre-Order (October) • Queer Writer's Circle - 7th May • Of Cyborgs and Queer Body: Chi Ta-Wei on The Membranes - 6th May • Queer Arab x SWANA Storytelling: Language & Liberation - 4th May • Common Ground: Live at VFDalston - 2nd May • Sapphic Strumming - 1st May • Open Season: Exploring Ethical Non-Monogamy and the Many Ways to Love with Cassie Werber - 30th April • In Signo Stellae: A Community Tarot Initiative - 29th April • QUEER CHESS AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS - TRIBE - 26th April • In Every Era: Lesbian Histories of Care Tickets - 24th April • Word-Benders Poetry Workshop - 23rd April • The Common Press Poetry Night - 22nd April • Expose Yourself - Erotic Poetry Workshop - 20th April • Common Press After Hours: Easter - 18th April 📚 • Still Here! Still Queer! Now What? | Pre-Coming Out Party - 17th April • All Upcoming Events • Too Radiant To Be Free: Yaffa AS - 13th April • Media Musings Fundraiser - 5th April • Shop the Jhalak Prize Longlist Here • Polystation: An Open Discussion - 12th April • (In)Habit by Hetty Cliss: Book Launch - 10th April • Beyond the Headlines: Sudan & Congo in Focus - 9th April • ALTAR: Desree’s Book Launch - 4th April • The Common Press Book Club: The Love That Dares - 3rd April • TCP EASTER AFTER HOURS! • Queer Writer's Circle - 2nd April • Pink Pilled: A Book Event - 21st March • Greedy Guts: In conversation with Gina Tonic and Ione Gamble - 23rd March • The Common Press Poetry Night - 18th March • A/S/L: A Book Event - 14th March • Breaking Boundaries: Challenging Ableism - 13th March • The Common Press Book Club - 6th March • Audiobook launch of 'United Queerdom - From the legends of the GLF to the Queers of Tomorrow' - 9th March • Second Tuesday Monologues - Fight - 11th March • A Different Kind of Beauty: A Stud Panel - 7th March • Queer Writer's Circle - 5th March • In Signo Stellae: A Community Tarot Initiative - 4th March • 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Common Press After Hours: LGBTQ+ History Month Special 📚 - 28th February • Queer Diary (Common Press) - 27th February • Word-Benders Poetry Workshop - 26th February • Beyond Bananas and Condoms Book Launch - 25th February • MOTORMOND x The Common Press: Errant Black Girlhoods - 21st February • Patient L1 - A Polari Book Launch - 20th February • The Common Press Fundraiser: A Queer Film Screening -19th February • Sofar Sounds at the Common Press 👀 - 15th February • Pre-order Love in Exile 💘 • Queer South Asian 'Pal-entines' Games Night Tickets - 14th February • ❤️🔥 Anti-Valentine's Day - Radical and Self-Love - 13th February • Word-Benders QTBPOC - Poetry Workshop Tickets - 11th February • Second Tuesday Monologues - Love & Lust - 11th February • Pride and Protest: Discussion on resistance and pride movements - 5th February at The Outsider Gallery • Kirsty Logan's No & Other Love Stories - 5th February at The Common Press • Trans Music Takeover: Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month at Guildhall - 7th February • Deviants by Santanu Bhattacharya Book Launch - 12th February • The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF Launch - 29th January • In Signo Stellae: A Community Tarot Initiative - 28th January • The Common Press Book Club - 21st January • The View From Down Here. Lucy Webster in conversation with Ellen Jones -19th January • Zanele Muholi Faces and Phases - UK and South Africa - 17th January • Grief Speaks - 20th January • ✨🎄Common Press After Hours: Late Night Shopping! ✨🎄 - 20th December • fourteen poems: 15th issue launch - 17th December • I WANT THAT TWINK OBLITERATED! - 13th December • ***EVENTS*** • ONLINE SHOP • GIFT CARDS • Advanced Elvis Course: An evening with CAConrad. Hosted by Isabel Waidner - 5th December • Queer Writers Circle - 4th December • Unfiltered Queer Voices - Film Screening to SAVE THE COMMON PRESS - 4th December • Holiday Romance: Queers and Mistletoe - 1st December • SLAYRIDE - 30th November • WORK WITH US • Book Launch: What it meant to survive by Mala Kumar - 28th November • Mixed Up Present: Queen of Book Fairs - 28th November • QUEER POETRY COLLECTIVE Common Press Poetry Night Takeover - 26th November • Burnt Roti Issue 5 LAUNCH - 21st November • WORD-BENDERS POETRY WORKSHOP - 20th November • REBEL Sounds: Music as Resistance - 11th December • The Common Press Book Club - 19th November • Trans Music Takeover: Celebrating Trans Awareness Week at Guildhall - 14th November • Solemates - Book Launch - 14th November • Book Launch: The Lotus Empire by Tash Suri - 13th November • The Lotus Empire - SIGNED PRE-ORDER! • Monogamy? In This Economy? - Book launch - 10th November • TRIBE Queer Chess Evening - 8th November • Melanin Power Up ! - 7th November • Queer Black Poets of London - FEELD X Dope Black Queers X The Common Press - 6th November • Book Launch: Indie Porn by Zahra Stardust in conversation with Dr. Carolina Are - 5th November • Selling Out The Spectrum: Book launch - 25th November • Queeriosities (Art and Makers Fair) - 1st, 2nd, 3rd November • WORD-BENDERS POETRY WORKSHOP ONLINE - 28th October • Queer Horror & Monstrous Erotica - 31st October • Queer as Folklore: An Evening for Fantastical Queers - 29th October • Pre-order Love in Exile by Shon Faye ♥️ • E1 Yoga Class with David Kam fundraising for the Common Press - 27th October • Sarah Jane Baker: Transgender Behind Prison Walls - 27th October • A Feast Of Hunger: Horror, Queerness and Appetite - 25th October • The Common Press Poetry Night - Black History Month - 22nd October • Live Queer Joy Podcast Recording: A Fundraiser Event! 🌈 - 21st October • The Weird & Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horse: Book Launch - 17th October • Storytelling with SASS: Family Histories - 16th October • Queer Poetry Collective: The Common Press Fundraiser - 16th October (AT GOLDIE SALOON) • BHM special: Zanele Muholi Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume II - 11th October • Monogamy? In This Economy? - Book launch Tickets - 10th November • The Rise and Fall of A Pop Girl Summer: Fundraiser for the Common Press - 12th October (AT THE YARD) • Yoga For Queers - Flow (Fundraiser) - 9th October • The Passion of The Rabbit God - Book Launch - 5th October • Writing Uncontainable Women with Sadiya Ansari and Priya Guns Tickets - 4th October • Queer Writer's Circle - 2nd October • Autism Is Not a Disease - Jodie Hare in Conversation - 30th September • Sam & Pravanya Work In Progress - 6th October • TRIBE Queer Chess night - 28th September • The Common Press Pride Poetry Night - Bisexual+ Month Special with Gayathiri - 24th September • Pink Pony Brat FUNDRAISER - Save The Common Press - 22nd September • Alistair Mackay: The Child - Book Launch 20th September • THELOVEHUB x Fringe! 2024 • Out in the World book discussion with The Nomadic Boys and Dan Glass - 19th September • Queers For Palestine Book Club - 12th September • Muslim Women and Misogyny: Myths and Misunderstandings with Samia Rahman and Leyla Jagiella - 13th September • The Slow Grind presents The Dreaming Room - 12th September • One of London’s best queer bookshops could be forced to close - TimeOut article by Dan Eglinton • WORD-BENDERS POETRY WORKSHOP - 10th September • Queer Writer's Circle - 4th September • Conversation & Teach In with Olive Roots Collective, 1st September. Only for BIPOC ❤️‍🔥 • Untold Lies - An evening with Author Raga D'Silva - 29th August • The T in LGBT+ - Jamie Raines in conversation - 27th August • Donate to Help Kobi get Surgery for Complex Endometriosis 💙 • Donate to Black & POC Rage, Rest & Recharge Events, organized by Taali Kwaten • Donate to Emergency fund for UK Black, Brown and racialised people, organized by Richard Energy • Hire Our Spaces 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 • There's Something Wrong With The Children: An Online Queer Horror Panel - 27th June • The Other Blue Pill - 15th August • The Common Press Book Club - 13th August • Second Tuesday Monologues - TIP - 13th August • Borderless - Book Launch - 11th August • SAVE THE COMMON PRESS! • Pride Book Drive with Matthew 'Blaise' Nwozaku - 9th August • The Common Press Memberships • Queers For Palestine Book Club - Morning in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa - 8th August • Afrorave Workshop : Singing / Choir with Toya Delazy - 31st July • Tee A. Corinne: A forest fire between us Book Launch - 30th July • Queers Fo • London Trans Pride - Meet up & Sign Making - 27th July • The Queer 'n' Spiritual Community w/ Lit with Ren - 28th July • Welcome to Dorley Hall: by Alyson Greaves Book Launch - 26th July • Book Launch – Electric Ice and Jellyfish Dreaming by D. K. McCutchen - 25th July • Black Yogis June Dates - 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th • Book Launch - Bisexuality: The Basics by Lewis Oakley - 24th July • Exploring the Mixed-Race Experience : The Half of It authors Emma Slade Edmondson and Nicole Ocran - 23rd July • COMBO Beginners Bollyqueer + Wine Tasting Social (6:30pm till 10pm, Ticket includes dance class, snacks and 4 wines) - 19th July • Queer Capoeira w/ Z B Hunter - 18th July • Word-Benders Poetry Workshop w/ unembarrassable - 16th July • The Common Press Book Club/You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat - 16th July • OR*L #3: SHAME - 12th July • Queers For Palestine Book Club/Captive Revolution - 11th July • Queer Writer's Circle - 10th July • Second Tuesday Monologues/SKIN - 9th July • WXMNS WRLD WORKOUT - 7th July • LGBTQIA+ AND NEURODIVERGENT IDENTITIES IN YA FICTION - 5th July • Alternative Pride Party 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ - 29th June • Donate to Gender-affirming surgery! • The Common Press Pride Poetry Night Ft. FT. Jay Mitra, Lorcan Black & Taz Rahman • Book Launch: Mother Night by Serge ♆ Neptune - 25th June • Beginners Bollyqueer - 21st June • Stories of Palestinian Women & Girls - 21st June • Sonic Hub Presents: Sapphic Showcase + Social ♡ - 20th June • Chess night with TRIBE - 20th June • The Moomins and Queer Culture: The Legacy of Tove Jansson - 19th June • Book Launch - Bisexuality: The Basics by Lewis Oakley - 18th June • The Power Of Storytelling Mixer - Raise the Game - 18th June • The Common Press Book Club - 18th June • Pride and Protest: Discussion on resistance and pride movements - 14th June • LGBTQIA+ AND NEURODIVERGEnt IDENTITIES IN YA FICTION Tickets - London - OutSavvy • Queers For Palestine Book Club - 13th June - SOLD OUT • Queer Writer's Circle - 12th June • DM.Seerah Tarot Readings - 8th June • Bollyqueer x Vinho Virdee (Operation Olive Branch Fundraiser!) - 7th June • Hold Back the Night : Jessica Moor and Jill Nalder in conversation - 6th June • Will Someone Think Of The Children?! - A panel - 6th June • Transparent: Trans parents in conversation - 5th June • Donate to Fight Hunger in Sudan: The Khartoum Kitchen appeal, organized by Mustafa Ibrahim • AfroQueer Parenting Collective: Intro Session - 3rd June • I Kissed A Girl - Finale Watch Party - 2nd June • It Ain't Over Til The Bisexual Speaks: A Book Launch and Panel - 1st June • Bi, Myself - A Dating Event - 31st May • Sophie Duker x Temi Wilkey Comedy Night - 31st May • Escape From St. Hell: My Trans Life Levels Up. Lewis Hancox in conversation with Fox Fisher - 30th May • CROSS THE LINE: Simone Soltani in conversation - 29th May • Chess night w/v TRIBE at The Common Press - 28th May • Poetry For The Many: In Conversation with Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey - 2nd June • Mahjong Queer Singles Night - 2nd June • It Ain't Over Til The Bisexual Speaks: A Book Launch and Panel - 25th May AND 1st June • Selamlik - Khaled Alesmael in Conversation with Drew Demetry - 24th May • The Common Press Poetry Night Ft. Shivani Sen - 22nd May • Puma Camille London Workshop - 20th & 22nd May • The Common Press Book Club - 21st May • Book Event: Decolonise Drag by Kareem Khubchandani - 18th May • The Common Press - Queer Artists Talks - Kenneth Lam - 15th May • Queer Writer's Circle - 15th May • Word-Benders w/ unembarrassable - 14th May • DM.Seerah Tarot Reading - 11th May • Trans+ History Week 2024 | Transcending Words | Poetry Night - 10th May • Sluts: The Truth About Slutshaming & How To Fight It - 9th May • Why Not? by George Webster - BUY FROM OUR SHOP • WXMNS WRLD WORKOUT CLASS - 5th May • Book Launch: Pieces of a Boy by Sam Morris, in Conversation with Otamere - 4th May • Book Launch: Soap Bubble by David Escobar with Consuelo Press and Romancero Books - 3rd May • Book Launch: "You Belong Here." An Evening With Khanyisa Mnyaka - 2nd May • It Ain't Over Til The Bisexual Speaks: A Book Launch and Panel - 25th May • Black Yogis - March & April • BRICK LANE JAZZ FESTIVAL - 26th, 27th, 28th April • Book Launch: A Hakka Woman by Di Lebowitz - 21st April • London: SGS X SheMadeIt Book Swap Mixer - 23rd April • Q Salsa - Cuban salsa classes and social - 23rd April - 5th June • WXMNS WRLD Workout Class - 21st April • Late Bloomers: A Social - 19th April • ORAL: The Second Cumming - 19th April • Birthing Community: What Is Life Giving? - 18th April • The Common Press - Queer Artists Talks - Kenneth Lam - 17th April • Queer Writer's Circle - 17th April • African and Caribbean Storytelling Tickets - 14th April • Queer Black Lit: Spirituality, Folklore & The Written Word - 12th April • An evening with Sanah Ahsan - 11th April • Q Salsa - Cuban salsa classes and social - 9th April • Second Tuesday Monologues - SHOWERS - 9th April • Tarot Reading with DM.Seerah - 6th April • Christopher Lloyd queer poetry book launch - 4th April • Spring Weekender: Kizomba 101 – A Queer-Friendly Class - 4th April • Rajiv's Starry Feelings: Storytime with Niall Moorjani Tickets - 30th March • Woman Crush - A Transwomen Takeover with Chloe Filani & Alison Rumfitt - 28th March • The Common Press Poetry Night - 27th March • STRIP HOP Cleopantha - 26th March • BROWN SUGA - COLOR PURPLE // INTERNATIONAL QUEER WOMEN CELEBRATION - 23rd March • Book Launch: Silicone God by Victoria Brooks - 21st March • Book Launch: Long Live Queer Nightlife by Prof. Amin Ghaziani - 20th March • Word-Benders Poetry Workshop w/ Unembarrassable - 19th March • LIVESTREAM of Otamere Guobadia - Unutterable Visions, Perishable Breath • Gliff - Ali Smith - PRE-ORDER | The Common Press • Cystic Fibrosis Trust Event - 15th March • KIZOMBA 101: A Queer-Friendly Class - 14th March • T-BOYS CLUB- SOBER SOCIAL - 14th March • NAFS.SPACE ONLINE TICKETS • NAFS.SPACE presents An Evening With.. Queer SWANA music and poetry night - 13th March • A Different Kind of Beauty: A Butch Panel - 13th March • Second Tuesday Monologues - GIRLHOOD - 12th March • Book Tour: An Aviary of Common Birds Tickets - 8th March • International Women's Day: UK Black Pride Lady Phyll and Moud Goba In Conversation - 8th March • Queer Diary - 7th March • Creative Panel Talk — ART CLUBBERS - 7th March • The Porn Review- Seggs, Skrippers & Corn - 5th March • Navigating LGBTQ+ History Through Time - 1st March • Faggamuffin Bloc Party on Mixcloud Live - 29th Feb • Queer Writers of London with Juno Dawson Plus Guests - 28th Feb • Queering Up History: Radical Historical Fiction - 27th Feb • Salsa with Waacking Workshops - 24th & 25th Feb • ORAL - Erotic Book Readings Tickets - 23rd Feb • Book Launch: a finger in derek jarman's mouth by Simon Maddrell - 22nd Feb • The Common Press Poetry Night Ft. Same Story by Kayla Martell Feldman & Livia Kojo Alour - 21st Feb • People Like Us - The Photobook - Crowdfunder - 20th Feb • KIZOMBA 101: A Queer-Friendly Class w/ Blacker the Berry Project - 17th Feb • Launching Dale Booton's new poetry pamphlet! - 17 Feb • Queer Family Day with Drag Tales - 11th & 16th Feb • Valentines for Palestines - Writers at Risk Emergency Fund - 14th Feb • NeuroQueer: A Neurodivergent Guide to Love, Sex, and Everything in Between - 15th Feb • African & Caribbean Storytelling for Children with Wesley Dykes - 14th Feb • Blackstage Talks: Creating safe(r) spaces within the pole industry - 10th Feb • Sophie Seita Evening Reading - 8th Feb • Queerbook Malcom Mackenzie Launch - 8th Feb • Christmas Authors' Evening • Beginner's Bollyqueer • Speed Dating-Queer Women (inc. Trans&Non binary folks) • Queer Afro Music Jam • A Different Kind of Superpower: Bradley Riches & James A Lyons in conversation Tickets - London - OutSavvy • Bam Bam's Ballet • Grim Tidings of Discomfort & Fear: A Festive Literary Discussion