some of the world’s most talented folk have talked in the bookshop. here is a list of previous readers:

fashion photographer Tim Walker

poet Jackie Kay

MP Tony Benn

taxidermist Polly Morgan

the victorious Michael Mansfield QC

illustrator and children’s author Jan Pienkowksi

Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh

award winning poet Christopher Reid

illustrator Paul Davis

illustrator Rob Lowe aka Supermundane

playwright Terence Frisby

the inspirational Blake Morrison

illustrator Daisy de Villeneuve

author and journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

paper cut artist Rob Ryan

the finest writer there ever was Edna O’Brien

curator and senior rca tutor Gareth Williams

poet and translator George Szirtes

Constance Spry biographer Sue Shephard

product designer Paul Priestman

artist and designer Richard Sweeney

fashion writer Iain R Webb

accessories designer Ally Capellino

the super talented Richard Milward

London’s finest Iain Sinclair

acclaimed writer Jeanette Winterson

keeper of time David Rooney

Lee Miller’s son Antony Penrose

author and travel writer Vesna Maric

novelist and agony aunt Irma Kurtz

author Helen Oyeyemi

children’s author, poet and broadcaster Michael Rosen

artist and poet Billy Childish

founder of Browns design studio Jonathan Ellery

footwear designer Tracey Neuls

author and bookseller Evie Wyld

novelist Linda Grant

renowned film maker Mike Figgis

playwright Deborah Levy

author Romesh Guneskera