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  • The Global Stories Book Club with Laviya Cooke – November

    House of Books & Friends 81 King Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Join us for our Global Stories Book Club, facilitated by Laviya Cooke! Taking place on Wednesday 4th November at 6pm,  we will be reading Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilerson. The […]

  • Coffee & Connections – Weekly Community Meet-Up

    House of Books & Friends 81 King Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Coffee & Connections At House of Books & Friends, our mission is to combat loneliness and social isolation. In a time when we are more digitally connected than ever, it […]

  • Hinterland Festival: Death Cafe x Journal Club

    House of Books & Friends 81 King Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

    What happens when we make a bit more space to think and talk about death? For this special Journal Club, Hinterland will explore death and dying through a mix of […]

  • Chatty Café Letter Writing Brunch

    Did you know that we host the brilliant Chatty Café at the bookshop? Or that we are official Letter Keepers as part of the wonderful Sunday Letter Project? On Monday […]

  • LUNCHTIME LECTURE – Sophie Oliver ‘What the Dresses Know’

    House of Books & Friends 81 King Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

    House of Books and Friends is excited to introduce the next guest for their ‘Lunchtime Lecture’ series: Sophie Oliver, author of What the Dresses Know: A women’s history of modernism told through […]

  • Coffee & Connections – Weekly Community Meet-Up

    House of Books & Friends 81 King Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Coffee & Connections At House of Books & Friends, our mission is to combat loneliness and social isolation. In a time when we are more digitally connected than ever, it […]

  • AFTERNOON TEA

    £35.00 Set Menu Dine in our elegant  'Gladstone Room' - the former cloak room of the Reform Club. Constructed in 1870, in the Venetian Gothic style, it was originally built […]

  • The Feminist Book Club – November 2026

    House of Books & Friends 81 King Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

    House of Books & Friends are delighted to announce that we are hosting the Feminist Book Club, with facilitator Kate Feld. Taking place monthly, this will be a space for […]

  • Coffee & Connections – Weekly Community Meet-Up

    House of Books & Friends 81 King Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Coffee & Connections At House of Books & Friends, our mission is to combat loneliness and social isolation. In a time when we are more digitally connected than ever, it […]

  • Personalised Typewriter Poetry with Molly Ovenden

    House of Books & Friends 81 King Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Join poet, Molly Ovenden, for a free, live personalised poem in celebration of Connection Counts! Molly and her typewriter will be with us from 12pm – 5pm. This is a […]

  • Make Something, Make Anything! Workshop with Adam Douglas

    House of Books & Friends 81 King Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Step into the role of creator, designer and maker in this hands-on creative session. No experience needed. It’s all about giving it a go! With guidance and practical tips from […]