London's intersectional queer bookshop cafe, bar and community hub. LGBTQ+ Books, events and third space. The Common Press | London's queer intersectional Bookshop café, bar & Community Hub. Est. 2021 We are more than a bookshop. The Common Press is a not-for-profit queer community venue that means many things to many people. As London's first consciously queer intersectional bookshop, we provide a sanctuary and third space for LGBTQIA+ literature, arts, culture, and community, creating space for queers to gather, connect, and belong, both during the day and into the night. We stand up for what we believe in. Our shelves hold more than 7,000 books exploring trans-inclusive feminism, anti-colonialism, anti-fascism, climate justice, wellbeing, and self-care. Alongside our bookshop, we host programme of events that bring our community together to learn, organise, celebrate, and imagine new possibilities. we are growing our community across London. Visit us in Shoreditch or Dalston. Upcoming Events! If you'd like to see our upcoming events in a calendar format, you can click here . We also post monthly summaries of upcoming events to our instagram! 02/07/26 Jul Thursday Queerphoria - A conversation on Queer Joy Button 04/07/26 Jul Saturday Alternative Pride Party Button 04/07/26 Jul Saturday London International Lesbian Pre-Party Social Button 05/07/26 Jul Sunday Queer Herbal Medicine: Blind Tea Tasting Button 07/07/26 Jul Tuesday A People's History of the Anti-Nazi League, with Geoff Brown Button See More EVENTS we are more than a bookshop. A radical, independent space that stands up for what we believe in. The Common Press is one of London's best independent bookshops that champions books by queer, underrepresented authors, voices and those from the Global majority. Across both venues we host a diverse range of events including book clubs, live music, wellbeing sessions, workshops, family-friendly events, and club nights. Whether you're looking for the latest novels by your favourite gay, lesbian, queer, trans, and non-binary authors; seminal works of Black history; fourth-wave feminist theory; or that niche book on disability activism, we either have it or know how to get it fast. It's not just novels and theory, we also stock poetry, plays, graphic novels, and a great collection of books for children and young adults. And if, after all that browsing, you're feeling a bit tired, we make a pretty great coffee, cuppa and drinks as you ease into the evening & nightlife culture. Proudly Black, Queer & Trans owned Book of the Month Become a member

Private Hire Bring your vision to life at East or North London Common Press From launches to parties, we've got you covered. Hire fees and venue specifications Shoreditch (East) Full day hire - 09:00 am - 5:30 pm Half-day hire - 09:00 am - 12:00 pm Evening hire - 6: 30 pm - 2am Late license available for both branches Please fill in the form here to start a conversation about your event in our east London branch. Located by Brick Lane. Capacity : 70 standing | 45 seating (ground floor) Tech: Speakers / PA / café and bar Address: 118 Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 6DG Request quote Dalston (North) Please fill in the form here to start a conversation about your event. Located in the intersection of Dalston and Stoke Newington. Capacity : 250 Tech: Speakers / PA / DJ decks / café and Bar Ground floor: 150 standing | 80 seating Basement" 100 standing | 60 seating Address: 97 Stoke Newington Road, London, N16 8BX Ideal for book events, open mic, panel discussions, filming, workshops, parties, launch & social gatherings. Includes venue hire + Staffing + Chairs + Tables + AV setup (Excludes VAT and sound technician) Request quote Heading 1 EXTRAS DJ decks £80 - DJ Pioneer XDJ RX - DJ Controller System Rekordbox. F ull specs Bar with staffing - available on request Sound Technician £15 per hour Security £150 for one security staff. Find us online! Instagram Books Instagram Accessibility Information Privacy Policy Visit us! Shoreditch (East) Address 118 Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 6DG Open: Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 6:30pm Dalston (North) Address 97 Stoke Newington London, N16 8BX Open: Wednesday - Sunday 11am - 5 pm Email: Info@commonpressbooks.com Web Design by Alfonzo Sieveking Quick Site Navigation Home Events Private Hire Membership Shop Online Shop Gift Card Gift Guides Contact Donate

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Attend diverse range of events from book events, poetry, live performances, community events and club nights. EVENTS Book launches, poetry nights, cabaret, drag queen story time, pottery classes, yoga... pretty much anything you can think of is happening here! You can use the button on the right to toggle between list and calendar view. We hope to see you at one of our events soon! Calendar View Climate Justice Short Film Screening Fri 26 Jun More info RSVP Multiple Dates Online Family Constellation Workshop for LGBTQ+ Sat 27 Jun More info RSVP SPILLLL ZINE v4 LAUNCH PARTY Sat 27 Jun More info RSVP Linden Archives: In Photos and Words Sun 28 Jun More info RSVP Queerphoria - A conversation on Queer Joy Thu 02 Jul More info RSVP Queer Herbal Medicine: Blind Tea Tasting Sun 05 Jul More info Buy Tickets A People's History of the Anti-Nazi League, with Geoff Brown Tue 07 Jul More info RSVP In Conversation with Hamish Steele and Shazleen Khan - Queer Comics Wed 08 Jul More info RSVP The Common Press Book Club: The Future In Our Past: The General Strike 1926/2026 Thu 16 Jul More info RSVP Temi Wilkey & Sophie Duker: Works In Progress Fri 17 Jul More info RSVP Multiple Dates Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships Wed 29 Jul More info RSVP Multiple Dates Bi+ Speed-Dating Sat 08 Aug More info RSVP Multiple Dates Queer Writer's Circle Wed 12 Aug More info Buy Tickets June 2026 Today Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 19:00 Climate Justice Short Film Screening 27 11:00 Online Family Constellation Workshop for LGBTQ+ +1 more 28 19:00 Linden Archives: In Photos and Words 29 30 1 2 19:00 Queerphoria - A conversation on Queer Joy 3 4 5 19:00 Queer Herbal Medicine: Blind Tea Tasting 6 7 19:00 A People's History of the Anti-Nazi League, with Geoff Brown 8 19:00 In Conversation with Hamish Steele and Shazleen Khan - Queer Comics 9 10 11 12

What's on Visit Us Welcome to The Common Press 1/3 The Common Press (known as Glass House), is an exciting new LGBTQIA+ multidisciplinary venue based in the heart of East London. Featuring an intersectional bookshop café, a large events space, and a podcast studio. We are a hub for a diverse range of communities, creatives, and projects. Our queer co-working space is coming soon! Check out our spaces: Common Counter Private Events Only The Common Press The Commons Upcoming events: To see all events, click here . Climate Justice Short Film Screening Fri 26 Jun The Common Press Shoreditch More info RSVP Multiple Dates Online Family Constellation Workshop for LGBTQ+ Sat 27 Jun Online Video Call More info RSVP SPILLLL ZINE v4 LAUNCH PARTY Sat 27 Jun The Common Press Dalston More info RSVP Linden Archives: In Photos and Words Sun 28 Jun 97 Stoke Newington Rd More info RSVP Queerphoria - A conversation on Queer Joy Thu 02 Jul 97 Stoke Newington Rd More info RSVP Queer Herbal Medicine: Blind Tea Tasting Sun 05 Jul The Common Press Bookshop More info Buy Tickets A People's History of the Anti-Nazi League, with Geoff Brown Tue 07 Jul The Common Press Shoreditch More info RSVP In Conversation with Hamish Steele and Shazleen Khan - Queer Comics Wed 08 Jul The Common Press Shoreditch More info RSVP The Common Press Book Club: The Future In Our Past: The General Strike 1926/2026 Thu 16 Jul The Common Press Shoreditch More info RSVP Temi Wilkey & Sophie Duker: Works In Progress Fri 17 Jul 97 Stoke Newington Rd More info RSVP Multiple Dates Polystation: An Open Discussion on Redefining Relationships Wed 29 Jul The Common Press Dalston More info RSVP Multiple Dates Bi+ Speed-Dating Sat 08 Aug The Common Press Dalston More info RSVP Multiple Dates Queer Writer's Circle Wed 12 Aug London More info Buy Tickets OUTpatients Community Conversations: Black & Brown Lesbian Women, Health & Healing Fri 19 Jun The Common Press Shoreditch More info Details Multiple Dates Badge Cafe: The Common Press Sundays Sun 07 Jun 97 Stoke Newington Rd More info Details Pride With Moomin - Day Celebration & Tove Film Screening Sat 06 Jun 97 Stoke Newington Rd More info Details Rosa Rankin-Gee in Conversation with Curtis Garner - queer love stories, identity and resistance Wed 03 Jun The Common Press Bookshop More info Details Ghost Town: Kevin Chen in Conversation with Adam Zmith Tue 02 Jun The Common Press Bookshop More info Details Load More Interested in running an event with us? We run a huge range of events across the site, including book launches, club nights, panel discussions, and private parties. We have multiple available spaces and both the staff and equipment to support your project - so get in touch! Private Hire

Our downstairs events space is currently under construction and not available. Our downstairs space room is lightly soundproofed, and as before comes fully equipped - all you need to do is hit the big red 'record' button. We host podcasting sessions on throughout the week , during our opening hours between 11 am - 6 pm Tuesday- Sunday . To book a session, please email books@commonpress.co.uk with your preferred date and time. You must bring a laptop to your booking to collect your files with. Payment for podcasting is made in the bookshop immediately after your session, by credit or debit card. The cost is £30 per hour for up to four people. RAISE YOUR VOICE!

Happy P R I D E 2023! Welcome to our dedicated portal for The Common Press Pride Festival 2023! Here you can see all of the events we have planned throughout the festival, which includes book launches, poetry, amazing panel discussions with some of our favourite authors, parties, workshops, and children's events. You can click on any event to go to its registration page. It's really important to us that our events are as accessible as possible, so we've tried to keep everything low-cost - some are free to attend and almost everything else is pay-what-you-can. The pay-what-you-can tickets have a £4 minimum, but if you would particularly like to attend an event and cannot afford that, please email as at books@commonpress.co.uk and we'll sort it out. All events are marked as ground floor or basement - please note that the basement is not wheelchair accessible. We can't wait to see you at the festival! Thank you so much for your ongoing support, and more than anything else, happy Pride from everyone at The Common Press! 20 June Refuge & Migration ScheduLE: Pride without borders basement / 6.30pm-8pm A panel discussion with some of the most prominent organisations advocating for LGBTQ+ migrant rights. authentic ground floor / 6.30pm-9.30pm A panel disc ussion about food, culture, and marginalisation. 21 June ScheduLE: Book launch: The Pride Atlas, by Maartje hensen basement / 7.30pm-9.30pm Celebrate the publication of this beautiful and wonderfully researched guide for LGBTQ+ travellers! Queer Nightlife: Which way Now? Ground flo or/6.30 pm -9.30pm A range of performers and creatives on the advantages and setbacks of the UK's queer nightlife scene. Travel & Nightlife 22 June Music & POWER ScheduLE: Sounds of Survival basement / 6pm-11 pm One of our favourite music and poetry events returns! Expect a fantastic atmosphere and some beautiful sounds. Documenting the Diaspora: Joy, Art, and the Asian experience Ground flo o r/7.30 pm -9. 30pm A panel discussion with Anna Fux and David KAm, hosted by our very own Kenneth Lam. 23 June Queer culture ScheduLE: Contemporary GAY CULTURE: A PANEL With Michael Handrick, Daniel Harding, Jeremy Atherton Lin and Vaneet Mehta basem ent / 7.3 0pm-9.30p m A panel of fantastic authors on gay and bisexual men's culture in the UK. "Queer": Neurodivergence and LGBTQ+ culture Ground flo or/7.30-9.30 We could all benefit from thinking differently sometimes, and the experts on this panel prove that that's the case with their insightful critiques of the way the world excludes neurodivergent people. 24 June Authors' evening ScheduLE: children's Authors' Evening Ground Floor / 4 p m-6p m Meet your favourite children's book authors and illustrators! This is a child-friendly event, so bring the whole family. Authors' Evening whole site/7pm-10pm The very best queer writers working in the UK today. Some and enjoy a free glass of prosecco and get some books signed! We are very sorry to have had to postpone our planned Authors' Evenings until later in the year due to factors beyond our control. Many of the authors due to attend are taking part in one of our other events, so if you particularly wanted to meet someone just drop us a message at books@glasshouse.london . If they'll be here on another date we'll make sure to get you in. If you had already booked a ticket and made a donation, this will be refunded in full, including any Outsavvy fees. POSTPONED POSTPONED 25 June Family ScheduLE: wellness day w. Tobi Adebajo bas ement / 2 p m-6p m A day of mindfulness and intentional practise, to keep yo ur brain refreshed during Pride season. This is a child-friendly event. Queer Parent ing panel gro und flo or/3pm-5pm A fantastic panel of experts discusses everything you need to know about being part of a queer family. To our disappointment, we have had to cancel the Queer Parenting Panel due to transportation disruption affecting the speakers. We apologise for the inconvenience, and hope there's another event you'd like to attend instead! The Rise of Queer Romance gro und flo or/6.30 pm-8.30pm Hopeless romantics, this one's for you! We explore the surg e in queer romantic writing, with an insiders perspective from four incredible authors. Queer Singles Social g ro und flo or/8.30 pm-10pm Come for the romance authors, stay for romance in general. This is a casual social for anyone hoping to meet more people this Pride. CANCELLED 27 June Poetry & History ScheduLE: Queering the Past b as ement / 6 p m-8p m Queer Historical Fiction has never been as exciting a nd wide-ranging as it is now, and we'll be hearing from three authors who penned some of our favourites. The Comm on Press Poetry Night g ro und flo or/7pm-10pm A whole evening of poetry, in our much-missed former bar - it's open again for the evening, so grab some drinks and listen up. 28 June Class ScheduLE: Economics of queerness Ground FLoor / 6 p m-7.30p m Join Decolonising Economics for the first of three panel conversations with LGBTQ+ community organisers of colour. Here, Queer, and Working class: Juno Roche and Soph Galustian in Conversation gro und flo or/7.30pm-9.30pm A long-time favourite of queer writing in conversation with a remarkable new talent! Mur der, She WRote: Feminist Crime Fiction Basement / 7 p m-9p m Best-selling authors Alice Slater and Rose Wilding are challenging the stereotypes of a genre - we're hugely excited to be pairing them for an evening of conversation. 29 June Gender ScheduLE: Queer BIPOC Masculinities Ground FLoor / 7 p m-8p m A conversation led by award-winning playwright Rikki Beadle-Blair, exploring navigating masculinity as a queer person of colour. Other people's Films presents: Onanism Basement/7pm-10pm A screening programme of short experimental works from the 1900s to today about masturbation, sex and desire. 50 LGBTQI+ WHO CHANGED THE WORLD Ground floor/6pm-7pm A talk and signing by French artist Florent Manelli, hosted by Clare Summerskill. Florent's book is the product of a touring exhibition of LGBTQI+ icons launching at Strawberry Hill House on the 30th. 30 June community ScheduLE: Free Therapy Sessions with Sai Joshi Basement/2pm-6pm We have a limited number of spaces available for people who need someone to talk to - booking opens later this week. t4T: Trans social Gro und FLoor / 6 p m-8p m A very exciting two-part event: first a casual social for trans and non-binary people to meet, make friends, and drink tea, and then a panel discussion featuring Jamie Raines, Nicola Dinan, and Harry Nicholas. Sober Pride Party Ground Floor/8pm-12am A good time, without the alcohol! Drinkers and non-drinkers alike are welcome, but we will only be serving soft drinks. 1 july Pride ScheduLE: Family pride day Ground Floor/11AM -4pm A range of relaxed events and readings for kids - if the Pride Parade seems a bit too busy and noisy for your youngsters, celebrate the day with us instead. Brick LAne Alternative Pride Party Ground Floor/9pm-3am We still haven't quite finished cleaning up from last year! Those of you lucky enough to have attended will know why everyone was talking about it - and if you didn't attend, don't miss out this year!

We are more than a bookshop . T he Common Press is Londo n's queer intersectional Bookshop café & Event s space. Read More The Common Press CIC is a not-for-profit queer bookshop that means a lot of things to the community. As London's first consciously queer intersectional bookshop, we provide a safer space for our LGBTQIA+ community to exist both during the day and at night in social settings. We are a radical and independent space that stands up for what we believe in and champions books by authors from a wide range of marginalized backgrounds. We host a diverse range of events every day, including dance classes, yoga sessions, book clubs, family-friendly events, book launches, workshops, and parties. There isn't an event we haven't hosted, and you can also live-stream an event with us. Whether you're looking for the latest novels by your favorite gay, lesbian, queer, trans, and non-binary authors; seminal works of Black history; fourth-wave feminist theory; or that niche book on disability activism, we either have it or know how to get it fast. It's not just novels and theory—we also stock poetry, plays, graphic novels, and a great collection of books for children and young adults. And if, after all that browsing, you're feeling a bit tired, we make a pretty great coffee and cuppa as well. Sign up now Upcoming Events! If you'd like to see our upcoming events in a calendar format, you can click here . We also post monthly summaries of upcoming events to our instagram! 26/06/26 Jun Friday Climate Justice Short Film Screening 18:00 6pm - 9pm 20:30 Button 27/06/26 Jun Saturday Online Family Constellation Workshop for... 10:00 6pm - 9pm 12:30 Button 27/06/26 Jun Saturday SPILLLL ZINE v4 LAUNCH PARTY 18:00 6pm - 9pm 21:00 Button 28/06/26 Jun Sunday Linden Archives: In Photos and Words 18:00 6pm - 9pm 20:00 Button 02/07/26 Jul Thursday Queerphoria - A conversation on Queer Jo... 18:00 6pm - 9pm 20:00 Button 05/07/26 Jul Sunday Queer Herbal Medicine: Blind Tea Tasting... 18:00 6pm - 9pm 20:00 Button See More EVENTS Interested in running an event with us? We run a huge range of events across the site, including book launches, club nights, panel discussions, and private parties. We have multiple available spaces and both the staff and equipment to support your project - so get in touch! Private Hire

What's on Visit Us Glass House X Create Space Free space for community groups, creatives, charities & individuals Create Space is supporting Glass House, a queer intersectional bookshop, café, bar, and community space in bustling East London. Through Create Space you can now book The Commons for free, for your community meet up, events, podcast recording, gatherings, or anything else you might need a space for! This is space for the community, by the community. T&Cs apply. Free Space Application Form First Name & Surname Project Name or Organisation Email Website / Social Media Links Tell us about you or organisation and what would you like to use the space for? Please add any preferred dates and timesAdd answer here Sign Me Up Thanks for submitting. You will hear back within 10 days if you have been successful.