Updates
Dates and Speakers for 2026/2027
Tuesday 22nd September 2026 – dinner at Brown’s guest speaker Kate Elton
Thursday 8th October 2026 – alternative Frankfurt party at a new London venue
Tuesday 10th November 2026 – dinner at Brown’s guest speaker TBC
Tuesday 8th December 2026 – The Book Society Christmas Party, October Gallery
2027 (dates provisional)
Wednesday 27th January 2027 – dinner at Brown’s guest speaker Gaby Wood
Tuesday 13th April 2027 – dinner at Brown’s guest speaker Selina Brown
Tuesday 11th May 2027 – AGM
Wednesday 16th June 2027 – The President’s Summer Party, October Gallery
SUMMER BREAK
Wednesday 15th September 2027 – dinner at Brown’s guest speaker TBC
Wednesday 10th November 2027 – dinner at Brown’s guest speaker TBC
Tuesday 7th December 2027 – The Book Society Christmas Party, October Gallery
The Book Society AGM 2026: Tuesday 19th May 5.15pm
Notice of AGM
The Book Society AGM will take place on Tuesday 19th May 2026 at 5.15pm (in person/online).
In person – book a space under EVENTS; Online – join via Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/zwm-pvnw-rvqk
Agenda for the 2026 AGM – click to download
Minutes for the 2025 AGM – click to download
Chair’s Report – The Book Society Chairs Report 25 to 26
Honorary Secretary’s Report – click to download
Honorary Treasurer’s Report – click to download
I&E statement for 2025 – click to download
An Evening with the Book Society: A celebration of 100 years of dinners, discussion and friendship
Commissioned to celebrate 100 years of the Book Society, An Evening with the Book Society is available for purchase from Marble Hill Publishers.
All member are entitled to receive a free copy. If you haven’t yet received a copy, please email Ben Hughes at Benjamin.hughes@ingramcontent.
In 1921 Hugh Walpole founded the Society of Bookmen, a club for publishers, booksellers and literary agents designed to meet regularly to eat together and share industry knowledge. Now, a hundred years and a name change later, the Society continues to attract new members and be a place to find new connections and ideas. Would Walpole recognise the Society in the twenty-first century? This short history will take you on an evening out with the book men and women whose decisions, guests and speakers throughout the decades have made the Book Society what it is today.