Mara reads from The Lighthouse Accounts and talks ferries, family ledgers and the stories we keep off the books. Wine from the corner shop.

October’s pick, discussed over tea and too many biscuits. Members get 15% off the book at the till.

Pyjamas encouraged. Ines does all the voices, then everyone makes a bookmark to take home. Ages 3–8.

Tobias Lund reads from The Night Ferry Poems, then the floor is open. Sign up at the desk for a five-minute slot.

Bring a book, claim a cushion, say nothing for an hour. Then wine and the best kind of small talk: what everyone was reading.